Netflix has hundreds of TV shows in development at any one time, and sifting through the full list is a chore. So we’re going to list what you’re most looking forward to in the coming months and years with the help of IMDb. Here’s the Netflix Original series you’re most looking
To compile the list below, we used IMDb’s Movie Meter data as one of the world’s largest movie and TV show databases; every Monday, their list of the hottest titles is updated. These updates are based on the site’s traffic, which continues to draw in over half a billion monthly visits.
If you want to see what movies are hotly anticipated for Netflix, we’re running a separate top 10 for those movies here.
One quick note is that this list is only for the upcoming debut series. That means big returning series like Stranger Things aren’t going to be listed below.
Note: MovieMeter scores are correct as of December 12th, 2022.
10. A Storm for Christmas
Showrunner: Per-Olav Sørensen
Genre: Drama | Cast: Dennis Storhøi, Ida Elise Broch, Hanna Ardéhn, Valter Skarsgård, Carmen Gloria Pérez
Netflix Release Date: December 16th, 2022
Moviemeter: 7,006
It’s great to see some non-English titles breaking into the most anticipated list. A perfect watch this holiday season, A Storm for Christmas features yet another sibling, and son of the Skarsgård acting dynasty, the young Valter Skarsgård.
A group of people arrive at Oslo airport. Some to welcome their loved ones, some to fly home to their families, and some who want to fly away and escape Christmas. But in one way or another, their Christmas mission goes awry. They are all stranded at the airport and the clock is ticking only 24 hours til Christmas so what do they do?
9. The Three-Body Problem
Created By: David Benioff, D.B. Weis, Alexander Woo
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Cast: Eiza González, Benedict Wong, Liam Cunningham, John Bradley, Alex Sharp
Netflix Release Date: 2023
Moviemeter: 5,305
The reputation of David Benioff and D.B. Weiss was left in disarray after the disappointing ending to the final season of Game of Thrones. Seeking their fortunes outside of Warner, the pair are now working on the adaptation of The Three Body Problem, from popular Chinese author Liu Cixin.
Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.
8. One Piece
Created By: Steven Maeda, Matt Owens
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy | Cast: Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Stevel Marc, Taz Skylar
Netflix Release Date: 2023
Moviemeter: 4,711
With a 25-year publication history and over 1060 chapters of the manga, One Piece is one the longest-running and most beloved fictional franchises from Japan. This is why a live-action adaptation of the series is one of Netflix’s most ambitious yet, but if it pays off, then Netflix has a brand new series that could span well over ten years.
An alternate version of Earth, and one that is currently in the midst of the ‘Golden Age of Pirates’. Ruthless cut-throat pirates rule the seas, and only the strongest have the chance to lay claim to the mythical treasure known as ‘One Piece’ that was left behind by the greatest pirate of them all Gol D. Roger. Years after the death of Gold Roger, a young boy by the name of Monkey D. Luffy has dreams of raising his own crew, finding One Piece, and declaring himself as Pirate King. After eating a devil fruit that grants Luffy the power to make his body like rubber, it gives him enormous strength and agility. When Luffy finally comes of age, he sets sail from Foosha Village in East Blue and sets upon his grand adventure to become the next Pirate King.
7. Avatar: The Last Airbender
Created By: Albert Kim
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy | Cast: Gordon Cormier, Tamlyn Tomita, Ken Leung, Daniel Dae Kim, Yvonne Chapman
Netflix Release Date: 2023
Moviemeter: 3,545
When you take into consideration how beloved Avatar: The Last Airbender is by its fans, there’s a huge amount of pressure on Netflix to get the live-action adaptation correct. Easily one of the most anticipated Netflix titles of 2023, if done correctly, Netflix will claw back some of its lost reputation from recent adaptations.
Set in an Asiatic, war-torn world where certain people can “bend” one of the four classical elements: water, earth, fire, or air. Aang is the “Avatar”, the only one capable of bending all the elements, and is destined to bring peace to the world from the Fire Nation. With his new companions Katara and Sokka, Aang sets out to master the elements while being pursued by the exiled Fire Nation prince Zuko, who seeks to regain his honor by capturing the Avatar.
6. Kaleidoscope
Created By: Eric Garcia
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama | Cast: Max Casella, Giancarlo Esposito, Rufus Sewell, Tati Gabrielle, Jai Courtney
Netflix Release Date: 2023
Moviemeter: 3,197
Netflix subscribers will get a unique experience watching Jigsaw thanks to the random order of episodes each subscriber will be watching them in.
Spanning 24 years, Jigsaw centers around the largest heist ever attempted, and the vengeance, scheming, loyalties, and betrayals that surround it. It’s loosely inspired by the real-life story where seventy billion dollars in bonds went missing in downtown Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy.
5. The Fall of the House of Usher
Created By: Mike Flanagan
Genre: Drama, Horror | Cast: Carla Gugino, Ruth Codd, Willa Fitzgerald, T’Nia Miller, Michael Trucco
Netflix Release Date: 2023
Moviemeter: 3,159
While The Midnight Club wasn’t the best of what we’ve seen from Mike Flanagan. his upcoming series, The Fall of the House of Usher, has the potential to be one of his best Netflix projects yet. As expected, the cast will feature many familiar faces from Flanagan’s previous projects, including the likes of Kate Siegel, Rahul Kohli, Henry Thomas, and Zach Gilford.
A man who has been invited to visit his childhood friend Roderick Usher. Usher gradually makes clear that his twin sister Madeline has been placed in the family vault not quite dead. When she reappears in her blood-stained shroud, the visitor rushes to leave as the entire house splits and sinks into a lake.
4. Treason
Created By: Matt Charman
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller | Cast: Olga Kurylenko, Ciarán Hinds, Charlie Cox, Oona Chaplin, Adam James
Netflix Release Date: December 26th, 2022
Moviemeter: 1,533
An espionage thriller being released over Christmas will be the perfect remedy for those who are in well need of a good binge.
Adam Lawrence was trained and groomed by MI6, his career seems set. When the past catches up with him in the form of Kara, a Russian spy with whom he shares a complicated past, he is forced to question everything and everyone in his life.
3. The Recruit
Created By: Alexi Hawley
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime | Cast: Noah Centineo, Katherine King So, Alexandra Petrachuk, Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles, Amanda Ip
Netflix Release Date: December 16th, 2022
Moviemeter: 1,500
Picture: Netflix
Noah Centineo has spent the past few years on Netflix as one of the world’s most popular teen heartthrobs. But as he escapes the clutches of teen rom-coms, Centineo has been cast in a great number of exciting projects, including the upcoming comedy series The Recruit.
Owen Hendricks, a young CIA lawyer whose first week on the job turns upside down when he discovers a threatening letter by former asset Max Meladze, who plans to expose the agency unless they exonerate her of a serious crime. Owen quickly becomes entangled in a dangerous and often absurd world of power politics and mischievous players, as he travels the world in hopes of completing his assignment and making a mark at the CIA.
2. That ’90s Show
Created By: Gregg Mettler, Bonnie Turner, Lindsey Turner, Terry Turner
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance | Cast: Kurtwood Smith, Debra Jo Rupp, Mace Coronel, Callie Haverda, Ashley Aufderheide
Netflix Release Date: January 2023
Moviemeter: 574
Picture: Netflix
The 70s began over fifty years ago, and the 90s began thirty years, and while we’ll allow the existential crisis for millennials to kick in, That 90’s Show has the potential to become Netflix’s most successful sitcom since The Ranch. With new and returning cast members from That ’70s Show, the exciting new series can revel in everything that made the 90s an incredible decade to live through.
Set in Wisconsin in 1995, Follows Leia Forman, daughter of Eric (Topher Grace) and Donna (Laura Prepon), who is visiting her grandparents for the summer and bonds with a new generation of Point Place kids under the watchful eye of Kitty and the stern glare of Red. Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll never dies, it just changes clothes.
1. The Witcher: Blood Origin
Created By: Declan De Barra
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama | Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Lenny Henry, Dylan Moran, Jacob Collins-Levy, Sophia Brown
Netflix Release Date: December 25th, 2022
Moviemeter: 393
While The Witcher franchise is currently in turmoil with the departure of Henry Cavill, there’s a chance for it to redeem itself with the upcoming prequel series The Witcher: Blood Origin. Limited to only six episodes, Blood Origin will explore the past of the continent, and how the worlds merged.
Set in an elven world 1,200 years before the world of The Witcher, Blood Origins will tell a story lost to time — the creation of the first prototype Witcher, and the events that lead to the pivotal ‘conjunction of the spheres,’ when the world of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one.
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