Before you say goodbye to summers and welcome the monsoon, give yourself a dose of entertainment.
Reboot fun in these vacations by going for the best watchlist of best series streaming online. If you are really banging your head to Google or IMDb to find a good watch this summer, here’s your best shot.
Here we compiled a most exclusive list of best series streaming online, some are classics where few are latest to watch.
With the highest IMDb ratings and our recommendation, these are some web-series of different languages, regions and genres which will make your day.
Whether you have Netflix, Amazon, Hotstar, Hulu or few international streaming versions of platforms or a VPN, this list of best series streaming online will work for ya!
13 Reasons Why
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
Cast: Katherine Langford, Dylan Minnette, Christian Navarro, Justin Prentice, Brandon Flynn, Aisha Boe, Miles Heizer, Tommy Dorfman, Ross Butler, Derek Luke, Kate Walsh
Where to Watch: Netflix
Why to Watch: It is about a teenage girl Hannah Baker who took her life but after two weeks, her classmate Clay found out 13 tapes on which she gave 13 reasons why she had to commit suicide. 13 Reasons Why season 2 has been recently released to stream on Netflix as well. If you really love a thriller disguise in drama, not to mention the ultimate burden of suspense, then you will love this.
Developer: Brian Yorkey
Stranger Things
IMDb Rating: 8.9/10
Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Caleb McLaughlin & more
Where to Watch: Netflix
Why to Watch: Another Netflix Original thriller about Joyce Byers lives in Indian town at times of 1983 whose 12-year old son went missing. This kickstarted an investigation to find the missing children from the town led to the exploration of consecutively revealing mysteries about secret government experiments, supernatural forces and a lot ( never expected).
Director(s): The Duffer Brothers
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
Cast: Andy Samberg, Melissa Fumero, Chelsea Paretti, Andre Braugher, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews and more
Where to Watch: Fox ( Streaming website) & Netflix | Originally aired on Fox TV Channel
Why to Watch : The series took the Golden Globe Awards for Best Comedy on TV where it is about Jake Peralta along with his carefree team fall into problems when a new commanding officer was appointed on them. The show is a perfect rollar coaster comedy where you see a lot of chemistry and bonding in-between these talented detectives.
Creator(s): Dan Goor & Michael Schur
Riverdale
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Cast: Cole Sprouse, KJ Apa, Lilli Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Luke Perry & More
Where to Watch: Netflix | Originally aired on The CW Network
Why to Watch : An Almost perfect place like Riverdale turned into mystery land when a student died mysteriously. Archie and his friends are onto the journey to put the pieces of the puzzle together and solve the mystery while they all are going through their own personal challenges and drama. Riverdale is one of the most viral series to Netflix viewers get easily addicted to. If you love the classic comic character Archie, then you will be excited to know that the main character in the series is based on him. Then, there is lot of love triangle drama, friendship and all.
Developer: Roberto Aquirre-Sacasa
Breathe
IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Cast: R Madhavan, Amit Sadh, Sapna Pabbi, Madhura Naik and Atharva Vishwakarma
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Why to Watch : A mind-boggling thriller about a father who goes beyond everything to save his child. The story is about the gruesome mystery of serial killing of organ donors followed by ACP Kabir led him to suspect Danny whose boy need an organ donor but way down in the preference list. Breathe
Director(s): Mayank Sharma
Marvel’s Luke Cage
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Cast: Mike Colter, Simone Missick, Rosario Dawson, Alfre Woodard, Theo Rossi, Mahershala Ali
Where to Watch: Netflix
Why to Watch : If you want the bit of break from Marvel’s Avengers, the alien attacks or multi-verse supervillains, Luke Cage is another kind of vigilante cum superhero from Marvels itself. He is the man with super-strength and unbreakable skin started to become the hero of Harlem city by fighting crime.
Director(s): List of Episodic Directors
The originals
IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
Cast: Joseph Morgon, Daniel Gillies Claire Holt, Charles Michael Davis, Phoebe Tonkin, Danielle Campbell, Leah Pipes, Yusuf Gatewood
Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon (all episodes) | Originally aired on The CW Network
Why to Watch: The Originals is the series of vampire family politics drama which is the spin-off of Vampire Diaries. So you will love this irrespective of whether you have seen or liked Vampire Diaries or not. The series is about the Vampire Original siblings, most powerful and first vampires of the world who came back to their city New Orleans so to reclaim their dominance and emerge in the world of vampires, witches and werewolves.
Director(s): List of Episodic Directors | Created By Julie Plec
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
IMDb Rating: 8.9/10
Cast: Gong Yoo, Lee Dong Wook, Kim Go-eun, Yoo In-na, Yook In-na, Yook Sungjae, Lee El
Where to Watch: KissAsian | Originally air on tvN
Why to Watch : The critically acclaimed South-Korean series turned into a cultural phenomenon in South Korea. It is the story of a cursed soldier who turns into a goblin where only his bride can pull-off the sword out from his heart.
Craeator(s): Studio Dragon
Sacred Games
IMDb Rating: 9.4/10
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Kubbra Sait, Jatin Sharma, Neeraj Kab
Where to Watch: Netflix
Why to Watch: Sacred Games is a dark and twisted thriller series, first Netflix Original of India which is receiving critical acclamation around the world. The 8-episode series narrates about a self-righteous Mumbai Police officer Sartaj Singh get an anonymous call with the tip that city is going down in 25 days and he can save it. The anonymous man appears to be the crime-lord Ganesh Gaitonde who narrates the about his origin and the seed of the conspiracy along with the investigation. There is cat and mouse investigation drama along with the dark and saddest origin of the villainous but idealist crime boss Ganesh Gaitonde.
Director(s): Anurag Kashyap and Vikram Aditya Motwane
Romil And Jugal
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Cast: Rajeev Siddhart, Mandira Bedi, Manraj Singh, Hariman Dhanjal, Suchitra Pillai, Manini M. Mishra
Where to Watch: ALTBalji
Why to Watch: A completely fresh take on the homosexual relationship scenario, nothing near to the common tragic or societal narrowness but just a love story. It is like an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet but just with the two men. You will love the chemistry in-between the two gay men in love, no hesitation or barrier of depiction. Ekta Kapoor’s video-on-demand ALTBalaji offers quite an emotional and settled take on gay love.
Director(s): Nupur Asthana
Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger
IMDb Rating: 6.9/ 10
Cast: Olivia Holt, Aubrey Joseph, Andrea Roth, Emma Lahana and J.D Evermore
Where to Watch: AmazonVideos|Orginaly aired on ABC Sparks
Why to watch: One of the most popular franchises Marvel is bringing another comic story into action. It is about a superhero story of two teenagers comes from different backgrounds appear to have super-powers after the life-changing event of platform collapse. Into a romantic relationship, both came to know their powers works far better when they are together.
Creator (s): Joe Pokaski
Anjaan: Special Crime Unit
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
Cast: Gashmeer Mahajani, Heena Parmar
Where to Watch: Netflix | Originally air on Jeet
Why to Watch: Two policemen where one is a believer and other is sceptical discover a journey through an investigation with a lot of mystified events and supernatural elements involved in crime. One of its own kind paranormal cum supernatural investigation series which gives rollercoaster of thrill and suspense throughout.
Director(s): Dipakk Srivastava
Suits
IMDb Rating: 8.6/10
Cast: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan Markle, Rick Hoffman, Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres
Where to Watch: Netflix | Originally air on USA Network
Why to Watch : Suits is a legal drama revolves around Mike Ross who is former a lawyer-aspirant genius cum part-time drug rookie hired by Corporate Lawyer Harvey Spectre where they later turned to the best team of lawyers in the town. There is a lot of legal and law-oriented drama, exciting to watch the legalized war.
Creator: Aaron Korsh
Narcos
IMDb Rating: 8.9/10
Cast: Carlo Bernard, Chris Brancato, Doug Miro, Wagner Moura, Pedro Pascal, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann, Paulina Gaitan
Where to Watch: Netflix
Why to Watch: The thrilling and engaging story of a drug Lord Pablo Escobar’s effort to take a political lead is the best way to describe the story. It narrates the story of Pablo from the streets of Medellin and how it rises to the Drug Kingpin. How he ended up earning 420 million USD per week and included in 10 richest men on the planet earth. There are all drug, violence and sex involved!
Creator(s): Chris Brancato, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard
The Defenders
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Cast: Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, Finn Jones, Elodie Yung, Jessica Henwick, Scott Glenn, Rosario Dawson, Sigourney Weaver, Simone Missick
Where to Watch: Netflix
Why to Watch: If you loved and watched these Netflix Originals as Marvel’s Daredevil, Marvel’s Iron Fist, Marvel’s Luke Cage and Marvel’s Jessica Jones, then only you will love ‘The Defenders’ as it is a spin-off or say cross-over of all these shows stream on Netflix. It is really exciting to see all these different superheroes cum vigilantes to get together in New York City and fight against a common enemy that is ‘ The Hand’.
Creator(s): DouglasPetrie, Marco Ramirez
Deception
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Cast: Jack Cutmore-Scott, Ilfenesha Hadera, Lenora Crichlow
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime | Originally aired on ABC
Why to Watch: If you loved the movies like ‘Now You See Me’ and ‘ The Prestige’, you will love the ‘Deception’ series. It is about the magician cum master of deception Cameron Black, soon got revealed about his secretly living identical twin brother. Apparently, he framed for a murder by a mysterious woman. To find the woman and prove his brother innocent, Cameron Black collided with the FBI to solve crimes with the help of his deception team.
Creator(s): Chris Fedak
Permanent Roommates
IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Cast: Sumeet Vyas, Nidhi Singh, Deepak Kumar Mishra
Where to Watch: TVF play
Why to Watch : Permananet Roommates is a romantic comedy series revolves around a couple including the goofy character Mikesh Chaudhary and Tanya. The best dose of love, laughs and life you can have to watch.
Director(s): Sameer Saxena, Deepak Kumar Mishra
Sherlock
IMDb Rating:9.2/10
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves, Una Stubbs, Andrew Scott
Where to Watch: BBC |Netflix
Why to Watch: The epic tale of legendary Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson lives in Baker Street and solves the crime which is out of depth. The brotherly duo of high-functioning sociopath Sherlock and emotional but lethal army doctor Watson is exceptionally a treat to watch.
Creator (s): Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
The Crown
IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Cast: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Ben Miles, Greg Wise
Where to Watch: Netflix
Why to Watch: Netflix series Original drama is based upon an award-winning play titled The Audience where it is the chronicles of life of Queen Elizabeth II in the times of 1940s. It is one of the most loved show, not just by the audience but also by celebrities across the world.
Creator(s): Peter Morgan
Inside Edge
IMDb Rating: 8.2/ 10
Cast: Tanuj Virwani, Vivek Oberoi, Richa Chadha, Angad Bedi
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
Why to Watch : It is the web series based upon a fictional T-20 Cricket team named Mumbai Mavericks who play in the league but this time in-between all the greed, power and fame is involved. It received appreciation from both critics as well as audience side. It depicts all the politics going around in the backdrop of a cricket match also involving fame, money and sex.
creator(s): Karan Anshuman
The End of the F**king World
IMDb Rating:8.2/10
Cast: Alex Lawther, Jessica Barden, Gemma Whelan, Steve Oram
Where to Watch: Netflix| originally aired on All4
Why to Watch : It is the dark comedy-drama series based upon a graphical novel of the same name. It is the story of a 17-years old boy believes himself to be a psychopath and his rebellious classmate girl who escaped together from the world they were living in.
Director(s): Jonathan Entwistle, Lucy Tcherniak
The series of unfortunate events
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Malina Weissman, Lucy Punch
Where to Watch: Netflix
Why to Watch : A Black comedy-drama based upon the series of four books of the same title. After a mysterious fire killed the parents of Baudelaire children, they are set out to the adventure of finding the secret society behind their parents’ legacy and mysteries come by. The actor Count Olaf claims the family fortune of Baudelaire for himself. It is one of those adventurous, mysterious and dramatic rides of the story, will make you remember of Disney stories.
Director(s): Mark Hudis, Barry Sonnenfeld
WestWorld
IMDb Rating:8.9/10
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffery Wright, James Marsden
Where to Watch: Hotstar| Originally on aired on HBO
Why to Watch: Westworld is one of the most popular science fiction western tv series which has recieved a huge critical-appreciation and praise for such great story, presentation,visuals and performances as well.
Creator(s): Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy
How I Met Your Mother
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
Cast: Josh Radnor, Jason Segal, Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders, Alyson Hannigan, Cristin Milioti
Where to Watch: Hotstar | originally aired on CBS
Why to Watch : How I Met Your Mother is the best bite of happiness, comedy and slice of life you can have. The story depicts Ted Mosby who narrates his kids that how he met their mother. Not just that, confusion about who is the mother, Ted Mosby lives with his best friend Marshall and his fiance Lily finding true love.
Creator(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
Bose: Dead or Alive
IMDb Rating: 9.3/10
Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Naveen Kasturia, Edward Sonnenblickk, Anna Ador, Patralekha Paul
Where to Watch: ALTbalaji
Why to Watch: ALTBalaji brings an enticing and nail-biting story of Indian Patriot and freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose who was said to die in a plane crash. But the nation thinks of a great mystery in that. The show will impose you think whether Bose is Dead or Alive?
Director(s): Pulkit
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