20 Best Netflix Original Shows
13. Orange Is The New Black
Some shows come out at the right place and the right time, luring in legions of loyal fans and keeping audiences entranced season after season. Much like Game of Thrones, the early run of The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad, Orange Is The New Black premiered and blew its competition out of the water.
The series, which ran for seven massively popular seasons, follows the various inmates of Litchfield Penitentiary, a fictional women's prison in New York. Recently arrived and completely out of her depth, Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) comes face-to-face with the prison's eclectic mix of personalities, rampant corrupt scandals, guard brutality and racism.
Equal parts darkly humorous and tragic, Orange Is The New Black introduces too many great characters to count - including Crazy Eyes, Nicky Nichols and Alex Vause - and keeps the tension and frequent insanity ramped up to eleven throughout its run.
The series came to a satisfying conclusion in 2019, leaving behind a solid legacy as one of Netflix's most popular and beloved productions.