Here at Tom's Guide, we regularly check out the Netflix Top 10 list and pull out three of the best shows in the mix so you always know what to watch next.
Picking your next show can be a big challenge for Netflix; after all, one of the main reasons we still consider it one of the best streaming services on the market is the streamer's huge range of movies and shows.
While the Netflix Top 10 shows and movies lists can be a handy way to minimize Netflix choice paralysis (we've all been there!), you can't always trust that what's most popular on the platform will necessarily be the best stuff Netflix has to offer. That's where we come in. Right now, we'd suggest checking out a raunchy new medieval comedy, a compulsive action box set that's just landed on the streamer, and a sports doc that's the perfect companion to the 2024 Olympics.
If you're still looking for more streaming recommendations, check out our list of everything new to Netflix in August and our roundup of the very best Netflix shows you can stream right now. Otherwise, here are our three picks from the list, and the full Netflix top 10 (as of 4 a.m. ET on Friday, August 2).
'The Decameron'
Fancy a raucous summer getaway? "The Decameron" is the Netflix comedy for you.
This hilarious limited series brings us along for the ride as a group of mismatched Italian nobles take up residence in a luxurious Italian villa to escape the plague racing through 14th-century Firenze. Cue a house party comedy that plays out like a heady mix of "Bridgerton", "Horrible Histories"... and "Love Island".
On the surface, it looks like it could just be all bawdy humor and decadence, but this dream getaway soon sours as the villa descends into chaos, facing shifting power dynamics on the inside and fresh threats from outside the walls. It's chaotic, compelling viewing.
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'Simone Biles: Rising'
"Simone Biles: Rising" is a two-part, four-episode docuseries all about one of the greatest gymnasts in the game.
Directed by Katie Walsh and produced in association with the Olympic Channel, "Simone Biles: Rising" offers extraordinary access to Biles and her circle of friends and family to show how the sporting star prepared to make her big comeback to the Olympic stage for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
The first two episodes are available right now (the other two will debut later in the year), and they offer particular insight into the challenges (both mental and physical) that an athlete in the prime faces.
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'Prison Break'
No, it's not a reboot: all five seasons of "Prison Break" hit Netflix at the end of July. Clearly, plenty of Netflix subscribers were keen to rewatch the series (or tune in for the first time), as this super-compelling drama quickly hopped into the Netflix Top 10 list and has stayed there ever since.
If you're yet to check the show out, "Prison Break" revolves around engineer Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), who is incarcerated at Fox River State Penitentiary after an armed robbery. This might sound like a mistake... but it's actually all going according to plan. Michael wanted to get himself behind bars, because he has dreamt up a plan to help his innocent brother, Lincoln (Dominic Purcell) escape death row.
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Netflix top 10 shows right now
- "Unsolved Mysteries"
- "Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam"
- "Cobra Kai"
- "Simone Biles Rising"
- "All American"
- "Prison Break"
- "Too Hot To Handle"
- "Resurrected Rides"
- "The Decameron"
- "Homicide Los Angeles"
