Best dark & gritty Italian web series in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
22 web series in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.9. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. The Young Pope (2016)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · Drama · IMDb 8.3 (52.4K votes)
Visually stunningTwistyCold & detachedDark & gritty
Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American Pope in the history of the Church, must establish his new papacy and navigate the power struggles of the closed, secretive Vatican.
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2. Suburra: Blood on Rome (2017)
Web series · Italian · 3 seasons · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (18.3K votes)
MatureVisually stunningTwistyCold & detached
In 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican.
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3. Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · Drama, War & Politics · IMDb 8.2 (5.5K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & gritty
Benito Mussolini's early career from his founding of the Fasci Italiani in 1919 up to the assassination of socialist politician Giacomo Matteotti in 1924 and his speech in Parliament on 3 January 1925.
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4. Everything Calls for Salvation (2022)
Web series · Italian · 2 seasons · Drama · IMDb 7.5 (2.6K votes)
Slow-burnDialogue-drivenDark & gritty
A young man spends a week in a psychiatric ward, where he meets five other patients and must contend with research-happy doctors and cynical nurses.
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6. Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi (2022)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · Documentary · IMDb 7.1 (6.5K votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Rome, 1983. After leaving a music lesson, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanishes — embroiling the Vatican in a decades-long mystery.
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7. SanPa: Sins of the Savior (2020)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · A · Documentary · IMDb 7.7 (1.9K votes)
Dark & grittyDialogue-drivenSerious
Amidst a heroin crisis, Vincenzo Muccioli cared for the addicted, earning him fierce public devotion — even as charges of violence began to mount.
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9. The Sea Beyond (2020)
Web series · Italian · 6 seasons · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.3 (2.4K votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatSerious
Naples. Still an organized crime stronghold. For the inmates at the Juvenile Detention Centre, time and space are interrupted. Taken away from their families and friends, they now have the opportunity to understand who they have been, who they are, who they want to be.
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10. Blanca (2021)
Web series · Italian · 3 seasons · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.3 (1.0K votes)
TwistyMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Blanca Ferrando is a young woman who became blind at the age of twelve, due to a dramatic fire in which her older sister Beatrice died and which was caused by her violent boyfriend, Sebastian. This tragedy made her develop a very strong sense of justice to the point of pushing her to join the police. Blanca is helped b
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11. The Yara Gambirasio Case: Beyond Reasonable Doubt (2024)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Documentary · IMDb 6.8 (2.1K votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & grittyMature
This docuseries digs into the disappearance of 13-year-old Yara and the disconcerting investigation that shattered the peace of a small Italian town.
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12. Bang Bang Baby (2022)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.8 (993 votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Unfolding in Milan at the end of the 80s, Bang Bang Baby is a crime series centred around a shy and insecure teenager, Alice, who becomes a mafia organisation’s youngest member in a bid to win the love of her father, an ‘ndrangheta affiliate.
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13. Suburræterna (2023)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.5 (2.2K votes)
MatureCold & detachedVisually stunningDark & gritty
While chaos rules over Rome, established alliances are at risk as tensions rise with emerging criminal clans. The world of "Suburra" takes a new turn.
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14. Public Disorder (2025)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · A · Action & Adventure, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (1.6K votes)
MatureDark & grittyVisually stunningCold & detached
Following the fateful aftermath of a demonstration, tensions rise within a riot squad that struggles to separate work from personal life.
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15. Vendetta: Truth, Lies and the Mafia (2021)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · Documentary · IMDb 6.7 (388 votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Sicily boasts a bold "Anti-Mafia" coalition. But what happens when those trying to bring down organized crime are accused of being criminals themselves?
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16. The Monster of Florence (2025)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · A · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 6.4 (7.7K votes)
Cold & detachedMatureTwistyDark & gritty
As a serial killer targets couples and strikes terror in Italy, authorities explore a case from 1968 that may be key to finding The Monster of Florence.
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17. Sara - Woman in the Shadows (2025)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Mystery, Drama · IMDb 6.3 (2.4K votes)
Edge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detachedSerious
The suspicious death of her son pushes a former secret agent back into action, investigating a series of crimes that grows increasingly sinister.
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18. Paparazzi King (2026)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · Documentary · IMDb 6.2 (425 votes)
MatureCold & detachedDark & gritty
Explore the life and career of paparazzi king Fabrizio Corona, reflecting Italy's recent history of scandals and social change.
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19. Redemption (2020)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 6.4 (219 votes)
Dark & grittyTwistySeriousEdge-of-seat
In a nocturnal and hostile Rome, Valerio must investigate the death of his son, an apparently suicide. An investigation that's also a last chance to restore a bond with that son he hadn't seen in years, facing the ghosts of the past.
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20. Start Up, Fall Down: From Billionaire to Convict (2025)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 5.6 (473 votes)
Cold & detachedMatureDark & grittyDialogue-driven
One of Milan's most exclusive parties takes a dark turn when a woman reports sexual assault. This documentary chronicles the investigation that followed.
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21. Brigands: The Quest for Gold (2024)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · A · Drama · IMDb 5.6 (892 votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatStraightforwardSerious
In the 19th century, when the southern lands of Italy are bandit territory, Filomena escapes her wealthy but sad life to lead a risky treasure hunt.
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22. Citadel: Diana (2024)
Web series · Italian · 1 season · Action & Adventure, Drama · IMDb 6.1 (5.4K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-pacedDark & gritty
Milan, 2030: Diana Cavalieri is a double agent for the secret syndicate Citadel, who infiltrated Manticore, the rival agency that destroyed Citadel eight years ago. Trapped behind enemy lines, Diana has a chance to leave the agency forever, but she has to decide whether to trust a surprising ally: the heir of Manticore
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