Best mind-bending English web series in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
588 web series in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 7.3. Newest addition: The Terminal List, added to Prime Video on 21 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. 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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3. Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
Web series · English · 3 seasons · U · Animation, Action & Adventure · IMDb 9.3 (4.6L votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatHeartwarming
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
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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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. Dexter: Resurrection (2025)
Web series · English · 2 seasons · Crime, Drama · IMDb 9.0 (1.6L votes)
MatureEdge-of-seatDark & grittyFast-paced
Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma and sets out for New York City, determined to find Harrison and make things right. But when Miami Metro's Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast.
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11. 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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12. Gravity Falls (2012)
Web series · English · 2 seasons · U · Action & Adventure, Animation · IMDb 8.9 (1.9L votes)
TwistyFunnyFast-pacedHeartwarming
Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a tourist trap in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.
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13. Fargo (2014)
Web series · English · 5 seasons · U/A 16+ · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.8 (4.8L votes)
TwistyMatureVisually stunningDark & gritty
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. House (2004)
Web series · English · 8 seasons · U · Drama · IMDb 8.7 (6.0L votes)
TwistyFast-pacedCold & detachedFunny
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
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19. 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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20. INVINCIBLE (2021)
Web series · English · 5 seasons · Animation, Drama · IMDb 8.7 (3.6L votes)
Visually stunningMatureDark & grittyTwisty
Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father's tutelage.
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21. 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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22. Fleabag (2016)
Web series · English · 2 seasons · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 8.7 (2.6L votes)
MatureFunnyTwistyFast-paced
A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights, and bright lights.
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23. Twin Peaks (1990)
Web series · English · 3 seasons · A · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 8.7 (2.5L votes)
TwistySlow-burnMatureDark & gritty
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
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24. 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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25. 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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26. This Is Us (2016)
Web series · English · 6 seasons · U · Drama · IMDb 8.7 (1.8L votes)
TwistyHeartwarmingSlow-burn
Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same birthday - and so much more than anyone would expect.
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27. 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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28. Severance (2022)
Web series · English · 3 seasons · A · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 8.6 (4.1L votes)
TwistyVisually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
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29. 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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30. Arrested Development (2003)
Web series · English · 5 seasons · Comedy · IMDb 8.6 (3.5L votes)
FunnyTwistyMatureFast-paced
The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
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