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Netflix:The 5 best mini-series to watch this year

Longer than a movie but faster than a series, a mini-series immerses us in a universe in a finite and limited number of episodes. Enough to delight lovers of developed stories with a well-rehearsed end (hi Game of Thrones ). Here is a list of five programs to watch as soon as possible on the SvoD platform Netflix.

Some enthusiasts of the programs Netflix will find the films a bit too short, but on the contrary the series, their many seasons and innumerable extension rebounds. The intermediate solution is all found:the mini-series . Often composed of 4 to 8 episodes , the plot comes to an end once the season is over. Creators have more time to stage their ideas, but not enough time to recycle them over and over again. Discover five to binge-watcher in just one day .

Unorthodox

The scene is set in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish family in New York. Esty, a freedom-seeking 19-year-old girl, is unhappy in her arranged marriage. To escape her community, she fled to Berlin in hopes of starting a new life. In this mini-series, there are no good guys or bad guys. Only people who try to do their best, to undo the complicated situations in which they find themselves.

  • Duration:4 episodes (3 hours 33 minutes)
  • IMDb rating:8 / 10

Unbelievable

This crime drama traces the journey of Marie, a young rape victim accused by the police and her relatives of lying about her brutal assault. Two years after the fact, two detectives - masterfully played by Toni Collette and Merritt Wever - attempt to disentangle fact from fiction in the hope of catching a potential serial assailant... and that justice is done. A moving story, especially since it is based on a true story.

  • Duration:8 episodes (6 hours 25 minutes)
  • IMDb rating:8.4 / 10

Russian Doll

On her birthday, chaotic Nadia — played by Natasha Lyonne, known for Orange Is the New Black in particular — stumbles drunk in the streets of New York to look for her missing cat... and is hit by a car. Confused, she wakes up in one piece at her birthday party, only to find that she will experience again, again and again, the events that led to her death. How to break the infernal loop?

  • Duration:8 episodes (4 hours)
  • IMDb rating:7.9 / 10

Hollywood

Hollywood is for many synonymous with fame, glamour, money and dreams come true. Only, this is only the case for the lucky few who dream of becoming stars of the big screen. In this miniseries, Ryan Murphy takes us excitedly to Los Angeles shortly after World War II, the golden age of cinema, in a hopeful youth of grandeur and glitter.

  • Duration:7 episodes (5 hours 47 minutes)
  • IMDb rating:7.6 / 10

Don’t F**k with Cats:a killer too viral

Warning, this mini-series contains sensitive images.

Among the list of documentaries that offers Netflix lies this darkest miniseries. She follows in the footsteps of Luka Rocco Magnotta, the Canadian criminal who, before being sadly nicknamed the "Montreal skinner", uploaded videos where he tortured kittens. Publications that caused a stir and prompted an army of detectives to find him on the Internet . A criminal documentary as fascinating as it is uncomfortable, not recommended for the most anxious.

  • Duration:3 episodes (3 hours 7 minutes)
  • IMDb rating:8.1 / 10