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Lineof Duty creator Jed Mercurio pushed his talent for tense thrillers punctuated by whiplash reveals to the limits with this limited series about a British personal protection officer and traumatised war veteran (Richard Madden, in his finest performance) assigned to a hard-as-nails cabinet minister (Keeley Hawes). The dynamic between the two is one of many combustible elements here.

Hollywood satires tend to be snarky and short-sighted, so naturally it took an animated series where the Los Angeles subjects are anthropomorphic animals to really twist the knife. Daft at first encounter, full of visual delights, and psychologically acute, the story of the titular equine sitcom star (perfectly voiced by Will Arnett) dug deeper across six seasons than most prestige dramas ever could.

It\\u2019s a near-impossible task, but the finished list is worth the struggle. In compiling Netflix\\u2019s 20 essential shows, I had a few simple parameters: scripted only (no documentaries or reality fare), mix the signature hits with the lesser-known, and recognise the breadth of the streaming service\\u2019s programming. Your favourite show might not be here, then again neither is mine.

Starting with a road rage incident and escalating to vengeful pranks, this black farce about a pair of Los Angeles residents \\u2013 played by Ali Wong and Steven Yeun \\u2013 appears to be a barbed contemporary comedy, but scene by scene it goes deeper into the characters, their failings, and ultimately their connection. It is a masterful, arresting transformation.

Charlie Brooker\\u2019s science-fiction anthology debuted 12 years ago, which means that some of the dystopian concepts he built each season\\u2019s handful of episodes around no longer feel like mordant speculation. But the best episodes \\u2013 start with San Junipero \\u2013 still resonate in ways both fascinating and fearful, and the show\\u2019s evolution is fascinating to trace.

The definitive political drama of the 21st century, this Danish series originally aired for three seasons between 2010 and 2013, with its depiction of power \\u2013 how to wield it, what it costs \\u2013 gripping when intermixed with piquant characters. Netflix added a sharply drawn fourth season last year, and the show\\u2019s many telling observations remain relevant.

The closer this historic drama about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II has got to the present day, the more its spell has dissipated. Nonetheless, Peter Morgan\\u2019s royal drama is one of Netflix\\u2019s signature shows and the Claire Foy and Olivia Colman eras as Her Majesty are sumptuous character studies of privilege, contradiction and immaculate insults.

Seriously, don\\u2019t be flippant with this dense German drama: you\\u2019re in for three seasons of increasingly complex narratives, as events in an orderly town are tied together through time travel patterns every 33 years. It is bleakly gripping \\u2013 mournful cellos yes, humour no \\u2013 as kidnapped children and temporal conspiracies abound, but its depiction of regret and inevitability is also tragically beautiful.

Has there ever been a sitcom as silly and yet sublime as Lisa McGee\\u2019s ode to her 1990s high school misadventures in Northern Ireland during the final years of sectarian conflict. Historic events and being banned from the local chippy intertwine as a group of teenage girls \\u2013 and their plus-one male English cousin \\u2013 plot wildly and act badly. The funniest coming of age tale going.

A classic American network sitcom in structure \\u2013 22-minute episodes! \\u2013 loaded with inventive ideas, ingenious gags and moral quandaries, the four seasons of this metaphysical comedy find a group of wayward strangers exploring the afterlife. It is in turn nutty, soulful, and stacked with note-perfect performances (take a bow, Ted Danson).

Filmmaker turned showrunner Mike Flanagan is Netflix\\u2019s resident horror auteur: year after year he updates classic horror tales or modifies the genre. My pick of his limited series is the first, which matches a group of siblings\\u2019 haunted house experience as children with their experience as emotionally damaged adults. Much is terrifying here, including familial bonds.

Gorgeously animated \\u2013 words to the effect of \\u201CHayao Miyazaki in Scandinavia\\u201D are rightfully found in many reviews \\u2013 the two seasons of this children\\u2019s series follow the adventures of the titular 11-year-old (voiced by The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey). The tone can be bittersweet or chaotic, as Hilda\\u2019s outings go from the mundane to the fantastical and she begins to comprehend the wider world\\u2019s flaws.

After three seasons of this genius sketch comedy series, it\\u2019s got to the point where I laugh so uncontrollably hard that my oldest son simply calls out \\u201CTim Robinson\\u201D from another room. Absurd but always a step ahead of your expectations, Robinson\\u2019s pieces explore the extremes of social limits.

Tom Robinson, and many other sketch comics, wouldn\\u2019t have a career if it wasn\\u2019t for this feted troupe of British comics. Netflix has all four seasons of their BBC show, which debuted in 1969 and paved the way for their classic film comedies, and while time and a changing society has shaded certain numbers, there is still one-of-a-kind brilliance here.

When the two circles on your Venn diagram are filmmaker David Fincher and infamous serial killers of the 1970s, you\\u2019re in for an intense series. A study of detail and dread, this impeccable psychological thriller follows a pair of outlier FBI agents and a female psychology professor interviewing jailed mass murderers such as Son of Sam.

Netflix recently wrapped up, with a satisfying mix of teenage realisation and timeless awkwardness, this coming-of-age comic-drama, as Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) and her pals finished high school. Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher\\u2019s show was always funny, but it grew more perceptive about its Indian-American lead and the rigours of adolescence with each season. Bonus: an amazing celebrity narrator.

The era-defining sitcoms of the 1990s are lucrative trophies in the streaming era, with Netflix currently home to all 180 episodes of Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David\\u2019s celebrated comedy about a group of New Yorkers with the worst of intentions. Riffing off minor misunderstandings and friendly misdemeanours, this 20th century classic has episodes assembled with clockwork precision and hilarious send-offs.

The games without frontiers that punctuated this shocking and addictive drama turned Netflix\\u2019s South Korean production arm from stealth success to superstar. With a harsh undercurrent of inequality fuelling the fantastical limits, a group of strangers find themselves in an underground competition where children\\u2019s games are literally a matter of life and death.

A funding arrangement means that Netflix ends up taking the ABC\\u2019s scripted shows to the world, while providing a valuable second chance locally. It means you can rediscover this coruscating 2020 drama about Australia\\u2019s refugee detention regime, with co-creator Cate Blanchett in a supporting role. The multiple storylines deliver startling detail and unadorned empathy.

Netflix\\u2019s biggest shows \\u2013 and few are bigger than this 1980s supernatural horror homage \\u2013 have redefined what a successful global franchise can be. Strip-mining their favourite movies of the era, creators the Duffer Brothers created a popcorn panopticon that\\u2019s become a streaming event even as recent seasons took their time getting up to speed.

Here are your truest detectives. Based on real-life events, Toni Collette and Merritt Wever are riveting as Colorado police officers who partner up to catch a serial rapist. Their relentless search is an exceptional procedural, but it\\u2019s elevated by the heart-rending parallel story of a survivor (Kaitlyn Dever) trying to endure a system meant to help her.

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