Netflix has a lot of good content, but the best content doesn't always grab the headlines or the attention of the streaming platform's millions of viewers worldwide. Sometimes, the best of what Netflix has to offer gets lost in the weeds. We've seen it happen to movies, which is why we put together this list of The Best Hidden Gems and Underrated Moves on Netflix Right Now. But it also happens to TV shows, and there are so, so many more of them to choose from. So we thought we'd do you a solid and compile a list of TV shows that are worth your time and attention but likely got missed along the way.

All ... okay most of the following Netflix Originals and other series streaming on Netflix are currently sitting at just one season (some were limited series or miniseries), meaning that Netflix either needs more eyeballs on each of them to justify a second season order or they're waiting for the right time to make that announcement. It's probably the former, so now's a great time to check out all the series you may have missed. The hard-working teams behind the scenes would certainly love to launch a second season of their shows. So who knows, your attention might just help them do that. Spread the word and be sure to add the following titles to your watch-lists. And if we missed a title that you think is underrated, be sure to let us know!

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

This one breaks my heart (of Thra). The incredible artistry and talent on display in The Jim Henson Company's fantastic prequel series to The Dark Crystal just didn't seem to catch fire with audiences the way critics and Netflix execs hoped it would. Still, I'm surprised a second season wasn't ordered, especially since the majority of sets, puppets, costumes, props, and effects already existed for the epic events of Season 1. Who knows, maybe there's hope for the conclusion to this story yet, but even if it's all we get, it's worth the journey to watch it again.

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance returns to the world of Thra with an all new adventure. When three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis’ power, they set out on an epic journey to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.

Seis Manos

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Seis Manos

Anime may not be for everyone. The same can be said for Mexican telenovelas, grindhouse cinema, and throwback Shaw Brothers kung-fu films and the like. This "Mexicanime" series from Powerhouse Animation mashes all of them together in one of the most unique, action-packed stories you'll ever see, and a wonderfully diverse cast of characters delivering laughs, love, and lore. There's so much more to this story, we just need Netflix to give it the greenlight.

Set in Mexico in the 1970’s era, Seis Manos centers on three orphaned martial arts warriors who join forces with a DEA agent and a Mexican Federal to battle for justice after their beloved mentor is murdered on the streets of their tiny border town.

Cannon Busters

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Cannon Busters

Another original anime series that deserves another chance to expand its mythology, this one hails from LeSean Thomas. Its arrival was a long time coming, but it finally debuted on Netflix last year. Unfortunately, it didn't kick up much dust, despite the over-the-top setting and cast of characters that lit up the screen. I mean, just read this synopsis and tell me you don't want to see more just to figure out what the hell is going on:

Explore the fantastic land of Gearbolt as we follow a motley crew of travelers on an unforgettable journey to reunite 2 best friends. S.A.M. is a high-end, friendship robot determined to reunite with her best friend Kelby, the missing heir to her Kingdom under siege. Casey Turnbuckle is an out-dated, spunky grease-monkey repair robot, looking for an upgrade. Philly the Kid is a wanted, immortal fugitive just looking for a chance to shake them. Along for the ride is the greatest swordsman never known and an oversized Cadillac Eldorado that transforms into a sentient, giant robot. On their own, they're a lost cause. Together, they're the hippest group of travelers in action-fantasy.

Trigger Warning with Killer Mike

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Trigger Warning with Killer Mike

If ever there was a year that needed more Killer Mike addressing social issues focusing on the Black community, it's 2020. There's plenty of material for the production team to work with for another season here. It's worth going back to watch the first batch of episodes, but it's also clear that we're desperately in need for another even more progressive season.

In the new six-episode Netflix original series, Grammy award-winning rapper and activist Killer Mike sets out to confront important social issues and misconceptions that impact the Black community.

“Trigger Warning” is about examining cultural taboos and giving viewers the space to examine the “what ifs” and “why nots” that limit how some people move and operate in the world,” said Michael Render, aka Killer Mike.

“In six episodes, we explore the human condition using nontraditional approaches. Not everyone will agree with my methods (and some of what we’re putting out is fucking crazy), but this show is about embracing your freedom to challenge societal expectations and conformity. This show is if an anarchist determined the status quo.”

Tuca & Bertie

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Tuca & Bertie

Not-so-fun fact: This show was cancelled by Netflix before it had a chance to spread its wings and fly.

Fun fact: Adult Swim picked it up, so the title characters will live to see another day! It's just an example of how Netflix doesn't always get it right even if they do produce some original works in the first place. Hopefully the algorithm adjusts its parameters moving forward.

Tuca & Bertie is an animated comedy series about the friendship between two 30-year-old bird women who live in the same apartment building: Tuca (Tiffany Haddish), a cocky, care-free toucan, and Bertie (Ali Wong), an anxious, daydreaming songbird. Lisa Hanawalt (BoJack Horseman) created the series, which consists of 10-episodes for its first season. Hanawalt is an executive producer alongside Raphael Bob-Waksberg (BoJack Horseman), Noel Bright (BoJack Horseman, Friends), Steven A. Cohen (BoJack Horseman, Jack & Bobby), Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong.

Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy

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Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy

While Jerry Seinfeld is riding around in cars with comedians and getting coffee, and while Larry David is prepping for a socially distant 11th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, one of their fellow creative minds was traveling the world in search of comedic voices in dangerous places. Quite the original series, from one of comedy's most original talents, Larry Charles' global tour of comedy is worth a watch for the laughs, obviously, but less expected is how the show might expand your mind.

From the creative mind behind comedic classics such as Borat and Bruno, Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of Comedy explores the vast depths and varying definitions of comedy in different cultures all around the world. From Russia, China, India, Iran, Nigeria Turkey and more, Charles travels to the unlikeliest of places and speaks to the unlikeliest of comedians to unearth just how dangerous and how meaningful the world world of comedy can be.

Larry Charles is an award winning writer, director, producer best known for his work on Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Borat, Bruno, The Dictator, and Religulous.

Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of Comedy is Executive Produced by Larry Charles and Joe Russo, Anthony Russo and Mike Larocca, under their nonfiction label, Roam Pictures.

Special

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Special

Now before you go and Cancel this series or its star Ryan O’Connell, you should probably know that O'Connell is both gay and has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, as its his protagonist in this adaptation of his autobiography. Now that we've got that out of the way, you should definitely seek out the series to see just how well-rounded a character and his story can be. It's not just a feel-good series that takes it easy on Ryan, but a narrative that follows as he makes very human mistakes and learns from them.

Netflix learned from prior mistakes and wisely gave Special a Season 2 order, but we're still waiting to see when it arrives. Check out Season 1 in the meantime!

Special, is a distinctive and uplifting new series about a gay man, Ryan with mild cerebral palsy who decides to rewrite his identity and finally go after the life he wants. After years of dead-end internships, working in his pajamas as a blogger and communicating mostly via text, Ryan eventually figured out how to take his life from bleak to chic and began limping towards adulthood. The offbeat comedy is based on series creator and star Ryan O’Connell’s memoir, “I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves.” O’Connell also serves as executive producer alongside Jim Parsons.

I Am Not Okay with This

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I Am Not Okay with This

Sometimes, even supernaturally charged, angsty teenage dramas just don't catch on with audiences the way you might expect. Such is the case of IANOWT, an adaptation of Charles S. Forsman's graphic novel by the same name, from Jonathan Entwistle who previously adapted Forsman's similarly themed The End of the Fucking World. Plus, IANOWT had the added star power of two up-and-coming characters from the hit IT movies. Now it's only been a couple of months, but Season 1 left us with a big ol' cliffhanger, so we'd love to know if and when Season 2 will be arriving, ASAP.

I Am Not Okay With This is an irreverent origin story that follows a teenage girl who's navigating the trials and tribulations of high school, all while dealing with the complexities of her family, her budding sexuality, and mysterious superpowers just beginning to awaken deep within her. From director/EP of The End of the F***ing World Jonathan Entwistle and the producers of Stranger Things comes a new series based on the Charles Forsman graphic novel.

Green Frontier

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Green Frontier

There are murder mysteries and then there's Green Frontier. This South American sleuth story takes viewers from Bogota into the depths of the Amazon rain forest to investigate a string of strange deaths. But beyond the clash between the urban and the indigenous lies a deeper mystery that delves into the culture and mythology of the natives in the area, and a unique secret you won't find in any other series. Bonus: Green Frontier also features two strong female leads, each of whom has compelling yet wholly different stories to play out.

Deep in the Amazon, on the border of Brazil and Colombia, a series of bizarre deaths are investigated by a young female detective, Helena, and her partner, an indigenous policeman named Reynaldo. It becomes clear that the murders are not the biggest mystery within this jungle when the corpse of a particular young woman has no signs of aging. Simultaneously, we follow the story of Yua, and Ushe, two natives who everyone calls “the eternals”, and their battle against Joseph, a foreigner who believes the indigenous population is harboring an incredible secret. The stories and characters will collide to unravel a mystery that can change their lives, and the whole of mankind.

Safe

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Safe

After his time on Six Feet Under was behind him and his Dexter days were done, Michael C. Hall dabbled in voice acting and big-screen roles for a few years before heading back to TV with Netflix and bestselling mystery writer Harlan Coben at the helm. If you're a fan of either Coben or Hall's work, you've probably seen this series already, but it's also a solid story for fans of mysteries in general. We don't expect a Season 2 for this one, and that's okay; sometimes its nice to see a mystery actually run its course over a one-and-done season.

Tom's wife died a year ago and he's bringing up his two daughters, living in a beautiful gated community, with close friends nearby and a new relationship starting. But when his eldest daughter disappears in mysterious circumstances he realizes that in fact he knows nothing about the people closest to him - dark secrets about the people he loves and the place where he lives.

Partners, children, lovers, parents, and friends - does anyone really know the people they love? And how well do people know Tom? As the story opens, Tom, a pediatric surgeon and single father to two teenage daughters, is still reeling from the death of his beloved wife. Now he’s in over his head trying to juggle his new life - raising two daughters and dealing with his grief over Rachel’s death. Because, as we come to understand, the guilt Tom feels is rooted in moral complexity – a mystery from the night of his wife’s death that will be revealed.

Ultimately, we will learn the truth about how Tom’s wife died. We will learn the reason for Tom’s guilt from that night. We will learn that Jenny has a secret from that night – something that set her down a dark path of discovery that now threatens to blow families and a community apart.

In the final reckoning there will be redemption.

1983

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1983

Who doesn't love a Cold War military drama with a twist? The rare Polish crime drama on this (or any) list, 1983 takes place in an alternate timeline in which the Iron Curtain still exists and the tense conflict never came to a resolution. If you're a fan of The Man in the High Castle but would like to see how a similar story would play out in the European/Soviet theater, this is the series for you. As an added bonus, it comes with that authenticity that only the Polish cast can bring to the story.

The deeply frozen Cold War is heating up. Twenty years after a devastating terrorist attack in 1983 that halted the course of Poland’s liberation and the subsequent downfall of the Soviet Union, an idealistic law student and a disgraced police investigator stumble upon a conspiracy that has kept the Iron Curtain standing and Poland living under a repressive police state.

Now, in 2003, after two decades of peace and prosperity, the leaders of the regime enact a secret plan made with an unlikely adversary in the 1980s that will radically transform Poland and affect the lives of every citizen in the nation — and the world.

What these two men discover has the potential to ignite a revolution and those in power will stop at nothing to keep it a secret.

Maniac

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Maniac

Sure, Maniac was always meant to be a limited series. That's understandable when you've got Oscar-nominee Jonah Hill and Oscar-winner Emma Stone on board along with a phenomenal support cast. Add to that the direction of Cary Joji Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation) and you can understand why this was a one-and-done. But what a mind-bending, twisting, turning trip it was. It's best to just go into this cold, settle in, and enjoy whatever is about to play out on your screen. Just don't expect a Season 2.

Set in a world somewhat like our world, in a time quite similar to our time, Maniac

tells the stories of Annie Landsberg (Emma Stone) and Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill), two strangers drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial, each for their own reasons. Annie’s disaffected and aimless, fixated on broken relationships with her mother and her sister; Owen, the fifth son of wealthy New York industrialists, has struggled his whole life with a disputed diagnosis of schizophrenia. Neither of their lives have turned out quite right, and the promise of a new, radical kind of pharmaceutical treatment—a sequence of pills its inventor, Dr. James K. Mantleray (Justin Theroux), claims can repair anything about the mind, be it mental illness or heartbreak—draws them and ten other strangers to the facilities of Neberdine Pharmaceutical and Biotech for a three-day drug trial that will, they’re assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently.

Things do not go as planned.

Maniac is created by Patrick Somerville, and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga.

Ghoul

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Ghoul

If you're a fan of Insidious, Get Out and the like, Ghoul should be on your radar. It's a rare flip on the military thriller that actually puts the soldiers on the defensive for once. It also happens to be set in India and delves into Arab folklore, which isn't exactly common fare for Western audiences. All the better to dig into this one. Just be careful that Ghoul doesn't dig into you in return.

From the makers of Insidious, Get Out and Udta Punjab - Ghoul is a chilling series about a prisoner who arrives at a remote military interrogation centre and turns the tables on his interrogators, exposing their most shameful secrets. You can fight the demons of this world but what about the ones that aren't?

Altes Geld / Old Money

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Altes Geld / Old Money

If you want a series version of Knives Out that deals less with the murder mystery and more with the dysfunctional family who seem hellbent on killing each other, this is the series for you. The dark comedy out of Austria puts a weird spin on the Willy Wonka idea, with Udo Kier playing the part of a billionaire industrialist who will leave his entire empire to just one of his many heirs, should they prove worthy. The test? To provide the ailing old man with a liver that might just save his life. If the premise doesn't have you hooked, the fantastic performances from the cosmopolitan cast should.

A family, blessed with richness and power, is desperately seeking a liver for their father, who wants to hand down his wealth to the one who gets the organ.

CrazyHead

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CrazyHead

Call me crazy(head) but this one flew so far under the radar that I'd never even heard of it at all. That's a shame, because this 2016 series belongs in the same conversation as Buffy and Supernatural. If you're a fan of those iconic shows, or Misfits, which hails from the same writer behind CrazyHead, Howard Overman, then you should give this one a watch sooner than later.

When people die most go quietly into the night. But some have unfinished business: scores to settle, blood to spill, axes to plant in people's heads...These tormented souls work through their issues by possessing the living. Most of the time they walk freely amongst us, unseen by all but a special few.

Amy is one of those few. She works in a bowling alley and never really imagined herself battling the legions of hell. It can play havoc with a girl's love life. Not to mention her mind.

Thankfully Amy isn't alone. Enter Raquel. Armed with Wikipedia and a baton she bought on e-bay, Raquel's a self-made demon hunter with a whole lot of baggage and an impressive lack of social skills.

An unlikely friendship is born as Amy and Raquel attempt to navigate their way through the choppy waters of their early twenties whilst simultaneously kicking the ass of some seriously gnarly demons. What could possibly go wrong?

The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell

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The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell

For the life of me, I don't know why this show doesn't still exist in seasonal releases around the Halloween holiday. It's tailormade for just that same sort of crafty weirdness that always pops up throughout October. There's a bizarre sort of pseudo-narrative that folds loosely around the charismatic and delightfully macabre host as she whips up everything from a Gothic cake to a dress fit for a spooky soirée. It's like Etsy, Pinterest, and DeviantArt got together to make a Netflix show; it's fantastic. For some reason, Netflix hasn't brought back McConnell nor her creations for another go-round, and that's a shame.

Get ready to experience the art of darkness in ways you’ve never imagined with baker and artist, Christine McConnell, as she welcomes you into her terrifyingly delicious home, every episode she bakes, sculpts and sews to create delectable confections and hauntingly disturbing decor with the help of her colorful collection of creatures.

Street Food

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Street Food: Asia

I love cooking shows, you love cooking shows, Netflix loves cooking shows; there are at least a dozen of them. But while others have had multiple seasons that have aired already, we've only got a handful of episodes of Street Food to satisfy us. It's not enough; we're hungry for more. Luckily, a second helping is on the way. A related spin-off season that moves from Asia to Latin America arrives this July 22nd!

From the creators of Chef's Table, Street Food takes viewers to some of the world's most vibrant cities to explore the rich culture of street food all over the globe. Season one explores nine countries across Asia, from the hawker stalls of Singapore to the food carts of India. Each episode highlights the stories of perseverance and culture that bring life to each country's cuisine.

Street Food: Latin America

From the creators of Chef’s Table, the hit series Street Food returns for a new culinary adventure. The newest installment will travel to six countries in Latin America and explore the vibrant street food culture of Oaxaca, Mexico; Salvador, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lima, Peru; Bogota, Colombia; and La Paz, Bolivia. Each episode highlights the stories of perseverance and culture that bring life to each country's cuisine.

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

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Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

Technically, Kipo is still going strong after this year's release of Season 2, but another season has yet to be ordered by Netflix, and there is much more story to be told. Granted, that story comes from DreamWorks Animation, the studio behind Voltron: Legendary Defender, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and many more, so we feel confident that Kipo will get to tell its tale.

But it's a bummer that a series this fresh, this original, this colorful, and progressive, and downright fun to watch and listen to (it's got a fantastic soundtrack that's easily the year's best) hasn't gotten bigger fanfare. Now that 20 episodes of Kipo are out there, I hope more people give it a shot sooner than later. Catching up on a cultural phenomenon is great, but riding the wave as its builds and crests is even better.

The Great Mutant Outbreak of 2017 caused creatures to grow to an incredible size and develop incredible intelligence, forcing humans to scatter for underground. After a giant mutant attack dumps her on the surface far away from her Terrarium home, Kipo gets a crash course on apocalyptic survival. She soon bands together with other surface dwellers -both human and mutant- on her journey to locate home, her father and the missing people of her underground city.