Best dark & gritty Filipino movies on Netflix in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
26 movies on Netflix in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 5.4. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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2. Sunshine (2025)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 32m · Drama · IMDb 7.3 (539 votes)
MatureFast-pacedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Just days before her team's tryouts for the Olympics, dedicated young gymnast Sunshine discovers she is pregnant. Now she must embark on a desperate and risky journey to fight for her dream.
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3. Green Bones (2024)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 40m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.0 (718 votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatSeriousDialogue-driven
A soon-to-be released criminal and a corrections officer is still grieving over the death of his sister opposing the prisoner's release.
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4. The Missing (2023)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 31m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.2 (454 votes)
TwistyDark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seat
When an alien comes back to take him, a mouthless young man's life twists and turns as his memories untangle.
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5. Lolo and the Kid (2024)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 37m · Drama, Family · IMDb 6.4 (1.0K votes)
Dark & grittyHeartwarming
A hustler and the child he took in routinely con the wealthy — but a life-changing opportunity could end their inseparable bond.
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6. Ballot (2024)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 46m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 6.3 (473 votes)
Edge-of-seatFast-pacedMatureDark & gritty
A land-grabbing tycoon and a former sexy male actor are in a tight race for mayor in a small town. When violence erupts, Emmy, a teacher, runs into the wilderness with a ballot box, the last copy of the election result.
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7. The Kingdom (2024)
Movie · Filipino · 2h 13m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 5.8 (289 votes)
Fast-pacedEdge-of-seatVisually stunningTwisty
In an alternate, contemporary Philippines where the islands were never colonized, the Kingdom of Kalayaan sees a ruler’s favored child kidnapped, leading to a failed rescue and a deadly duel.
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8. Uninvited (2024)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 33m · Thriller, Mystery · IMDb 5.5 (456 votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
A woman plots to take down the billionaire responsible for her daughter's death. She decides to attend his lavish party disguised as a charming wealthy donor.
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9. Lilim (2025)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 48m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 5.3 (310 votes)
Dark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seatCold & detached
Evading the police, Issa and her brother Tomas seek shelter in a secluded orphanage in the forest. But the siblings’ safe haven soon reveals itself to be a hellscape controlled by a sacrificial cult in thrall to a fearsome nocturnal deity.
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10. A Very Good Girl (2023)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 57m · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 5.7 (815 votes)
MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
After a heartless firing triggers a chain of unfortunate events, Philo plots a meticulous revenge against retail mogul, Mother Molly, aiming to dismantle her empire and seize the ultimate payback. This time, there is no mercy.
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11. Arisaka (2021)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 36m · Action · IMDb 5.6 (672 votes)
Edge-of-seatFast-pacedCold & detachedStraightforward
A witness under police escort is attacked. A policewoman, the only one who survives, is sheltered by indigenous people, but assailants hunt her down... An action thriller set in Bataan.
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12. Kampon (2023)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 31m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 4.6 (212 votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatSerious
After 8 years of marriage, a childless couple named Clark and Eileen meet a little girl who one day, came knocking at their door claiming to be Clark's child. Despite the unexpected situation, the wife accepts the child and temporarily fosters her while figuring the next steps. Meanwhile, Clark investigates the child's
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17. Untold (2025)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 47m · Horror · IMDb 4.1 (314 votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatMature
Vivian Vera is a multi-awarded journalist with a dark past. She sensationalized some of her breaking news for her ambition. Her distortion of the truth ruined lives, and these lives have begun to haunt Vivian – they want her to join them... or else they will kill everyone around her who helped her in the lie.
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19. Shake, Rattle & Roll Extreme (2023)
Movie · Filipino · 2h 27m · Horror · IMDb 4.5 (539 votes)
Dark & grittyMatureCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
A series of vignettes include: a neglected and gadget addicted 6 year old who befriends a malevolent entity from a defunct children’s show, causing deadly events at home; a group of influencers gathering for a collab in a luxurious mansion; and a bunch of thrill-seekers who go on a trip to watch a meteor shower.
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20. Shake, Rattle & Roll: Evil Origins (2025)
Movie · Filipino · 2h 28m · Horror · IMDb 4.1 (433 votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedMature
In 1775 during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines, nuns attempts to survive the night after an unknown evil was set free in their cloister. Meanwhile in 2025, a group of friends attend a Halloween masquerade ball which was attacked by a serial killer. Fast forward to the future in 2050, a post-apocalytic Ph
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22. Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital (2024)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 31m · Horror · IMDb 5.2 (1.2K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatFast-paced
A team of adventurous celebrities filming in Taiwan’s infamous Xinglin Hospital, one of Southeast Asia’s most haunted locations, quickly descends into terror as they encounter escalating paranormal phenomena. As tensions rise and personalities clash, they become pawns of a malevolent entity, forcing them to make diffic
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23. Aurora (2018)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 50m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 4.4 (759 votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatMatureCold & detached
The passenger ship Aurora mysteriously collides into the rocky sea threatening an entire island. A young woman and her sister must both survive by finding the missing dead for a bounty.
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24. Maria (2019)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 29m · Action, Crime · IMDb 5.0 (2.7K votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatMatureFast-paced
When a former BlackRose cartel assassin deliberately betrays them by refusing to complete her mission, the cartel orders her execution. Unbeknownst to them, she fakes her own death and is able to create a new life of her own. When the cartel discovers she is alive, the hunter becomes the hunted as she fights to get rev
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25. Eerie (2019)
Movie · Filipino · 1h 41m · Horror, Crime · IMDb 4.7 (3.1K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedTwistyMature
The unexpected and gruesome death of a student threatens the existence of an old Catholic school for girls. Pat Consolacion, the school guidance counselor, involves herself with the students in the hopes of helping them cope, and at the same time uncover the mysteries of the student’s death. Most students suspect of th
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