The 15 best Netflix series in March 2026 you need to watch
Virgin River is back, but there's more on offer this month
Netflix has some of the strongest TV shows coming to streaming in March 2026, from a new serial killer thriller to a horror series from the makers of Stranger Things.
The streaming platform had its fair share of hits in February, whether it was the first part of Bridgerton season 4, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, or Unfamiliar.
Some heavy-hitters are coming to Netflix this month, including an all-timer teen drama and the return of one of its biggest hits.
So, if you’re looking for a new series to watch, these are the best ones on offer on Netflix in March.
Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen
- Genre: Horror
- Year: 2026 (premieres March 26 on Netflix)
- Cast: Camila Morrone, Adam DiMarco, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Creator: Haley Z. Boston
- Length: 1 season, 8 episodes
What it’s about: Rachel and Nicky are about to get married, but “something very bad” takes place before they tie the knot, and it could change everything.
Why to watch: There’s little we can actually say about Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen. It’s a horror series that marks the Duffer Brothers’ first project after Stranger Things (they’re executive producers). However, the extent to which Netflix are protecting its secrets would indicate it’ll be seriously scary – and that should be enough to capture your curiosity.
Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole
- Genre: Crime, Thriller
- Year: 2026 (premieres March 26 on Netflix)
- Cast: Tobias Santelmann, Joel Kinnaman, Pia Tjelta
- Creator: Jo Nesbø
- Length: 1 season, 9 episodes
What it’s about: When a series of ritualistic murders hits Oslo, a gifted detective must navigate a puzzle of patterns, corruption and his own demons to catch the killer.
Why to watch: The Snowman, Michael Fassbender’s Harry Hole adaptation, was hilariously bad; The Room levels of, “How did this get made?” This new Netflix series should serve as an apology and justice for Nesbø’s work: a taut, dark serial killer mystery from an all-time crime author.
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Radioactive Emergency
- Genre: Thriller, Drama
- Year: 2026 (premieres March 18 on Netflix)
- Cast: Johnny Massaro, Paulo Gorgulho, Tuca Andrada
- Creator: Fernando Coimbra
- Length: TBC
What it’s about: Inspired by the real-life Caesium-137 accident in 1987, the series follows the aftermath of a radiotherapy device opening at a scrapyard, releasing radioactive material that spreads through Goiânia.
Why to watch: Chernobyl was morbidly, irresistibly watchable; it turned a historic catastrophe into a gripping, in-depth thriller. Radioactive Emergency looks like Netflix’s answer to that acclaimed drama – if that hasn’t convinced you, we don’t know what will.
Virgin River season 7
- Genre: Drama
- Year: 2019 – present (season 7 premieres March 12 on Netflix)
- Cast: Alexandra Breckenridge, Martin Henderson, Colin Lawrence, Jenny Cooper
- Creator: Patrick Sean Smith, Sue Tenney
- Length: 7 seasons, 74 episodes
What it’s about: Melinda Monroe leaves her big-city life behind to work as a nurse practitioner in Virgin River, a remote town in California. However, small-town living isn’t as easy as she expects, and she needs to heal herself before she can see a new horizon.
Why to watch: Virgin River is pure comfort TV at its finest – small-town melodrama, big emotions, and just enough chaos to keep you hooked. It’s incredibly soapy, and some things are a bit preposterous (including a woman who’s pregnant for four seasons), but that’s part of the charm. If you want sophisticated drama, look elsewhere: this is a cosy escape, nothing more. Now is the time to catch up.
The Man In The High Castle
- Genre: Drama, Sci-fi
- Year: 2015 – 2019 (arrives on Netflix on March 11)
- Cast: Alexa Davalos, Rufus Sewell, Luke Kleintank
- Creator: Frank Spotnitz
- Length: 4 seasons, 40 episodes
What it’s about: In this alternate version of history, The Man in the High Castle takes place in a world where the Allied Powers lost World War II. Amid the fear, oppression, and inequality of life under Germany and Japan’s rule, a series of films surface depicting a vastly different world.
Why to watch: The Man in the High Castle may have the most provocative premise on this list: what if the Nazis won? Amazingly, it’s something the show lives up to (no wonder Peacemaker pinched it for Season 2), streamlining its unwieldy source material into a complex, comprehensive, and gripping TV series (with some wild sci-fi in the mix, too). Also, yes, you’re not going crazy: this is an Amazon show on Netflix!
Vladimir
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Year: 2026 (premieres March 5 on Netflix)
- Cast: Rachel Weisz, Leo Woodall, John Slattery
- Creator: Julia May Jonas
- Length: 1 season, 8 episodes
What it’s about: When a passionate but reckless professor’s world begins to unravel, she finds herself dangerously fixated on her magnetic new colleague.
Why to watch: What’s the more inticing prospect: Rachel Weisz in a new erotic drama… or Leo Woodall in a new erotic drama? Our answer: why not both? This new series, based on the best-selling book of the same name, is set to be a surefire Netflix hit – and, as per the platform itself, it’s “full of sexy secrets”.
One Tree Hill
- Genre: Drama
- Year: 2003 – 2012 (arrives on Netflix on March 1)
- Cast: Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton, Bethany Joy Lenz
- Creator: Mark Schwahn
- Length: 9 seasons, 187 episodes
What it’s about: High school hoops star Nathan’s game suffers with the arrival of new kid Lucas — who’s not just a rival on the team, but also his half brother.
Why to watch: One Tree Hill feels a little lost to time, particularly compared to its spiritual predecessors (Dawson’s Creek and The OC). But it’s the greatest of the three, with the best theme song, and you’ll find yourself absorbed after the first episode.
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.
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
- 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.
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.”
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
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. Season 4 places the focus on Benedict (Luke Thompson) and Sophie (Yerin Ha).
