Best dark & gritty German web series in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
29 web series in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 7.0. Newest addition: The Trap, added to Netflix on 13 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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2. How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (2019)
Web series · German · 4 seasons · A · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 7.7 (48.2K votes)
MatureFast-pacedFunnyEdge-of-seat
To win back his ex-girlfriend, a nerdy teen starts selling ecstasy online out of his bedroom -- and becomes one of Europe's biggest dealers.
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3. Kleo (2022)
Web series · German · 2 seasons · A · Action & Adventure, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (18.5K votes)
Visually stunningMatureCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a former East German spy resolves to find out who betrayed her and why — and use her lethal skills to exact revenge.
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4. Dogs of Berlin (2018)
Web series · German · 1 season · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (15.8K votes)
MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyTwisty
A politically sensitive murder forces two disparate detectives into a battle with the Berlin underworld and a confrontation with their own corruption.
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5. Dear Child (2023)
Web series · German · 1 season · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.3 (35.7K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedMature
A mysterious woman's escape from her harrowing captivity points investigators toward the dark truth behind an unsolved disappearance 13 years earlier.
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6. Murder Mindfully (2024)
Web series · German · 2 seasons · A · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 7.4 (14.3K votes)
FunnyMatureEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
When mafia lawyer Björn attends a mindfulness class to find a better work-life balance, he discovers surprising new coping strategies — including murder.
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7. Barbarians (2020)
Web series · German · 2 seasons · Action & Adventure, Drama · IMDb 7.2 (34.0K votes)
Visually stunningMatureEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Three people's fates are interwoven in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D., during which Germanic warriors halt the spread of the Roman Empire.
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8. Criminal: Germany (2019)
Web series · German · 1 season · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.6 (6.5K votes)
Dialogue-drivenCold & detachedEdge-of-seatTwisty
In the interview room, detectives go head-to-head with suspects and try to get to the truth—even if it means breaking the rules and risking it all.
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10. Beat (2018)
Web series · German · 1 season · Drama · IMDb 7.3 (3.4K votes)
MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Robert Schlag, nicknamed "Beat", is a Berlin club promoter who lives for the excesses of sex, drugs and the city nightlife. His connections to the underworld lead the police to use Beat to try and infiltrate a notorious organ smuggling ring.
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11. Sleeping Dog (2023)
Web series · German · 1 season · A · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 6.9 (10.3K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyMature
A former detective now living on the streets searches for the truth after a new death raises unnerving doubts about a supposedly settled murder case.
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12. Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier (2021)
Web series · German · 1 season · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 7.2 (3.0K votes)
Dialogue-drivenEdge-of-seatDark & grittySerious
After Birgit Meier vanishes in 1989, police missteps plague the case for years. But her brother never wavers in his tireless quest to find the truth.
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13. Crooks (2024)
Web series · German · 2 seasons · A · Action & Adventure, Drama · IMDb 7.0 (5.1K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedMatureEdge-of-seat
A priceless coin forces a retired safecracker and a two-bit gangster to work together, drawing them into daring heists and global criminal rivalries.
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14. Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom (2023)
Web series · German · 1 season · A · Documentary · IMDb 7.0 (4.2K votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyMatureDark & gritty
Did Jens Soering murder his girlfriend's parents in 1985 — or was she the killer? This docuseries digs into questions that still swirl around the case.
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15. Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy (2023)
Web series · German · 1 season · Mystery, Drama · IMDb 7.0 (4.2K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
With no witnesses, no traces, and no corpse, Josy, the 13-year-old daughter of well-known psychiatrist Viktor Larenz, has disappeared in unexplained circumstances. Two years later, a mysterious woman appears. She forces Viktor to face up to his daughter's disappearance and pushes him to his psychological limits.
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16. A Perfect Crime (2020)
Web series · German · 1 season · Documentary · IMDb 7.3 (1.8K votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyDark & grittyDialogue-driven
In April 1991, Detlev Rohwedder, the head of Treuhand, the East German Privatization and Restructuring Agency, was assassinated in Dusseldorf. This documentary details the strange evidence recovered.
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17. Biohackers (2020)
Web series · German · 2 seasons · U/A 16+ · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · IMDb 6.8 (12.8K votes)
Edge-of-seatFast-pacedCold & detachedTwisty
A medical student enters a top German university on a secret mission to uncover a conspiracy linking a family tragedy to a visionary biology professor.
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18. Berlin ER (2025)
Web series · German · 1 season · A · Drama · IMDb 7.3 (1.7K votes)
Edge-of-seatFast-pacedDark & grittyStraightforward
After her private life falls apart, a young doctor seeking a fresh start takes over the emergency room in Berlin's toughest, most chaotic hospital. Battling staff resistance and a run-down system, she must unite her maverick team to save lives.
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19. Woman of the Dead (2022)
Web series · German · 2 seasons · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.8 (9.2K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyTwistyMature
In a vengeful quest to find out who killed her husband, a woman ends up exposing her small community's deepest and ugliest secrets.
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20. Tribes of Europa (2021)
Web series · German · 1 season · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · IMDb 6.7 (15.3K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-pacedMature
2074. In the wake of a mysterious global disaster, war rages between the Tribes that have emerged from the wreckage of Europe. Three siblings from the peaceful Origine tribe are separated and forced to forge their own paths in an action-packed fight for the future of this new Europa.
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21. Luden (2023)
Web series · German · 1 season · Drama · IMDb 7.0 (1.5K votes)
MatureCold & detachedVisually stunningDark & gritty
Inspired by true events, the gangster epic LUDEN tells the rise of the Nutella Gang, the most famous pimp cartel in Hamburg's legendary Reeperbahn during the 1980s. The unusual cartel turns the rough red-light district in St. Pauli into a glamourous place, but it is also the beginning of a power struggle with the estab
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22. Spy City (2020)
Web series · German · 1 season · Drama, War & Politics · IMDb 6.9 (1.8K votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & grittyTwisty
After a defector is murdered, British agent Fielding Scott is assigned to track down a mole in his own ranks in 1961 Berlin. His investigation leads him into a deadly web of crime, betrayal and paranoia. Who can Scott trust in the city of spies?
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23. Transatlantic (2023)
Web series · German · 1 season · Drama, War & Politics · IMDb 6.6 (6.6K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Two Americans and their allies form a scrappy rescue operation in 1940 Marseilles to help artists, writers and other refugees fleeing Europe during WWII. Transatlantic is a historical drama television miniseries created by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler, based on the 2019 novel The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer. T
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24. Munich Games (2022)
Web series · German · 1 season · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.6 (912 votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatMatureDark & gritty
50 years after the Munich Massacre, Munich is hosting a soccer game between an Israeli and a German football club. When things start to fall apart, it seems history might be repeating all over again.
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26. Close to Home: Murder in the Coalfield (2022)
Web series · German · 1 season · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.4 (2.4K votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
When a grisly murder brings Detective Maik Briegand back to his small hometown, he finds himself dredging up bodies, clues and his own past traumas.
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27. The Trap (2026)
Web series · German · 1 season · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 5.9 (973 votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyEdge-of-seatDialogue-driven
Follow famous author Lisa Konrad, who has not left her house for a decade after witnessing the murder of her sister. One night she sees who she believes was the murdered on television, and decides to use herself as bait to catch them.
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28. We Are the Wave (2019)
Web series · German · 1 season · A · Drama · IMDb 6.2 (3.4K votes)
Dark & grittySerious
A mysterious classmate leads four idealistic teens in a revolt against a rising tide of nationalistic fervor, but their movement takes a dark turn.
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29. Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer (2024)
Web series · German · 1 season · A · Crime, Documentary · IMDb 5.8 (1.7K votes)
MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
In 2012, a string of grisly murders sent shock waves through the Berlin party scene. The killer remained at large — until one of his targets survived.
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