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The Best Original Streaming Shows Of The Last Few Years

Updated July 21, 2021 110.5k votes 16.6k voters 315.8k views857 items

List RulesOnly shows that premiered Season 1 after January 1, 2017.

With so many great original series currently streaming on Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu, we gathered the best new original shows since 2017. Our list of the highest rated Netflix original shows, Hulu originals, and Amazon original series of the past three years is ranked by viewers from everywhere, so make sure you vote up the best new original series on television. What is the best new original TV show from Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon?

In the last few years, TV has moved from networks and cable to online streaming platforms, like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. The three big video streaming sites has produced many bingeworthy original series. Must watch shows on Netflix include The Haunting of Hill House, Ozark, and Marvel series. For the best new Hulu originals, check out The Handmaid's Tale and Castle Rock. New Amazon original shows, like Jack Ryan and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, prove that quality television can be found almost everywhere.

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The Queen's Gambit
Anya Taylor-Joy, Marielle Heller
Premiered: October 23, 2020
Genres (Tv): Drama, Thriller
The Queen's Gambit (Netflix, 2020) is an American drama miniseries based on the 1983 novel by Walter Tevis. Following her life from eight to 22 years old, the show centers on orphan chess prodigy... more
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The Boys
Karl Urban, Jack Quaid
Premiered: July 26, 2019
Genres (Tv): Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The Boys (Amazon Video, 2019) is an American superhero drama web television series created by Eric Kripke, Evan Goldberg, and Seth Rogen, based on the comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.... more
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The Witcher
Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra
Premiered: December 20, 2019
Genres (Tv): Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The Witcher (Netflix, 2019) is a fantasy action-adventure series based on the series of short stories and novels by Andrzej Sapkowski. Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill), a solitary monster hunter,... more
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Anne with an E
Amybeth McNulty, R.H. Thomson
Premiered: March 19, 2017
Genres (Tv): Drama
Anne with an E (Netflix, 2017) is a Canadian television series created by Moira Walley-Beckett, based on the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty) is... more
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Ozark
Jason Bateman, Laura Linney
Premiered: 2017
Genres (Tv): Drama
Ozark (Netflix, 2017) is an American crime drama series created by Bill Dubuque. Financial planner Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) must suddenly relocate his family (Laura Linney) from Chicago to a... more
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Mindhunter
Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany
Premiered: October 13, 2017
Genres (Tv): Crime drama, Thriller
Mindhunter (Netflix, 2017) is an American crime thriller television series created by Joe Penhall, based on the true crime book by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan... more
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The Haunting of Hill House
Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino
Premiered: 2018
Genres (Tv): Supernatural horror
The Haunting of Hill House is the first season of the Netflix supernatural anthology television series The Haunting. It premiered on October 12, 2018. is an American supernatural horror television... more
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The Umbrella Academy
Elliot Page, Tom Hopper
Premiered: February 15, 2019
Genres (Tv): Action, Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix, 2019) is an American television series developed by Steve Blackman, based on the comic book series by Gerard Way. A disbanded group of superheroes reunite after their... more
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You
Penn Badgley, Luca Padovan
Premiered: September 9, 2018
Genres (Tv): Drama, Thriller
You (Lifetime, 2018) is an American television drama series created by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble, based on the novel by Caroline Kepnes. A clever bookstore manager (Penn Badgley) relies on his... more
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Jack Ryan
John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce
Premiered: August 31, 2018
Genres (Tv): Thriller
Jack Ryan (Amazon Video, 2018) is an American television series created by Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland, based on the character created by Tom Clancy. When CIA analyst Jack Ryan (John Krasinski)... more
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Rachel Brosnahan, Michael Zegen
Premiered: March 17, 2017
Genres (Tv): Comedy drama
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Video, 2017) is an American period comedy-drama web television series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino. A 1960s housewife (Rachel Brosnahan) discovers she has a... more
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The Handmaid's Tale
Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes
Premiered: 2017
Genres (Tv): Drama, Science fiction
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu, 2017) is an American web television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood. In a dystopian future where women are brutally subjugated,... more
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WandaVision
Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany
Premiered: January 15, 2021
Genres (Tv): Action, Adventure
WandaVision (Disney+, 2021) is an American television sitcom-drama television miniseries based on the Marvel Comics' characters Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul... more
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Dead to Me
Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini
Premiered: May 3, 2019
Genres (Tv): Dark comedy
Dead to Me (Netflix, 2019) is an American dark comedy web television series created by Liz Feldman. After the murder of her husband, tightly wound widow, Jen (Christina Applegate) meets Judy (Linda... more
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The Punisher
Jon Bernthal, Ben Barnes
Premiered: November 17, 2017
Genres (Tv): Drama, Action, Science fiction
Marvel's The Punisher (Netflix, 2017) is an American web television series created for Netflix by Steve Lightfoot. Former Force Recon officer Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal), known throughout New York... more
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Good Omens
Michael Sheen, David Tennant
Premiered: May 31, 2019
Genres (Tv): Fantasy, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Good Omens (Amazon Video, 2019) is a six-part television serial based on the novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. After being accustomed to life on Earth, the demon Crowley (David Tennant) and... more
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Upload
Andy Allo, Robbie Amell
Premiered: May 1, 2020
Genres (Tv): Science fiction
Upload (Amazon Video, 2020) is an American science fiction comedy satire television series created by Greg Daniels. In the future, Nathan (Robbie Amell) meets his early death, and is uploaded into... more
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Sex Education
Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson
Premiered: January 11, 2019
Genres (Tv): Comedy drama
Sex Education (Netflix, 2019) is an British comedy-drama web television series created by Laurie Nunn. A socially awkward high school virgin (Asa Butterfield) living with his sex therapist mother... more
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Altered Carbon
Anthony Mackie, Renée Elise Goldsberry
Premiered: February 2, 2018
Genres (Tv): Science fiction
Altered Carbon is an American science fiction television series created by Laeta Kalogridis, based on the novel by Richard K. Morgan. In a future where human minds are digitized and downloaded from... more
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Russian Doll
Natasha Lyonne, Greta Lee
Premiered: February 1, 2019
Genres (Tv): Comedy drama
Russian Doll (Netflix, 2019) is an American comedy web television series created by Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, and Leslye Headland. A young woman (Natasha Lyonne) in New York tries to escape from a... more
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The End of the F***ing World
Alex Lawther, Jessica Barden
Premiered: October 24, 2017
Genres (Tv): Comedy drama
The End of the F***ing World (Netflix, 2018) is an eight-part British absurdist dark comedy-drama television series, based on the comic series by Charles S. Forsman. 17-year-old James (Alex Lawther)... more
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Dark
Oliver Masucci, Karoline Eichhorn
Premiered: December 1, 2017
Genres (Tv): Mystery, Crime drama
Dark (Netflix, 2017) is a German science fiction thriller web television series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. The disappearance of two young children in the German town of Winden brings... more
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Locke & Key
Jackson Robert Scott, Connor Jessup
Premiered: February 7, 2020
Genres (Tv): Drama, Horror, Thriller
Locke & Key (Netflix, 2020) is an American drama television series based on the comic book series by Joe Hill. After their father is murdered, three children move into a new home where they find... more
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Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch
Premiered: October 26, 2018
Genres (Tv): Drama, Horror, Science fiction, Fantasy
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix, 2018) is an American supernatural television series created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, based on the comic book series. Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) must... more
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Carnival Row
Avan Jogia, Jacob Artist
Premiered: March 10, 2019
Genres (Tv): Sitcom
Carnival Row (Amazon Video, 2019) is an American neo-noir fantasy web television series created by René Echevarria and Travis Beacham. As a serial killer preys on mystical creatures in a dark... more
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