Asur, Delhi Crime, You — A Streaming Guide To Some Of The Best Thriller Web Series

One of the most fascinating subgenres is thrillers, for a good thriller drama keeps viewers on the edge of their seats. The OTT platforms created several thriller films and TV episodes as a result of the genre's popularity. While there are now numerous OTT platforms with a wide variety of thriller shows, it has consequently made it challenging for the viewers to select and enjoy the best. We are frequently a bit hesitant to begin watching a new series because it might not be that great. Here is a list of some of the best thriller web series. Watch these heart-pounding thrillers on OTT the next time you're in the mood for titillating thrills.

30 Best Thriller Web Series

Asur: Welcome To Your Dark Side

Arshad Warsi and Barun Sobti appear in the crime-thriller web series Asur, which is about a contemporary serial killer with ties to religion. A brutal serial killer is the focus of Asur's narrative and is pursued by a CBI team led by forensic investigators Nikhil Nair (Barun Sobti) and Dhananjay Rajpoot (Arshad Warsi). The first season was released in 2020 and is available to watch on Voot. The second season is expected to release soon.

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Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul is a spin-off of Breaking Bad, one of the best American crime drama television series. The show follows the adventures of two characters: Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), a former police officer who becomes a drug gang henchman; and Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), a former con man and lawyer who now practises defence law. The Netflix original series premiered in 2015, and on August 15, the sixth season's final episode will air.

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Bodyguard

The six-part web series is centred on the fictional Police Sergeant David Budd (Richard Madden), a PTSD-afflicted British Army combat veteran who now works for the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch of London's Metropolitan Police Service. The ambitious Home Secretary, Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), whose politics he despises, has him working as her main protection officer (PPO). In 2018, Netflix began streaming the series.

Criminal Justice

The plot follows people as they go through a heartbreaking journey through the criminal justice system, with Pankaj Tripathi, Vikrant Massey, Jackie Shroff, Anupriya Goenka, and Mita Vashisht as the key characters. The show focuses on how Aditya Sharma's (Vikrant Massey's) life changes as a result of being falsely charged with killing Sanaya Rath (portrayed by Madhurima Roy). The series, which has 10 episodes, premiered in 2019 on Disney Plus Hotstar.

Dare Me

Dare Me illustrates the extremities that some young women are ready to go to in order to succeed. It is a coming-of-age story, a small-town drama, and a murder mystery. In the ten-episode teen drama series Dare Me, high school cheerleaders become caught up in a number of sinister mysteries when a new coach, who was formerly a hot-shot cheerleader, takes over their squad. In 2019, the series made its debut on Netflix.

Dark Winds

Dark Winds is a 1970s-set psychological thriller series based on Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn & Chee novel series. It follows the FBI investigation into a bank robbery in Gallup, New Mexico, and the Navajo Tribal investigation into the murder of two Native Americans in the area. Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon are the lead stars in the series. The six-episode series is available on Amazon Prime Video.

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Delhi Crime

The drama series, which stars Shefali Shah, Rasika Dugal, Adil Hussain, and Rajesh Tailang, is set in the days following the 2012 Delhi gang rape. The series picks up the narrative after a gang rape when Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vartika Chaturvedi (Shefali Shah) is tasked with tracking down those responsible for the attacks and the survivor's eventual demise. The series made its debut on Netflix in 2019.

Fauda

Fauda portrays the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from both sides. Israeli Special Forces commander Doron and his crew are looking for Hamas terrorist Abu-Ahmed inside Palestinian territory where they are acting undercover. Three seasons of the show star Lior Raz, Hisham Sulliman, Shadi Mar'i, and Latitia Edo. The series is available on Netflix.

 Frontier

The series features Declan Harp (Jason Momoa), a half-Irish, half-Cree bandit who is fighting to end the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly on the North American fur trade in Canada. The Hudson's Bay Company has grown corrupt and engages in unlawful operations to profit itself. The show debuted on Netflix in 2016 and has three seasons.

How to Get Away With Murder

The show includes a complicated murder plan involving a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant criminal defence professor gets them all engaged, and it has the potential to drastically alter their lives. A seductive, suspense-filled legal thriller starring a group of motivated law students and a smart, enigmatic criminal defence professor. The series stars Viola Davis, Billy Brown, Alfred Enoch, and Jack Falahee. Netflix has all six seasons available.

Manhunt: Unabomber

Each season of the closed-ended tv series Manhunt: Unabomber focuses on a particular case as it explores how the FBI captured notorious criminal masterminds. Sam Worthington and Paul Bettany are the stars of the first season of Manhunt: Unabomber, which tells a dramatised account of the FBI's search for the Unabomber. The second season of the series centres on the search for Eric Rudolph, the bombing's perpetrator, after suspicion was first focused on security guard Richard Jewell. On Amazon Prime Video, both seasons are available.

Marcella

The drama series centres on a tortured police investigator who, in addition to her difficult and demanding profession, must battle with her own inner issues, including violent blackouts. Although it has never been completely investigated, she has dissociative identity disorder, which interferes with her ability to function at work and at home. The show features Anna Friel as Marcella Backland and has three seasons. The series is available on Netflix.

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Mindhunter

Based on the 1996 book Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by retired special agents John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Years ago, Douglas developed profiling techniques to track down some of the most prominent rapists and serial killers. Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, and Anna Torv are the leads of the drama series, which centres on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) establishment of the Behavioral Science Unit and the advent of criminal profiling in the late 1970s. The show has two seasons and is available on Netflix.

Money Heist

The story follows two meticulously planned heists carried out by the Professor (lvaro Morte), one on the Bank of Spain and one on the Royal Mint of Spain, as seen through the eyes of one of the thieves, Tokyo (Ursula Corberó). The story is conveyed in a real-time-like manner and relies on intricacy provided through flashbacks, time jumps, hidden character motivations, and an unreliable narrator. You can watch all three seasons on Netflix.

Mumbai Diaries 26/11

The series, which is set during the 2008 Mumbai attacks, depicts the struggles of the Bombay General Hospital staff on the fatal night of November 26, 2008. Additionally, it depicts happenings that take place at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and the journalist's attempts to cover them all. Mohit Raina, Konkona Sen Sharma, Mrunmayee Deshpande, and Satyajeet Dubey are the stars of the show. The series is accessible on Amazon Prime Video.

Narcos

Seasons 1 and 2 are based on the life of cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar, who amassed wealth by producing and selling the drug. In addition, the show focuses on Escobar's dealings with drug lords, DEA officers, and numerous rival organisations. After Escobar's downfall, Season 3 continues to follow the DEA as it attempts to stop the emergence of the infamous Cali Cartel. Netflix has all three seasons accessible.

Ozark

Ozark centres on Marty and Wendy Byrde, a married couple who relocate their family to the Lake of the Ozarks for money laundering. The Langmore and Snell families, as well as, subsequently, the Kansas City Mafia, became involved with the Byrdes as soon as they set foot in Missouri. Jason Bateman and Laura Linney play Marty and Wendy Byrde, respectively, in the series. The four seasons of the show are all accessible on Netflix.

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Paatal Lok

The protagonist of the show is cynical cop Hathiram Chowdhary (Jaideep Ahlawat), who is given the task of looking into a high-profile crime. He is drawn into the shadier areas of the underworld as a result of becoming involved in the inquiry. The show is accessible on Amazon Prime Video.

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Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders is a criminal drama with a Birmingham backdrop that depicts the adventures of the Peaky Blinders gang in the immediate years following World War One. The fictional gang is based somewhat on a genuine urban juvenile gang of the same name that operated in the city from the 1880s through the 1910s. Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, and Joe Cole are among the ensemble cast. There are six series, which are available on Netflix.

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Sacred Games

The series follows the events that occur after Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan), a disturbed police officer in Mumbai, receives a phone call from mobster Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), telling him to save the city within 25 days. Radhika Apte, Karan Wahi, Pankaj Tripathi, Surveen Chawla, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey, and Amruta Subhash are additional cast members. The two seasons of the show are available on Netflix.

Stranger Things

Stranger Things is a series set mostly in the made-up town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s. It is focused on the mysteries and paranormal happenings in the town and how they affect a cast of young characters. Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, and Gaten Matarazzo are the series' main actors. The supernatural and investigative drama components of Stranger Things are portrayed with a blend of science fiction, horror, and innocent notions. The four seasons of the series are accessible on Netflix.

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Severance

Lumon Industries, a technology company, uses a "severance" medical treatment to separate some of its workers' non-work memories from their job memories. Mark, a single-fired employee, slowly uncovers a network of intrigue on both sides of the division. Adam Scott plays the series' main character, and the show is available on Apple TV.

Special Ops

The show centres on Himmat Singh (Kay Kay Menon), a member of the Research and Analysis Wing who discovers commonalities in terrorist incidents and becomes persuaded that a single individual is responsible for all of them. The goal of his task force squad of five agents, who are spread throughout the globe, is to apprehend the mastermind. The show has two seasons, both of which are accessible on Disney Plus Hotstar.

The Walking Dead

In the series, a big ensemble cast plays survivors of a zombie apocalypse who are fighting to survive while constantly being threatened by "walker" zombie attacks. After modern civilization collapsed, these survivors were forced to deal with other human survivors who had established towns and tribes with their own systems of laws and morality, which occasionally resulted in open hostility amongst them. All 11 seasons of the show are accessible on Netflix.

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The Family Man

Manoj Bajpayee plays the middle-class protagonist Srikant Tiwari in the series. Tiwari is an intelligence officer for the Threat Analysis and Surveillance Cell (TASC), a fictitious division of the National Investigation Agency. The first season chronicles his family's slightly uneasy living as well as an inquiry into a possible terrorist assault. The plot of the second season centres on a military rebellion similar to the Tamil Tigers from Sri Lanka and their intentions for a freedom struggle. The first two seasons of the series are already available on Amazon Prime Video, and the third season is about to arrive.

The Old Man

Based on Thomas Perry's 2017 novel of the same name, The Old Man is a thriller-drama series. The Old Man is about Jeff Bridges' character, Dan Chase, who vanished from the CIA decades ago and has been living off the grid ever since. He is the main character of The Old Man. The veteran operator discovers that in order to secure his future, he must now make peace with his past when an assassin shows up and tries to kill Chase. The show is available on Disney Plus Hotstar.

Unbelievable

Unbelievable, a 2019 series, is a dramatisation of the 2008–2011 Washington and Colorado serial rape cases, following a teen who initially confesses her account of being raped while two female investigators look into possible supporting evidence. Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, and Katie Couric are all part of the cast. You may watch the series on Netflix.

Unbelievable

You 

The series centres on Joe Goldberg, a New York City bookstore manager who falls in love with Guinevere Beck after meeting her and learning that she is an aspiring writer. Using social media and other forms of technology to keep a close watch on her whereabouts and remove barriers to their romance, he fuels his unhealthy obsession. The three-season series featured Penn Badgley and Elizabeth Lail in the lead roles. The series premiered in 2018 and is now available on Netflix.