Mandala Murders
The 8-episode series is available on Netflix if you are looking forward to binge-watch a promising thriller. Vaani Kapoor headlines this series along with Vaibhav Raj Gupta and Surveen Chawla. Mandala Murders is set in the quaint, mysterious town of Charandaspur, where two detectives unravel a chilling conspiracy of ritualistic killings tied to a centuries-old secret society.
Extracurricular
It is a South Korean crime-drama series on Netflix with 10 episodes. This thriller surrounding illegal sex work in South Korea follows Kim Dong-Hee as a gifted high school student who moonlights as a security guard for some of the local sex workers in Seoul to pay for college.
Chernobyl
The critically acclaimed miniseries Chernobyl is available on HBO (Max) and consists of 5 episodes. Starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, and Emily Watson, the series dramatizes the story of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, Soviet Union, one of the worst man-made catastrophes.
Unbelievable
It is an 8-episode Netflix limited series based on a true story. The story opens with 18-year-old Marie Adler (Kaitlyn Dever) filing a rape complaint, saying she was attacked in her apartment by a masked man. However, lead investigator Detective Parker begins to doubt whether the assault actually happened.
Khauf
The 8-episodes series is an Indian psychological horror-thriller series streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. In the dark underbelly of Delhi exists Pragati Women’s Hostel, where four women have been spending months in captivity. Something stops the four girls, played by Priyanka Setia, Chum Darang, Riya Shukla, and Suchi Malhotra, from stepping out of the hostel ever since they lost their friend Vicki.
My Name
The Korean drama ais available on Netflix. The 8-episodic series revolve around Yoon Ji-woo (Han So-hee), who sets out to get revenge on her father's killer and dons multiple identities to face opponents. To accomplish her goals, Ji-woo infiltrates a gang as an undercover cop.
Saare Jahan Se Accha
The espionage thriller is streaming on Netflix and has 6-episodes. Set in the 1970s, Saare Jahan Se Accha follows an Indian undercover R&AW agent played by Pratik Gandhi, who is sent to Pakistan to prevent it from becoming a nuclear power.
Shekhar Home
Shekhar Home is a six-episode series available on JioHotstar. It is a compelling series inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’. It stars Ky Kay Menon, Ranvir Shorey, Kirti Kulhari and Rasika Duggal.
Adolescence
The 4-episode Netflix show is one of the blockbusters of the current times, which was even nominated at Emmy Awards. The psychological drama centers around a crime investigation. It begins with the arrest of 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) for allegedly stabbing his female classmate, Katie, to death. Soon, his crime is proven, leaving the investigators to understand the motive behind the murder.
Ghoul
It is a Netflix original Indian horror miniseries consisting of 3 episodes. The series stars Radhika Apte as Nida Rahim, a newly recruited military officer, alongside Manav Kaul, Ratnabali Bhattacharjee, and Mahesh Balraj. It's set in a dystopian future where a militant government does the usual oppression at a secret detention center where a mysterious prisoner, suspected of being a terrorist, is brought in for interrogation. A series of supernatural events reveal that the prisoner is not human but a ghoul—an ancient demon that feeds on guilt and shame.
Midnight Mass
The series revolves around Crockett Island, a small community that’s reeling economically after an oil spill that crippled its fishing industry. However, the arrival of charismatic priest named Paul Hill (Hamish Linklater) spurs on a series of miracles and unravels mystery behind bad omens. It is a new Netflix horror miniseries created, directed, and primarily written by Mike Flanagan. It comprises of 7-episodes.
Kerala Crime Files
It is a Malayalam-language crime-drama series streaming on JioHotstar. It has 2 season of 6-episodes each. The show stars Aju Varghese, Lal, Navas Vallikunnu and Sanju Sanichen who investigate how a sex worker got murdered in a lodge in Ernakulam. The second season focused on the cop team returning and unfold mystery behind an inspector murder.

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