OTT giant Netflix introduced the culture of web-series in India and the streaming platform is thriving with the best quality content across the globe. While one can always find the trending list of shows or movies on the platform itself, here’s our top 10 recommended web and television series that you can easily binge-watch without even realizing.
Here’s the Top 10 as it currently stands today:
- 10. Dark
- 9. Stranger Things
- 8. Peaky Blinders
- 7. Money Heist
- 6. Sex Education
- 5. Breaking Bad
- 4. Ozark
- 3. You
- 2. Mindhunter
- 1. Lucifer
Check out the Top 10 most binge-watched shows on Netflix list below, along with a brief synopsis:
10. Dark
Genre: Mystery
Number of Seasons: 3
When two children go missing in a small German town, its sinful past is exposed along with the double lives and fractured relationships that exist among four families as they search for the kids. The mystery-drama series introduces an intricate puzzle filled with twists that includes a web of curious characters, all of whom have a connection to the town’s troubled history — whether they know it or not.
9. Stranger Things
Genre: Sci-fi
Number of Seasons: 3
When Joyce’s 12-year-old son, Will, goes missing, she launches a terrifying investigation into his disappearance with local authorities. As they search for answers, they unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries involving secret government experiments, unnerving supernatural forces, and a very unusual little girl.
8. Peaky Blinders
Genre: Crime
Number of Seasons: 5
A notorious gang in 1919 Birmingham, England, is led by the fierce Tommy Shelby, a crime boss set on moving up in the world no matter the cost. The fictional family is loosely based on a real urban youth gang of the same name, who were active in the city from the 1890s to the early 20th century.
7. Money Heist
Genre: Crime
Number of Seasons: 2
A criminal mastermind who goes by “The Professor” recruits eight people with certain abilities and who have nothing to lose. The group of thieves take hostages to aid in their negotiations with the authorities, who strategize to come up with a way to capture The Professor. As more time elapses, the robbers prepare for a showdown with the police.
6. S*x Education
Genre: Comedy Drama
Number of Seasons: 2
Insecure Otis has all the answers when it comes to s*x advice, thanks to his therapist mom. When his classmates learn about his home life, Otis decides to use his insider knowledge to improve his status at school, so he teams with whip-smart bad girl Maeve to set up an underground s*x therapy clinic to deal with their classmates’ problems.
5. Breaking Bad
Genre: Crime
Number of Seasons: 5
Walter White, a chemistry teacher, discovers that he has cancer and decides to get into the meth-making business to repay his medical debts and secure his family’s future financially. His priorities begin to change when he partners with Jesse, his former student, and he ends up being a notorious drug lord.
4. Ozark
Genre: Drama
Number of Seasons: 3
With wife Wendy and their two kids in tow, Marty is on the move after a money-laundering scheme goes wrong, forcing him to pay off a substantial debt to a Mexican drug lord in order to keep his family safe. While the Byrdes’ fate hangs in the balance, the dire circumstances force the fractured family to reconnect.
3. You
Genre: Thriller
Number of Seasons: 2
A brilliant male bookstore manager crosses paths with an aspiring female writer and developes a crush. However, the charming yet awkward crush becomes something even more sinister when the writer becomes the manager’s obsession. Using social media and the internet, he uses every tool at his disposal to become close to her, even going so far as to remove any obstacle –including people — that stands in his way of getting to her.
2. Mindhunter
Genre: Crime
Number of Seasons: 2
FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench have the job to get inside the villain’s mind to figure out how he thinks. They attempt to understand and catch serial killers by studying their damaged psyches. Along the way, the agents pioneer the development of modern serial-killer profiling. The crime drama has a strong pedigree behind the camera, with Oscar-nominated director David Fincher and Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron among the show’s executive producers.
1. Lucifer
Genre: Mystery
Number of Seasons: 5
Lucifer, Lord of Hell, gets bored of his work and returns from hell to reside in Los Angeles and opens a nightclub club. He soon gets involved with the local police and assists them in solving tricky criminal cases forming a connection with a homicide detective.
