My Top 10 on Netflix - Series' & Documentaries

Netflix is highly addictive especially when you have the time and opportunity. For $8.99 per month, you have access to some of the best TV series, movies and documentaries around. Netflix was the best purchase we made before we set off on our travels - there are so many days when backpacking that you are stuck on a bus or train for hours at a time and aside from some of the crazy driving you encounter in Asia, Netflix is the best source of entertainment. It is also great if you want a chill out night in your room or when it is lashing down and you have no choice but to sit in.

Series'

1. Narcos (2015)

Narcos is a crime drama based in Columbia in the late 1970's and follows the true story of Pablo Escobar for the first two seasons. It is both thrilling and graphic and provides a real insight in to life in the shady drug world and it's main kingpin leaders. Each season spans across 10 episodes and focuses mainly on Escobar and his relationship with other drug lords, DEA and his opposition.

The third series depicts the life of the famous Cali Cartel following Esbobars downfall and the DEA's efforts to bring them to justice.

IMDB 8.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes 88%

2. Black Mirror (2011)

Black Mirror is a British based science fiction television series. Each episode is a stand alone and they look in to modern society teemed with emerging new technologies. Most episodes are set in the present or near future and are quite dark, however there is usually one or two light-hearted ones per season.

IMDB 8.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes 96%

3. Mindhunter (2017)

Mindhunter is based in the 1970's and follows FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench as they attempt to uncover the ways and thinkings of serial killers to aid with ongoing and future apprehensions and investigations. They interview and study various killers and build and develop a modern day profile.

IMDB 8.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes 96%

4. The People vs. O.J. Simpson (2016)

This series revolves around the story of O.J Simpson and his murder trial and the various people who are affected by it. Cuba Gooding Jr. plays the part of O.J and gives a great performance in his role however Sarah Paulson is outstanding as Marcia Clark, the prosecutor of the case.

IMDB 8.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes 96%

5. 3% (2016)

3% is the first portugese language show that has been aired on Netlfix. The show is set in a future wherein people are given a chance to go to the "better side" of a world divided between progress and affluence in the Offshore, and devastation and poverty in the Inland, but only 3% of the candidates succeed. There has only been one season of 8 episodes so far however a second one has been confirmed and is due to air in 2018.

IMDB 7.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes 83%

Documentaries

6. The True Cost (2015)

As I worked in the fashion industry for many years, this documentary really appealed to me. The True Cost is a look in to fashion, the price of clothing and who really makes the clothes we wear every day. It looks at the real impact that fashion has on this industry has on peoples lives and the world. There is a lot of emphasis on the working conditions of the factories and about how we can play our part and buy ethically made clothing to support the direction that should be taken with clothing manufacturing.

IMDB 7.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes 63%

7. Time: The Kalief Browder Story

The Kalief Browder Story is a 6 part series following the life of Kalief Browder, a 16 year old high school student from the Bronx in New York who was wrongly imprisoned for 3 years and sent to Riker's Island, one of the toughest prisons in America that has a strong reputation for abuse and neglect of inmates. 2 of those years of Kalief's time on Riker's were spent in solitary confinement and this series brings the viewer throught the mental and physical struggles that Kalief underwent while here.

IMDB 8.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes 100%

8. Cowspiracy - The Sustainability Secret (2014)

Cowspiracy focuses on the destruction of the environment due to human involvement. It is a real eye opener on just how much damage we as humans are inflicting on the planet on a daily basis without realising. This documentary follows an environmentalist as he tries to uncover the real environmental issues and look for the true way we can reach sustainability.

IMDB 8.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes 89%

9. Forks Over Knives (2011)

Forks Over Knives explores the health benefits and life changing aspects of switching from a meat-based diet to a plant-based one. It shows that eating in this way can eliminate or control diseases such as diabetes and certain cancers.

IMDB 7.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes 61%

10. Making a Murderer

Making a Murderer is the story of Steven Avery, a man who served 18 years in prison for the wrongful conviction of a sexual assault and attempted murder of a local woman despite having an alibi. He was then fully exonerated in 2003 by DNA evidence. He filed a suit against the county in 2005 and was then re-arrested and put back in jail having been accused of murdering a journalist. This docuseries spans over a 10 year period and looks at various interviews with Steven, his friends and family and the many court cases involved.

IMDB 8.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes 98%