8 highest IMDb rated Hindi web series to watch on Netflix The Railway Men to Delhi Crime

Among the sea of TV shows on OTT, we bring to you a curated list of the highest IMDb rated series that you can watch on Netflix.

Updated on Feb 12, 2024  |  11:01 AM IST |  320.4K
Delhi Crime, Sacred Games
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Ever since web streaming platforms gained popularity among cinema lovers, filmmakers have been putting their heart and soul into coming up with eye-catching and unique content for the audiences. More often than not, when an avid movie lover wants to know about the highly rated TV shows to stream online, they often turn to IMDb (Internet Movie Database) for suggestion. To make your task easier, he compiled a list of the highest rated Hindi OTT shows to watch on Netflix.

8 highest-rated TV shows on IMDb that you can watch on Netflix

1. Kota Factory (2019)


Seasons/ Episodes: 2 seasons and 10 episodes

IMDB Rating: 9.0/10 

Movie Genre: Drama/ Comedy

Movie Star Cast: Mayur More, Ranjan Raj, Alam Khan, Jitendra Kumar, Revathi Pillai, Urvi Singh

Director: Raghav Subbu

Writer: Tamojit Das

Year of release: 2019

Set in Kota, Rajasthan, the city that houses scores of coaching centres, the 2-season series showcases how an unexceptional student and his friends navigate through life. It’s also India's first black and white show reflecting the issues of IIT-JEE aspirants.

2. Delhi Crime (2019)

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Seasons/ Episodes: 2 seasons and 12 episodes

IMDB Rating: 8.5/10 

Movie Genre: Drama/ Crime

Movie Star Cast: Shefali Shah, Rasika Dugal, Adil Hussain, Rajesh Tailang

Director: Richie Mehta, Tanuj Chopra

Writer: Richie Mehta

Year of release: 2019

The entire country was in distress when the Nirbhaya case happened in 2012. Delhi Crime delves deep into the inhuman gang rape that happened in the Munirka area of South Delhi and the police investigation that followed to catch hold of the men who executed the crime.

3. Sacred Games (2018)


Seasons/ Episodes: 2 seasons and 16 episodes

IMDB Rating: 8.5 /10 

Movie Genre: Crime/ Thriller/ Mystery

Movie Star Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Pankaj Tripathi, Kalki Koechlin, Ranvir Shorey

Director: Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Neeraj Ghaywan

Writer: Varun Grover and team

Year of release: 2018

Sacred Games explores the story of an honest cop Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan) who tries to save Mumbai and the country from a notorious crime lord called Ganesh Gaitonde (Nawazuddin Siddiqui). His quest to attach reason to Gaitonde’s cause leads him to the ashram of Khanna Guruji (Pankaj Tripathi).

4. The Railway Men (2023)


Seasons/ Episodes: 1 season and 4 episodes

IMDB Rating: 8.5 /10 

Movie Genre: Disaster/ Tragedy

Movie Star Cast: R. Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyenndu, Babil Khan

Director: Shiv Rawail

Writer: Aayush Gupta

Year of release: 2023

The 1984 deadly gas leaks from a factory in Bhopal has made it to the books. In The Railway Men, we see the brave railway workers who risk their lives to save others from the disaster. It’s inspired from the story of station master Ghulam Dastagir and his team at the Bhopal Junction railway station.

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5. Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (2015)


Seasons/ Episodes: 1 season and 26 episodes

IMDB Rating: 8.6 /10 

Movie Genre: Drama

Movie Star Cast: Radhika Apte, Shreya Narayan, Jannat Zubair Rahmani, Bhanu Uday, Sumeet Vyas

Director: Anurag Basu

Writer: Anurag Basu

Year of release: 2015

The filmmaker brought to light the different classic short stories by Bengali writer and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Anurag Basu translated the stories set in early-20th-century Bengal in his own way to bring this masterpiece that covers 14 stories in 26 episodes.

6. Kaala Paani (2023)


Seasons/ Episodes: 1 season and 7 episodes

IMDB Rating: 8.0 /10 

Movie Genre: Survival drama

Movie Star Cast: Mona Singh, Ashutosh Gowariker, Amey Wagh, Arushi Sharma, Vikas Kumar, Chinmay Mandlekar, Poornima Indrajith

Director: Sameer Saxena, Amit Golani

Writer: Biswapati Sarkar, Nimisha Misra, Sandeep Saket, Amit Golani

Year of release: 2023

A mysterious disease suddenly breaks down comes down in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands pushing a couple of individuals to look for desperate measures to fight it while finding cure to it, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats in Kaala Paani.

7. Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega (2020)


Seasons/ Episodes: 2 seasons and 18 episodes

IMDB Rating: 7.3 /10 

Movie Genre: Crime/ Drama

Movie Star Cast: Amit Sial, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Aksha Pardasany, Aasif Khan, Anshumaan Pushkar

Director: Soumendra Padhi

Writer: Trishant Srivastava Ashwin Verman Kanishka Singh Deo Nishank Verma

Year of release: 2020

As the name suggests, Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega is set in the in the Jamtara district of Jharkhand. It shows the quest of a group of people who manipulate others into sharing their confidential information over phone to strangers which can be used to extract money from their bank accounts.

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8. Selection Day (2018)


Seasons/ Episodes: 1 season and 12 episodes

IMDB Rating: 7.3 /10 

Movie Genre: Sports drama

Movie Star Cast: Mohammad Samad, Yash Dholye, Karanvir Malhotra, Rajesh Tailang, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Amruta Subhash

Director: Udayan Prasad, Karan Boolani

Writer: Marston Bloom, Karan Agarwal

Year of release: 2018

Produced by Anil Kapoor and Anand Tucker, Selection Day is based on Aravind Adiga's novel of the same name. It revolves around a cricket obsessed father who wants his two sons Radha and Manjunath to become the next great pair of cricket batsmen. After giving them initial training, the dad sends them to Mumbai for better career prospects.

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FAQs

Which Netflix series has the highest IMDb rating?
Kota Factory

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Kota Factory, Delhi Crime, Sacred Games

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