Best mind-bending French web series on Netflix in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

17 web series on Netflix in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.8. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.

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   1. Lupin (2021)

   Web series · French · 3 seasons · U/A 16+ · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (1.6L votes)

   TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat

   Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.

   Netflix
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   2. The 7 Lives of Lea (2022)

   Web series · French · 1 season · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 7.5 (7.0K votes)

   TwistyFast-pacedEdge-of-seatSerious

   After finding a young man's remains, Léa wakes up in the 90s and body swaps seven times as she tries to solve the mystery of his death — and prevent it.

   Netflix
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   3. Black Butterflies (2022)

   Web series · French · 1 season · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (6.8K votes)

   MatureDark & grittyTwistySerious

   Low on inspiration for his second book, a gloomy novelist agrees to write a memoir for a dying man — and swiftly becomes part of his bloodstained past.

   Netflix
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   4. Vortex (2023)

   Web series · French · 1 season · Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · IMDb 7.6 (4.9K votes)

   TwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatFast-paced

   Two mysterious deaths. A rift in time. Sci-fi thriller about policeman Ludovic who risks everything when he tries to change the past.

   Netflix
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   5. Who Killed Little Gregory? (2019)

   Web series · French · 1 season · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 7.4 (3.6K votes)

   TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyDialogue-driven

   When their 4-year-old son is murdered, a young couple fights a twisting and arduous battle trying to identify a frustratingly elusive killer.

   Netflix
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   6. Criminal: France (2019)

   Web series · French · 1 season · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.2 (5.2K votes)

   TwistyDialogue-drivenCold & detachedEdge-of-seat

   Secrets emerge and entire cases unravel inside a police interview room in Paris, where suspects and investigators face off in an intricate dance.

   Netflix
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   7. Public Enemy (2016)

   Web series · French · 3 seasons · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.4 (2.1K votes)

   Cold & detachedMatureTwistyDark & gritty

   Freed after 20 years in prison, the child killer Guy Beranger found refuge with the monks in Vielsart, a small village in Belgian's Ardennes. He is placed under the protection of a young Federal Police's inspector, Chloé Muller. A little while after his release, a little girl disappears.

   Netflix
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   8. The Circle France (2020)

   Web series · French · 1 season · Reality · IMDb 7.4 (872 votes)

   TwistyFast-pacedLight-heartedCold & detached

   Status and strategy collide in this social media competition where online players flirt, befriend and catfish their way toward 100,000 euros.

   Netflix
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   9. Monique Olivier: Accessory to Evil (2023)

   Web series · French · 1 season · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.8 (1.7K votes)

   Cold & detachedMatureDark & grittyTwisty

   From 1987 to 2003, Michel Fourniret cemented his legacy as France’s most infamous murderer. But his wife was an enigma: Was she a pawn or a participant?

   Netflix
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    10. La Révolution (2020)

    Web series · French · 1 season · Drama · IMDb 6.6 (7.2K votes)

    Visually stunningDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat

    1787, France. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, Joseph Guillotin - the future inventor of the world famous ‘Guillotine’ - uncovers an unknown virus: the Blue Blood. The disease quickly spreads amongst the French aristocracy, driving them to murder ordinary people and soon leads to a rebellion.

    Netflix
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    11. Summer '36 (2026)

    Web series · French · 1 season · Drama · IMDb 6.7 (1.6K votes)

    Visually stunningEdge-of-seatTwistySerious

    Nice, 1936. As workers enjoy their first paid holidays, four very different women become entangled in the murder of a prosecutor at the Riviera hotel.

    Netflix
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    12. Mortel (2019)

    Web series · French · 2 seasons · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (2.0K votes)

    Edge-of-seatTwistyDark & grittyFast-paced

    Sofiane, Victor and Luisa, three seemingly incompatible teenagers find themselves bound together by a supernatural force.

    Netflix
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    13. Thicker Than Water (2023)

    Web series · French · 1 season · A · Mystery, Crime · IMDb 5.9 (830 votes)

    Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatTwistyMature

    A journalist's life devolves into chaos when she shields her brother from the law, inadvertently entangling her family in a drug lord's merciless scheme.

    Netflix
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    14. Gone for Good (2021)

    Web series · French · 1 season · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.3 (6.7K votes)

    TwistyEdge-of-seatFast-pacedCold & detached

    Ten years after losing two loved ones, a man is plunged into another dizzying mystery when his girlfriend vanishes.

    Netflix
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    15. Endless Night (2022)

    Web series · French · 1 season · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 5.4 (261 votes)

    Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatTwistyFast-paced

    A group of teens must confront their deepest fears to save one another from a creature hunting them in their sleep, after trying an experimental dreaming drug.

    Netflix
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    16. Under a Dark Sun (2025)

    Web series · French · 1 season · A · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 5.8 (2.0K votes)

    TwistyEdge-of-seatDark & grittyFast-paced

    On the run from her troubled past, a young mother is accused of killing her new boss at a flower farm just before discovering he's actually her father.

    Netflix
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    17. Anthracite (2024)

    Web series · French · 1 season · A · Mystery, Crime · IMDb 6.1 (6.0K votes)

    Dark & grittyTwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat

    An old case is wrenched open when a reporter goes missing, leading his web sleuth daughter to a small mountain town haunted by a sect, secrecy and death.

    Netflix