15 Tragically Underrated Netflix Original Shows

What do Orlando Bloom, Hannibal Buress, Malin Akerman, Dave Franco, Jake Johnson, and Elizabeth Reaser have in common? In addition to being talented actors, they — along with many others — are featured on romantic dramedy Easy. Set in Chicago, the anthology series showcases all types of people at all different stages of romantic, familial, and platonic relationships, some of which intersect in unexpected ways. Follow the journey of two brothers who create a brewery, a stage actress in a long-distance relationship, a graphic artist who uses women as inspiration for his work, international newlyweds threatened by an old flame, new parents who experiment with a three-way, and more.

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Stand-up comedian Maria Bamford plays a fictionalized version of herself in original comedy Lady Dynamite. The series focuses on Maria after she moves back to Los Angeles following a six-month stint in recovery for bipolar disorder. Her mother, manager, and friends help her get her life back on track, but things don't go as smoothly as they imagined. Each of the 12 episodes features flashbacks that give insight to Maria's background, as well as the specific events that led to her mental break. A plethora of famous funny men and women guest star in the show, including Sarah Silverman, Tig Notaro, Patton Oswalt, John Mulaney, James Corden, Seth Meyers, and more.

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Created by award-winning comedy writer and director Judd Apatow, Love is a hilariously realistic depiction of modern-day dating. Set in Los Angeles, the series follows the relationship of Gus (Paul Rust) and Mickey (played by Community's Gillian Jacobs). Recently dumped by a cheating girlfriend, Gus works as the on-set tutor of a snobby child actress. Mickey works at a radio station and is in an unhealthy on-again, off-again relationship with a cocaine addict. After an initially awkward meeting, things remain rocky between the two for a while, and Mickey even sets Gus up on a blind date with her roommate (which ends disastrously). Luckily, the two finally get together and the relationship helps them both grow . . . but is their love strong enough to overlook their conflicting personalities?

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The OA centers on Prairie Johnson (Brit Marling), a small-town blind girl who went missing seven years ago. Now, she has resurfaced with her sight intact and calls herself The OA. Despite her adoptive parents and the FBI urging her to open up about her disappearance, The OA only shares her story with a select group of trusted locals. In addition to her troubling history and current secrets, The OA reveals that there are other people in jeopardy of suffering her same fate. Together, they go on a mysterious journey to discover the shocking truth behind it all.

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Comedian Colleen Ballinger is best known for her fictional YouTube personality, Miranda Sings, an eccentric and delusional narcissist who unabashedly performs on the internet despite having no talent. Named after her catchphrase, Haters Back Off is an over-the-top satire on modern-day fame that delves into Miranda's life on her so-called journey to stardom. A hypochondriac mother, meddling uncle, zany best friend, and unusually sane sister are just a few of the characters that, along with Miranda, make comedy series Haters Back Off laugh-out-loud hilarious.

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Comedy series The Ranch follows Colt Bennett (Ashton Kutcher), an egotistical former high school and college football star who, after over a decade, is unable to accept that his best days may be behind him. He returns to his small Colorado hometown for a semi-pro tryout but — after learning that his family's ranch is in jeopardy — decides to move back home and lend a hand. As he readjusts to life back on the ranch with his older brother (Kutcher's That '70s Show costar Danny Masterson) and divorced parents, he realizes that he may not be as much of a big shot as he previously thought. (Be sure to keep an eye out for guest appearances from Kutcher's other past costars Wilmer Valderrama and Jon Cryer, too!)

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Known for his role as Will Truman in early '00s sitcom Will & Grace, award-winning actor Eric McCormack stars in Netflix's new sci-fi drama Travelers. In the series, McCormack plays Grant MacLaren, the leader of a team of special time-traveling agents from the future. Tasked with preventing future catastrophic events from occurring, the agents inhabit the bodies of modern individuals moments before their death and continue to live their hosts' lives to camouflage their true purpose. Now disguised as ordinary citizens, the team is comprised of an FBI agent, stay-at-home mother, high school jock, a woman with intellectual disabilities, and a drug addict. However, as their new personas begin to clash with their true identities, adhering to their mission becomes even more difficult. Furthermore, with each alteration in the present, the future suffers unexpected consequences.

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In the distant future, Brazil is divided into two regions: the Inland and the Offshore. The Inland is where a majority of the population lives, though it is wreaked with devastation and poverty. The Offshore, on the other hand, is a lush, wealthy paradise where almost anything is possible. Every year, each 20-year-old citizen has the opportunity to relocate to the Offshore by taking a test called The Process. Dystopian thriller 3% follows Michele Santana (Bianca Comparato) as she navigates the tricky waters of The Process with strangers who are willing to do whatever it takes to survive and make it out on the other side. However, what they don't know is that Michele has a secret agenda.

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Captive is an eight-episode documentary series that examines hostage negotiations as they occur around the globe. Each episode includes a re-creation of a past situation, including the 1993 Lucasville Prison Riot, the 2002 Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, and the 1997 kidnapping of British aid workers in Chechnya. Victim footage, news coverage, and harrowing interviews give an evocative look into the tense and dangerous roles of the negotiators, as well as the victims and their captors.

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Handsome bachelor Dylan (Johnny Flynn) has everything: great friends, a cool job, and a date with a new girl practically every other weekend. Unfortunately, he also has chlamydia. Now, Dylan has the uncomfortably awkward task of contacting all of his past sexual partners to inform them of his diagnosis. Each episode of the British sitcom Lovesick features a flashback to his encounter with a different girl, as well as the shenanigans that surround him and his two best friends, Evie (Antonia Thomas) and Luke (Daniel Ings). In the present, the trio find themselves in new romantic entanglements that lead to one hilarious misstep after another.

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Winner of BAFTA's best female comedy performance award, Michaela Coel stars as Tracey Gordon in Chewing Gum. Raised in a religiously conservative household, 24-year-old Tracey is anxious to explore her sexuality. Tracey develops a crush on a street poet named Connor (Robert Lonsdale) and pursues a relationship with him, despite being engaged to her adamantly chaste fiancé, Ronald (John MacMillan). As Tracey navigates her new sexual and romantic identity (and gets it hilariously wrong), the people around her begin to adapt as well, even spilling some life-changing secrets.

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Produced by the National Geographic Channel and Canon Australia, Tales by Light is a six-part documentary series that follows five photographers as they capture the reality of obscure areas. Each photographer has a different speciality: nature and culture, underwater, travel, adventure sports, and landscape. Each episode is a behind-the-scenes look at the unknown and undiscovered, from the submerged wreckage of a WWII plane in Papua New Guinea to the wildlife of the virtually uninhabited Antarctica.

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Sarah Lancashire stars as Catherine Cawood in British crime drama Happy Valley. Despite being a thick-skinned police sergeant, Catherine has had a tough break. Her teenaged daughter gave birth to a son, Ryan, after being raped and then committed suicide, unable to cope. Her sister, who she lives with, is a recovering alcoholic and heroin addict. Furthermore, her husband divorced her, and he and their son refuse to acknowledge young Ryan as family. Yet, Catherine puts all of that aside when her daughter's rapist, Tommy Lee Royce (played by War & Peace's James Norton) is out of prison and involved in a possible kidnapping. She goes on a mission to rescue Royce's victims and put him away for good, but her personal connection to the case causes unforeseen complications.

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Cocreated and starring Arrested Development alum Will Arnett, Flaked follows a recovering alcoholic who lives in Venice Beach, CA. Despite having problems of his own, (including owning a failing furniture store and drunkenly committing vehicular manslaughter) Chip, (Arnett) feels compelled to dish out advice to anyone who will listen. However, when he and his best friend both have eyes for beautiful waitress London (Ruth Kearney), Chip needs to take his own advice more than ever. David Sullivan, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kirstie Alley, and Heather Graham are also featured in this eight-episode comedy.

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Combine '90s favorite Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Hulu's sci-fi dramedy Misfits, and you've got Netflix's new comedy-horror series Crazyhead. The six-part British series follows the exploits of two girls: Amy and Raquel. Amy (Cara Theobold) is a lowly bowling alley employee who discovers that she is a seer, someone who can identify demons hiding in plain sight. Raquel (Susan Wokoma) is also a seer, but is also an experienced self-taught demon hunter, unlike Amy, who is hesitant to use her abilities. When they stumble upon the deep-seated underbelly of Hell, the two girls come together and do whatever it takes to fight off demons and other supernatural creatures (some of which have possessed their close friends and family) to protect the world as they know it.

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