For Netflix India’s top ten films list, the top-ranked title has been bagged by Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar starrer comedy-drama ‘Badhaai Do’. In the second place is the time-travel-based sci-fi flick ‘The Adam Project’. While the third spot on the coveted Netflix list is held by the Swedish action thriller film ‘Black Crab’.
On the Netflix top ten TV shows front, this week’s top spot has been bagged by the recently released Indian comedy-drama show ‘Eternally Confused and Eager for Love’. While the mystery web series ‘The Fame Game’ starring Madhuri Dixit has moved down to second place. And the South Korean zombie series ‘All of Us Are Dead’ currently holds the third spot on the Netflix top TV shows list.
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. Windfall
Helmed by Charlie McDowell, the Hitchcockian home invasion thriller follows the story of an affluent couple (Jesse Plemons and Lily Collins) who visit their apparently empty vacation home where they find out that the place is being robbed. Soon after, they are taken hostage by the robber (Jason Segel).
9. 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).
8. Without Saying Goodbye
The Spanish language romantic drama movie revolves around two disparate characters, a hardworking architect, and a passionate artist, and how their thought process undergoes a change when the two accidentally meet in Peru.
7. Rescued by Ruby
Based on a true story, the film follows Rhode Island state trooper Dan, who aspires to become a part of the state police’s reputed K-9 search and rescue squad. He has failed to do so until now, but things take a positive turn for him after he finds and trains a shelter dog named Ruby.
6. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Helmed by Andy Serkis, the film is the sequel to the 2018 superhero movie ‘Venom’. Tom Hardy reprises his role as the disgraced investigative journalist Eddie Brock/Venom who attempts to revive his career by interviewing the psychotic serial killer Cletus Kasady (played by Woody Harrelson), who eventually transforms into the titular supervillain called Carnage.
5. Zombieland: Double Tap
Helmed by Ruben Fleischer, it’s a sequel to the 2009 zombie comedy film ‘Zombieland’. The film continues with the adventures of the four surviving protagonists – Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Wichita (Emma Stone), and her younger sister Little Rock (Abigail Breslin). The premise revolves around how they deal with an evolved version of the walking dead and other survivors of the post-apocalyptic world.
4. 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.
3. Black Crab
Set against the backdrop of a war-torn post-apocalyptic world, this Swedish military action thriller features Noomi Rapace in the lead role. The plotline revolves around a group of soldiers who are on a dangerous mission to transport a vital package over a frozen sea that could end the war.
2. The Adam Project
‘The Adam Project’ follows the story of a 12-year-old father-less boy named Adam Reed (Walker Scobell) who finds an injured pilot (Ryan Reynolds), an older version of himself who has crash-landed to 2022 by time-traveling from the future. The two Adam Reeds team up to find their father (played by Mark Ruffalo) in the past, in order to save the future. The film also features Jennifer Garner and Zoe Saldana in important roles.
1. Badhaai Do
Helmed by Harshvardhan Kulkarni, the comedy-drama film revolves around a policeman Shardul Thakur (Rajkummar Rao), and a physical education teacher Sumi Singh (Bhumi Pednekar), and their marriage of convenience to hide their sexual orientation. But things do not go as smoothly as they had expected.
TOP 10 SERIES ON NETFLIX INDIA THIS WEEK
10. Money Heist
The show revolves around 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.
9. 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. Despite being quite brutal and repulsive, it’s being called by many a compelling watch.
8. Formula 1: Drive to Survive
Set amidst the backdrop of the highly competitive world of Formula One racing, the show features a behind-the-scenes look at the stakeholders of the high-octane game – drivers, managers, and team owners. The fourth season is be based on the 2021 Formula One World Championship and would focus on the battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.
7. The Last Kingdom
The fifth and final season of the historical fiction show revolves around King Edward’s endeavors to unite the Saxon kingdoms amidst impending threats by a Saxon rebellion and a Danish invasion. Who would become the next ruler: Edward’s illegitimate son Aethelstan or Lord Aethelhelm’s grandson Aelfweard?
6. Inventing Anna
The miniseries is inspired by an article by Jessica Pressler which was published in America’s New York magazine. It follows a journalist’s investigation into a woman named Anna Delvey, who was able to manipulate New York’s affluent class into believing that she is a German heiress.
5. Business Proposal
The South Korean show follows the story of a woman named Shin Ha-ri, who goes out on a blind date instead of her unwilling friend. However, by a twist of fate, the prospective partner she meets turns out to be the CEO of the company where she works.
4. Twenty Five Twenty One
Set mainly in the year 1998, the show’s plot revolves around how the South Korean financial crisis affected the lives of a young fencing prodigy Na Hee Do (played by Kim So-hyun) and a hard-working man named Baek Yi Jin (Nam Joo-hyuk), whose father’s business has become bankrupt.
3. All of Us Are Dead
Based on the webtoon ‘Now at Our School’, it’s a South Korean show where high school students are forced to fight a zombie outbreak in a battle for survival, in order to avoid becoming the infected creatures themselves. Killing or getting killed are the only two options left for them.
2. The Fame Game
The mystery drama web series features real-life actress Madhuri Dixit as a reel-life superstar Anamika Anand, a mother of two who suddenly disappears leaving no apparent leads. Thereafter, some uncomfortable and unknown truths are revealed during the course of the police investigation. The show also features Sanjay Kapoor and Manav Kaul in important roles.
1. Eternally Confused and Eager for Love
It’s a coming-of-age comedy-drama series set in an eight-episode format. The show follows the amusing story of an introvert and confused 24-year-old man named Ray (played by Vihaan Samat), who is on a desperate quest to find love. He has an imaginary friend (Jim Sarbh) who invariably misguides him. The show also features Rahul Bose and Suchitra Pillai in important roles.
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