Netflix Series 2025: Stranger Things, Adolescence, Nobody Wants This, Boots
The flagship series of this year’s end dominate streaming platforms. From Stranger Things on Netflix to Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus on Apple TV+, via Empathie on Canal+ and Landman on Paramount+, here’s the complete guide with synopsis, creators, and cast for every must-see title.
Netflix: Stranger Things, Adolescence, Nobody Wants This, Boots
Stranger Things remains Netflix’s ultimate reference point.
Set in 1980s Hawkins, the show begins with the mysterious disappearance of a teenager. Eleven, a young girl with psychic powers, appears, hunted by a secret lab. The Upside Down, monsters, and the unbreakable friendship of teens blend horror, sci-fi, and coming-of-age drama into an addictive mix. Created by Matt and Ross Duffer. Starring Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Sadie Sink, and Joe Keery.
Adolescence, a four-part British miniseries, follows the arrest of 13-year-old Jamie, accused of murdering his classmate Katie.
The investigation explores his daily life, toxic online messages, and the influence of misogynistic digital communities on boys in identity crisis.
Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham created this hard-hitting drama. Owen Cooper plays Jamie Miller, Stephen Graham his father Eddie Miller, Ashley Walters as Luke Bascombe, Erin Doherty as Briony Ariston, Faye Marsay as Detective Misha Frank, Christine Tremarco as Manda Miller, Mark Stanley as Paul Barlow, Jo Hartley as Mrs. Fenumore, and Amélie Pease as Lisa Miller.
Nobody Wants This delivers a refreshing New York romantic comedy.
Joanne, a podcaster focused on sex & dating, starts an unlikely relationship with Noah, a recently widowed rabbi. Their communities watch and judge their affair, blending faith, grief, and contemporary humor.
Created by Erin Foster. Starring Kristen Bell as Joanne Williams, Adam Brody as Noah Roklov, Justine Lupe as Morgan, Timothy Simons as Sasha Roklov, Jackie Tohn as Esther Roklov, with Michael Hitchcock, Stephanie Faracy, and Paul Ben-Victor.
Boots is inspired by Greg Cope White’s memoirs, telling the story of Cameron Cope, a young gay man who joins the Marines in the 1990s alongside his friend Ray.
The series depicts harsh military training, brotherhood forged through adversity, and the latent homophobia of an ultra-masculine world. Miles Heizer stars as Cameron Cope, surrounded by a young, promising cast.
The Diplomat Season 3 raises the geopolitical stakes.
Kate Wyler, a U.S. ambassador, handles a major crisis between the U.S. and U.K. involving an attack and a Russian Poseidon submarine. Created by Deborah Cahn. Starring Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, Rufus Sewell as Hal Wyler, with David Tennant, Rory Kinnear, and Ato Essandoh.
Too Much, a ten-part miniseries by Lena Dunham, follows Jessica, a New York workaholic who moves to London after a breakup.
Expecting a solitary Notting Hill-style life, she falls for musician Felix in a sharp, transatlantic romantic comedy.
Megan Stalter plays Jessica, Will Sharpe as Felix, Michael Zegen as Zev, with Adèle Exarchopoulos (Polly), Emily Ratajkowski, Rita Wilson (Lois), Leo Reich (Boss), and Dean-Charles Chapman (Gaz).
Asterix & Obelix: The Battle of the Chiefs, a five-part animated miniseries (30 minutes each), adapts the cult comic. Panoramix forgets the magic potion recipe after Obelix’s menhir accident.
The Romans organize a battle of Gaulish chiefs. Created and directed by Alain Chabat.
Voices: Alain Chabat (Asterix, Agecanonix), Gilles Lellouche (Obelix), Anaïs Demoustier (Metadata), Laurent Lafitte (Caesar), Thierry Lhermitte (Panoramix), Grégoire Ludig (Abraracourcix), Grégory Gadebois (Aplusbégalix), Jean-Pascal Zadi (Potus), Fred Testot (Fastanefurius), Jeanne Balibar (Apothika), Jérôme Commandeur (Blackangus), Alexandre Astier (Ordralfabétix), Pio Marmaï (Cétautomatix), David Marsais (Assurancetourix).
Apple TV+: Pluribus by Vince Gilligan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Pluribus marks Vince Gilligan’s major return after Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
An extraterrestrial virus suddenly connects all humanity into a single collective consciousness: no more conflict, no evil, only uniform telepathic kindness.
Only a few English speakers resist, including Carol Sturka, a misanthropic novelist from New Mexico. The title flips the American motto E pluribus unum (“from many, one”) into a dystopia where forced unity erases individuality. Created and showrun by Vince Gilligan. Starring Rhea Seehorn as Carol Sturka, Karolina Wydra as Zosia, and Carlos-Manuel Vesga as Manousos.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North adapts Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel.
Dorrigo Evans, an Australian surgeon, becomes a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp during World War II. Haunted by a forbidden love for his uncle’s wife, he survives trauma only to bear the weight of heroism and guilt. The Apple TV+ adaptation stars Jacob Elordi as Dorrigo Evans, alongside Odessa Young, Ciarán Hinds, and Simon Baker.
The Studio offers a hilarious satire of Hollywood’s inner workings.
Matt Remick, the new head of Continental Studios, juggles artistic ambition and corporate pressure to save cinema. Created, directed, and starring Seth Rogen, with Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders, Bryan Cranston, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, and Dewayne Perkins.
Arte and France TV: Los años nuevos, The Deal, Des vivants
Querer, Grand Prix at Séries Mania on Arte.tv, explores domestic violence across thirty years of marriage.
Miren files charges against her husband; her sons are torn between supporting their mother or father in a gripping family and courtroom drama. Created by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa. Starring Nagore Aranburu as Miren, and Iván Pellicer.
Los años nuevos, a ten-episode Spanish-French series, takes place exclusively during New Year’s Eve parties in Madrid over a decade.
Ana, an unstable thirty-something, and Óscar, a calm doctor, reunite every New Year’s Eve, revealing the evolution of their relationship through fragments — ambitions, infidelities, and dreams deferred. Directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen. Starring Iria del Río, Francesco Carril, and Pablo Gómez Pando.
The Deal is a Swiss diplomatic thriller set in a Geneva hotel.
Secret negotiations on a U.S.-Iran nuclear deal draw diplomats, Mossad agents, and lobbyists. Alexandra Weiss, a seasoned mediator, faces her past when her former lover, an Iranian engineer, is taken hostage.
Created for RTS, starring Dominique Reymond as Alexandra, Vincent Heneine, and an international cast.
Des vivants, a France Télévisions production, focuses on survivors and families of the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks.
Des vivants, an eight-part miniseries directed by Oscar winner Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and co-written with Antoine Lacomblez, recounts the true story of the “Potages” — seven survivors held hostage for 2 hours and 20 minutes in a Bataclan hallway during the attacks.
Based on two years of direct testimonies, it follows their reconstruction from 2015 to 2022: trauma, therapy, trial coverage, forged friendships, and the fragile return to normal life.
Canal+ and Paramount+: Empathie, Landman
Empathie, a Québécois series airing on Canal+ and Crave, follows Suzanne Bien-Aimé, a psychiatrist and former criminologist at the Mont-Royal Psychiatric Institute.
She meets Mortimer Vaillant, an intervention officer who becomes an unlikely friend, and encounters complex patients who test the limits of care and justice.
Each episode dissects a clinical case, blending drama, dark humor, and a sharp reflection on mental health.
Created by Florence Longpré, who stars as Suzanne Bien-Aimé, directed by Guillaume Lonergan. Also starring Thomas Ngijol as Mortimer Vaillant, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Steve Gagnon, Emmanuel Schwartz, Adrien Bletton, Benoît Brière, and Lyraël Dauphin.
Landman dives into the modern Texas oil boom.
Veteran landman Tommy Norris negotiates drilling rights between local ranchers, greedy multinationals, and looming ecological disasters.
A neo-western created by Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, the series explores dirty money, power, and family loyalty.
Billy Bob Thornton leads as Tommy Norris, alongside Demi Moore, Ali Larter, James Jordan, Jacob Lofland, and Michelle Randolph.
Alien: Earth, on FX/Hulu, brings the Alien universe back to Earth.
The USCSS Maginot crashes, pitting Wendy and a team of soldiers against Xenomorphs. Created by Noah Hawley. Sydney Chandler stars as Wendy.
The White Lotus Season 3, created by Mike White and airing since February 2025 on Max (OCS/Canal+ in France), transposes its biting satire of the ultra-rich to a luxury Thai resort.
This series opens with a mysterious death, then rewinds a week to dissect spiritual tensions, Western privilege, and conflicts between enlightenment-seeking guests and pressured local staff.
The Ratliff family crumbles under financial ruin — Timothy (Jason Isaacs), Victoria (Parker Posey), and their children Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook), Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger), and Lochlan (Sam Nivola) — while Rick (Walton Goggins), Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood), Laurie (Leslie Bibb), Kate (Carrie Coon), and Jaclyn (Michelle Monaghan) drift between meditation, premonitions, and spiritual scams.
Among the staff, Gaitok (Tayme Thapthimthong), Mook (Lalisa Manoban from Blackpink), Belinda (Natasha Rothwell returning), and Valentin (Arnas Fedaravicius) embody cultural friction. Charlotte Le Bon shines as Chloé, a model-escort, with Jon Gries (Greg), Scott Glenn, and Sam Rockwell guest starring.
Mike White delivers the series’ most spiritually dystopian season yet — where dark humor and deadly twists question colonialism and fake awakening.
