20 Best Netflix Original Shows
3. Ozark
In a post-Breaking Bad world, audiences were ready for a new show about shady guys who do shady things. Enter Ozark, a slow-burning crime thriller starring Jason Bateman as a financial advisor who relocates his family to the Lake of the Ozarks so he can set up a dangerous money laundering scheme.
Ozark has been a critical darling throughout its run, receiving numerous accolades for its writing and the sheer perfection of its acting talent. Bateman - typically a comedy star - plays Marty Byrde as measured and calm, but also ruthless, unpredictable and even a little bit tragic. Laura Linney, meanwhile, holds the whole thing together as Marty's impossibly tough wife Wendy.
At once a stirring character study and a spiritual successor to Breaking Bad, Ozark is a gripping thriller and a purposefully slow-paced drama. The tension is immense, the stakes intimidatingly high, and the show promises to rank as an all-timer once its fourth and final season has drawn to a close.