3 Near-Perfect Netflix Series To Binge This Weekend (Aug 15-16)



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Jurassic Park meets The Twilight Zone in the newest big box office arrival this weekend, as Anne Hathaway delivers her fourth theatrical release of 2026. She is starring opposite Ewan McGregor in The End of Oak Street, formerly known as Flowervale Street, a twisting sci-fi thriller featuring dinosaurs. Sure to prove popular, but unlikely to upset the status quo and rival the likes of Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Christopher Nolan‘s epic The Odyssey, The End of Oak Street is an enticing option this weekend. But what about all those other enticing options that you need not leave your house for? With that in mind, here’s a list of three shows you should binge-watch on Netflix.

For more recommendations, check out our list of the best shows and movies on Netflix.

Disclaimer: These titles are available on US Netflix.

1

‘My Brilliant Career’ (2026)

Rotten Tomatoes: 100%

If you have a Netflix subscription, then you’re probably a fan of Bridgerton. The streamer’s flagship romance has proven hugely popular over the years, and this weekend marks the arrival of its perfect replacement. The show in question is My Brilliant Career, which follows headstrong farm girl Sybylla Melvyn (Philippa Northeast) who dreams of fighting societal expectations and earning her own freedom.

Based on Australian writer Miles Franklin‘s book of the same name, and first adapted in 1979 as a feature film starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill, My Brilliant Career ​​​​​​has been given the 21st-century streaming treatment with all the gorgeous visual bells and whistles that a fan of period romance could want. Critics are already impressed, with Collider’s Carly Lane writing, “Clocking in at a smooth six episodes, My Brilliant Career could never be defined as overstaying its welcome.”





















































Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz
Which Taylor Sheridan
Show Do You Belong In?

Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown

Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.

🤠Yellowstone

🛢️Landman

👑Tulsa King

⚖️Mayor of Kingstown

01

Where does your power come from?
In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.




02

Who do you put first, no matter what?
Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.




03

Someone crosses a line. How do you respond?
Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.




04

Where do you feel most in your element?
Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.




05

How do you feel about operating in the grey?
Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.




06

What are you actually fighting to hold onto?
Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.




07

How do you lead?
Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.




08

Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction?
Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.




09

What has your position cost you?
Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.




10

When it’s over, what do you want people to say?
Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.




Sheridan Has Spoken
You Belong In…

The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.

🤠
Yellowstone

🛢️
Landman

👑
Tulsa King

⚖️
Mayor of Kingstown

You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.

You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.

You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.

You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.

2

‘Tires’ (2024–Present)

Rotten Tomatoes: 58% | IMDb: 7.6/10

If you’re looking for some easy laughs this weekend after a hard-working week, then you can’t go wrong with Shane Gillis’ self-aware persona. In Tires, Gillis plays an alternate version of himself, who spends his days making the life of Will (Steve Gerben) increasingly difficult. This is after Will inherits his father’s auto repair chain and is tasked with turning it around.

It isn’t intent on reinventing the wheel; Tires just simply wants to make you laugh, and Gillis is a master of just that. After two seasons that saw the likes of Gillis, Gerben, and co. refine their product, a third season has finally landed on Netflix this week and is getting the best reviews of the bunch so far. Chris O’Connor, Kilah Fox, Stavros Halkias, Peter Reeves, Andrew Schulz, Tommy Pope, and more also feature in a series that even added Thomas Haden Church in Season 2.

3

‘I Am Not Okay With This’ (2020)

Rotten Tomatoes: 86% | IMDb: 7.5/10

Instead of catching something new on Netflix this weekend, how about uncovering one of the streamer’s best undiscovered gems? Based on Charles Forsman‘s graphic novel of the same name, I Am Not Okay with This follows grieving teenager Syd (Sophia Lillis), who fights the anxieties of high school, a hidden love for her best friend Dina (Sofia Bryant), and the sudden discovery of telekinetic powers.

A fresh, indulgent series that was originally picked up for a second season but eventually dropped due to the pandemic, I Am Not Okay With This will have you gripped to the edge of your seat throughout. Every cloud has a silver lining and, although it deserved more time, its mere seven episodes make for an easy binge-watch this weekend.


I Am Not Okay With This Netflix Poster


Release Date

2020 – 2019

Network

Netflix



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