What are the best hidden gems on Netflix right now?

In the United States, as of November 12, 2026: Beauty in Black (2024), rated 8.5 out of 10 on TMDB, then On My Block and The West Wing.

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Hidden gems on Netflix

Right now the best hidden gems on Netflix in the United States are Beauty in Black (2024), On My Block (2018) and The West Wing (1999). This is the top 30 streaming there today, ranked by how well rated each one is, how many people have rated it, and what people are watching now.

Highly rated by the people who've seen them, at least two years old, and not seen by many: the ones nobody has recommended to you yet.

Updated November 12, 2026 · streaming in the United States

Pick three for meAll Films Series

1. Beauty in Black2024
Series · 3 seasonsDrama★ 8.5
A stripper's fate takes a turn when she crosses paths with the wealthy, dysfunctional family behind a cosmetics dynasty and a devious trafficking scheme.
Stream onNetflix
2. On My Block2018
Series · 4 seasonsComedy★ 8.3
In a rough Los Angeles neighborhood, four smart, funny and streetwise teens find their lifelong friendship tested as they begin high school.
Stream onNetflix
3. The West Wing1999
Series · 7 seasonsDrama★ 8.3
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration.
Stream onNetflixHBO Max
4. Club de Cuervos2015
Series · 4 seasonsDrama, Comedy★ 8.4
When the patriarch of a prominent family dies, his heirs battle to determine who will gain control of his beloved soccer team: The Cuervos of Nuevo Toledo.
Stream onNetflix
5. Wayne2019
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Action & Adventure, Comedy★ 8.2
In this gritty and sometimes bloody tale, sixteen year-old Wayne sets out on a dirt bike with his new crush Del to take back the 1978 Pontiac Trans Am that was stolen from his father before he died. It is Wayne and Del against the world.
Stream onNetflixYouTube PremiumTubi (free)
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7. XO, Kitty2023
Series · 3 seasonsComedy, Drama★ 8.1
Teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey thinks she knows everything there is to know about love. But when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, she'll soon realise that relationships are a lot more…
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9. All American2018
Series · 8 seasonsDrama★ 8.1
When a rising high school football player from South Central L.A. is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High, the wins, losses and struggles of two families from vastly different worlds - Compton and Beverly Hills - begin to collide.
Stream onNetflixYouTube TVThe CW (free)
10. Derry Girls2018
Series · 3 seasonsComedy, Drama★ 8.1
Amidst the political conflict of Northern Ireland in the 1990s, five secondary school students square off with the universal challenges of being a teenager.
Stream onNetflix
11. Prodigal Son2019
Series · 2 seasonsCrime, Drama, Mystery★ 8.0
The son of a notorious serial killer becomes an acclaimed criminal psychologist who uses his unique insight into how killers think to help the NYPD.
Stream onNetflixHBO Max
12. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story2023
Series · 1 seasonDrama★ 8.0
Young Queen Charlotte's marriage to King George of England sparks an epic love story and transforms high society in this "Bridgerton" universe prequel.
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13. Mayor of Kingstown2021
Series · 5 seasonsDrama, Crime★ 8.0
In a small Michigan town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the McClusky family are the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians in a city completely dependent on…
Stream onNetflixfuboTVParamount+
14. Virgin River2019
Series · 7 seasonsDrama★ 8.0
After seeing an ad for a midwife, a recently divorced big-city nurse moves to the redwood forests of California, where she meets an intriguing man.
Stream onNetflix
15. Shanty Town2023
Series · 1 seasonCrime, Drama★ 8.4
A group of courtesans attempts to escape the grasp of a notorious kingpin – but political corruption and blood ties make freedom a near-impossible goal.
Stream onNetflix
16. Alexa & Katie2018
Series · 4 seasonsComedy★ 8.1
Lifelong best friends Alexa and Katie are eagerly anticipating the start of their freshman year of high school. The pals confront a crisis that leaves them feeling like outsiders at a time when what seems to matter most is fitting in.
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18. RIPLEY2024
Series · 1 seasonDrama★ 7.9
A grifter in 1960s New York is hired to convince a wealthy man's son to return home from Italy and begins a life of deceit, fraud and murder.
Stream onNetflix
19. Rizzoli & Isles2010
Series · 7 seasonsCrime, Drama, Mystery★ 7.9
Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective.
Stream onNetflixPeacock
21. Police Squad!1982
Series · 1 seasonComedy, Crime★ 7.9
In this cult parody of cop dramas, replete with farce and sight gags, Lieutenant Frank Drebin and his fellow officers from Police Squad bungle their way though crime investigations.
Stream onNetflix
22. Fire Country2022
Series · 5 seasonsDrama, Crime★ 8.0
Seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence, young convict Bode Donovan joins a firefighting program that returns him to his small Northern California hometown, where he and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to…
Stream onNetflixfuboTVParamount+YouTube TV
23. Good Girls2018
Series · 4 seasonsDrama, Crime★ 7.8
Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.
Stream onNetflix
24. Veronica Mars2004
Series · 4 seasonsMystery, Drama, Comedy★ 7.8
In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.
Stream onNetflixHulu

Questions

What are the best hidden gems on Netflix right now?: In the United States, as of November 12, 2026: Beauty in Black (2024), rated 8.5 out of 10 on TMDB, then On My Block and The West Wing.
How is this list made?: Watchwalla asks TMDB for everything of this kind that streams in your country today, ranks it by rating (pulled toward the middle until enough people have rated a title), with a nudge for what's new and what people are watching now, and refreshes the list every day. Streaming availability comes from JustWatch, through TMDB.
Can it pick something for me?: Yes. The picker at watchwalla.com/tonight asks who's watching, how much time you have and what you're in the mood for, and gives three picks streaming where you are. Sign in and every title also gets a match score for your own taste.

Hidden gems on Netflix

1. Beauty in Black2024

2. On My Block2018

3. The West Wing1999

4. Club de Cuervos2015

5. Wayne2019

7. XO, Kitty2023

9. All American2018

10. Derry Girls2018

11. Prodigal Son2019

12. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story2023

13. Mayor of Kingstown2021

14. Virgin River2019

15. Shanty Town2023

16. Alexa & Katie2018

18. RIPLEY2024

19. Rizzoli & Isles2010

21. Police Squad!1982

22. Fire Country2022

23. Good Girls2018

24. Veronica Mars2004

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