Netflix India’s top ten films and series list is back with some interesting additions, omissions, and changes in ranks this week. For Netflix’s top ten films list, the top spot this week is once again retained by the Akshay Kumar starrer cop actioner ‘Sooryavanshi’ helmed by blockbuster filmmaker Rohit Shetty.
The second place is held by Sandra Bullock’s intense drama ‘The Unforgivable’. Moreover, as Tom Holland’s highly anticipated superhero movie ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is all set to release on 16th December in India, its 2019 prequel ‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’ has again found a place on the Netflix top ten films list this week.
On the Netflix top-ten TV shows front, the Raveena Tandon starrer web series ‘Aranyak’ has topped the list, thereby surpassing the globally acclaimed heist series ‘Money Heist’, which is now on the second spot. And in third place on the Netflix top ten series list is the South Korean series ‘Squid Game’ which has achieved a cult following of sorts from international OTT audiences.
Here’s the full list of the top ten movies and TV shows on Netflix India this week:
TOP 10 MOVIES ON NETFLIX INDIA THIS WEEK
10. Most Eligible Bachelor
It’s a Telugu romantic drama movie that follows an NRI Harsha (Akhil Akkineni) who falls in love with a stand-up comedian Vibha (Pooja Hegde) and wants to marry her. But is he the perfect husband material he thinks himself to be?
9. Two
A man and a woman wake up to a shocking discovery that their abdominals have been stitched together and things take another interesting turn when they find out who is responsible for their appalling situation.
8. Annaatthe (Hindi)
It’s the Hindi version of the Tamil film featuring superstar Rajinikanth in the lead role. Helmed by Siva, the film follows the relationship between a righteous village leader Kaalaiyan and his sister Thanga Meenatchi and how things take an interesting turn when his sister marries someone she loves.
7. Meenakshi Sundareshwar
A romantic comedy that features Sanya Malhotra and Abhimanyu Dassani in the lead roles. The film is based on the struggles of long-distance relationships faced by a newly married couple.
6. Men in Black: International
This was the fourth film of the immensely popular Men in Black series which originally starred Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in the lead roles. In ‘Men in Black: International’, a top MiB agent (Chris Hemsworth) must team up with a rookie agent (Tessa Thompson) to stop shape-shifting aliens from destroying the world. The film also features ‘Taken’ actor Liam Neeson in a pivotal role.
5. Dhamaka
Directed by Ram Madhvani (Aarya, Neerja), the film follows a disgraced, washed-out journalist Arjun Pathak (played by Kartik Aaryan) who has been demoted to a radio jockey. The once hotshot anchor sees a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get the promotion he wants, after he receives a shocking call from a grudge-bearing, vengeful person on his radio show. But he gets more than what he had bargained for, with (literally) explosive consequences.
4. Red Notice
Helmed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, this action-comedy thriller film features WWE star turned Hollywood actor Dwayne Johnson as an FBI profiler who teams up with a renowned art thief (Ryan Reynolds) to catch a highly elusive criminal (Gal Gadot). The movie has recently bagged the honors of becoming the biggest opening day film on Netflix.
3. Spider-Man: Far from Home
Directed by Jon Watts, the 2019 prequel to the upcoming superhero movie ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ takes place after the emotionally stirring events of ‘Avengers: Endgame’. Peter Parker (Tom Holland) goes on a school summer field trip to Europe where he is unwillingly forced to encounter the Elementals with some ‘help’ from a mysterious person named Quentin Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal).
2. The Unforgivable
An adaptation of the British miniseries titled ‘Unforgiven’, the movie features Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock as Ruth Slater, a woman who attempts to re-join a reluctant society after getting released from prison owing to a violent crime committed in the past. Her only hope for redemption remains in her search for her estranged sister whom she had left behind.
1. Sooryavanshi
Sooryavanshi is the fourth movie that belongs to Rohit Shetty’s cop universe film series comprising Singham and Simmba films. Sooryavanshi revolves around the titular cop DCP Veer Sooryavanshi (Akshay Kumar), who heads the Anti-Terrorism Squad and his attempt to avert a terrorist attack in Mumbai. The film also features Katrina Kaif, Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh, and Jackie Shroff in important roles.
TOP 10 SERIES ON NETFLIX INDIA THIS WEEK
10. The Witcher
The first season of the Netflix series ‘The Witcher’ featured the charismatic Henry Cavill as ‘Geralt of Rivia’, who is a professional monster hunter with special powers. His destiny makes him cross paths with Princess Ciri and the sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg as they navigate their way through a corrupt medieval fantasy world called The Continent. ‘The Witcher’ first season started streaming on Netflix from December 2019 and comprised eight episodes. While the much anticipated second season is expected to release on Netflix on 17th December 2021.
9. The Good Doctor
The underlying premise of the engaging medical drama ‘The Good Doctor’ revolves around Shaun Murphy – an autistic surgical resident with savant syndrome and his quotidian experiences as he relocates to a prestigious California-based hospital.
8. Sex Education
This widely acclaimed British comedy-drama series focuses on school students and their parents at the Moordale Secondary School. The latest season of the show starts off with a new term at Moordale School as students get a new headteacher, whose mission is to get the school back on track.
7. Friends
‘Friends’ is a universally acclaimed sitcom show that revolves around the six friends played by Jennifer Anniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and Matthew Perry living together in New York City and the vicissitudes in their inter-personal relationships formed the show’s central theme. The cult show started airing in the year 1994, spanning ten seasons comprising 236 episodes that were aired over a period of ten years.
6. Hellbound
Ostensibly set in another version of Earth, Hellbound is a South Korean fantasy series where supernatural beings emerge from nowhere and drag humans to hell and it results in a religious group instituted on the belief of divine justice. Binged has rated the series an impressive 7/10.
5. Titans
This DC Comics-based superhero show follows how Batman’s former vigilante sidekick Dick Grayson assembles a team of troubled youngsters and together they fight against the evil forces and other dangers.
4. Lost in Space
The sci-fi series follows the adventures of the Robinson family, whose interstellar spacecraft crash lands into a habitable alien planet and how they deal with the hidden dangers and their attempt to survive and escape the planet from the show’s basic plotline.
3. Squid Game
The show follows the story of 456 people, who have somewhat failed in their lives, and they are invited to participate in a dangerous survival game called ‘Squid Game’. The winner of the game will take home a huge amount. The show is currently rated 8.1/10 on IMDb and has a 94% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 70 ratings. Despite being quite brutal and repulsive, it’s being called by many a compelling watch. Not for the weak of heart though.
2. Money Heist
Volume-1 part-5 of the show began streaming on Netflix from 3rd September while the second volume came out on 3rd December. The show follows a hostage situation plotline masterminded by an enigmatic genius and his attempt to pull off a virtually impossible heist with the help of his skilled team.
1. Aranyak
The Netflix crime drama series starring Raveena Tandon, Saurav Khurana, and Ashutosh Rana revolves around the investigation of a missing foreign teenage tourist by two disparate cops which leads them to a mythical killer creature lurking in the forest.