May’s Top 10 TV Shows in the Philippines Perfect to Binge-Watch With Your Best Friend

Local airlines have released a number of seat sales that probably ignited a lot of chat groups to plan for their next vacation. And usually, you always plan to do it with your best friend! Who else would you do it with in the most impulsive way possible, right?

They are our true, unseen knight in shining armor, the one who’d keep us sane when we are at the brink of our mental hostility. The one who is just there, always. They deserve a night full of fun!

This June, we are celebrating National Best Friends Day so why not call your ride-or-die pal to binge-watch some TV shows that have taken the top 10 spots in JustWatch.org’s list in May.

10. The Pentaverate

IMDb Rating: 6.1/10
Where to watch: Netflix

A new one on the list is comedy series The Pentaverate. It is a satirical presentation of the infamous modern legend illuminati. Mike Myers will give life to central character Ken Scarborough, a Canadian journalist who is looking to expose a secret society of five men who control the world. In an effort to save his career with smoking news, the journalist will instead unlock a world with a pocketful of mystery.

9. We Own This City

IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
Where to watch: HBO Max

What if policemen are the criminals themselves? True-to-life series We Own This City looks through the lens of journalist Justin Fenton who followed the corruption inside the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force. The series is a film adaptation of Fenton’s book We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption. The literature exposes how the force manipulated the city with its drug operations and criminal activities.

8. Our Flag Means Death

IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
Where to watch: HBO Max

At some point in your life you have questioned your existence and whether you are still happy with what you are doing. You might relate with Stede Bonnet of comedy drama Our Flag Means Death, who experienced the same and made a peculiar decision that would change the course of his life. Mid-life crisis caused Bonnet to trade his life as a wealthy landowner and be a pirate instead. The series is a true-to-life story which happened in 1717.

7. Severance

IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Where to watch: Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video

We may be dreaming of drawing a huge line between work and personal lives, but not Mark of Severance. This psychological thriller follows Mark who leads a team in Lumon Industries. The company uses a technology called severance that separates work from non-work memories. It was all okay until Mark slowly uncovered a conspiracy in the system.

6. Tokyo Vice

IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
Where to watch: HBO Max

Clinging on to the second half of the list is another thriller drama taken from real life accounts. Tokyo Vice is a drama series that narrates the life of crime beat reporter Jake Adelstein based in Japan. Adelstein, portrayed by Ansel Elgort, faced some of the most notorious gangs and crime leaders in order to deliver the news during his years of service in one of Japan’s largest newspaper agencies.

5. Better Call Saul

IMDb Rating: 8.8/10
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, AMC Plus, Sling

In the bible, Saul is a man who transformed from a murderer of Jesus’ follower to a godly man himself. The protagonist of our next series has the same name and the same plot twist in life. Better Call Saul shows the life of Saul Goodman who left his old life as a con artist and decides to become an attorney. Watch how the former sidekick of a meth dealer defies prejudices around him and transforms into one of the respected criminal lawyers in New Mexico.

4. The Boys

IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video

The Boys proved that having superpowers would not make you a good person. In a universe full of people hailed as heroes because of their powers, watchmen will arise to take down abusive ones. Vigilante group Boys will try to keep the corrupt under control despite the fact that they are protected by a powerful corporation Vought International. As conflict arises, new faces will join the team in keeping their mission to maintain peace and order in the universe.

3. The Staircase

IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Where to watch: HBO Max, Netflix

It must be weird to find a novelist, someone who creates a story, in the middle of a bigger story where he’s the subject. The mysterious death of Kathleen Peterson and how her husband, Michael, was accused and convicted was carefully documented in The Staircase. Albeit the mini-series was weaved from the true story of the murder, the creators and the writers added creative spins on the story.

2. Stranger Things

IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Where to watch: Netflix

The small town of Hawkins, Indiana started to experience oddities when a young boy suddenly went missing. From its title, Stranger Things, the friends and family of Will Byers discovered the dark activities of the government which eventually leads to other unexplainable, supernatural forces and creatures. In the middle of their searching, they met an equally strange girl who might be able to point them to the location of the missing boy. The series is now on its fourth season.

1. He’s Into Her

IMDb Rating: 8.0/10
Where to watch: Netflix, iWantTFC

Topping the list is Philippine drama, He’s Into Her, starring one of the hottest love teams in the country Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano (who could pass as a doppelganger of Kim Tae-ri). Gutsy teenage Maxpein finds it overwhelming to move into a life after her filthy rich father, whom she had only met, decided to take her and live with him. Along with that she would find herself unwelcomed into her new school where the bully Deib rules. The latter would later on realize that he would not be able to fight his feelings for her as much as he can’t destroy her spirit with his pranks.