Need a Quick Binge? Here Are the Best Miniseries on Netflix

Because we all need to know what happens next to Lorelai, Rory, and Emily. A follow-up to the smash early 2000s hit, this Netflix original gives you four episodes to find out how life in Star Hollows panned out.

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One of this Summer's early offerings on Netflix, this Danish series follows a group of survivors emerging back into the world after a catastrophic virus has wiped out most of the population of Scandinavia. Siblings Simone and Rasmus join a band of survivors but find life in a world devastated by rain-borne disease is tough. We're promised another series, so you'll need to binge this one soon to stay ahead of the storm.

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Secrets and lies await surgeon Tom Delaney (Michael C. Hall) when his teenage daughter goes missing. His hunt for Jenny (Amy James-Kelly) sees his world, already changed forever by the death of his wife a year before, unravel with nothing actually as it seems.

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The lives of four families start to unravel in this thriller centered on a small German town where a missing child is just the start of a mystery that crosses generations. A little bit of sci-fi, a little bit of suspense, and a lot of tension are the hallmarks of this first-ever German language Netflix original.

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A six-parter based on the Margaret Atwood novel sees Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon) convicted of murder while doctor Simon Jordan (Edward Holcroft) works out whether she should be pardoned because of insanity. Plenty of psychological tautness in this 2017 adaptation.

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This 2018 reworking of the famous film sees the Robinsons blast into space to start a new life only to find their plans changed forever when they veer off course and crash land. Molly Parker is Maureen with Toby Stephens as her husband John in this exciting version.

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A prisoner in a futuristic world is given the chance to live again as a free man, but first he has to solve a controversial murder. Oh, and he's just been brought back to life after 250 years. Joel Kinnaman stars in this adaptation of the Richard K. Morgan novel.

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A police officer gets a tip about a missing crime lord and ends up in a race against time to save his home city from a terrible attack. This Netflix original is new for the Summer of 2018.

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A young boy leaves his home in South Korea to travel to the US and returns years later as a marine officer when he uncovers a plot that could change his home country forever. Romance, political intrigue, and changing lives are all in the spotlight in this South Korea-set period piece, which is fresh to Netflix this Summer.

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Sam Worthington and Paul Bettany star in this 2017 fictionalized account of the FBI hunt for the Unabomber. It's a taut thriller which follows the changing path of the investigation through all its twists.

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A journalist risks her life when she uncovers a web of conspiracies as tensions rise between Australia and China. Anna Torv is journalist Harriet Dunkley in this six-part series set in Canberra.

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Guillermo del Toro is behind this animated series, which won plenty of Emmy Daytime nominations and lots of critical acclaim. You don't have to be a kid to enjoy the story of James Lake Jr., who finds a mysterious amulet and ends up trying to save two worlds.

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It's going to be the biggest heist in history: a Spanish master criminal attempts to print billions of euros in a crime that will take days to pull off and pit his team against elite police forces. This Spanish-made drama premiered on Netflix in December 2017.

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