The OA

2016 · TV Series · TV-MA · ★ 7.5 · 74% critics

MysteryDramaScience Fiction

Seven years after disappearing, a young woman returns home with unexplained new abilities and a story that doesn’t quite add up. As she draws five strangers into a secret mission, the line between faith, science, and the impossible starts to blur, pulling everyone into a tense, mind-bending mystery.

Also known as L’AO

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Streaming on Netflix.

15 hours to watch · 16 episodes.

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Details

Years: 2016–2019
Release date: 2016-12-16
Network: Netflix
Language: English
Rated: TV-MA
Max quality: UHD
Critic score: 74/100
TMDB rating: 7.5/10 (1,368 votes)

About

If you like ambitious, mystery-heavy sci-fi that keeps shifting your assumptions and invites big questions about reality, this could hook you fast; Not for you if you want straightforward answers or grounded logic like in Maniac.

Pros: original mystery; addictive binge pace; emotional, honest tone | Cons: slow early stretch; confusing, chaotic turns; far-fetched moments