Best mind-bending Chinese movies on Netflix in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
28 movies on Netflix in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.5. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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2. The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon (2023)
Movie · Chinese · 2h 14m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.3 (8.8K votes)
MatureVisually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
The arrogant, third most-wanted criminal in Taiwan, decides to get rid of the top two competitors and crowns himself the most-wanted criminal before dying.
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4. 18x2 Beyond Youthful Days (2024)
Movie · Chinese · 2h 4m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (3.6K votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesTwistyHeartwarming
Having lost his job and the company he built, a 36-year-old man at rock bottom goes on a wistful solo trip to Japan in search of the love he left behind.
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5. Marry My Dead Body (2023)
Movie · Chinese · 2h 9m · Comedy, Action · IMDb 7.0 (8.0K votes)
FunnyTwistyVisually stunningMature
After finding an odd envelope, Policeman Ming-han's life takes a spooky turn: He's now wed to a ghost husband, and they must solve a crime together.
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6. Little Big Women (2020)
Movie · Chinese · 2h 3m · Drama · IMDb 7.2 (3.0K votes)
Slow-burnHeartwarmingFamily-friendlyTwisty
A story about a karaoke-addicted old woman struggling with her self-worth and a sense of betrayal at her long-lost husband's funeral where she encounters his younger and more sophisticated girlfriend while she finds out her kids might have been secretly in touch with her late husband all these years.
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8. New Gods: Nezha Reborn (2021)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 57m · Animation, Fantasy · IMDb 6.8 (4.9K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seatTwisty
While living as an ordinary deliveryman and motor racing fan, Nezha encounters old nemeses and must rediscover his powers to protect his loved ones.
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9. Green Snake (2021)
Movie · Chinese · 2h 12m · Animation, Fantasy · IMDb 6.8 (4.6K votes)
Visually stunningTwistyFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
While trying to free her sister from Fahai's clutches, Xiao Qing winds up in a dystopian city and meets a mysterious man who can't recall his past life.
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10. The Soul (2021)
Movie · Chinese · 2h 10m · Mystery, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.6 (3.8K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyFast-pacedCold & detached
The founder of a corporation developing a futuristic cancer treatment is brutally murdered, and a prosecutor sidelined by the illness asks to lead the case, assisted by his newly pregnant detective wife.
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11. Lost in the Stars (2023)
Movie · Chinese · 2h 2m · Mystery, Crime · IMDb 6.6 (3.8K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
He Fei's wife, Li Muzi, disappears during their anniversary trip. When she reappears, he insists that she is not his wife. As Chen Mai, a top lawyer gets involved in this bizarre case, more mysteries start to emerge.
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12. Vanishing Point (2026)
Movie · Chinese · 2h 20m · Mystery, Thriller · IMDb 6.8 (676 votes)
TwistyCold & detachedMatureDark & gritty
On the morning of the winter solstice, Tang Yu's son disappeared in the stairwell; gambler Yuan Wu hid his father's body; and two unsolved cases involving the assault.
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13. Per Aspera Ad Astra (2026)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 51m · Science Fiction, Drama · IMDb 6.4 (1.5K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
Set in the near future, the story revolves around the emergence of the virtual dream reality technology "Good Dreams", which allows people to do whatever they desire within their self-created dreams. However, a crisis triggered by these dreams quietly unfolds.
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14. The Post-Truth World (2022)
Movie · Chinese · 2h · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 6.4 (896 votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detached
A has-been newscaster Liu Li-min is taken hostage by an escaped inmate Zhang Zheng-yi, who pleads his innocence. To Liu's astonishment, Zhang claims that he was smeared by Liu's departed wife. Thus, Liu teams up with Zhang and reinvestigates Zhang's murder case to help his beloved be cleared of blame. However, the more
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15. The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020)
Movie · Chinese · 2h 12m · Action, Drama · IMDb 6.4 (5.9K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatTwisty
Every few hundred years, the most powerful demon on earth—a snake demon—awakens, and the Yin-Yang Masters are summoned to the capital. Meanwhile, the Princess of the realm has her own plans, as she conspires to claim the demon’s power.
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16. Bad Education (2023)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 17m · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 6.3 (469 votes)
Cold & detachedMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
On the night of their high school graduation, three delinquents decide to exchange their darkest, most unspeakable secret.
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17. Cities of Last Things (2018)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 47m · Drama, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.3 (2.3K votes)
TwistyMatureCold & detachedVisually stunning
Three key events during three different time periods, in three seasons, and on three nights culminate to change the life of Zhang Dong Ling.
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18. Lost in Perfection (2023)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 54m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.1 (587 votes)
TwistyMatureCold & detachedDark & gritty
Mei is a beautiful and successful woman in many ways. However, her romantic relationships never go well. One day, Mei’s widowed father tells her he will marry Lan, an ugly and obese murder suspect. Even more shocking is that Lan is accused of being the “Poisonous Widow” who lives a luxurious life by killing her rich hu
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19. A Land Imagined (2019)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 35m · Mystery, Drama · IMDb 6.2 (1.7K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyVisually stunningDark & gritty
A cop in Singapore investigates the disappearance of a Chinese migrant construction worker who spent sleepless nights playing a mysterious video game.
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20. Suffocating Love (2024)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 42m · Romance, Fantasy · IMDb 6.1 (366 votes)
Twisty
A man falls in love with a control freak. He willingly obeys and gives his all during the infatuation stage of love. However, when another girl appears, he realizes that love can actually be liberating. In a dream, he is granted a wish for the exchange of girlfriends, and to his astonishment, the wish comes true in rea
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21. The Abandoned (2023)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 44m · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 6.2 (2.7K votes)
Cold & detachedMatureDark & grittyTwisty
When a mysterious corpse is found in a river, a distressed police officer delves into a string of grisly murders as danger quickly approaches.
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22. Double World (2020)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 50m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 6.2 (5.1K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatTwistyFast-paced
Keen to bring honor to his clan, young villager Dong Yilong embarks on a perilous journey to compete in a tournament that selects warriors for battle.
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23. Incantation (2022)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 51m · Horror · IMDb 6.3 (32.4K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seat
Inspired by the true story of a family who believed they were possessed by spirits. This film follows a woman who must protect her child from a curse.
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24. 96 Minutes (2025)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 57m · Action, Crime · IMDb 5.8 (1.8K votes)
Fast-pacedEdge-of-seatTwistyVisually stunning
Former bomb disposal expert and his fiancée board a high-speed train. Also, a well-known physics teacher who was involved in an affair scandal, also boards the same train in order to win back his wife. At the same time, there's a bomb on the train!
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25. The Bridge Curse: Ritual (2023)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 41m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 5.3 (1.1K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatMature
An architect disrupted the school during construction and turned it into supernatural entities. Years later, an augmented game involving dark rituals happens when a group of students unleash a swarm of evil spirits into the world.
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26. Mudborn (2025)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 51m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 5.7 (2.0K votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyCold & detachedMature
Hsu-Chuan, who works at a game company, accidentally brings home a broken clay doll from a haunted house while developing a new horror VR game. Unexpectedly, his pregnant wife, Mu-Hua, a cultural relic restorer, develops an obsession with the doll and relentlessly tries to repair it. As strange things begin to happen i
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27. The Bridge Curse (2020)
Movie · Chinese · 1h 27m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 5.3 (2.8K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedMature
Four years after five students mysteriously committed suicide after taking part in a courage test on the ghost bridge in Donghu university, a reporter and a cinematographer are back to that place and try to get everything clear.
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