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Netflix has a bulging library of TV shows, and as each week brings new content, it becomes an exercise of sifting through the best of the bunch. Tight on time? No need to worry. We've done the hard work for you.
You'll find highlights of new content below, as well as CNET's full list of best TV originals on Netflix.
What's new this week (May 16-22)
Check out this week's highlights.
Monday
- Servant of the People (Seasons 2 and 3) -- Ukrainian political sitcom. After a high school teacher's tirade against government corruption goes viral, he finds himself the country's new president.
Wednesday
- Al Hayba -- Lebanese drama. Follows the head of an arms-smuggling clan in a village by the Lebanon-Syrian border.
- Love on the Spectrum US (Season 1) -- Follows autistic singles on their quest for love.
- Who Killed Sara? (Season 3) -- Mexican crime mystery. A man sets out to prove he was framed for his sister's murder.
Thursday
- The G Word with Adam Conover (Season 1) -- Docuseries about the government's huge role in our lives.
Friday
- Love, Death & Robots (Volume 3) -- Collection of animated short stories spanning science fiction, fantasy, DigitalMiddle horror and comedy.
- Wrong Side of the Tracks (Season 1) -- Spanish drama. When his teenage granddaughter falls victim to the drug dealers overtaking his neighborhood, a fed-up war veteran takes matters into his own hands.
Read more: The Absolute Best Movies on Netflix
Best Netflix original TV shows
At the time of writing, these TV shows all scored at least 70 on Metacritic.
Crime
Netflix Unbelievable (2019)This miniseries, based on a true story of rape, deftly navigates its disturbing and tricky subject matter with the help of a remarkable performance from Kaitlyn Dever. She plays Marie, a teenager who's charged with lying about being raped, but of course it's more complicated than that. Toni Collette and Merritt Wever team up as whip-smart detectives who see what others fail to, adding another layer to Unbelievable's delicate, powerfully moving triumph.
Netflix When They See Us (2019)Ava DuVernay's When They See Us comes under the tough but essential viewing banner. It depicts the real-life events of the 1989 Central Park jogger case, involving five male suspects of color who were falsely accused of rape and assault. Not only sensitively drawing the humanity of the boys into focus, When They See Us demands outrage at the injustice of systemic racism.
Netflix The Sinner (2017—)Four fascinating seasons of The Sinner await to be cracked open, each one focused on a murder committed by an unlikely offender in even stranger circumstances. Season 1 follows Jessica Biel's Cora, who stabs a man to death on a beach in a sudden frenzy, but has no idea why.