- Are you looking for short and sweet yet absorbing shows?
- Limited series look to tell a narrative with short episodes in a single season.
- We've put together a list of the best limited series you can stream
Sometimes there's nothing more satisfying than watching a long series and other times, you just don't want to get invested in a show with multiple series.
Popular streaming giant Netflix has some ‘limited series’ as the best entries in its original lineup.
These shows only run for a single season seeking to tell their story in a succinct package. From legal drama to mystery thriller to science fiction, there are plenty of limited series you may want to check out.
TheRadar has gathered a list of the most interesting, must-watch limited series you can binge-watch.
5 limited series you should check out on Netflix
1. The Stranger: The eight-episode series is based on a book by Harlan Coben with the same title. It is a mystery thriller series that follows Adam Price, who seems to be living the perfect life with his wife and two great sons, until a stranger approaches him and reveals a shocking secret about his wife, Corinne. This sets him on a desperate quest to discover the truth about the people that are closer to him.
2. Anatomy of a Scandal: This American thriller drama stars Rupert Friend as James Whitehouse, a British Minister in parliament who lives in a blissful and rarified world with his loving family until a scandalous secret comes to light. The scandal leads to publicized trials and sweeps up everyone in its wake including Whitehouse's wife, Sophie. The series infiltrates Britain's elite through personal and political scandal, where the truth lies between justice and privilege.
3. Bodies: This British science fiction crime thriller limited series on Netflix is a must-watch. It follows four detectives, living in different eras- 1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053, investigating a murder in Whitechapel. All four detectives are unwittingly bound together by this otherworldly situation. The different approaches they have to the investigation keep the drama unpredictable as it gradually unwinds.
4. The Fall of the House of Usher: A horror drama which tells a story of Roderick Usher, a corrupt CEO of a massive Pharmaceutical company. Secret comes to light when Roderick's six adult children all mysteriously die. Roderick meets with Assistant District Attorney C. Augusta Dupin to reveal who and what is behind the deaths of his children.
5. Dahmer Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer: Dahmer is a series about the life of Jeffrey Dahmer, one of America's most notorious serial killers, who murdered 17 people between 1978 and 1991. The story is partly told from the victims’ point of view and also interrogates how racism factored into Dahmer evading arrest for so long.
There you go, a list of interesting, binge-watch-worthy limited series you can watch on Netflix to keep you hooked. Let us know which one interests you the most in the comment sections.
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