5 Netflix Shows That Will Be Huge In 2018

Based on Richard K. Morgan's acclaimed 2002 cyberpunk novel, Carbon, this creepy sci-fi series is set 300 years from now when scientists have found a way of restoring human consciousness on different bodies. Humanity has finally found a way of cheating death, but unsurprisingly, it's not all it's cracked up to be.

Release date: 2 February

The Coen brothers will debut their first television series on Netflix this year with a six-part western called The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. James Franco, Zoe Kazan and Tim Blake Nelson have all signed up to be part of the show, which will intertwine six different story-lines. Certainly, the filmmakers are no stranger to the Old West genre, having previously created True Grit and No Country For Old Men.

Release date: TBC

A lot of us quickly fell for the unromantic comedy that is Love, which explores the joyful, torturous matter of millennial dating. As dislikable and mortifying as its leads often were, viewers were still left at the end of season two wondering if the two really did find love after all. The third series is the final season, which co-producer Judd Apatow claims is also the "sweetest and funniest".

Release date: 9 March

Emma Stone and Jonah Hill star in a remake of dark Norwegian comedy series Maniac. The plot focuses on a institutionalised man who lives a fantasy life in his mind. Sally Field and Justin Theroux are also said to have roles.

Release date: 9 March

Divisive and controversial, 13 Reasons Why returns for a second season this year, focusing on how Hannah's suicide impacted those around her and indeed who is responsible for her death. The first series stirred a lot of debate over its graphic depiction of the act, but regardless of opinion, the show will no doubt prove a conversation starter once again.

Release date: TBC