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Netflix top 10 shows — here's the 3 worth watching right now

Paul Dano and Benicio del Toro in "Escape at Dannemora" TV show (2024)
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If you're looking at the Netflix Top 10 shows list, I'd wager you're trying to figure out what to watch next. Here at Tom's Guide, we still rate the streaming giant pretty highly among the best streaming services because Netflix is still home to an expansive, ever-changing content library.

But having so many choices can make picking your next must-watch show or movie quite the task. Even if you turn to the Netflix Top 10 for some inspiration, you can't always guarantee that the most popular content is right for you.

'Escape at Dannemora'

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Netflix recently added Ben Stiller's 2018 true crime drama "Escape to Dannemora" and it quickly shot into the Netflix Top 10 right after. It couldn't possibly be related to excitement about the "Severance" season 2 trailer, right?

This Emmy-nominated true-crime series is based on a recent true story. In 2015, two convicted murderers, Richard Matt and David Sweat, broke out of an upstate New York prison.

The series depicts how inmates flee with the aid of prison employees, including Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell (Patricia Arquette), and follows the trio in the days before and after the escape.

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'Territory'

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Australian family drama "Territory" is one of the newest shows on the Netflix Top 10 list. This new, soapy Western series has drawn comparisons to Tyler Sheridan's "Yellowstone", and it's easy to see why: both are gripping family dramas intercut with beautiful shots of the great outdoors. If you love the latter, you should give "Territory" a shot.

The series takes us down to the world's largest cattle station, Marianne Station, out in the Northern Territory. The Lawson family has controlled the land for generations, but a death in the family leaves them without a clear successor in line... which happens to tear them apart. There's more trouble at hand, too; rival factions sense the drama and see this as the perfect opportunity to close in for the kill.

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'The Lincoln Lawyer'

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Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) is back for another case. Yes, "The Lincoln Lawyer" season 3 landed a few days ago, and fans catapulted the series straight into the Netflix Top 10. Whilst it's lost out on the No. 1 spot, "The Lincoln Lawyer" has nevertheless stayed high in the rankings ever since.

The series revolves around Haller, an "iconoclastic idealist" legal expert who runs his practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln Continental, tackling cases big and small from across Los Angeles. The third season is based on the fifth book in Michael Connelly's Lincoln Lawyer series, "The Gods of Guilt" and sees Haller defending the person accused of murdering a former client.

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Netflix top 10 shows right now

  1. "Tyler Perry's Beauty in Black"
  2. "This is the Zodiac Speaking"
  3. "The Lincoln Lawyer"
  4. "Territory"
  5. "Escape at Dannemora"
  6. "The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox"
  7. "Nobody Want This"
  8. "Outer Banks"
  9. "Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour"
  10. "Tom Papa: Home Free"

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Martin is a Streaming Writer at Tom’s Guide, covering all things movies and TV. If it’s in the theaters or available to stream somewhere, he’s probably watched it… especially if it has a dragon in it. Before joining the team, he was a Staff Writer at What To Watch where he wrote about a broad range of shows that stretched from "Doctor Who" and "The Witcher" to "Bridgerton" and "Love Island". When he’s not watching the next must-see movie or show, he’s probably still in front of a screen playing massive RPGs, reading, spending a fortune on TCGs, or watching the NFL.