r/televisionsuggestions • u/mslokesh • 1d ago
REQUESTING I’m off until next Sunday! Recommend me some underrated TV shows and anime to binge-watch
Hey everyone!
I have time off until next Sunday, and I’m looking for some good shows to binge-watch. I feel like I’ve watched most of the popular stuff, so I’m hoping to discover some hidden gems that deserve more attention.
I’m looking for:
📺 Underrated TV shows — any genre, preferably something that deserves way more recognition.
🎌 Anime recommendations — something engaging that hooks you within the first few episodes.
🕵️ Mystery, thriller, crime, comedy, sci-fi, clever plots, heists, or mind games are all welcome.
💎 Lesser-known shows that you rarely see people recommending.
I’m not really into horror, so I’d prefer to avoid that.
It doesn’t matter if the show is old or new, or whether it has 12 episodes or multiple seasons. I just want something worth spending my time off watching!
What’s your favourite underrated show or anime that you wish more people knew about?
Thanks! 🙌
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u/yellowbird08 1d ago
Am I Being Unreasonable? - dark comedy, thriller. Very underrated and one of my top shows.
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u/thatfluffycloud 1d ago
Interview with the Vampire! (2022 tv show)
It should be winning awards but not enough people watch it.
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u/InsidetheIvy13 1d ago
Hustle.
Ashes to Ashes.
Doctor Foster.
Silent Witness.
What Demains.
Murder Before Evensong.
Dalziel and Pascoe.
Jonathon Creek.
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
Common.
The Responder.
Granite Harbour.
Quiz.
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u/Adventurous_Day_7834 1d ago
i second these shows other people have posted (i'm US):
the Fall (2013 UK detective drama starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan)
Absolutely Fabulous (90's UK sitcom following two over-the-top besties)
Doctor Foster (2015 UK drama she's a doctor and she's suspicious of her mans)
Blue Eyed Samurai (2023 netflix production, anime style. next season coming soon)
Lupin (2021 modern retelling of this crafty french thief)
and i'll also add
Alice in Borderland (for fans of Squid Game)
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (comedy)
the IT crowd (sitcom)
Rectify (drama. i cried)
Line of Duty
the Leftovers
Six Feet Under (this show was huge back in the day, but no one really talks about it anymore. one of my faves)
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u/psipher1 1d ago
For comedy - Absolutely Fabulous!
Mystery/Thriller - The Fall, The Tourist, The Sinner, Bodkin, Bodies
Sci-Fi - The Expanse, Silo, Fallout, Paradise
Lesser Known - Squid Games: The Challenge, Somebody Feed Phil, Black Summer
Anime - Blue Eye Samurai, Mashle, The Legend of Vox Machina, Solo Leveling, Castlevania, Castlevania: Nocturne
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u/Sad_Entertainer2602 1d ago
Furious - Hulu (Drama)
The Expanse - Prime (Sci-fi)
Below - Netflix (Horror? Thriller?)
Trailer Park Boys - Netflix 😂 (Comedy)
I’m Not Afraid - Netflix (Drama)
Big Mistakes - Netflix (Crime comedy)
Interview with the Vampire - Netflix, AMC + (Drama/horror)
I know you said you don’t care for horror but these are barely horror.
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u/drewman77 1d ago
The Tourist
Mrs. Davis
Russian Doll
Poker Face
Your Friends and Neighbors
Murderbot
The Gilded Age
Letterkenny
Mythic Quest
Lucky
Sugar
Dark Matter
A Man on the Inside
FUBAR (first season)
3 Body Problem
Kaos
Altered Carbon
Lost in Space
Big Mistakes
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u/ketamineandkebabs 1d ago
Below, The Sentinels, Dark Hearts, SAS rogue heroes, black Snow and the code
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u/MrPBoy 23h ago
If you like LA and police shit, Bosch.
If you like time travel, 12 Monkeys.
If you like cussing and Wild West, deadwood.
If you like space and chaotic good ethos, the expanse.
If you like American drunk assholes, it’s always sunny in Philadelphia.
If you like Canadian drunk assholes, trailer park boys.
If you like vampires True Blood.
If you like existential weirdness, the leftovers.
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u/GreenerMark 23h ago
Halt and Catch Fire
Giri/Haji
Rectify
Station 11
Lessons in Chemistry
Borgen
Catastrophe
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u/144-perdedor 21h ago
Interior Chinatown. One season with a proper conclusion on Hulu. Jimmy O Yang plays a waiter at a Chinese Restaurant who discovers that his entire reality is fictional. Obviously, he investigates it. His best friend is played by Ronny Chieng. It's funny, but also good science fiction.
Patriot on Amazon. Two season, the first one is better in my opinion. It's not everybody's cup of tea for sure. If you don't like the first episode, it's probably just not for you. It's about a depressed covert agent who would rather be a folk singer. I'd say if you like the Coen Brothers, you'll probably enjoy it. Lots of made-up terminology, some defined, some just kind of strung together like a Jabberwocky of engineering.
The Chair Company on HBO, one season in 2025, supposedly there's another season coming. Tim Robinson plays a property development guy who gets embarrassed by a defective chair and uncovers a mysterious conspiracy involving office chairs, or maybe he's just crazy. Or both? Anyway, I felt like people talked about this a lot, but mostly just the end of episode five. But I never see anyone mention it anymore. It's Tim Robinson, so if you don't like cringe/awkwardness comedy, it's not for you.
The Curse, one season on Showtime with a satisfying conclusion. I've heard there might be another season. This is another cringe comedy about a married couple who are property developers, but with an artistic angle. Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone, and one of the Safdie brothers. Not the worse one. cringe/awkwardness comedy. A little girl puts a curse on this guy who already has a lot going on and things spiral out of control, maybe just a little faster than they were going to anyway. It gets weird.
The Knick, two seasons. It was on Cinemax. I don't even know if it's streaming anywhere. Directed by Stephen Soderbergh and starring Clive Owen as a brilliant post civil war surgeon/cocaine addict in New York City. It's pretty gory with the surgery stuff, but it's so good. Lots of great characters and side stories.
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u/ExpBalSat 1d ago
The Outlaws
Hustle (2004)
Pushing Daisies
Life on Mars (BBC version)
Chuck
Kim’s Convenience
Young Sheldon
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u/PizzaWhole9323 1d ago
Look it just might be me when I'm depressed and not feeling good about myself. But you really can't go wrong with a parks and recreation/community combo.
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u/PizzaWhole9323 1d ago
Look it just might be me when I'm depressed and not feeling good about myself. But you really can't go wrong with a parks and recreation/community combo. Dean a ling a ling! 🥰🫂😊
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u/ActualAntichrist 23h ago
Dark matter.
Silo.
Succession.
Get to work if you haven’t watched any of these cuh. You won’t be disappointed 🙂↔️
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u/Bitter_North_733 21h ago
Apple TV has a lot of them bad monkey silo Pluribus whole bunch of shows on Apple TV
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u/Dangerousrhymes 1d ago
Sakamoto Days