Best dark & gritty web series on JioHotstar in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
362 web series on JioHotstar in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 7.3. Most are in English (244), Hindi (51), Japanese (20). Newest addition: Tulsa King, added to JioHotstar on 16 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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1. Band of Brothers (2001)
Web series · English · 1 season · U · Drama, War & Politics · IMDb 9.4 (6.1L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittyMature
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of
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2. Chernobyl (2019)
Web series · English · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Drama · IMDb 9.3 (10.7L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittySerious
The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
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3. Game of Thrones (2011)
Web series · English · 8 seasons · A · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · IMDb 9.2 (26.8L votes)
Visually stunningMatureTwistyEdge-of-seat
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horror
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4. The Wire (2002)
Web series · English · 5 seasons · Crime, Drama · IMDb 9.3 (4.4L votes)
Slow-burnTwistyMatureCold & detached
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
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5. The Sopranos (1999)
Web series · English · 6 seasons · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 9.2 (6.0L votes)
TwistyMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer
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6. True Detective (2014)
Web series · English · 5 seasons · U · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 8.8 (7.8L votes)
TwistySlow-burnVisually stunningMature
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
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7. Succession (2018)
Web series · English · 4 seasons · A · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 8.8 (3.7L votes)
TwistyMatureFast-pacedFunny
Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.
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8. Dexter (2006)
Web series · English · 8 seasons · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.6 (9.6L votes)
MatureTwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.
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9. Rome (2005)
Web series · English · 2 seasons · Action & Adventure, Drama · IMDb 8.7 (2.1L votes)
Visually stunningMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
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10. Marvel's Daredevil (2015)
Web series · English · 3 seasons · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.6 (5.4L votes)
Visually stunningMatureEdge-of-seatTwisty
Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.
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11. Six Feet Under (2001)
Web series · English · 5 seasons · A · Drama · IMDb 8.7 (1.7L votes)
MatureTwistyDark & grittySlow-burn
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
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12. Yellowstone (2018)
Web series · English · 5 seasons · Western, Drama · IMDb 8.6 (3.2L votes)
Visually stunningMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.
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13. Andor (2022)
Web series · English · 2 seasons · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure · IMDb 8.6 (2.9L votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.
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14. Oz (1997)
Web series · English · 6 seasons · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.7 (1.2L votes)
MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
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15. Shōgun (2024)
Web series · English · 1 season · Drama, War & Politics · IMDb 8.6 (2.5L votes)
Visually stunningMatureEdge-of-seatTwisty
In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.
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16. The Penguin (2024)
Web series · English · 1 season · Drama, Crime · IMDb 8.6 (2.5L votes)
Visually stunningMatureEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis the life he's always promised. But first, Oz must confront his enemies and his own demoralizing reputation as "the Penguin."
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17. Mr. Robot (2015)
Web series · English · 4 seasons · U/A 16+ · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.5 (4.8L votes)
TwistyMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
A young programmer, Elliot, suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot finds himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld o
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18. 1883 (2021)
Web series · English · 1 season · Drama, Western · IMDb 8.6 (1.7L votes)
Visually stunningMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.
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19. The Last of Us (2023)
Web series · English · 2 seasons · A · Drama · IMDb 8.4 (7.5L votes)
Visually stunningMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for su
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20. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019)
Web series · Japanese · 5 seasons · U/A 16+ · Animation, Action & Adventure · IMDb 8.5 (2.4L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittyMature
After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.
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21. JUJUTSU KAISEN (2020)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · IMDb 8.5 (2.2L votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most
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22. Boardwalk Empire (2010)
Web series · English · 5 seasons · U · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.5 (2.2L votes)
Visually stunningMatureTwistyCold & detached
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
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23. Supernatural (2005)
Web series · English · 15 seasons · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 8.4 (5.5L votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyMatureEdge-of-seat
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the W
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24. Marvel's The Punisher (2017)
Web series · English · 2 seasons · A · Action & Adventure, Crime · IMDb 8.4 (3.2L votes)
MatureEdge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detached
A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.
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25. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
Web series · Japanese · 6 seasons · A · Animation, Action & Adventure · IMDb 8.6 (62.7K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-paced
Follow the intergenerational feud between the Joestar Family and various forces of evil, the most prominent of which is Dio Brando and his followers.
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26. Big Little Lies (2017)
Web series · English · 2 seasons · Drama · IMDb 8.4 (2.5L votes)
TwistyMatureVisually stunningDark & gritty
The tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
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27. Mare of Easttown (2021)
Web series · English · 1 season · Drama, Crime · IMDb 8.4 (2.3L votes)
TwistyMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
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28. Prison Break (2005)
Web series · English · 5 seasons · U · Action & Adventure, Crime · IMDb 8.3 (6.8L votes)
Edge-of-seatTwistyFast-pacedDark & gritty
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
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29. The Night Of (2016)
Web series · English · 1 season · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.4 (2.0L votes)
TwistyMatureCold & detachedDark & gritty
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
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30. Banshee (2013)
Web series · English · 4 seasons · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.4 (1.5L votes)
MatureFast-pacedEdge-of-seatCold & detached
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.
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