Best crime French web series on Netflix in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

24 web series on Netflix in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.7. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.

1. Lupin (2021)

Web series · French · 3 seasons · U/A 16+ · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (1.6L votes)

TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat

Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.

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2. Black Butterflies (2022)

Web series · French · 1 season · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (6.8K votes)

MatureDark & grittyTwistySerious

Low on inspiration for his second book, a gloomy novelist agrees to write a memoir for a dying man — and swiftly becomes part of his bloodstained past.

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3. Vortex (2023)

Web series · French · 1 season · Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · IMDb 7.6 (4.9K votes)

TwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatFast-paced

Two mysterious deaths. A rift in time. Sci-fi thriller about policeman Ludovic who risks everything when he tries to change the past.

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4. Who Killed Little Gregory? (2019)

Web series · French · 1 season · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 7.4 (3.6K votes)

TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyDialogue-driven

When their 4-year-old son is murdered, a young couple fights a twisting and arduous battle trying to identify a frustratingly elusive killer.

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5. Ganglands (2021)

Web series · French · 2 seasons · U/A 16+ · Crime, Action & Adventure · IMDb 7.2 (5.2K votes)

Edge-of-seatMatureFast-pacedDark & gritty

Mehdi, a qualified robber, and Liana, an apprentice thief, get involved in a turf war between drug dealers, and have to collaborate in order to save their loved ones.

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6. Criminal: France (2019)

Web series · French · 1 season · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.2 (5.2K votes)

TwistyDialogue-drivenCold & detachedEdge-of-seat

Secrets emerge and entire cases unravel inside a police interview room in Paris, where suspects and investigators face off in an intricate dance.

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7. Public Enemy (2016)

Web series · French · 3 seasons · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.4 (2.1K votes)

Cold & detachedMatureTwistyDark & gritty

Freed after 20 years in prison, the child killer Guy Beranger found refuge with the monks in Vielsart, a small village in Belgian's Ardennes. He is placed under the protection of a young Federal Police's inspector, Chloé Muller. A little while after his release, a little girl disappears.

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8. Blood Coast (2023)

Web series · French · 3 seasons · A · Action & Adventure, Crime · IMDb 7.0 (3.8K votes)

MatureVisually stunningFast-pacedDark & gritty

As a vicious drug dealer tries to overtake Marseille, a rogue police captain and his daredevil team welcome a new recruit with an agenda of her own.

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9. Marseille (2016)

Web series · French · 2 seasons · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.9 (6.0K votes)

Cold & detachedDark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seat

The longtime mayor of Marseille is preparing to hand over the reins to his protégé when a sudden and ruthless battle erupts for control of the city.

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10. From Rock Star to Killer (2025)

Web series · French · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 7.1 (1.4K votes)

Cold & detachedMatureDark & grittyDialogue-driven

In 2003, rock singer Bertrand Cantat killed his partner, actress Marie Trintignant. This documentary revisits the case that divided a nation.

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11. The Billionaire, the Butler, and the Boyfriend (2023)

Web series · French · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.8 (1.7K votes)

Cold & detached

How did a conflict between the world's wealthiest woman and her daughter spiral into national scandal? This riveting docuseries tells the whole story.

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12. Monique Olivier: Accessory to Evil (2023)

Web series · French · 1 season · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.8 (1.7K votes)

Cold & detachedMatureDark & grittyTwisty

From 1987 to 2003, Michel Fourniret cemented his legacy as France’s most infamous murderer. But his wife was an enigma: Was she a pawn or a participant?

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13. Flunked (2026)

Web series · French · 1 season · Comedy, Crime · IMDb 6.6 (1.6K votes)

Funny

Eddy, a math genius and small-time crook, avoids jail-time by going undercover as a teacher. His mission: to identify the kid of a major criminal.

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14. Mortel (2019)

Web series · French · 2 seasons · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (2.0K votes)

Edge-of-seatTwistyDark & grittyFast-paced

Sofiane, Victor and Luisa, three seemingly incompatible teenagers find themselves bound together by a supernatural force.

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15. Cocaine Air: Smugglers at 30,000 Ft. (2025)

Web series · French · 1 season · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (947 votes)

Cold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seatMature

2013: four Frenchmen are arrested in Punta Cana with 700 kg of cocaine — none fit the trafficker profile. This documentary asks: who was behind the bust?

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16. The Outreau Case: A French Nightmare (2024)

Web series · French · 1 season · A · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.4 (1.5K votes)

Cold & detachedDark & grittyMatureDialogue-driven

A tragic affair of child abuse and judicial disaster, this docuseries revisits the Outreau case, one of the biggest scandals in French history.

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17. Elite Force (2026)

Web series · French · 1 season · A · Action & Adventure, Crime · IMDb 6.4 (3.9K votes)

Edge-of-seatFast-pacedVisually stunningMature

After an unprecedented attack on his unit, a high-ranking officer set to leave the field leads a perilous mission that forces him to confront his past.

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18. Narcoworld: Dope Stories (2019)

Web series · French · 1 season · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (427 votes)

Cold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seatMature

Documentary series that follows police officers as they hunt out drug smugglers around the world

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19. Dealer (2021)

Web series · French · 1 season · Action & Adventure, Crime · IMDb 6.2 (895 votes)

MatureCold & detachedFast-pacedEdge-of-seat

Tensions erupt when two filmmakers infiltrate an area ruled by gangs to shoot a music video for a rapper in this gritty found-footage series.

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20. Furies (2024)

Web series · French · 2 seasons · A · Action & Adventure, Crime · IMDb 6.3 (4.7K votes)

MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached

Seeking to avenge her father's death, a young woman becomes entangled in the web of the Fury, peacekeeper of the Paris criminal underworld.

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21. Thicker Than Water (2023)

Web series · French · 1 season · A · Mystery, Crime · IMDb 5.9 (830 votes)

Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatTwistyMature

A journalist's life devolves into chaos when she shields her brother from the law, inadvertently entangling her family in a drug lord's merciless scheme.

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22. Gone for Good (2021)

Web series · French · 1 season · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.3 (6.7K votes)

TwistyEdge-of-seatFast-pacedCold & detached

Ten years after losing two loved ones, a man is plunged into another dizzying mystery when his girlfriend vanishes.

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23. Under a Dark Sun (2025)

Web series · French · 1 season · A · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 5.8 (2.0K votes)

TwistyEdge-of-seatDark & grittyFast-paced

On the run from her troubled past, a young mother is accused of killing her new boss at a flower farm just before discovering he's actually her father.

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24. Anthracite (2024)

Web series · French · 1 season · A · Mystery, Crime · IMDb 6.1 (6.0K votes)

Dark & grittyTwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat

An old case is wrenched open when a reporter goes missing, leading his web sleuth daughter to a small mountain town haunted by a sect, secrecy and death.

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