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The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian tragedy thriller drama series created by Bruce Miller. Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood, the Hulu series is set in a dystopian future after the Second Civil War, which caused the collapse of the fertility rate and gave rise to a totalitarian society. In this world, fertile women are subjugated to bear children against their will. The Handmaid’s Tale stars Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O-t Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley, Amanda Brugel, Bradley Whitford, and Sydney Sweeney. So, if you loved the inventive story, thrilling drama, and compelling characters in The Handmaid’s Tale, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

The Man in the High Castle (Prime Video) Credit – Prime Video

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Squid Game has been a phenomenon since it premiered in 2021. While there's no denying the South Korean thriller's high quality and masterful execution of its ideas, said ideas aren't all original. Several other countries produced series with similar premises long years before Squid Game's first season was released, with one of the most notable being the Brazillian drama 3%.

Squid Game wasn't the first dark critique of capitalism filled with deadly games to premiere on Netflix, with 3%'s first season having hit the platform 9 years earlier. The dystopian thriller depicts a future where the Earth has been mostly ravaged, and only 3% of humanity is able to earn the right to leave behind the squalor and struggle of "Inland" and enter the seemingly utopic "Offshore." The method by which every 20-year-old is tested will be familiar to any fan of Squid Game, as The Process is composed of a streak of death games.

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Squid Game is a South Korean survival horror thriller series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk. The Netflix series follows Seong Gi-hun, a single father in a huge amount of debt, who is invited to compete in a series of children’s games to win huge sums of money. The only caveat is that if anyone loses the game, they are killed then and there. Squid Game stars Lee Jung-jae, Wi Ha-joon, and Lee Byung-hun. So, if you loved the social commentary, thrilling story, and compelling characters in Squid Game, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The 8 Show is a South Korean dark comedy torture thriller series created by Han Jae-rim. Based on the Naver webtoons Money Game and Pie Game by Bae Jin-soo, the Netflix series revolves around...

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Netflix’s Japanese survival thriller series Alice in Borderland is one of the best thriller shows on the streamer right now. Alice in Borderland is similar to The Hunger Games, but it is more brutal and gory. Directed by Shinsuke Sato, the Netflix series is based on a Japanese manga series of the same name by Haro Aso, and it is set in a dystopian Tokyo and it follows a group of friends who get caught up in a nightmarish game where you have to complete some tasks given by the controllers of the game and if they are not completed the players are executed on-site. So, if you loved the thrilling story, deadly stakes, and compelling characters in Alice in Borderland here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Snowpiercer is a post-apocalyptic dystopian thriller film created by Josh Friedman and Graeme Manson. Based on a 2013 film of the same name by director Bong Joon-ho, the TNT and now AMC series is set in a frozen wasteland of a world with the only survivors living on a perpetually moving train, where class warfare runs rampant and the politics of survival is deadly to learn. Snowpiercer stars Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs in the lead roles with Rowan Blanchard, Sean Bean, Alison Wright, Annalise Basso, Mickey Sumner, Lena Hall, and Susan Park starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the post-apocalypse, intense drama, and complex characters in Snowpiercer here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The 100 is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi action drama series created by Jason Rothenberg. Based on a series of young adult sci-fi novels by author Kass Morgan,...

Some bittersweet news for fans of 3%. Netflix just announced the Brazilian TV show will return for a fourth and final season.

The science-fiction drama is set in a "near-future Brazil, where a select few are allowed to join a privileged society after undergoing an intense and competitive process.” The cast includes João Miguel, Bianca Comparato, Vaneza Oliveira, Rodolfo Valente, Michel Gomes, Zezé Motta, and Celso Frateschi.

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Netflix unveiled a brand image spot during Sunday’s Bet Awards telecast that highlights black artists who work for the streaming giant.

The spot dubbed “A Great Day in Hollywood” was inspired by the famed 1958 photograph “A Great Day in Harlem” featuring 57 jazz legends — including Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, and Count Basie — on the stairs of New York brownstone snapped by photographer Art Kane.

The Netflix spot from director Lacey Duke features 47 black writers, showrunners, actors, and producers. The plan for the spot and the image campaign stemmed from Netflix’s Strong Black Lead initiative designed to foster an “ongoing, intentional focus to talk authentically with the black audience.” A photo similar to “Great Day in Harlem” was taken earlier this month by photographer Kwaku Alston to commemorate the gathering.

The debut comes just two days after Netflix was rocked by the abrupt departure of corporate communications chief Jonathan Friedland...

As Schoolhouse Rock taught us, three is a magic number. Netflix seems to agree and has renewed its 3% TV show for a third season. 3% season three will debut on a date Tbd in 2019. A Brazilian science-fiction drama, 3% stars João Miguel, Bianca Comparato, Vaneza Oliveira, Rodolfo Valente, Michel Gomes, Zezé Motta, Celso Frateschi, Jay Preston, Mel Fronckowiak, and Luciana Paes. Netflix describes the series as: "A post-apocalyptic thriller set in near-future Brazil, where a select few are allowed to join a privileged society after undergoing an intense and competitive process." Watch the renewal announcement. Read More…...

When Netflix’s first Brazilian original series “3%” premiered in November 2016, it was an unexpected and quite pleasant discovery, combining narrative tropes familiar to fans of series like “The Hunger Games” with a fresh take on the post-apocalyptic genre.

Depicting a future society where the difference between the haves and have-nots is taken to the extreme, the focus of the first season was on Michele (Bianca Comparato) and the other 20-year-olds of the Inland slums competing in the Process — a competition to select the most promising members of society to move to the Offshore, which is a comparative paradise welcome only to the top 3 percent.

The Process proved to be brutal to the point of deadly, and much of what made Season 1 so addictive was how it structured the action around the Process, letting the competition power things forward even as characters sought to undermine it. One might have expected Season...

Sometimes, when Netflix releases a “date announcement,” it’s little more than a text on a screen. And sometimes, it’s a proper teaser that gives us a true taste of what’s in store for the upcoming season.

The latter is the case when it comes to the below teaser for “3%” Season 2, which we now know will premiere on April 27. What we don’t know is what comes next for Michele (Bianca Camparato) and the others, as the world of the gritty sci-fi drama looks like it’s about to get a whole lot bigger, even as the danger grows.

“3%,” the first original Netflix series from Brazil, was an unexpected pleasure when it premiered in November 2016. In classic dystopian fashion, the show, set in the not-too-distant future, depicted a world where 97 percent of the population lives in squalor, while a select few are able to move to the paradise known as the Offshore…...

Intrigued by the mysteries of Netflix’s “3%”? You’re in luck, as Netflix has officially announced that the Brazilian dystopian thriller, created by Pedro Aguilera and executive produced by director Cesar Charlone (the notable cinematographer of 2002’s “City of God”) has been renewed for a second season.

Read More: Netflix’s ‘3%’ Review: Season 1 of Brazil’s ‘Hunger Games’ Finds Its Own Voice

Netflix VP of Marketing Latin America Vini Losacco revealed the news at Ccxp (Aka the Sao Paulo Comic Con Experience) during a panel devoted to the series. While in classic Netflix tradition, no statistics are available as to how the series performed, an audience of 3,500 was there to watch the cast, including Bianca Comparato, Vaneza Oliveira, Michel Gomes, Rafael Lozano, Viviane Porto and Rodolfo Valente, learn the news. Based on the photo below, they were perhaps happy to hear it.

“3%” depicts a future world in which 20-year-olds living...

Have you finished watching “3%,” Netflix’s first original series from Brazil and one of the more intriguing dystopian thrillers we’ve seen in a while? Then keep reading. Our initial review of “3%” was deliberately kept spoiler-free, but people are discovering “3%” every day, and some of the biggest ideas presented by the series are worth discussing a bit more in depth… especially that final episode. Boy, did it make an impact.

Spoiler-Free Review: Season 1 of Brazil’s ‘Hunger Games’ Finds Its Own Voice

[Editor’s note: spoilers for “3%,” through the finale, below.]

The first season, created by Pedro Aguilera and directed by Cesar Charlone, tracks a group of 20-year-olds who are attempting to complete a brutal selection ritual that will elevate them from the slums of a ruined world to the Offshore, a place of abundance and plenty. The whole time, we’d been noticing the prominently displayed vaccination scars of those select few who’d already succeeded in completing The Process,...

3%, Netflix’s futuristic sci-fi thriller in which countless twenty-year-olds undergo a ruthless elimination process in hopes of becoming part of an elite few with access to their holy land, appears destined to remain in viewers’ queues unfinished or unwatched.

Adapted from creator Pedro Aguilera’s made-for-tv movie of the same name, 3% is Netflix’s first entirely Brazilian production, and no doubt a byproduct of the streaming service’s success with the crime drama Narcos. The eight-episode first season, looking to capitalize on its timely themes and painfully deliberate diversity, showcases a wealth of well-intentioned observations and opinions on modern society and governing bodies. And yet, the series ultimately fails to produce the compelling, compassionate, bone-deep commentary its setup could elicit.

In a not-too-distant dystopian future, the show opens as some combination of overpopulation and lack of a sustainable food and/or water supply have led to slum-like living conditions for all.