Right now, a new crime thriller is taking over Netflix. Per FlixPatrol, the British series Legends, which released earlier this month on May 7, 2026, is #6 worldwide, and has quickly become a major hit on the platform. So far, the series, which is based on the true biographical account by Guy Stanton in his book, The Betrayer: How an Undercover Unit Infiltrated the Global Drug Trade, is all about a group of British Customs employees who are tasked with going undercover and infiltrating a dangerous drug ring.

It was a particularly crowded field at Netflix last week, with the holdover hit Man on Fire fighting several new releases for the attention of viewers. Man on Fire has held the top spot on Netflix for two weeks in a row, despite competition from the British true-crime series Should I Marry a Murderer?, the second seasons of Worst Ex Ever and Running Point, and the critically acclaimed limited series Lord of the Flies. This is not counting overseas titles such as My Royal Nemesis and Straight to Hell. However, one show came out of nowhere to claim a spot in the top five.

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In the parlance of undercover operatives, a “legend” is the false identity one concocts to infiltrate a criminal network. “Your legend has to come from you, or it won’t work. Your legend has to be part of you, or it won’t work,” explains Don (Steve Coogan), a British customs agent charged with training a group […]

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