Perhaps unsurprisingly, the U.S. has the largest catalogue. If you count movies, however, Japan has more titles.The reason is simple: Netflix has to buy the rights to a show in every country, and they often save money by not purchasing the rights in countries where they think it will not be worthwhile. This might mean that German-language shows, for example, are not distributed in the U.S. Or, it is possible that the rights are owned by a different streaming service.Finally, the EU is trying to force streaming providers to have a quota of at least 30% local content, which could push out content from outside Europe. 

However, you can still watch one of these shows if you use a VPN or a proxy service to pretend you're in a country where Netflix offers that programming. You can use your regular Netflix account, because it applies worldwide. 

The Best 5 TV Shows Netflix Won't Let Americans Watch

#1 Doctor Who

The Doctor, from a race called the Time Lords/Ladies whose home planet is Gallifrey, travels through time and space in his/her ship the TARDIS (an acronym for Time and Relative Dimension In Space) with numerous companions. From time to time he/she regenerates into a new form (which is how the series has been running since 1963).

The show is only available on Netflix in France,UK,Germany,Australia,Spain.You can still watch one of these shows if you use a UK VPN Spain VPN to Access.

#2 Star Trek: Discovery

Ten years before Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery discovers new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien.

The show on Netflix everywhere but the U.S. and Canada.You can still watch one of these shows if you use a Japan VPN to Access.

#3 Blackadder

It is 1917, and lunatic General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett is leading the British troops at the front lines against the Germans, while everyone waits for Field Marshall Haig's big push. There are various emotions throughout the camp about it. For Captain Kevin Darling, Melchett's bull-dog-like right-hand man, it makes no difference, as it appears he will be safe and sound with the general when the big push occurs. For Lieutenant George Colhurst Saint Barleigh, he is overly excited at thrashing the Germans. For Private S. (probably for Sod-Off) Baldrick, it's a terrifying experience he is not looking forward to. For Captain Edmund Blackadder, however, it's something he's too cowardly too face. Self-centered, arrogant, and sarcastic, Blackadder is always constantly searching for a way out of this silly war, and will try various, often crazy, variations on escape, all of which will take a turn he never expected. Sharing a dugout with George and Baldrick, his main obstacle for escape is Darling, who will ensure everyone is present for the big push.

The show on Netflix in the U.K. You can still watch one of these shows if you use a UK VPN to Access.

#4 Orphan Black

Orphan Black follows outsider, orphan and street-wise chameleon Sarah. After witnessing a woman's suicide, Sarah assumes the stranger's identity - who happens to look just like her. Expecting to solve all her problems by cleaning out the dead woman's savings, Sarah is instead thrust headlong into a kaleidoscopic mystery as she realizes the dizzying truth - she and the dead woman are clones. As Sarah searches for answers, she discovers the chilling fact that there are more people like her out there - genetically identical individuals who were planted in unsuspecting birth parents and nurtured in completely different circumstances. With no idea who created the clones, she'll need to discover the reason in a hurry as an assassin is killing them one by one.

The show on Netflix in Australia, Japan, Mexico and the U.K. You can still watch one of these shows if you use a Australia VPN Mexico VPN to Access.

#5 Fargo

The all new 'true crime' case of Fargo's new chapter travels back to 1979 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Luverne, Minnesota, where a young State Police Officer Lou Solverson, recently back from Vietnam, investigates a case involving a local crime gang and a major Mob syndicate. Helping him piece things together is his father-in-law, Sheriff Hank Larsson. The investigation will lead them to a colorful cast of characters that includes Karl Weathers, the town lawyer of Luverne, Minnesota. A Korean War vet, Karl is a flowery drunk blessed with the gift of gab and the eloquence of a true con artist. Joe Bulo, the front man for the northern expansion of a Kansas City crime syndicate. The new face of corporate crime, Joe's bringing a Walmart mentality to small town America. His number two is Mike Milligan. Part enforcer, part detective, Mike is always smiling - but the joke is usually on you. Bulo and his crew have their sights set on the Gerhardt crime family in Fargo, currently led by matriarch Floyd Gerhardt. With her husband at death's door, Floyd takes over the family business, frustrating her eldest son, Dodd Gerhardt. An impatient hothead with a cruel streak to match his ambitions, Dodd can't wait for both his parents to die so he can take over and expand their business from kingdom to empire. Bear Gerhardt is the middle son, an intimidatingly large man who, although inarticulate, is the most decent of his clan. Rye Gerhardt, the youngest of the Gerhardt clan, views himself as a big shot, but in reality he's just a small dog who barks big.

The show on Netflix in Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico and the U.K. You can still watch one of these shows if you use a Mexico VPN Canada VPN to Access.