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 held by the Akshay Kumar starrer cop actioner ‘Sooryavanshi’ helmed by blockbuster filmmaker Rohit Shetty.
The second place is held by the immensely popular action-comedy film ‘Red Notice’ starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot.
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 made it to the Netflix top ten films list this week.
On the Netflix top-ten TV shows front, globally acclaimed heist series ‘Money Heist’ has topped the list. The second volume of part-5 of the show began streaming on Netflix from 3rd December.
In third place 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. Annaatthe (Telugu)
It’s the Telugu 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.
9. 14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible
The sports adventure documentary film, aptly titled ’14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible’, revolves around Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja and his team’s virtually impossible endeavor to climb 14 of the world’s peaks greater than 8000 meters and that too in a record time of merely seven months.
8. 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?
7. Annaatthe
It’s a 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.
6. 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.
5. 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.
4. 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.
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. 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.
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. Money Heist: From Tokyo to Berlin
It’s a behind-the-scenes documentary series featuring ‘Money Heist’ characters like Professor and Tokyo through which they narrate their experiences while shooting for the cult series. It was released on the same day as Money Heist: Part 5 Volume 2.
9. 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.
8. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
It’s a South Korean romantic comedy show. After losing her job, a righteous big-city dentist (played by Shin Min-a) relocates to Gongjin seaside village where she meets a charming, helpful, multi-talented but officially unemployed handyman called Chief Hog (Kim Seon-ho).
7. 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.
6. 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.
5. 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.
4. Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
The animated series’ fourth season started streaming on Netflix from 3rd December. Set in the Jurassic Park universe, the show’s underlying premise revolves around a group of six teenagers who find themselves stranded on their dinosaur adventure camp after the dinosaurs break free.
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 64 ratings. Despite being quite brutal and repulsive, it’s being called by many a compelling watch. Not for the weak of heart though.
2. 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.
1. 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.
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