This is a dream but you're wide awake.
Seven years after vanishing from her home, a young woman returns with mysterious new abilities and recruits five strangers for a secret mission.
The OA (2016) is a sci-fi & fantasy, mystery and drama series that premiered on December 16, 2016, spanning 2 seasons and 16 episodes. It stars Brit Marling, Jason Isaacs, Emory Cohen and Kingsley Ben-Adir. Viewers rate it 7.5 out of 10 across 1,447 ratings.
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Brit Marling
as OA / Nina Azarova
Jason Isaacs
as Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy
Emory Cohen
as Homer Roberts
Kingsley Ben-Adir
as Karim Washington
Phyllis Smith
as Elizabeth 'Betty' Broderick-Allen
Patrick Gibson
as Steve Winchell
Brendan Meyer
as Jesse
Brandon Perea
as Alfonso 'French' Sosa
Ian Alexander
as Buck Vu / Michel Vu
Will Brill
as Scott Brown
Sharon Van Etten
as Rachel
Paz Vega
as Renata
Executive produced by Michael Sugar, Dede Gardner and Sarah Esberg.
Average viewer score of 7.5/10 from 1,447 ratings.
**The OA Is Not For Everyone** This review is just for the first season, Netflix has renewed it for a second season and it's not hard to see why. Not many shows have generated discussion like this and i think Netflix appreciates a show that has high viewership and large debate. The debate interestingly isn't just fan theories and character motivations or speculation on whats to come but also whether or not the show…
Reviewed on April 16, 2018
This was my favorite TV show. I'm very sad that they canceled it. It's about parallel worlds and very interesting and tense. After watching any episode it will leave you with the desire to immediately watch another one. Acting is great. I'm a big fan of Brit Marling and she definitely delivers high performance in this TV show. I personally think that this TV show was a masterpiece. I still can't believe they…
Reviewed on August 26, 2019
I'm fan of Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij's movies. After watching "Sound of my voice" (which was amazing by the way), I gave a try this TV show and holy gods, it's amazing. It's full of mystery and very addicting. To be honest, after watching "Lords of Chaos", which I gave low rating and was awful (in my opinion), I thought actors were bad & couldn't act, but seems like I was wrong when I saw performance of Emory…
Reviewed on August 26, 2019
Wow. I loved this. Particularly the second series. The first was very good but very disturbing and I felt very uneasy watching it. The whole thing was really clever and really well done. So difficult not to binge as at the end of every episode you feel a step closer to understanding the meaning of existence. There could easily have been more episodes but maybe somewhere, there is.
Reviewed on July 5, 2023
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The OA (2016) is available to stream on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads. Availability comes from JustWatch data and varies by country.
The OA has 2 seasons and 16 episodes in total, starting from its premiere on December 16, 2016.
No. The OA is marked as canceled, with the final episode airing on March 22, 2019.
The OA (2016) stars Brit Marling, Jason Isaacs, Emory Cohen, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Phyllis Smith. The full cast list with character names is available in the cast section of this page.
The OA (2016) is rated 7.5 out of 10 from 1,447 viewer votes, and suits viewers who like sci-fi & fantasy, mystery and drama series. Reviews from viewers are collected further down this page.
The official The OA trailer is embedded in the trailer section of this page and plays instantly in your browser.
