The 50 Best TV Shows on Netflix Right Now

‘Break Point’ (2023-present)

The producers of Netflix’s popular docu-series “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” turn their attention to tennis for “Break Point,” which takes a close look at the routines and anxieties of some of the top contenders on the A.T.P. and W.T.A. tours. Each episode focuses primarily on one or two different players as they prepare for and compete in some of tennis’s biggest tournaments. The sport lately has featured a new generation of players with personalities as outsized as their talent, including Ons Jabeur, Taylor Fritz, Nick Kyrgios and Maria Sakkari. “Break Point” takes viewers to their hotel rooms and practice courts, capturing the physical and psychological grind of success. (“Formula 1: Drive to Survive” is also still a must for fans of behind-the-scenes sports drama.)

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‘The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House’ (2023-present)

The accomplished Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda makes a rare foray into television for this adaptation of an Aiko Koyama manga series about a teenager named Kiyo (Nana Mori), who becomes the cook for a geisha house where her best friend, Sumire (Natsuki Deguchi), is a rising star. Kore-eda produced “The Makanai” and wrote and directed several episodes after doing his own research into modern-day geishas. He has also provided a showcase for some of Japan’s emerging writing and directing talent, who share his career-long interest in exploring Japan’s evolving culture and customs through warmly relatable slice-of-life vignettes. (Another world cinema auteur, Nicolas Winding Refn, is behind a very different Netflix series: the spooky crime thriller “Copenhagen Cowboy.”)

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‘On My Block: Freeridge’ (2023-present)

Like its predecessor “On My Block,” this spinoff series is set in South Central Los Angeles, where a handful of Black and Hispanic teenagers balance some typical high school melodrama with the difficulty of growing up in rough neighborhoods. The new show follows a fresh group of characters — a small circle of friends anchored by two bickering sisters, Gloria (Keyla Monterroso Mejia) and Ines (Bryana Salaz) — who become convinced that their bad luck is due to a witch’s curse. “Freeridge” is split between the goofy comedy of watching these kids attempt a series of arcane exorcism rituals and the more sobering drama of their personal lives, which are marked by conflict and even tragedy. (All four seasons of the original “On My Block” are also still available on Netflix.)

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