Television

The tragic story behind the mass suicide of the Heaven’s Gate cult.

Two Netflix series examine obscure sports and odd competitions.

Small-time football coach Ted Lasso is hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer.

A gripping documentary chronicles the story of The Central Park Five, five youths who were unjustly imprisoned for a rape they did not commit.

The Netflix sensation about an orphaned chess prodigy on her rise to becoming the world's greatest chess player while struggling with drug and alcohol dependency.

A masterpiece of a documentary about Michael Jordan appeals to even non-basketball fans.

A funny and personable food travelogue show hosted by the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond.

A British dystopian science fiction anthology television series examines the unanticipated consequences of new technologies.

34 years after The Karate Kid, old rivals go at it again in a Netflix series.

A grisly Top 10 Netflix film plumbs the depths of human depravity while posing important questions about society and inequality.

A Documentary on Social Media Addiction that Leads Us to Ask “What is Truth?”

A bookish reboot, a Western, a summer reality hit, and two British dramas are made for binging.

A streaming anthology of winsome short stories based on essays in the New York Times Modern Love column.

This documentary traces the origins of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act by profiling Camp Jened, a summer camp for teens with disabilities.

Four African American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.

This wildly successful true-crime documentary aims to expose the dirty dealings of exotic animal collectors.

A documentary about former First Lady Michelle Obama’s book tour

This historical drama recounts the origins of professional football (“soccer” in North America) in 1870s England by portraying the tensions between upper-class and working-class teams.

A new Netflix series follows the lives of three Southern women as they navigate love and change.

A perfect suburban mom’s life is upended when a mysterious mother and daughter become entangled in her affairs.

This documentary follows the cross-cultural conflicts that develop when a Chinese automotive glass company buys a former GM plant in Ohio.

Master these four elements, master the kitchen. Based on Samin Nosrat’s best-selling book, this four-part series is the essential guide to the basic elements of good cooking.

When a teen reports being raped, then recants her story, two female detectives follow evidence that could reveal the truth. Based on a true story.