It’s almost amusing how many shows Netflix chooses to release each month at this point. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of great options to watch. There are several highly successful series on Netflix, such as Stranger Things and the enormous 2020 smash Bridgerton. But we’re here to talk about the underrated Netflix TV shows.
We are talking about underrated shows like Living With Yourself and I Am Not Okay With This, which deserve a lot more attention than they receive. Today, we’ll discuss some of Netflix’s underrated original series and how you can watch them right now.
List of Underrated Netflix TV shows
The Get-Down (2016-2017)
Baz Luhrmann has devised a music-driven drama that traces the creation of a new art form with a team of collaborators. It includes Oscar-winner Catherine Martin, iconic MC Nas, Grandmaster Flash, Pulitzer-winning writer Stephen Adly Guirgis, and hip-hop historian Nelson George.
The rise of hip-hop is told via the lives, art, music, and dancing of a group of young people in the South Bronx in the late 1970s. When, New York was on the verge of bankruptcy and disco was dying out.
Dear White People (2017-Present)
This Netflix original series follows a group of students of color at Winchester University, a predominately white Ivy League college, and is based on the acclaimed film of the same name. Cultural bias, social injustice, mistaken advocacy, and slick politics are all present in the students’ environment.
The series employs irony, self-deprecation, brutal honesty, and humor to highlight issues that still affect today’s “post-racial” society through an absurdist viewpoint. Justin Simien, the show’s creator, acts as an executive producer.
Gentefied (2020-Present)
Three Mexican-American cousins in Los Angeles pursue the American Dream. Although it threatens the things they value most, such as their neighborhood, their immigrant grandfather, and the family-owned taco store.
One Day At A Time (2017-2020)
Norman Lear’s 1975 series of the same name inspired this comedy-drama. This time, the series follows Penelope, a recently divorced Army veteran, and her Cuban-American family as they navigate life’s ups and downs. Penelope is now a nurse and the mother of two strong-willed children.
When faced with difficulties, Penelope seeks the advice of her “old-school” mother and her building manager, who has become a useful confidante. The series provides a current perspective on what life is like in both good and bad times. Also, how loved ones may contribute to making it all worthwhile.
Living With Yourself (2019)
If you like Paul Rudd, you’ll enjoy this Netflix series as well. After mystery treatment, he is burned up on life and love. He discovers that he has been replaced with a better version of himself. It’s tough not to enjoy this series since Paul Rudd has so much chemistry with himself. The jokes are funny, the tale is compelling, and Paul Rudd shines.
Love (2016-2018)
Gus (Paul Rust, “I Love You, Beth Cooper” and “Inglorious Basterds”) moves into a fancy apartment complex populated by a lot of college students after his cheating girlfriend left him. He meets wild-child Mickey (Gillian Jacobs, “Community”), who is also recently single and despises her work in radio, during a chance encounter.
Despite their vast differences, the two are drawn to each other. Their relationship is the focus of the Netflix original series. Judd Apatow directed this show. And, in the end, it may be their differences that help them figure out what love is.