Netflix is one of the most prolific providers of movie content right now. In 2019, this streaming service released 371 original shows (including movies), which means that even if you watched them every day since the beginning of the year, you would still not be able to finish watching them until New Years.
Netflix hasn't been idle in 2020 either, which means we'll have something to watch. Here's our guide to the best new Netflix TV shows in 2020.
10. Blood and water
Genre: drama, detective
Kinopoisk rating: not yet
IMDb rating: 6.1
Country: South Africa
Producer: Nosifo Dumisa, Darina Joshua, Travis Taute
Music: various compositions
There are many series that exploit the idea of "middle / working class kid goes to fancy private school." And "Blood and Water" is just one of those shows.
The plot of this South African drama is 16-year-old Puleng, who enters the elite Parkhurst Academy to unravel the mystery of her sister, kidnapped in infancy.
She will also take part in the incredibly tangled romantic relationships of her classmates, to which the lion's share of this film story will be devoted.
9. Stranger
Genre: thriller
Kinopoisk rating: 6
IMDb rating: 6.4
Country: USA
Producer: Vina Cabreros Sud
Music: James Kelly
If you enjoy the thrill, murder and tense atmosphere of the action, then watch "The Stranger" - a captivating, albeit sometimes overly complicated mystery, with many storylines.
The series, based on the novel of the same name by American writer Harlan Coben, will tell about - you guessed it - a stranger who gets into the car with Claire's taxi driver. A few minutes later it turns out that he killed a man, and if Claire does not please him with an interesting story, she will be a new victim. Miraculously, she manages to escape from the psychopath, but he intends to get his story by all means.
8. Through the snow
Genre: thriller, sci-fi, action
Kinopoisk rating: 6.4
IMDb rating: 6.3
Country: USA
Producer: James Hawes, Sam Miller, etc.
Music: Bear McCreary
One of the novelties of the 2020 Netflix series can be described as "post-apocalypse on wheels, in the ice age." The action takes place in a huge train, which rushes along the trans-Eurasian highway, carrying the last survivors in its iron belly.
A rigid hierarchy reigns in this closed world: the elite are placed in the first cars, and the exploited - in the tail. But if the upper classes are still ready to maintain this order, the lower classes no longer want ...
7. Dracula
Genre: horror, drama
Kinopoisk rating: 6.5
IMDb rating: 6.8
Country: United Kingdom
Producer: Johnny Campbell, Paul McGuigan, Damon Thomas
Music: David Arnold, Michael Price
One of the best new TV shows of 2020 is a co-creation by Netflix and BBC One. The series is a bloody and fresh retelling of the classic story about vampires, or rather about the most famous, voluptuous and refined of them - Count Dracula.
In the center of the story, in addition to the earl himself, is the young clerk Jonathan Harker, who came from London to Transylvania on business.However, it was not so easy for Jonathan to get out of the castle of the eccentric Romanian aristocrat, who initially appears as Dracula. And then, already on the verge of insanity, the young man meets an elderly nun Agatha, who is very interested in Dracula.
6. White lines
Genre: thriller, drama, detective
Kinopoisk rating: 6.8
IMDb rating: 6.6
Country: UK, Spain
Producer: Nick Hamm, Luis Prieto, Ashley Way
Music: Junkie XL
Ibiza is the party capital of the world, so it's perfect for shows about decadence, depravity and dance music. Twenty years ago, DJ Axel Collins and his three best friends left Manchester and moved to Ibiza, where they built a club empire. However, one day, Axel mysteriously disappeared.
Now his mummified body has been found in the desert, and his younger sister is sent to Ibiza to solve his murder. Don't worry, in between investigating the case, she will find time for many parties and a bright romance.
5. Locke Keys
Genre: thriller, drama, detective
Kinopoisk rating: 6.8
IMDb rating: 6.6
Country: UK, Spain
Producer: Nick Hamm, Luis Prieto, Ashley Way
Music: Junkie XL
The widow with three children of different ages moves to her old family house, hoping to leave behind her dark past. However, the present turns out to be even darker, but also more exciting. After all, there are magic keys within the walls of the mansion, and terrible monsters hunt for them.
The symbiosis of a teenage worldview and magical artifacts that grant supernatural powers makes this series a suitable spectacle for the whole family, except, perhaps, very young viewers.
4. Inside the killer: the mind of Aaron Hernandez
Genre: documentary, sports, crime
Kinopoisk rating: not yet
IMDb rating: 7.4
Country: USA
Producer: Geno McDermott
Music: Jeremy Turner
This is a documentary portrait of a talented NFL athlete who was put on trial for a felony. Hernandez was found guilty of the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd. He was not only a competitor to Hernandez on the sports field, but also the boyfriend of his girlfriend's sister.
For his crime, the footballer received a life sentence, but in 2017 he committed suicide in a cell. It was later revealed that the athlete suffered from a degenerative brain disease.
3. I feel good
Genre: drama, melodrama, comedy
Kinopoisk rating: 7.1
IMDb rating: 7.5
Country: United Kingdom
Producer: Alyssa Pankive
Music: various compositions
Critics praised the six episodes of the first season of this original Netflix series as the charming autobiographical story of Canadian stand-up girl Mae Martin, told with seeming lightness and humor.
Martin's life, despite his chosen occupation, is full of difficulties due to gender uncertainty and the fight against alcohol and drug addiction. However, this is presented to the audience so casually and truthfully that the heroine wants to empathize, not condemn.
2. Hollywood
Genre: drama
Kinopoisk rating: 7.1
IMDb rating: 7.6
Country: USA
Producer: Janet Mokk, Michael Appendahl and others
Music: various compositions
This is a story about the "golden age" of Hollywood in the 40s of the last century, with all its glory and vices.
The story is about the seamy side of the "Dream Factory", whose servants play not only on the set, but also in real life, lie to themselves and others, have sex with the right people.
And also a story about ambitious young people with progressive views, who tried to change the ossified system of the film industry, and about what came of it.
1. King of the Tigers: Murder, Chaos and Madness
Genre: documentary, biography, crime
Kinopoisk rating: 7.6
IMDb rating: 7.6
Country: USA
Producer: Rebecca Chaiklin, Eric Goode
Music: John Enroth, Robert Fox, Mark Mathersbo and others
The fast-hitting new Netflix series follows Joe Exotic (Joseph Schribwogel), a tiger, leopard and lion breeder at a private zoo in Oklahoma. And also about people from his inner circle, business partners and enemies.
Featuring characters whose wild quirks and crimes must really be seen to be believed, the show is as addictive as it is shocking. At the very least, it will distract you from the news for a few hours.
The most anticipated Netflix series of 2020 or when the Witcher season 2 comes out
The coronavirus epidemic even reached the White Wolf, slowing down the filming process of the second season of The Witcher. It will resume at the end of summer, on August 17, as reported on the project's official Twitter.
I'm dusting off my lute and quill,
I have some news, some mead to spill:
After all the months we’ve been apart
It's time for production to restart.
The Witcher and his bard - who's flawless,
Will reunite on set 17 August.
Alas, most likely fans of one of the best Netflix series will be disappointed, and this year the continuation of The Witcher will not be released. Presumably, it should be expected in August 2021, although the date of the premiere has not yet been announced.
In the second part, there will be no jumps between different time intervals, which only confused the audience. The main attention will be paid to the "Geralt-Yennefer-Ciri" triangle, and we will also be shown the witcher Vesemir, in the role of which Kim Bodnia will act.
One chernukha. Netflix has no future. Amen!
Thanks! Actors are not important, the main thing in TV shows is music. From the list of composers it is immediately clear whether it is worth watching masterpieces with a rating of about 6.0 or not.