Are you stuck inside right now and feel like you have nothing to do? What better way to pass the time than to stream all the binge worthy series!
If you are one of the many people that are stuck inside your home during the current situation, I have a list of binge worthy series for you to stream! Why not pass the time being transported to different worlds and stop thinking about all the crazy things that are going on in ours? I know that television and movies helps me escape. I am sure it will help you escape reality as well.
These series can be streamed on several different platforms, and I hope you enjoy them all! If you do, please come back and tell me. Or, if you think I am missing one that is binge worthy — let me know! I just might add it (and binge it myself).
Disney+
I have been watching Disney+ since launch and I have to admit, there are a LOT of blasts from the past there! Many hours have been spent reliving my childhood — and sharing some of my favorite binge worthy series with my daughters! Sign up for Disney+ now!
But Disney+ also has some new series that are totally worth binging as well. These are just some of my favorites because quite honestly, every series on Disney+ is binge worthy! Enjoy!
- The Mandalorian: Easily the best series on Disney+, in The Mandalorian a lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic.
- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: New romances blossom, old friendships are tested to their limit while new ones are formed, rivalries flare, and lives are changed forever as these students discover the transformative power that only high school theater can provide.
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Chronicles the adventures of Anakin Skywalker, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi and other popular characters from the `Star Wars’ universe during the violent Clone Wars, as dwindling numbers of Jedi knights struggle to restore peace.
- Marvel Runaways: Six Los Angeles teenagers find themselves in when they stumble upon a terrible secret and realize that their parents have been lying to them for their entire lives.
- Amphibia: The adventures of independent and fearless teen Anne Boonchuy after she is magically transported to a rural marshland full of frog people.
- The Imagineering Story: An in-depth look at the history and creation of the Walt Disney theme parks around the world.
- Star Wars: Rebels: A clever, disparate crew aboard the starship Ghost takes a stand against the Empire, facing new villains and colourful adversaries as they attempt to ignite a rebellion.
- DuckTales: Fun by the ton with the cartoon exploits of Scrooge McDuck and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie.
- Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil: When magical princess Star Butterfly receives a royal magic wand for her 14th birthday, she proves to her parents that she is not ready for the responsibility that comes with it.
- Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: The web-slinger teams up with Ice-Man and newcomer Firestar to battle both new and familiar enemies in this animated adaptation of the Marvel Comics character.
Hulu
Hulu doesn’t have as many weird and creepy series as I would like, but they do have some great comedy ones! Rick and Morty alone is PURE GENIUS. Plus It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is always good for a laugh. Like a real REAL belly laugh. Did you know there is a Disney+ Bundle that includes Hulu and ESPN?
So if you are looking for a different type of summer binge series, this is a great place to look. Hulu has some great original series, that I think are more than worth a binge. You can also find lots of shows that are on regular television stations here.
- Legion: David Haller is a troubled young man who was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a child.
- Catch 22: Artful dodger Yossarian is a bombardier in the U.S. Air Force during World War II who is upset that thousands of people who he has never met are trying to kill him.
- Rick and Morty: Rick goes on adventures across the universe that often involve his grandchildren, Morty and Summer.
- It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Follows “The Gang,” the owners of the unsuccessful Paddy’s Pub; a group of degenerates who loves nothing more than to scheme, conspire, and mostly revel in each other’s misery.
- Future Man: Things change for Janitor Josh Futterman when he beats a video game that the rest of the world has given up on, thinking it was unbeatable. After he defeats the game, mysterious visitors from the future appear.
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Detective Jake Peralta, a talented and carefree cop with the best arrest record, has never had to follow the rules too closely or work very hard.
Netflix
Netflix is one of my favorite platforms to binge on. There is such a variety of shows, although I prefer weird and creepy – as you can probably tell by this list. I purposefully did not include any of the Marvel shows on this list, because honestly you should have binged those by now (so good…). Pretty much every television show on Netflix is a worthy summer binge series, but here are my faves!
- You: A charming yet awkward crush becomes something even more sinister when the writer becomes the manager’s obsession.
- Dracula: Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet a new client and finalise the sale of a stately house in London, but finds himself trapped in a terrifying maze-like castle of undead brides with a vampire Count whose ambition is to conquer the world.
- Easy: Easy is an anthology series from creator Joe Swanberg that explores diverse Chicago characters as they fumble through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture.
- Black Mirror: Black Mirror is an anthology series that taps into our collective unease with the modern world, with each stand-alone episode a sharp, suspenseful tale exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia.
- Schitt’s Creek: a wealthy couple — video store magnate Johnny and his soap opera star wife Moira — suddenly find themselves completely broke.
- Altered Carbon: More than 300 years in the future, society has been transformed by new technology, leading to human bodies being interchangeable and death no longer being permanent.
- The Umbrella Academy: On the same day in 1989, forty-three infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before.
- Stranger Things: A love letter to the ’80s classics that captivated a generation, Stranger Things is set in 1983 Indiana, where a young boy vanishes into thin air.
- The Good Place: Follows Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife, and thanks to some kind of error, is sent to the Good Place instead of the Bad Place (which is definitely where she belongs).
- The Witcher: The witcher Geralt, a mutated monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world in which people often prove more wicked than beasts.
- Lock and Keye: Following their father’s murder, three siblings move into a house filled with reality-bending keys; from the comics by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez.
- Gotham: GOTHAM is an origin story of the great DC Comics Super-Villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told.
- Maniac: Annie Landsberg and Owen Milgrim are two strangers who are drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial.
Amazon Prime Video
We just recently started watching shows on Amazon Prime Video – and boy have we been missing out! There are some really good ones, and a great mix of genres – providing the perfect summer binge series for just about anyone!
- The Boys: Superheroes are often as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians, and sometimes even as revered as gods. But that’s when they’re using their powers for good.
- The Outsider: When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a case, it leads the investigators to question everything they believe in.
- Z Nation: Several years since a zombie virus swept across America, there’s only one person — who goes by just Murphy — known to have survived the infection — the world’s last hope at creating a vaccine.
- The Expanse: Hundreds of years in the future, things are different than what we are used to after humans have colonized the solar system and Mars has become an independent military power.
- Good Omens: This fantasy series sees fussy angel Aziraphale and loose-living demon Crowley team up to form an unlikely duo
- Electric Dreams: “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams” is a 10-episode science-fiction anthology series that journeys into unique worlds beyond the reach of the imagination.
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Her seemingly idyllic life takes a surprising turn when she discovers a hidden talent she didn’t previously know she had — stand-up comedy.
- The Man in the High Castle: This series, loosely based Philip K. Dick’s novel of the same name, takes a look at what the world might look like had the outcome of World War II turned out differently.
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Tessa Smith is a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer-approved Film and TV Critic. She is also a Freelance Writer. Tessa has been in the Entertainment writing business for ten years and is a member of several Critics Associations including the Critics Choice Association and the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association.
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