Best mind-bending German web series in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
24 web series in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.9. Newest addition: Where's Wanda?, added to Apple TV on 21 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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2. The Billion Dollar Code (2021)
Web series · German · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (13.1K votes)
Twisty
In 1990s Berlin, an artist and a hacker invented a new way to see the world. Years later, they reunite to sue Google for patent infringement on it.
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3. 1899 (2022)
Web series · German · 1 season · U/A 16+ · Mystery, Drama · IMDb 7.3 (1.3L votes)
TwistyVisually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
When mysterious events change the course of an immigrant ship headed for New York in 1899, a mind-bending riddle unfolds for its bewildered passengers.
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4. Kleo (2022)
Web series · German · 2 seasons · A · Action & Adventure, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (18.5K votes)
Visually stunningMatureCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a former East German spy resolves to find out who betrayed her and why — and use her lethal skills to exact revenge.
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5. Dogs of Berlin (2018)
Web series · German · 1 season · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (15.8K votes)
MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyTwisty
A politically sensitive murder forces two disparate detectives into a battle with the Berlin underworld and a confrontation with their own corruption.
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6. Dear Child (2023)
Web series · German · 1 season · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.3 (35.7K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedMature
A mysterious woman's escape from her harrowing captivity points investigators toward the dark truth behind an unsolved disappearance 13 years earlier.
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7. Criminal: Germany (2019)
Web series · German · 1 season · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.6 (6.5K votes)
Dialogue-drivenCold & detachedEdge-of-seatTwisty
In the interview room, detectives go head-to-head with suspects and try to get to the truth—even if it means breaking the rules and risking it all.
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8. Unfamiliar (2026)
Web series · German · 1 season · A · Action & Adventure, Drama · IMDb 6.9 (10.4K votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatSerious
When the past catches up with two former spies, their biggest challenge isn't car chases, shootouts or fistfights — it's telling each other the truth.
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9. Sleeping Dog (2023)
Web series · German · 1 season · A · Crime, Mystery · IMDb 6.9 (10.3K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyMature
A former detective now living on the streets searches for the truth after a new death raises unnerving doubts about a supposedly settled murder case.
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10. Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom (2023)
Web series · German · 1 season · A · Documentary · IMDb 7.0 (4.2K votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyMatureDark & gritty
Did Jens Soering murder his girlfriend's parents in 1985 — or was she the killer? This docuseries digs into questions that still swirl around the case.
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11. Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy (2023)
Web series · German · 1 season · Mystery, Drama · IMDb 7.0 (4.2K votes)
TwistyCold & detachedFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
With no witnesses, no traces, and no corpse, Josy, the 13-year-old daughter of well-known psychiatrist Viktor Larenz, has disappeared in unexplained circumstances. Two years later, a mysterious woman appears. She forces Viktor to face up to his daughter's disappearance and pushes him to his psychological limits.
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12. A Perfect Crime (2020)
Web series · German · 1 season · Documentary · IMDb 7.3 (1.8K votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyDark & grittyDialogue-driven
In April 1991, Detlev Rohwedder, the head of Treuhand, the East German Privatization and Restructuring Agency, was assassinated in Dusseldorf. This documentary details the strange evidence recovered.
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13. Biohackers (2020)
Web series · German · 2 seasons · U/A 16+ · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · IMDb 6.8 (12.8K votes)
Edge-of-seatFast-pacedCold & detachedTwisty
A medical student enters a top German university on a secret mission to uncover a conspiracy linking a family tragedy to a visionary biology professor.
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14. Woman of the Dead (2022)
Web series · German · 2 seasons · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.8 (9.2K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyTwistyMature
In a vengeful quest to find out who killed her husband, a woman ends up exposing her small community's deepest and ugliest secrets.
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16. The Gryphon (2023)
Web series · German · 1 season · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (3.2K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningEdge-of-seat
The Gryphon, a dark power from another world, is a threat to Mark and all he loves. Mark must accept his heavy family legacy and go into battle to save our world from the Gryphon’s clutches.
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17. Spy City (2020)
Web series · German · 1 season · Drama, War & Politics · IMDb 6.9 (1.8K votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & grittyTwisty
After a defector is murdered, British agent Fielding Scott is assigned to track down a mole in his own ranks in 1961 Berlin. His investigation leads him into a deadly web of crime, betrayal and paranoia. Who can Scott trust in the city of spies?
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18. Where's Wanda? (2024)
Web series · German · 2 seasons · U/A 16+ · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 6.5 (1.8K votes)
TwistyFunny
After the Klatts' daughter goes missing, they take matters into their own hands and hatch a wild plan: Spy on the neighborhood. As they make their way into small-time espionage, shocking secrets come to light one by one.
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20. Holiday Secrets (2019)
Web series · German · 1 season · Drama · IMDb 6.5 (1.4K votes)
Slow-burnTwistySerious
A Christmas reunion becomes a gateway to the past in this three-part series that explores the intimate complexities of one family's history.
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21. The Trap (2026)
Web series · German · 1 season · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 5.9 (973 votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyEdge-of-seatDialogue-driven
Follow famous author Lisa Konrad, who has not left her house for a decade after witnessing the murder of her sister. One night she sees who she believes was the murdered on television, and decides to use herself as bait to catch them.
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22. You Are Wanted (2017)
Web series · German · 2 seasons · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 6.1 (3.8K votes)
TwistyFast-pacedEdge-of-seatCold & detached
Lukas Franke finds himself a victim of a hacking attack, his online information altered to implicate him as having masterminded a cyber-attack on Berlin resulting in a city-wide blackout. Suspected as a terrorist, Lukas scrambles to find out why he's been targeted, as even his family and friends begin to doubt his inno
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24. The Signal (2024)
Web series · German · 1 season · A · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · IMDb 6.0 (9.0K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-paced
A missing astronaut sets her family on a frantic hunt for answers. But the more they uncover, the greater the threat becomes to them — and the world.
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