Best dark & gritty web series on Netflix in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
904 web series on Netflix in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 7.0. Most are in English (381), Spanish (118), Japanese (92). Newest addition: S.W.A.T., added to SonyLIV on 22 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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1. Breaking Bad (2008)
Web series · English · 5 seasons · A · Drama, Crime · IMDb 9.5 (26.9L votes)
TwistyMatureEdge-of-seatVisually stunning
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
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2. Better Call Saul (2015)
Web series · English · 6 seasons · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 9.0 (8.7L votes)
TwistyMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks
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3. Rick and Morty (2013)
Web series · English · 9 seasons · A · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 9.0 (7.2L votes)
TwistyFunnyMatureFast-paced
Follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.
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4. Arcane (2021)
Web series · English · 2 seasons · A · Animation, Action & Adventure · IMDb 9.0 (4.6L votes)
Visually stunningTwistyMatureEdge-of-seat
Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.
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5. Hunter x Hunter (2011)
Web series · Japanese · 3 seasons · U/A 16+ · Animation, Action & Adventure · IMDb 9.0 (2.1L votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatMature
Gon, a young boy who lives on Whale Island, dreams of becoming a Hunter like his father, who left when Gon was still young.
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6. Death Note (2006)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Animation, Mystery · IMDb 8.9 (5.0L votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatCold & detachedDark & gritty
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil.
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7. Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · A · Animation, Action & Adventure · IMDb 8.9 (1.7L votes)
TwistyVisually stunningDark & grittyMature
In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunt
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8. Vinland Saga (2019)
Web series · Japanese · 2 seasons · Animation, War & Politics · IMDb 8.9 (1.5L votes)
Visually stunningMatureTwistyDark & gritty
For a thousand years, the Vikings have made quite a name and reputation for themselves as the strongest families with a thirst for violence. Thorfinn, the son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, spends his boyhood in a battlefield enhancing his skills in his adventure to redeem his most-desired revenge after his
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9. Peaky Blinders (2013)
Web series · English · 6 seasons · A · Drama, Crime · IMDb 8.7 (8.0L votes)
Visually stunningMatureEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
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10. Black Mirror (2011)
Web series · English · 7 seasons · A · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · IMDb 8.7 (7.5L votes)
TwistyMatureCold & detachedDark & gritty
Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.
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11. BoJack Horseman (2014)
Web series · English · 6 seasons · A · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 8.8 (2.4L votes)
FunnyTwistyMatureDark & gritty
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?
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14. Stranger Things (2016)
Web series · English · 5 seasons · U/A 16+ · Action & Adventure, Mystery · IMDb 8.6 (17.5L votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
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15. When They See Us (2019)
Web series · English · 1 season · A · Drama · IMDb 8.8 (1.6L votes)
MatureDark & grittySerious
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
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16. 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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17. House of Cards (2013)
Web series · English · 6 seasons · A · Drama · IMDb 8.6 (5.6L votes)
TwistyCold & detachedMatureDark & gritty
Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are his weapons.
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18. Berserk (1997)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · IMDb 8.8 (84.3K votes)
MatureVisually stunningDark & grittyTwisty
Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.
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19. MINDHUNTER (2017)
Web series · English · 2 seasons · A · Drama, Crime · IMDb 8.6 (4.1L votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedTwisty
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
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20. Monster (2004)
Web series · Japanese · 1 season · A · Animation, Drama · IMDb 8.8 (76.7K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatDark & grittyMature
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
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21. 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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22. BLUE EYE SAMURAI (2023)
Web series · English · 2 seasons · A · Action & Adventure, Animation · IMDb 8.7 (1.1L votes)
Visually stunningMatureEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.
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23. Vikings (2013)
Web series · English · 6 seasons · A · Action & Adventure, Drama · IMDb 8.5 (6.5L votes)
Visually stunningMatureEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a
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24. Shameless (2011)
Web series · English · 11 seasons · U · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 8.5 (3.4L votes)
MatureFunnyDark & grittyFast-paced
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any
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25. The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
Web series · English · 1 season · A · Mystery, Drama · IMDb 8.5 (3.4L votes)
TwistyDark & grittyVisually stunningEdge-of-seat
Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
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26. 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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27. 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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28. Person of Interest (2011)
Web series · English · 5 seasons · U · Action & Adventure, Crime · IMDb 8.5 (2.2L votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatDark & grittyFast-paced
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a pe
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29. The Last Kingdom (2015)
Web series · English · 5 seasons · Action & Adventure, Drama · IMDb 8.5 (1.9L votes)
Visually stunningMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most ico
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