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Limited Series – Lord of the Flies

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Stranded on an island, a gang of schoolboys creates their own community - but when the rules vanish, the beast within awakens.

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Lord of the Flies — Limited Series

Lord of the Flies — Limited Series

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Critics Consensus

Fleshing out William Golding's text with thoughtful observations about boyhood and sharpened by a uniformly terrific troupe of child actors, this retelling of Lord of the Flies seizes the conch shell and commands attention.

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Chris Vognar Boston Globe May 13
The kids are all great, but the standout is McKenna, who turns Piggy into a pitiable hero who finds that sometimes decency simply doesn’t pay. Go to Full Review
Alan Sepinwall What's Alan Watching? (Ghost.io) May 6
It understands why the story has resonated for over 70 years, and become a middle school English class perennial -- and the ways in which it feels especially, unfortunately, timely at the moment. Go to Full Review
David Bianculli NPR May 6
Some sequences, like the first wild boar hunt, are filmed by Munden in a way that puts you right there with the boys -- and as the boys transform from frightened to feral, it's hard to shake, and to forget. Go to Full Review
Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) 4d
Extremely well done. The kids are incredible Go to Full Review
John Stark Mac the Movie Guy 5d
63/100
A lot to admire here, the performances are terrific, the score is fantastic, but this never truly captures the fear and instability that should define the kids from the beginning, so the descent into madness doesn’t hit as hard as it could have. Go to Full Review
Eileen Jones The Jacobin 5d
This Lord of the Flies is so padded, so full of pointless distractions, so insistent on its own profundity, it generates a sense of weird aesthetic gloating over its source material... Go to Full Review
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Sebastián M @RT90514577 2d A beautiful work of art See more ABVL A @proabvl 3d poor quality adaptation of a good enough story See more Timo E. @TimoEx 3d Near perfect. Amazing acting. Slow in just the right way. Artistic in the way art should be. Bravo. See more Darren W. @DarrenTheCook64 3d This limited series was not the best of the films I watched, this series is to fast paced and in the first three episodes nothing really happens. Only the last episode has the major events in the film. And most scenes are just boring, with more than half of the scenes viewing the jungle. I strongly do not recommend, but if you don’t believe me, than you can watch it yourself and see how boring the film really is. See more Jennifer S. @tb_smith 4d Excellent acting, cinematography and composition. Stayed true to the novel and enhanced it visually and sonically. Wish more movies were made like this. See more C M. @RT95370562 4d This is one of the most interesting book to television adaptations I’ve ever seen. Visually stunning, believably profound performances from many boys who are acting for the first time. That’s good direction. All that aside, I do hope the children had an onsite counselor because what they were asked to do rivals what many adults would struggle to do-show both the worst and best of humanity in all of its fragility. I am a little baffled at the polarizing audience score. Changes were made, yes. But it’s true to the spirit of the model and dare I say, improved upon it in many ways. See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Feb 8, 2026 Piggy Following a plane crash, a group of young boys become stranded on a tropical island; Ralph attempts to lead the boys, with help from the intellectual Piggy, in the hope of escaping from their current situation, but a power struggle arises with Jack. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 8, 2026 Jack Tensions rise as Jack's hunting jeopardizes a chance of rescue. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 8, 2026 Simon A rival camp is formed as fears about the beast reach new heights. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 8, 2026 Ralph A violent ambush spells trouble for Piggy and Ralph finds himself outnumbered. Details

Season Info

Director
Marc Munden
Executive Producer
Joel Wilson, Jack Thorne, Marc Munden, Jamie Campbell
Screenwriter
Jack Thorne, William Golding
Network
Netflix
Genre
Drama, Adventure
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Feb 8, 2026