The 15 best Netflix series you need to watch in February 2026
A new show from the creator of Derry Girls is coming to Netflix this month
Netflix is home to some of the most addictive, entertaining TV shows on streaming – and these are the best series you should watch in February 2026.
You’ve probably caught up with the best TV shows of 2025. You’ve definitely watched the end of Stranger Things, and if you’re an avid Netflix viewer, you’ll have already binged His and Hers.
So, that’s why you’re here: you’re asking, “What’s next?”
Luckily for you, we’ve rounded up the best Netflix series you need to stream if you haven’t already. And, if you have, watch them again!
Best Netflix series (February 2026)
Quiz
- Genre: Drama,
- Year: 2020
- Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, Sian Clifford, Michael Sheen
- Creator: James Graham
- Length: 1 season, 3 episodes
What it’s about: In 2001, Major Charles Ingram won £1 million on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. However, the aftermath led to one of the most infamous cheating scandals in British TV history.
Why to watch: It’s hard to imagine a more appealing proposition to the telly addicts in the UK than Quiz. You have Michael Sheen’s uncanny performance as Chris Tarrant, it effectively captures the ingenious drama of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and try as you might, you won’t be able to stop watching.
The Lincoln Lawyer
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Year: 2022 – present
- Cast: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Neve Campbell, Becki Newton
- Creator: David E. Kelley
- Length: 3 seasons, 30 episodes (season 4 premieres on February 5)
What it’s about: Mickey Haller, a smooth-talking lawyer in Los Angeles, takes on cases big and small as he cruises around the city in his office: the backseat of his Lincoln.
Why to watch: Season 4 isn’t even out yet, but Netflix has already renewed The Lincoln Lawyer for season 5. It’s a postmodern, traditional slice of silly, watchable telly that wouldn’t be out of place in the aughts. This won’t sound like the greatest compliment, but it’s hard to imagine a better watch-while-you-iron series.
ER
- Genre: Drama
- Year: 1994 – 2009
- Cast: George Clooney, Julianna Margulies, Noah Wyle
- Creator: Michael Crichton
- Length: 15 seasons, 331 episodes
What it’s about: In Chicago’s Cook County General Hospital emergency room, nurses and doctors do everything they can to save lives (and have lives of their own).
Why to watch: ER is the greatest medical TV drama of all time, bar none. Try as other shows – like Casualty, Grey’s Anatomy, House, and even The Pitt – might, its influence and impact cannot (and will not) be matched. If you didn’t watch its original run, prepare to be consumed by it.
How to Get to Heaven From Belfast
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Year: 2026 (premieres on February 12)
- Cast: Roisin Gallagher, Sinéad Keenan, Caoilfhionn Dunne
- Creator: Lisa McGee
- Length: 1 season, 6 episodes
What it’s about: When three longtime high-school pals find out their friend has died, a series of eerie events at her wake set them on a dark, bizarre odyssey through Ireland and beyond.
Why to watch: We could tell you that How to Get to Heaven From Belfast looks hilarious. We could also point you to the famous faces hiding in its cast, and how it’s said to boast twists, turns, and a story that will “keep you guessing”. All we need to say are these nine words: “A new comedy from the creator of Derry Girls.”
Catastrophe
- Genre: Comedy, Romance
- Year: 2015 – 2019
- Cast: Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Mark Bonnar
- Creator: Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney
- Length: 4 seasons, 24 episodes
What it’s about: Rob and Sharon have a steamy six-day fling during a business trip to London. When she realizes she’s pregnant, he moves to the UK, determined to make their relationship work – no matter their (many) differences.
Why to watch: If “a Yank and an Irish woman have a one-night stand” sounds like the beginning of a joke, Catastrophe works tirelessly to find the funniest and emotionally resonant punchlines possible across four seasons.
It wouldn’t work without Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan’s infectious chemistry; lovers and foils to one another, often in the same scene. However, special credit is owed to The Celebrity Traitors star Mark Bonnar, whose deadpan Scottishness secures some of the show’s biggest laughs.
Breaking Bad
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Year: 2008 – 2013
- Cast: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Bob Odenkirk
- Creator: Vince Gilligan
- Length: 5 seasons, 62 episodes
What it’s about: When high school chemistry teacher Walter White discovers he has cancer and only two years to live, he resorts to cooking meth to secure his family’s financial future. However, he develops a taste for the wealth and power of becoming a drug kingpin.
Why to watch: Is Breaking Bad the greatest TV show ever made? According to hundreds of rankings across the web, the answer is yes – and they could be right.
It has everything: Bryan Cranston’s iconic, against-type performance, a superb supporting cast, striking visuals, and a rich, shocking, and unpredictable rise-and-fall story. Also, don’t listen to anyone who says it doesn’t get good until Season 2. They’re wrong: it’s phenomenal from start to finish.
If you’re a fan, there’s a prequel on Netflix too: Better Call Saul… and some say it’s even better.
The Haunting of Hill House
- Genre: Horror, Drama
- Year: 2018
- Cast: Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Timothy Hutton, Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser, Kate Siegel, Victoria Pedretti
- Creator: Mike Flanagan
- Length: 1 season, 10 episodes
What it’s about: When the Crain family moves into Hill House, they experience paranormal phenomena beyond their worst nightmares. Decades later, they’re reunited by a horrific tragedy, forcing them to confront the trauma and fear that’s always haunted them.
Why to watch: The Haunting of Hill House isn’t just the best original series Netflix has ever made: it’s the greatest horror TV show of all time.
Mike Flanagan knew that to make a series scary – not just giving you the heebie-jeebies; proper mind-festering stuff that will keep you up at night – you need weighty, powerful drama.
And, despite its frights (keep an eye out for the hidden ghosts), it isn’t a one-and-done experience, with repeat viewings just as rewarding. Turn the lights off, and as R.L. Stine famously wrote, “Beware… you’re in for a scare.”
Stranger Things
- Genre: Sci-fi, Horror
- Year: 2016 – 2026
- Cast: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo
- Creator: The Duffer Brothers
- Length: 5 seasons, 42 episodes
What it’s about: November 6, 1983: Will Byers, a 12-year-old boy in Hawkins, mysteriously disappears without a trace. As his friends and family try to figure out what happened, they uncover a dangerous “Upside Down” world and meet a young girl with extraordinary abilities.
Why to watch: Stranger Things is a product of ’80s nostalgia. Its ingredients are shamelessly blatant: Stand By Me, The Goonies, It, Ghostbusters, and The Thing, to name a few.
But, unlike the onslaught of movies and shows it inspired that fetishise the same era, this is a heart-rendingly affectionate ode to some of the greatest, most beloved stories ever written. And, as a bonus, it’s absolutely amazing.
It’s Netflix’s flagship series for a reason; we still can’t believe it’s over (unfortunately, there’s no secret ninth episode).
The Gentlemen
- Genre: Comedy, Crime
- Year: 2024 – present
- Cast: Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Giancarlo Esposito, Daniel Ings
- Creator: Guy Ritchie
- Length: 1 season, 8 episodes (renewed for season 2)
What it’s about: Eddie Horniman, a soldier and aristocrat, unexpectedly becomes his family’s new Duke. This means he inherits an enormous estate – and the drug empire that comes with it, dropping him straight into the criminal underworld.
Why to watch: The Gentlemen is long-form Guy Ritchie with all of the trimmings; a naughty, nasty, and electrically scripted sojourn into a world of verbal gymnastics and pound-of-flesh justice.
But it’s not just potty-mouthed, violent frivolity: his post-RocknRolla career has been a bit disappointing, but this show’s Ritchie’s evolution as a filmmaker and storyteller. You’ll be desperate for Season 2 – and you’re in luck, because it’s coming out in 2026.
Peaky Blinders
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Year: 2013 – 2022
- Cast: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Helen McCrory, Sophie Rundle
- Creator: Steven Knight
- Length: 6 seasons, 36 episodes
What it’s about: In the aftermath of the First World War, Tommy Shelby leads the Peaky Blinders gang in Birmingham, clashing with rivals and corrupt officials as they fight for survival – and power.
Why to watch: Violence, politics, impeccable outfits, an expertly curated soundtrack, and one of British TV’s most iconic performances; what else is there to say to convince you to watch Peaky Blinders?
There’s no excuse: now’s the time, by order of the… well, you know. Plus, a movie set after the finale is dropping in March.
Bridgerton
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Year: 2020 – present
- Cast: Phoebe Dynevor, Regé-Jean Page, Jonathan Bailey, Nicola Coughlan
- Creator: Chris Van Dusen
- Length: 4 seasons, 28 episodes (new episodes drop on February 26)
What it’s about: Against the backdrop of the Regency era, the Bridgerton family navigate high society (and scandal) in search of love, facing battles between desire and duty under the watchful eye of gossip writer Lady Whistledown.
Why to watch: Bridgerton is a period drama. That’s a tough sell on its own, but there are three big reasons it’s one of Netflix’s biggest shows ever: steamy sex scenes, attractive and charismatic stars, and deliciously frothy, fun storytelling.
The first season followed Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor’s Duke and Duchess. Season 2 shifted to Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley, before Season 3 focused on Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton. Here’s the best part: season 4 part 1 has just dropped.
Adolescence
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Year: 2024
- Cast: Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper, Ashley Walters, Erin Doherty, Christine Tremarco
- Creator: Jack Thorne, Stephen Graham
- Length: 1 season, 4 episodes
What it’s about: A family’s life is upended when Jamie, a 13-year-old boy, is arrested after the murder of a teenage girl. As the investigation unfolds, they’re forced to reckon with the truth and how it led to such a tragedy.
Why to watch: Adolescence, a tragic, masterful ‘real-time’ series from the team behind Boiling Point, forces you to reckon with the corruption of young boys growing up in the ‘manosphere’. That’s extremely uncomfortable for a lot of people – and that’s why everyone needs to see it.
That, and it stars Stephen Graham (who surely qualifies for legend status), starring alongside small-screen stalwart Christine Tremarco and Owen Cooper, who became the youngest person in the history of his category to win an Emmy.
As trite as it may sound, this is an important TV show – and, quite frankly, unmissable
His and Hers
- Genre: Thriller
- Year: 2026
- Cast: Tessa Thompson, Jon Bernthal, Pablo Schrieber
- Creator: Dee Johnson
- Length: 1 season, 6 episodes
What it’s about: Two estranged spouses — one a detective, the other a news reporter — vie to solve a murder in which each believes the other is a prime suspect.
Why to watch: It’s not hard to see why His and Hers became an instant Netflix hit. It boasts strong performances, an edge-of-your-seat story, and truly jaw-dropping twist. Plus, it’s only six episodes long – you could watch it one weekend (if not a single night).
Arcane
- Genre: Animation, Sci-fi
- Year: 2021 – 2024
- Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell, Kevin Alejandro, Katie Leung
- Creator: Christian Linke, Alex Yee
- Length: 2 seasons, 18 episodes
What it’s about: In the utopian city of Piltover, two sisters – Vi and Jinx – find themselves on both sides of a magical, bloody conflict with Zaun, its oppressed, poorer underworld.
Why to watch: Arcane shouldn’t work. It’s a show based on League of Legends – a massive, lore-heavy game most people have never touched.
But, against all odds, it’s one of the most visually stunning and emotionally charged series Netflix has ever made. Forget The Last of Us and Fallout – this is the gold standard for video game adaptations.
Taboo
- Genre: Thriller
- Year: 2017
- Cast: Tom Hardy, Oona Chaplin, Jessie Buckley, Stephen Graham
- Creator: Steven Knight, Tom Hardy, Chips Hardy
- Length: 1 season, 8 episodes
What it’s about: In 1814, adventurer James Delaney returns to London after 10 years in Africa, determined to avenge his father and claim his legacy as he fends off conspiracy, murder, and betrayal.
Why to watch: Taboo is, in itself, taboo; there’s incest and exorcisms, a dark undercurrent in a show that thrives on its grimy atmosphere.
Once upon a time, that may have turned people away – and it could still be a bit much for some viewers – but in a post-Game of Thrones world, it could be just the show you’re looking for. Plus, it’s the ideal star vehicle for Tom Hardy, who delivers a brooding, intense performance.
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