Bored with nothing to do? Looking for something to watch that doesn't take too long? We have the solution: a few series (of Netflix) that you can start and end today (or tomorrow) thanks to its few chapters, the short duration of its episodes or the fact that the seasons are independent of each other. There is where to choose. All yours.
Short series to watch on Netflix
Getting on Netflix (and other similar platforms) can sometimes be overwhelming – there is so much to choose from that you have no idea where to start. With Amazon we already made a selection of some of the best Prime Video series available and today we are going to do the same with Netflix but with an already established requirement: that they last little. And it is that time does not always play in our favor. Sometimes we want to see something that entertains us but that is not going to keep us hooked for weeks or simply that the episodes do not have us too much time in front of the TV.
If you see yourself reflected in these situations, the following list may be for you. Look, choose and enjoy.
Dracula
Well, we start with a very recent premiere. So much so that it saw the light yesterday, without going any further. We refer to Dracula, a miniseries whose first season only has 3 episodes. This is a fantastic adaptation of Bram Stoke's novel that is liking (and surprising) more than expected. The episodes are long, yes, but you can air two or three in a matter of a few hours.
- Cast: Claes Bang, Dolly Wells, John Heffernan
- Full display time: 4 hours and a half
- available chapters: 3 of the first season
- Average time of each chapter: 89 minutes.
Bonding
A New York college girl who works as a donimatrix hires her gay best friend to act as an assistant. This is the base on which this peculiar and quite original series revolves and whose episodes are no longer than 17 minutes. If you were looking for something short (and a bit different), this is your series.
- Cast: Zoe Levin, Brandan Scannell
- Full display time: 108 minutes (just over an hour and a half)
- available chapters: 7 in the first season
- Average time of each chapter: 15 minutes.
Russian doll
Another series of short episodes which is also tremendously addictive due to its plot: a woman dies and is continually revived on her birthday. Of course, every time she returns to the date of her fateful death, something has subtly changed... she is weird, peculiar and entertaining in equal measure. oh! And with a very charismatic protagonist.
- Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler
- Full display time: 3h
- available chapters: 8 in the first season
- Average time of each chapter: 25 minutes.
The End of the F *** ing World
Another tremendously popular series with few and very short episodes. We are talking about The End of the F***ing World, a series that tells the story of two rather peculiar teenagers (he is a psychopath and she is a rebel without a cause) who decide to run away from home to live their "own" adventures" - in reality, his master plan is to kill her. A black humor series based on a very funny graphic novel.
- Cast: Jessica Barden, Alex Lawther, Naomi Ackie
- Full display time: 3h
- available chapters: 8 in the first season
- Average time of each chapter: 21 minutes.
The Sinner
Yes, we are already talking about episodes of about 40 minutes and with a total of 8 episodes per season, but The Sinner It has something very good and that is that each season tells a completely different story. Although there is a character that remains as the common thread, the first season (the best of the two available), called The Sinner: Corait's self-conclusive so you can start it and finish it without having to see the next one. His plot? A woman named Cora attacks a boy on the beach with a knife out of the blue. But the agent in charge of her case suspects that there is something more behind this temporary attack of madness.
- Cast: Jessica Biel, Christopher Abbott, Dohn Norwood
- Full display time: 6h
- available chapters: 8 in the first self-contained season
- Average time of each chapter: 40 minutes.
Black Mirror
https://youtu.be/rdSe_fg9Emg
A true classic (from Netflix, from short series in particular and from recommendations in general). Black Mirror has independent episodes, so you can see what you want, when you want. Thus, each one will tell you a different story about how technology can help us but also destroy us as people and society. It's scary.
- Full display time: 22h
- available chapters: 22 self-concluding episodes spread over 5 seasons
- Average time of each chapter: 1 hour.
Maniac
Sommerville's great television paranoia did not end up taking as much as the critics expected, but it is still a different and original bet to enjoy fantastic performances and a curious story without getting hooked for too many hours. Two strangers apply to a clinical trial of a multinational. From then on... you'll have to see it yourself.
- Cast: Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Justin Theroux
- Full display time: 8h
- available chapters: 10 in a single season
- Average time of each chapter: 40 minutes.
Manhunt: Unabomber
An miniseries Very entertaining that keeps you in suspense until the end. It tells the story of the search for the Unabomber, a terrorist who is dedicated to sending letter bombs to various locations in the US. It is based on true events (Unabomber existed). A must if you like investigative series.
- Cast: Andrew Sondroski, Jim Clemente, Tony Gittelson
- Full display time: about 8 hours
- available chapters: 8 in a single season
- Average time of each chapter: 43 minutes.
Love, Death & Robots
We went off a bit of a tangent to talk to you about Love, Death & Robots. It is a collection of animated stories from several different genres including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comedy. Very particular and with independent plots so that you only consume the ones you want.
- Full display time: almost 4 hours
- available chapters: 18 episodes in the so-called Volume 1
- Average time of each chapter: very variable (from 6 to 17 minutes maximum).
Paquita Salas
We close our selection with a tremendously fun Spanish production. Paquita Salas has three seasons, but each of them only has 5 episodes and they don't last more than 30 minutes -The last season is in fact the longest in chapters (it has one more than usual) and in duration of episodes (the longest reaches 31 minutes). A hilarious fiction about a very particular representative of actors from the 90s who is jilted by her most important actress. To make you laugh.
- Cast: Brays Efe, Belén Cuesta, Lidia San José
- Full display time: about 7 hours
- available chapters: 16 spread over three seasons
- Average time of each chapter: 25 minutes.
Do you miss any short series? Recommend it to us in the comments!