Death by Lightning

About Death by Lightning

The story of James Garfield, who rose from obscurity to become America's 20th President — and Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him.

Netflix's Death by Lightning is a crime series. It reached one season of 4 episodes from November 2025.

Michael Shannon appears as James Garfield, Matthew Macfadyen as Charles Guiteau, Nick Offerman as Chester A. Arthur, and Shea Whigham as Roscoe Conkling. It was produced by Bighead Littlehead. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under USA president, president, political assassination, and miniseries. It streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads in the United States.

Manhunt, A Woman Named Jackie, and The Queen's Gambit make useful companions to Death by Lightning. It scores 7.3 out of 10 from 103 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-MA rating.