Streaming giants like Netflix drop so many new shows and movies each week. Here are a few underrated gems worth watching.
Streaming giants like Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV+, and more are constantly dropping so many new TV shows and movies on us from one week to the next that it sometimes feels a little impossible to keep up with it all. So many shows and movies slip through the cracks, such that both ordinary viewers and writers who cover this space are often unaware that they exist.
We cover a lot of those kinds of streaming titles here on a regular basis, but in this post, I want to spotlight a group of them — specifically, nine titles from a selection of streamers (Netflix, Peacock, Hulu, and Apple TV+) that I’ve gotten hooked on myself and that I think more people ought to know about. The shows and movies include:
The Devil’s Plan (Netflix)
Snabba Cash (Netflix)
Kodachrome (Netflix)
The Parades (Netflix)
Love After Divorce (Netflix)
We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)
No Man’s Land (Hulu)
Drops of God (Apple TV+)
and Pachinko (Apple TV+)
Here’s what to know about each of those titles, grouped by streamer, starting with Netflix.Five underrated Netflix series
We all know the biggies on Netflix that get the lion’s share of attention, everything from Squid Game to The Crown, Stranger Things, and the like. Hidden Netflix gems that I wish more people were streaming include the following Korean reality series.
The Devil’s Plan: This is a game show in which 12 contestants — who include poker players, gamers, actors, and even one K-pop idol — live together in a swanky house while trying to outwit each other in a series of extremely complicated games. In addition to the games, they also collect and trade gold pieces, form alliances, and work toward building up a pot of money that one winner will eventually go home with. Warning: This is a highly, highly addictive series.
Love After Divorce: Despite whatever preconception you might have about this next Korean gem, based on the fact that it has the word divorce in the title, this is actually one of the most feel-good titles I think I’ve ever streamed on Netflix. It features a group of divorcees who live together in a house and who interact and slowly fall in love with each other.
The cherry on top is the panel of MCs/hosts who offer commentary as they watch the show along with us. It’s never mean-spirited, and they get super-into the burgeoning relationships, cheering and applauding when it seems like couples have formed, the first time they kiss, and the like.
