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21 Top Rated Shows To Binge Right Now & Where You Can Stream Them In Malaysia

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1. Invincible: Season 2

Synopsis: Invincible is an adult animated superhero series that follows 17-year-old Mark Grayson, who's just like every other guy his age — except his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet, Omni-Man. But as Mark develops powers of his own, he begins to uncover that his father's legacy may not be as heroic as it seems.

Cast: Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, Sandra Oh, Seth Rogen

Genre: Animation | Drama | Action | Gore

Rating: 8.7/10 (IMDb) | 99% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: The Boys, Gen V, Arcane, The Tick

Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video

2. Happy Valley: Season 3

Synopsis: Sergeant Catherine Cawood discovers the remains of a victim in a gangland murder, sparking a chain of events that unwittingly leads her straight back to murderer and rapist, Tommy Lee Royce. As she battles the seemingly never-ending problem of drugs in the valley and those who supply them, will she solve this final case?

Cast: Sarah Lancashire, James Norton, Siobhan Finneran

Genre: Drama | Crime | Thriller

Rating: 8.5/10 (IMDb) | 98% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: Broadchurch, Luther, Line of Duty

Available on: Unifi TV

3. A Small Light

Synopsis: Based on an inspiring true story, Miep Gies was young, carefree and opinionated — at a time when opinions got you killed ― when Otto Frank asked her to help hide his family from the Nazis during WWII. Told with a modern sensibility, A Small Light shakes the cobwebs off history and renders Miep's story feel relevant, compelling audiences to ponder what they would have done in her shoes.

Cast: Bel Powley, Liev Schreiber, Joe Cole, Amira Casar

Genre: History | War | Drama | Biographical

Rating: 8.4/10 (IMDb) | 100% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: Transatlantic, The Diplomat, The Pacific

Available on: Disney+ Hotstar

4. Foundation: Season 2

Synopsis: More than a century after the Season 1 finale, tension mounts throughout the galaxy. As the Cleons unravel, a vengeful queen plots to destroy Empire from within. Hari, Gaal, and Salvor discover a colony of Mentalics with special abilities that threaten to alter psychohistory itself. Meanwhile, the Foundation and Empire are on a collision course for war, with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.

Cast: Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey

Genre: Sci-Fi | Drama

Rating: 7.6/10 (IMDb) | 100% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Westworld, Altered Carbon

Available on: Apple TV+

5. Drops of God: Season 1

Synopsis: Alexandre Léger, the creator of the famous Léger Wine Guide, has just passed away, leaving behind a daughter, Camille, who hasn’t seen her father since her parents separated when she was nine years old. When Camille flies to Tokyo and Léger's will is read, she discovers that her father has left her an extraordinary wine collection. But, to claim the inheritance, Camille must compete with a brilliant oenologist, Issei Tomine, whom her father took under his wing and is referred to in Léger's will as his "spiritual son".

Cast: Fleur Geffrier, Tomohisa Yamashita, Stanley Weber, Tom Wozniczka

Genre: Drama | Manga-adaptation

Rating: 8/10 (IMDb) | 100% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Available on: Apple TV+

6. Reacher: Season 2

Synopsis: Reacher is pulled from his vagabond life by a coded message informing him that a member of the 110th — his elite group of Army Special Investigators — has been murdered. He and his former military cohorts reunite to investigate and soon realise that the case is bigger than they could have ever imagined.

Cast: Alan Ritchson, Willa Fitzgerald, Malcolm Goodwin, Marc Bendavid

Genre: Action | Drama | Adventure | Detective Crime

Rating: 8.1/10 (IMDb) | 100% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: Godless, Taken, The Terminal List

Available on: Amazon Prime Video

7. Cunk on Earth

Synopsis: Philomena Cunk travels the world, heading down caves and up mountains in her quest to uncover mankind's first moments. With the help of a variety of experts, she humorously explains how the earliest societies were formed putting a satirical and witty spin on the typical documentary format.

Cast: Diane Morgan

Genre: Mockumentary | Comedy | Satire

Rating: 8.1/10 (IMDb) | 100% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: Between Two Ferns, Da Ali G Show, An Idiot Abroad 

Available on: Netflix

8. For All Mankind: Season 4

Synopsis: In an alternative version of 1969, the Soviet Union beats the United States to the Moon, and the space race continues for decades with even grander challenges and goals.

Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Coral Peña, Krys Marshall

Genre: Action | Alternative history | Thriller | Sci-fi

Rating: 8.1/10 (IMDb) | 93% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: Battlestar Galactica, Apollo 11, The Americans

Available on: Apple TV+

9. Blue Eye Samurai

Synopsis: A sword master of mixed race lives a life in disguise while seeking revenge on the men who destroyed their life in Edo-period Japan.

Cast: Maya Erskine, George Takei, Masi Oka, Randall Park

Genre: Animation | Action | Adventure | Drama

Rating: 8.8/10 (IMDb) | 100% (Rotten Tomatoes)

What it if you like: Arcane, Gintama, Rurouni Kenshin, Blade of the Immortal

Available on: Netflix 

10. The Bear: Season 2

Synopsis: A young chef from the fine dining world comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop after a heartbreaking death in his family. A world away from what he's used to, Carmy must balance the soul-crushing realities of small business ownership, his strong-willed kitchen staff, and his strained familial relationships.

Cast: Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Abby Elliott

Genre: Drama | Comedy

Rating: 8.6/10 (IMDb) | 99% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: Atlanta, Shameless, Family Business

Available on: Amazon Prime Video

11. Beef

Synopsis: Two strangers get into a road rage incident that escalates and takes over their entire lives, leading to revenge, betrayal, and bittersweet heartbreak.

Cast: Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Joseph Lee, Young Mazino

Genre: Dark comedy | Drama

Rating: 8/10 (IMDb) | 98% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: The End of the F**king World, Dead to Me, Barry

Available on: Netflix

12. Gen V

Synopsis: Set in the diabolical world of The Boys, Gen V expands the universe to Godolkin University, the prestigious superhero-only college where students train to be the next generation of heroes. Beyond the typical college chaos of finding oneself and partying, these kids face explosive situations… literally.

Cast: Jaz Sinclair, Lizze Broadway, Asa Germann, Chance Perdomo

Genre: Action | Drama | Superhero | Gore

Rating: 7.8/10 (IMDb) | 98% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: The Boys, Invincible, Umbrella Academy, Happy!
 

Available on: Amazon Prime Video

13. Succession: Season 4

Synopsis: The Roy family controls Waystar RoyCo, a powerful global media and entertainment conglomerate. However, the unexpected retirement of the company's patriarch ignites a power struggle.

Cast: Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Dagmara Domińczyk

Genre: Family | Drama | Dark comedy

Rating: 8.9/10 (IMDb) | 95% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: The Sopranos, Mad Men, The White Lotus, Empire

Available on: HBO Go

14. The Last of Us

Synopsis: Set in a post-apocalyptic 2023, The Last of Us follows the story of Joel, a smuggler tasked with transporting a young teenager named Ellie through a world that's been ravaged by a pandemic caused by a fungus, which turns its hosts into violent zombie-like creatures. 

Cast: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Lamar Johnson, Nico Parker

Genre: Action | Horror | Thriller | Adventure

Rating: 8.8/10 (IMDb) | 96% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: The Walking Dead, Chernobyl, Sweet Tooth

Available on: HBO Go

15. Only Murders in the Building: Season 3

Synopsis: Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one. When a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building, the trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth. 

Cast: Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Michael Cyril Creighton

Genre: Comedy | Thriller | Mystery

Rating: 8.1/10 (IMDb) | 97% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: Psych, Knives Out, Monk

Available on: Disney+ Hotstar

16. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Synopsis: Scott Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, but discovers he must defeat her seven evil exes in order to date her. Then things get even more complicated from there.

Starring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Action | Fantasy

Rating: 7.8/10 (IMDb) | 96% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Umbrella Academy, Misfits, Shaun of the Dead

Available on: Netflix

17. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Synopsis: The spin-off miniseries revolving around Queen Charlotte consists of two plot lines — one in the present of Bridgerton, beginning in 1817 with the death of the royal heir Princess Charlotte, an event that causes the Queen to pressure her children to marry and produce another royal heir; the other begins in 1761 with Charlotte meeting and marrying King George. The latter explores the King and Queen's marriage and his mental illness.

Cast: India Amarteifio, Adjoa Andoh, Michelle Fairley, Ruth Gemmell

Genre: Romance | Historical drama | Comedy

Rating: 7.4/10 (IMDb) | 95% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch it if you like: Bridgerton, Downton Abbey, The Tudors

Available on: Netflix

18. The Fall of the House of Usher

Synopsis: Siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built a pharmaceutical company into an empire of wealth, privilege, and power; however, secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying.

Cast: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas

Genre: Horror | Gothic fiction | Thriller

Rating: 8/10 (IMDb) | 90% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch if you like: The Haunting of Hill House, The Sandman

Available on: Netflix

19. Beckham

Synopsis: With never-before-seen footage, this docuseries follows David Beckham's meteoric rise from humble beginnings to global football stardom.

Starring: David Beckham, Victoria Beckham 

Genre: Documentary

Rating: 8.1/10 (IMDb) | 91% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch if you like: Welcome to Wrexham, Pamela, a Love Story

Available on: Netflix

20. One Piece

Synopsis: Years after the death of Gold Roger, a young boy by the name of Monkey D. Luffy has dreams of raising his own crew, finding the 'One Piece', and declaring himself as King of the Pirates. After eating a devil fruit that grants Luffy the power to make his body strong and elastic like rubber, he sets off on his quest, making friends along the way.

Starring: Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Jacob Romero Gibson, Taz Skylar

Genre: Adventure | Anime live action | Action | Fantasy

Rating: 8.4/10 (IMDb) | 85% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch if you like: One Piece (the anime), Shadow and Bone, Hunter X Hunter, Avatar: The Last Airbender

Available on: Netflix

21. Ted Lasso

Synopsis: Ted Lasso, an American college football coach from Wichita, Kansas, is hired to coach AFC Richmond, an English football team in the premier league. He is frequently ridiculed for his folksy optimism and inexperience with the sport, but gradually wins people over through his kind and compassionate approach to coaching.

Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein

Genre: Comedy | Drama

Rating: 8.8/10 (IMDb) | 90% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Watch if you like: Schitt's Creek, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, Scrubs

Available on: Apple TV+

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