2. House of Cards
Featuring Kevin Spacey, this show is rated 8.7/10 on IMDB and 77% on Rotten Tomatoes. This is a show with quality writing, directing and acting. This Netflix original is an adaptation of a series of British books written in the late 1980s. The author is a former British political figure. Interesting trivia: The first two seasons together cost $100 million to produce.