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As the holidays are rapidly approaching, ’tis the season to Netflix and chill.
After the rush of gift shopping, holiday parties and family reunions, sometimes you just need to relax and spend a night at home. Sure, you can settle for watching romantic comedies and holiday classics. But if you’re tired of your usual “Home Alone” rerun, thank goodness for the gift of Netflix.
Here is ENTITY’s list of five binge-worthy Netflix shows to keep you occupied and entertained this holiday season.
This ’80s-themed science fiction series follows what happened after 12-year-old Will Byers disappeared on his way home. His friends, mother (Winona Ryder) and the police chief (David Harbour) investigate Will’s disappearance only to open a pandora’s box of mysterious, supernatural secrets. One of the biggest secrets? The young girl with psychokinetic gifts named Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown).
The series generated a lot of buzz when it released this summer. Young actress Millie Bobby Brown was ranked as IMDb’s top breakout star and “Stranger Things” recently got nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Television Series (Drama). The cast is currently working on filming the second season, but until then you can binge-watch the first season of adventures.
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Enter Sherlock Holmes’ (Benedict Cumberbatch) mind palace with this BBC original series, following the mystery, drama and excitement of Sherlock’s and Dr. Watson’s (Martin Freeman) detective life. The series depicts a number of crimes and perpetrators, including Holmes’ ongoing conflict with Jim Moriarty (Andrew Scott). Each season is three episodes long and each episode is about 90 minutes long, making for a good movie night.
The series has been nominated for numerous awards, including BAFTAs, Emmys and a Golden Globe. It has also won Emmys in three different categories, including Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries. And with season four scheduled to release on January 1, 2017, binging the first three seasons before then will help you prepare for its long-awaited return.
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Follow Jane’s (Gina Rodriguez) life as she struggles with the consequences of getting pregnant … without having sex. After being accidentally inseminated at the doctors office, Jane’s life as a Catholic virgin gets turned upside down as she tries to juggle two lovers, a pregnancy and her aspirations to be a romance novelist.
The series is modeled after a telenovela and it even has an animated, comical narrator to tell the story of Jane’s life. “Jane the Virgin” won a People’s Choice Award in 2015 for Favorite New TV Comedy and the star, Gina Rodriguez won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Comedy) that same year. The show is currently on season three, but the first two seasons can be streamed on Netflix.
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Take a look into the reign of Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura) and follow a twisted journey through the life of Colombian drug lords with “Narcos.” This fast-paced action is based on the partnership of two DEA officers, Steve Murphy (Boyd Holbrook) and Javier Peña (Pedro Pascal), and their hunt for Columbian drug lord, Pablo Escobar. Watch Pablo Escobar’s rise and ultimate fall and get an inside into the American DEA’s international drug policies.
“Narcos” has been nominated for various awards this year, including Primetime Emmys, BAFTAs and a Golden Globe. However, if international drug policies don’t interest you, there are also some pretty powerful and dynamic female characters on the show.
READ MORE: The Women of ‘Narcos’
“Gilmore Girls” is a classic fan favorite. This series tells the story of the quirky residents of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, and how their lives add fun and joy to the lives of single mom Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and her daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel). This series explores a number of issues, including family, friendship, romance, ambition, generational differences and social class. Not to mention that the show’s numerous pop culture references are also fan favorites.
And the best part about finishing this series is that Netflix recently released an event series titled “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” which picks up nine years after the end of the show. Now, Rory is a professional journalist and Lorelai still runs the Dragonfly Inn. In these new four 90-minute episodes, you’ll also see plenty of the same stars from the original “Gilmore Girls” series, including Kelly Bishop, Melissa McCarthy and Scott Patterson.
Get started on these this holiday season. But if you’re looking for more great shows to watch, read ENTITY’s favorite series with powerful female leads.
