Over the course of its three seasons on the streaming service, the heist drama series has managed to become a global phenomenon. Money Heist(Spanish: La Casa de Papel) is easily one of the most influential shows on Netflix's catalog. Remus NoronhaĬast: Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso, Paco Tous, Alba Flores, Miguel Herrán, Jaime Lorente, Esther Acebo, Enrique Arce, María Pedraza, Darko Perić, Kiti Mánver, Hovik Keuchkerian, Luka Peroš, Belén Cuesta, Fernando Cayo, Rodrigo de la Serna, and Najwa Nimri
And in case the first season leaves you hungry for more, Season 2 of Squid Game is currently in the works.
It's a tense, violent, and wholly engrossing story spread over nine episodes. It quickly becomes clear that if they lose a game, they will die, and the only way to survive is to outsmart both the other players and the game's mysterious organizers. But once he accepts the invite, he is taken to an unknown location where he must play alongside 455 other people who are also deeply in debt. So when he is invited to play children's games in exchange for a large amount of money, Seong Gi-Hun jumps at the chance. He has a daughter whom he struggles to support financially, and the fact that he's a gambling addict doesn't help his situation either. Seong Gi-hun ( Lee Jung-jae) is a divorced chauffeur who lives with his elderly mother. Squid Game has received widespread acclaim for its story, performances, and especially for the themes of inequality and greed that lie at the heart of the series. The show revolves around an underground tournament where everyday people compete in deadly games in order to win a huge cash prize. One of Netflix's biggest hits of 2021, Squid Game is an intense South Korean survival drama. Therese LacsonĬast: Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryoung There are five seasons of the series currently, three under the title Midnight Diner, and two under Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories. With delicious looking meals and a variety of people from different walks of life, Midnight Diner will make you laugh, it will make you think, and it might make you hungry too. Like Master and his other customers, it is easy to quickly get wrapped up in the story of the week. Incredibly introspective, Midnight Diner is addictive as a series despite its subdued nature.
Run by the mysterious and scarred chef known only as Master, the diner is full of curious characters and regulars, with each episode featuring a specific Japanese dish. Directed by: Joji Matsuoka, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Shotarou KobayashiĬast: Kaoru Kobyashi, Mansaku Fuwa, Toshiki Ayata, Yutaka Matsushige, Ken Mitsuishi, Shohei UnoĪ slice-of-life manga that inspired a serene and thoughtful series, Midnight Diner (aka Shinya shokudō) is a Japanese anthology series that follows a curious little diner that only opens late in the night.