Best Web Series On Netflix

Walter White (Bryan Cranston) is a high school chemistry teacher in Mexico.

After learning that he has lung cancer and does not have much time, he worries about his family who will be left without any support after he dies.

To protect his family, he decides to start producing and distributing crystal meth.

He recruits his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) to help him with his new criminal endeavor.

The series is taken from the novel of the same name by Walter Trevis. Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) is a chess genius who is slowly gaining recognition for her talent and skills.

All the while, she is struggling with addiction in her private life. The miniseries received a lot of attention and praise, especially Anya Taylor-Joy for her acting.

It was also recognised by the chess community for accurately depicting the world of chess.

456 individuals are invited to play the Squid Game in an undisclosed location.

They are promised a final cash prize of around $ 38 million if they survive till the last round.

All of them are in desperate need of money, and therefore will do anything to make it till the end.

Among them, Seong Gihun (Lee Jung Jae) is an unlucky gambler who teams up with Cho Sang Woo (Park Hae Soo), Kang Sae byeok (Lee Jung Jae) and others.
This show is one of the best Netflix shows ever.

Friends are a much-beloved sitcom that follows the life of six friends in New York who are going through the ups and downs of their lives. 

Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) is trying to survive on her own after breaking off her engagement and fighting with her wealthy parents.

She meets her former friend Monica Geller (Courteney Cox) and her group of friends – Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), and Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) and her brother Ross Geller (David Schwimmer). 

This series is based on the legends of the fearsome Vikings who are hailed as Norse heroes.

‘Vikings’ particularly follows the life of Ragnar Lodbrok (Travis Fimmel) who is responsible for conquering much of England with his family and friends.

The later seasons continue with the life and conquests of his successors.

Mysterious occurrences seem to keep happening in the small fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.

In the midst of it, there are Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo) and Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin) who is dealing with the sudden disappearance of their friend Will Byers (Noah Schnapp).

On the other hand, a strange girl Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) seems to have escaped from the Hawkins National Laboratory.

Four nerdy friends – Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons), Leonard Hofstader (Johnny Galecki), Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) and Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar).

They are living their somewhat monotonous life in Pasadena, California.

Sheldon and Leonard are physicists at Caltech, Howard is an aerospace engineer and Raj is an astrophysicist.

Things start changing when a new neighbour Penny (Kaley Cuoco) moves in next to Sheldon and Leonard. 

Elite contains elements that can be commonly seen in a teen drama.

There is jealousy, hatred and love between the high school students of the elite private school Las Encinas.

Three working-class students are offered the chance to attend this exclusive school under a scholarship.

Nadia Shanaa (Mina El Hammani), Samuel García Domínguez (Itzan Escamilla) and Christian Varela Expósito (Miguel Herrán) are now forced to make a stand against the rich and spoiled kids of the school.

Things begin to change very drastically when the paths of Moon Gangtae (Kim Soohyun) crossed with the famous and antisocial children’s book writer Ko Moonyoung (Seo Yeji).

Moon Gangtae is a caretaker in a psychiatric hospital who lives with his autistic brother Moon Sangtae.

After having a traumatic experience in their childhood, both the brothers live in constant fear and anxiety. 

Believe it or not, this show is based on the British show ‘The Office’. Greg Daniels developed the script for the American version.

This production of ‘The Office’ is the American version with a separate cast.

Like the original show, this one is placed in the office of a fictional paper company called Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

The large cast of this show forms the employees of this company with Michael Scott (Steve Carell) as the regional manager.

As Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) is enjoying his bachelor life while working as a jingle writer, his brother Alan (Jon Cryer) and his son Jake (Angus T. Jones) move into his home.

A failed marriage is what leads Alan to move back with his brother. Though it wasn’t a decision, it was for the best.

Now, incidents are bound to happen when these two and a half men live under a single roof. 

The once-wealthy Rose family was reduced to practically nothing when their business manager embezzled funds from the family video store.

The family had to now move to a small town called Schitt’s Creek.

Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy), his wife Moira (Catherine O’Hara) and their two children David (Dan Levy0 and Alexis (Annie Murphy) have to now adjust to this new life of no money.

This is another sitcom where we can witness the beauty of human friendships.

The show was developed by Jerry Seinfeld who plays himself in the show and his comedian friend Larry David.

At the beginning of the show, he moves into a new apartment where he meets his neighbour and soon to be best friend Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards).

His other best friends are George Constanza (Jason Alexander) and Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). 

‘Jane the Virgin’ is based on the 2002 Venezuelan show named ‘Juana la Virgen’ written by Perla Farías.

Jane Gloriana Villanueva’s (Gina Rodriguez) life changes completely when she finds out that she is pregnant.

This is difficult to explain to her boyfriend Michael Cordero Jr. (Brett Dier) as she is a virgin.

During a routine check-up at the hospital, she becomes artificially inseminated with the sperm of an unknown man who later turns out to be her boss, Rafael Solano (Justin Baldoni).

Jenji Kohan based this series on the book ‘Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison’ by Piper Kerman which is about her experience in federal prison.

Piper Chapman (Taylor Shilling) is arrested for transporting drug money for her girlfriend Alex Vause (Laura Prepon).

Although this incident has happened a decade ago, she is being arrested now because Alex has named her as an accomplice in her trial. 

Set in the early 1900s, ‘Downton Abbey’ follows the life of the wealthy Crawley family.

At the time when only the male members of the family were eligible to inherit the wealth and property, Earl of Grantham, Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville) only had three daughters with his wife Cora Levinson (Elizabeth McGovern).

It fell on the eldest daughter, Lady Mary Crawley (Michelle Dockery) to marry the next heir, a distant cousin to keep the money in the family.

Written and directed by Richie Mehta, this film is an interpretation of the ghastly crime that took place in Delhi.

In December 2012, a young woman was brutally gang raped by several men in South West Delhi.

Delhi Crime follows Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vartika Chaturvedi (Shefali Shah) who is leading the investigation to catch the criminals.

This is probably the only animated series on this list.

Just goes to show how good it is and how much the viewers appreciated and loved it.

It was created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee, taking inspiration and ideas from the very popular game ‘League of Legends’ by Riot Games.

The main characters of this show are two sisters, Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) and Jinx (Ella Purnell).

Placed in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, Peter Morgan derived inspiration from the drama film ‘The Queen’ that he made in 2006. 

The story begins with the marriage between Elizabeth (Claire Foy) to the Duke of Edinburgh, Phillip (Matt Smith). 

The following seasons continue her story and life till the early 21st century.

We see other characters as well like Winston Churchill (John Lithgow), Princess Margaret (Vanessa Kirby) and Anthony Eden (Jeremy Northam).

Annalise Keating is an established criminal defence attorney who owns a firm.

She also teaches at a University, from where she hires five students to work at her company – Wes Gibbins (Alfred Enoch), Connor Walsh (Jack Falahee), Michaela Pratt (Aja Naomi King), Asher Millstone (Matt McGorry) and Lauren Castillo (Karla Souza).

It shows the different clients that these lawyers are dealing along with flashbacks of two murders that have already taken place.

Eventually, it shows the murder of Annalise’s husband Sam.

It is a romantic Indian comedy where the creator of the show, Dhruv Sehgal also stars in it.

Dhruv Vats (Dhruv Sehgal) and Kavya Kulkarni (Mithila Palkar) are a couple who are living together in Mumbai.

With a limited cast, the audience can fully immerse themselves into the lives of these two people as they explore their relationship. 

This show is based on the BBC series ‘House of Cards’ from 1990, which in turn was taken from the novel of Michael Dobbs.

After being spurned by the newly elected President Garett Walker (Michel Gill), Democratic Congressman Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) is determined to pay him back for going back on his agreement.

Along with his wife Claire (Robin Wright), who shares his ambition and hunger for power, he goes on a path to increase his power and influence.

Dr. Romantic follows the life of the brilliant surgeon Boo Yong-joo (Han Suk-kyu).

Once considered the top-most surgeon of his generation, he is now working at a small hospital under an assumed name. 

There, he guides and trains two doctors – Kang Dong-joo (Yoo Yeon-seok) and Yoon Seo-jeong (Seo Hyun-jin). 

Boo Yong-joo tries to make sure that they are putting the interests of their patients over power and wealth.

The second season shows Boo Yong-joo training two new doctors – Seo Woo-jin (Ahn Hyo-seop) and Cha Eun-jae (Lee Sung-kyung). 

This is a medieval fantasy drama that is inspired by the Arthurian legends. 

It closely examines the relationship and bond between King Arthur (Bradley James) and Merlin (Colin Morgan). 

Merlin is a young warlock who arrives at the capital, only to realise that magic has been banned for several decades. 

Eventually, he is told by the last surviving dragon Kilgharrah (voice of John Hurt) that he is destined to follow and protect the next king, Prince Arthur.