Netflix is celebrating its 25th anniversary today (August 29). Originally starting out in 1997 as a DVD rental service via mail, offering members unlimited DVD rentals without due dates, late fees, or monthly rental limits.

Ten years later in 2007, Netflix adapted and joined streaming, marking the start of binge-watching. Orange Is the New Black, House of Cards, Arrested Development and Hemlock Grove are the first slate of original series programming in 2013 and since then, the streaming giant has put out some of the best television to date. Check out the company’s video, which tells their story.

See our 22 favorite Netflix original series, ranked, below:

• BoJack Horseman

  Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the ’90s … 20 years later. Set in an L.A. where humans and anthropomorphic animal-people coexist, BoJack Horseman is about one man (well, horse-man) who peaked too early and must figure out what to do next.

• I Am Not Okay With This

  Angsty Syd navigates high school awkwardness, family drama and an unrequited crush on her best friend while trying to rein in her budding superpowers.

• Russian Doll

  https://youtu.be/QvEyUOoLehI

  After enduring the wildest night of their lives — over and over — Nadia and Alan stumble into another bewildering existential adventure.

• Don't F--k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer

  A twisted criminal’s gruesome videos drive a group of amateur online sleuths to launch a risky manhunt that pulls them into a dark underworld.

• Big Mouth

  The series centers on teens based on Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg’s upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictional younger self. Big Mouth explores puberty while embracing a frankness about the human body and sex.

• Sex Education

  Insecure Otis has all the answers when it comes to sex advice, thanks to his therapist mom. So rebel Maeve proposes a school sex-therapy clinic.

• The End of the F---ing World

  A budding teen psychopath and a rebel hungry for adventure embark on a star-crossed road trip in this darkly comic series based on a graphic novel.

• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

  Half witch. Half mortal. On her 16th birthday, Sabrina has to make a choice between the witch world of her family and the human world of her friends. With her aunties, her cat Salem, and her boyfriend Harvey Kinkle, Sabrina will face horrors and new adventures in the mysterious town of Greendale.

• You

  https://youtu.be/xAN1ThhTWsE

  A dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of those he is transfixed by.

• The Witcher

  https://youtu.be/TJFVV2L8GKs

  Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.

• The Haunting of Hill House

  Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.

• Sense8

  One moment links 8 minds in disparate parts of the world, putting 8 strangers in each other’s lives, each other’s secrets, and in terrible danger. Though the first season was phenomenal, the second season fell short and the series was cancelled.

• The Last Kingdom

  As Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred — born a Saxon but raised by Vikings — seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.

• Peaky Blinders

  A notorious gang in 1919 Birmingham, England, is led by the fierce Tommy Shelby, a crime boss set on moving up in the world no matter the cost.

• The Umbrella Academy

  Reunited by their father’s death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets — and a looming threat to humanity.

• The Queen's Gambit

  In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.

• Stranger Things

  https://youtu.be/yQEondeGvKo

  Stranger Things is an American sci-fi television series created by the Duffer Brothers first released in 2016. When Will Byers vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.

• Love, Death & Robots

  Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.

• Squid Game

  Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children’s games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.

• Orange Is The New Black

  From Weeds creator Jenji Kohan, Orange is the New Black is a Netflix original series based on Piper Kerman’s memoir about her year in a women’s prison.

• Ozark

  A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.

• Black Mirror

  This sci-fi anthology series explores a twisted, high-tech near-future where humanity’s greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.

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