The best shows on Netflix in March include Girls5eva, Bandidos, The Gentlemen, The Signal, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Tourist, Avatar: The Last Airbender and more.
At the moment, the most popular shows on Netflix last week are still topping the chart this week: The Gentlemen and The Signal. However, there are two notable new additions as well. Girls5eva and Bandidos are both new on Netflix, although the former is dropping three seasons this week because it used to run on another streamer.
Among the new shows coming to Netflix in March, the sci-fi series 3 Body Problem is easily the most-anticipated. We’ll have to wait another week for that series to premiere. You can catch all of the best shows on Netflix right now simply by scrolling down.
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Netflix has rescued canceled shows from other networks before, but Girls5eva is one of the rare times that Netflix has uncanceled a series from another streamer. The former Peacock original series follows Dawn (Sara Bareilles), Summer (Busy Philipps), Gloria (Paula Pell), and Wickie (Renée Elise Goldsberry). Together, along with their late bandmate Ashley (Ashley Park), they were once the ’90s girl group known as Girls5eva.
In the present, the glory days of Girls5eva are long behind them, and none of the women are happy with their lives. That’s why they reunite the band to get a second chance at stardom. The first two seasons were produced for Peacock, but the recently arrived third season is brand new.
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Stars: Sara Bareilles, Busy Philipps, Paula Pell, Renée Elise Goldsberry
Seasons: 3Bandidos
Bandidos – or Bandits, if you prefer – is a new Mexican crime comedy starring Alfonso Dosal as Miguel, a con artist who has fallen on hard times. While getting drunk at a bar, Miguel meets an acquaintance of his father’s who has a lead on a long-missing Mayan treasure. Miguel quickly realizes that the treasure could be his if he can get a team together fast enough.
With so little time to act, Miguel gathers his ex-partner and ex-girlfriend, Lilí (Ester Expósito), as well as Wilson (Juan Pablo Medina) and Lucas (Juan Pablo Fuentes). The group thinks pretty highly of themselves, but their particular talent appears to be getting in way over their heads before finding some way to slink out of treasure. What they don’t know is that someone dangerous is also on the trail of the treasure, and they’ve already killed the man whom Miguel met in the bar to set off this treasure hunt.
Genre: Crime
Stars: Alfonso Dosal, Estar Exposito, Juan Pablo Medina, Mabel Cadena, Juan Pablo Fuentes, Andrea Chaparro
Seasons: 1DramaThe Tourist
During the first season of The Tourist, the man (Jamie Dornan) had no idea who he was, why he was in Australia, or why somebody tried to kill him in the Outback. Now that season 2 has arrived, the man has learned that his real name is Elliot Stanley. Or is it?
But just because Elliot has some of the answers, it doesn’t mean that some very bad people aren’t gunning for him. This season, Elliot and Probationary Constable Helen Chambers (Danielle Macdonald) are heading to Ireland to unravel the mystery of his identity. And they may not like what they find there.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Stars: Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Genevieve Lemon
Seasons: 2The Blacklist
For 10 years, a master criminal, Raymond “Red” Reddington (James Spader), has helped the FBI take down even bigger targets on his blacklist. The Blacklist’s 10th season is now on Netflix, and the criminals that Reddington betrayed to the feds are looking for their revenge. But even the members of Reddington’s team don’t fully understand his motives or endgame.
Ironically, the crusading Congressman Arthur Hudson (Toby Leonard Moore) may prove to be a bigger threat to Reddington and his task force than any individual criminal. Hudson is convinced that there’s corruption on the team, and his efforts to expose it may mean more trouble than even Reddington can handle.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Stars: Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Genevieve Lemon
Seasons: 10Warrior
Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) didn’t migrate from China to San Francisco to fight, but he’s going to put his martial arts skills to the ultimate test in Warrior. The show is set in the 1870s, as two rival Chinese Tongs edge closer to an all-out gang war. Ah Sahm’s fighting prowess soon brings him to the attention of the Hop Wei Tong, who recruit him to their ranks. Ah Sahm also befriends Young Jun (Jason Tobin), the man who will inherit leadership of their Tong.
What Ah Sahm doesn’t initially realize is that his long-missing sister, Mai Ling (Dianne Doan), doesn’t need saving. Instead, she’s the de facto ruler of the Long Zii Tong, which forces Ah Sahm to choose between his family and his newfound comrades.
Genre: Drama, Crime
Stars: Andrew Koji, Olivia Cheng, Jason Tobin, Dianne Doan, Kieran Bew
Seasons: 3This Is Us
For six seasons, This Is Us was one of the top dramas on television. Now, Netflix subscribers will meet the Pearson family and fall in love all over again. This Is Us embraces nonlinear storytelling, with the present-day storylines focusing on the grownup versions of Kate (Chrissy Metz), Randall (Sterling K. Brown), and Kevin (Justin Hartley), who are collectively called “the Big Three” by their parents.
In the flashback sequences, Jack Pearson (Milo Ventimiglia) and his wife, Rebecca Pearson (Mandy Moore), do their best to provide a loving home for all three of their children. There are a lot of heartfelt moments to be had, but also tragedies in the past, the present, and the future that threaten to tear this family apart.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson
Seasons: 6The Crown
Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) is gone when the second half of The Crown’s final season begins, and Queen Elizabeth II (Imelda Staunton) is feeling her own mortality at the start of the 21st century. Now, it’s time for Diana’s sons, Prince William (Ed McVey) and Prince Harry (Luther Ford), to come to the forefront.
This half of the season recreates William’s courtship of Kate Middleton (Meg Bellamy), while Prince Charles (Dominic West) finally gets to wed Camilla Parker Bowles (Olivia Williams) as Elizabeth wonders what her legacy will be, and how the royal family will endure. Now that the series is over, you can also go back and check out the best performances in The Crown.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Dominic West, Olivia Williams, Elizabeth Debicki
Seasons: 6My Life with the Walter Boys
Netflix’s teen drama, My Life with the Walter Boys, begins in tragedy as Jackie Howard (Nikki Rodriguez) loses her entire family to a car accident. She also gains a new family when she is taken in by George (Marc Blucas) and Katherine Walker (Sarah Rafferty), who relocate Jackie from New York to live with them in Colorado.
George and Katherine already have seven children of their own, all boys, including Cole (Noah LaLonde), Alex (Ashby Gentry), Will (Johnny Link), Nathan (Corey Fogelmanis), Danny Walter (Connor Stanhope), Jordan (Dean Petriw), and Benny (Lennix James). Adding Jackie to the household is a recipe for tension, even as she tries to recover from her trauma and discover who she wants to be.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Stars: Nikki Rodriguez, Noah LaLonde, Ashby Gentry, Johnny Link, Corey Fogelmanis
Seasons: 1Lupin
Omar Sy headlines Lupin as Assane Diop, a criminal who models his methods on the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin. While Assane has a lot of style, he doesn’t always consider how his life of crime will affect his estranged wife, Claire (Ludivine Sagnier), and their son, Raoul (Etan Simon).
This season, Assane is desperate to reunite with Claire and Raoul. Before he can do that, he will have to deal with a new enemy who is directly targeting his family. And this time, the gentleman thief may be out of options.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Stars: Omar Sy, Ludivine Sagnier, Clotilde Hesme, Antoine Gouy
Seasons: 2The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer season 2 began with Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) taking a brutal beating, and that’s also where part 1 of the season left us. Season 2 part 2 picks up from there as Mickey finds himself in quite a bind. His new client Lisa Trammell (Lana Parrilla), is facing murder charges that may land her in prison for life. And the evidence that she may have done it keeps piling up.
To make matters worse for Mickey, he’s falling hard for Lisa. But a true crime podcaster named Henry Dahl (Matt Angel) seems determined to get between them so he can exploit Lisa’s story for his own gain.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Neve Campbell, Becki Newton, Jazz Raycole, Angus Sampson
Seasons: 2Suits
It says a lot about Suits’ enduring popularity that the show has been at the top of Netflix’s most-watched charts despite ending four years ago. The series follows the unlikely partnership between prominent attorney Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), and a brilliant con man, Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams). Harvey is so impressed by Mike’s legal knowledge that he hires him on the spot to be his associate despite knowing full well that he never went to law school.
Harvey and Mike’s efforts help the firm win several high-profile cases, even as Mike’s secret threatens to emerge. Meanwhile, Mike catches the eye of Rachel Zane (Meghan Markle), an ambitious paralegal with her own plans to advance in the legal world.
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Stars: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Rick Hoffman, Meghan Markle, Gina Torres
Seasons: 9Black Mirror
Each episode of the dark sci-fi anthology series, Black Mirror, has a self-contained story, and the first installment of the sixth season actually targets Netflix itself! Schitt’s Creek‘s Annie Murphy stars as Joan, a woman who discovers that the Netflix of her world, Streamberry, is essentially stealing her life in real-time with Salma Hayek portraying Joan’s fictional self in the original series, Joan is Awful.
As with the previous seasons, series creator Charlie Brooker has attracted a lot of big-name performers to share the small screen in his stories. And each episode of Black Mirror is a mind-bending experience.
Genre: Sci-fi, Drama
Stars: Annie Murphy, Salma Hayek, Aaron Paul, Josh Hartnett, Zazie Beetz
Seasons: 6Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Netflix’s smash hit Bridgerton presented an alternate timeline in which people of color were among Britain’s high society in the early 19th century. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is the prequel series that reveals how this timeline diverged as young Charlotte (India Amarteifio) rises to power in 1761 as the wife of King George III (Corey Mylchreest).
Golda Rosheuvel also reprises her role as the older Queen Charlotte from Bridgerton in 1817 as she faces a royal crisis. Charlotte’s daughter, Princess Charlotte, has died in childbirth, leaving the royal family without an heir. And that’s something that the queen will do anything to change.
Genre: Romance, Drama
Stars: Wataru Ichinose, Shota Sometani, Shioli Kutsuna
Seasons: 1The Diplomat
Keri Russell has played everything from the all-American girl in Felicity to a deadly Russian spy in The Americans. So it seems fitting that Netflix has put Russell in the lead of its political drama, The Diplomat, which plays like Homeland by way of The West Wing. That’s appropriate because series creator Debora Cahn worked on both of those shows.
Russell plays Kate Wyler, a seasoned crisis management expert who is named the new American ambassador to the U.K. as her marriage to Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell) is falling apart. Before Kate can even catch her breath, she is thrust into a high-stakes position when Britain is attacked, and Hal’s decisions appear to undermine her duties.
For more on the Netflix show, be sure to read The Diplomat‘s ending explained.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, Rory Kinnear
Seasons: 1Beef
If you’ve ever had a moment of road rage, you know that what follows is not usually your best self. In Netflix’s black comedy, Beef, Danny Cho (Steven Yeun) and Amy Lau Nakai (Ali Wong) have a road rage encounter that transforms their lives, and not for the better.
Despite being strangers to each other before the incident, Danny and Amy’s lives become intricately tangled as their mutual rage for each other intensifies. This is not going to end well for either of them, but it’s almost impossible to look away from the carnage they leave in their wake.
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Stars: Steven Yeun, Ali Wong
Seasons: 1ComedyBrooklyn Nine-Nine
There are plenty of police procedurals on TV, but rarely any police sitcoms. Brooklyn Nine-Nine is one of those exceptions. This show occasionally has some serious moments, but for the most part it’s a gloriously unhinged comedy led by Saturday Night Live veteran Andy Samberg as Jack Peralta, a detective in the NYPD’s 99th Precinct.
Jake and his fellow misfits in the Nine-Nine are unconventional, but they get the job done … eventually.
