14 Best Australian TV Shows On US Netflix

Australia might be far from home, but thanks to Netflix, their amazing TV shows are finding their way into homes across the globe.

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Australia might be on the other side of the world, but thanks to Netflix, their top-notch TV programs are finding their way into homes everywhere and dazzling us from across the globe. Oz might not be known for cranking out worldwide entertainment, but what they lack in quantity, they more than make up for in quality.

Many of the modest-budget productions listed below were never intended for a worldwide audience, but their unique storylines, refreshingly honest humor, and nail-biting dramas have made them all an international success. Could it be possible that some of America’s most popular shows, like The Mindy Project, are nothing but rip-offs of the best Australian TV shows? Here are the best Australian TV shows on Netflix.

Updated on May 10th, 2021 by Kristen Palamara: Australian TV shows on Netflix range from fun family-friendly series to brutal crime series delving into real-life unsolved crimes to courtroom procedural dramas and shows with more of a supernatural edge to them. There’s something for everyone from these creative, engaging, and well-made Australian TV series on Netflix whether you’re looking for a children’s series or a more gritty crime drama. Here are the best Australian Netflix shows, either original Netflix series or series that have now been added to the streaming service, that American fans can discover by streaming them now in the United States.

14 Cleverman (2016-2017)

Cleverman is an Australian drama set in the future and its main premise is based on the mythology of Indigenous Australian Peoples.

Creatures with strength and speed, among other powers, arrive and try to live amongst the human race, but instead of living in harmony, humanity seeks to destroy them. There’s one person, referred to as the Cleverman, who can bridge the divide in this intense drama.

13 The InBESTigators (2019-)

This recent Australian show follows a group of grade five children as they investigate mysteries in their neighborhood.

The group is led by the observant Maudie and works well together as a team to try to solve various mysteries during each new episode. It’s a fun family-friendly series that is similar to a detective series but isn’t as gritty as other crime shows on this list.

12 H2O: Just Add Water (2006-2010)

H20: Just Add Water is a fun and family-friendly series that follows three teenage Australian girls trying to go to high school and try to keep their secret that they’re all mermaids from their classmates.

The three friends have a difficult time keeping their secret especially from bullies at their school, but they try their best to live normal lives at school and use their powers to help sea creatures whenever they’re in need.

11 Stateless (2020)

Stateless is a miniseries added to U.S. Netflix a few months after its initial release in Australia. The series follows characters stuck in an immigration detention center.

The main characters that are the center of the series include a cult escapee, a refugee, an office worker, and a bureaucrat who all have different experiences in the detention center but all of their lives intertwine throughout the 6 episodes.

10 Deep Water (2016)

This Australian series ran for 1 season and 4 episodes and was based on real-life crimes in Sydney, Australia. The episodes are based on the unsolved murders of dozens of gay men in the 1980s and 1990s taking place in the suburbs and near the beaches.

The miniseries follows detectives as they investigate the murders and try to solve who is committing the murderous hate crimes before more innocent people are killed.

9 Glitch (2015-2019)

Glitch is an Australian TV show set in the small (fictional) town of Yoorana, where seven individuals literally rise from their graves after having been dead for years. When a local policeman realizes that their formerly dead wife is one of the “risen,” he is determined to discover how and why they have returned, even at the risk of his own life.

The storyline is very similar to The Returned, but the truth behind Glitch lies more in science and less in the supernatural. Either way, it’s sufficiently creepy enough to keep viewers hooked.

8 Rake (2010-2018)

Richard Roxburgh stars in this popular Australian TV series as Cleaver Greene, a brilliant and rakish barrister (lawyer) who finds himself defending a guilty client in literally every episode, including bigamists and cannibals.

Cleaver Greene’s bedroom antics are just as misguided as the cases he takes on, and his self-sabotaging nature (both in and out of the courtroom) is strangely addictive to viewers everywhere. Actor Greg Kinnear starred in an unsuccessful American adaptation of the show back in 2014, but the series was canceled after just one season.

7 Offspring (2010-2017)

Offspring is Australian comedy-drama series that follows 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman as she navigates modern life with a group of fun (but messy) family and friends.

It’s basically the original version, but instead of being filmed in NYC, it’s filmed in Melbourne’s inner north. This laugh-out-loud slice of life comedy is filled with drama, flashbacks, graphic animation, and occasional fantasy sequences. The show was so popular that it spawned a spinoff web series titled Offspring: The Nurses on the official Offspring website.

6 Tidelands (2018)

Tidelands was originally an eight-part Australian web television series that was released by Netflix at the end of 2018. The story follows Calliope “Cal” McTeer, a former criminal who returns home to the small fishing village of Orphelin Bay.

After a body of a local fisherman turns up on the beach, Cal started investigating the town’s strange inhabitants, a group of dangerous half-sirens, half-humans called “Tidelanders.” What kind of secrets is this little town harboring? Watch and find out.

5 Wentworth (2013-)

Wentworth is a contemporary reimagining of Prisoner, an Australian soap opera (from 1979-1986) that was set in Wentworth Detention Center, a fictional women’s prison. The series is a modern-day take on inmate Bea Smith’s early days in prison and her unexpected rise to the top of the prison’s hierarchy (similar to Orange Is the New Black).

The show was an instant success, with the first episode becoming the most-watched Australian drama series premiere in Foxtel history. Before it was acquired by Netflix, the series was picked up by several countries and was retitled Wentworth Prison.

4 Wanted (2016-2018)

Wanted is an Australian drama about two women, Lola and Chelsea, who find themselves unwittingly entangled in a criminal conspiracy after witnessing a murder at a suburban bus stop.

Without giving away any spoilers, both Lola and Chelsea end up being chased by criminals and corrupt police officers and soon realize that they can only trust each other. Who doesn’t love a good show about two people who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time? All three seasons are currently available to watch on Netflix.

3 The Code (2014-2016)

Not to be confused on Netflix with the three-part documentary series of the same name, The Code is a six-part Australian drama TV series set in both outback and metropolitan areas of Australia. Hold onto your butts, because this show interweaves several plot lines all involving brothers Ned, a journalist, and Jesse, his hacker brother.

There’s murder, kidnappings, fugitives, and surprising twists and turns that would give Black Mirror a run for its money. For viewers who enjoy sitting on the edge of their seats from start to finish, look no further.

2 Sisters (2017)

Sisters in an Australian drama series that follows Julia Bechly, the clueless daughter of an in-vitro fertilization specialist who, upon his death bed, confesses to Julia that he has potentially fathered hundreds of children by using his own sperm over the course of his career.

Julia’s subsequent quest to find her long-lost siblings reveals that she has hundreds of brothers but only two sisters: a troubled TV star named Roxy Karibas and a belligerent and uptight lawyer, Edie Flanagan. It’s a hot mess, but it’s totally worth watching. With only seven episodes, viewers can binge-watch the entire show in a day.

1 Secret City (2016-2019)

Fans of House of Cards are sure to enjoy Secret City, an Australian political thriller that’s chock-full of secrets, lies, murder, and betrayal. For all the bookworms out there, the series is based on the best-selling novels The Marmalade Files and The Mandarin Code by Chris Uhlmann and Steve Lewis.

The series was released on Netflix just a few years ago, and a sequel to the series (and a departure from the books) called Secret City: Under the Eagle was released on Netflix on March 6, 2019.

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