If you love crime stories packed with mystery, danger and unexpected turns, Netflix has delivered some gripping Indian titles this year. From Kohrra Season 2 and Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web to Kartavya, Glory and Dhurandhar, these 2026 movies and shows deserve a place on your watchlist before the year ends.
12 Best Indian Crime Dramas of 2026 on Netflix
1. Kohrra Season 2
A woman’s murder brings Amarpal Garundi and Dhanwant Kaur into a case where damaged relationships and old family wounds make almost everyone suspicious. As conflicting stories and hidden tensions begin surfacing, the two officers also struggle with personal problems that affect how they approach the investigation. Season 2 builds its mystery slowly, showing how grief and unresolved emotional pain can hide important truths.
2. Madam Inspector
Inspector Chitra notices a disturbing pattern when women preparing to remarry begin dying in eerily similar circumstances. What first appears to be separate tragedies slowly starts looking like the work of someone deliberately targeting these women. Sandipta Sen leads this seven-episode psychological crime thriller as Chitra races to uncover the hidden connection behind the deaths.
3. Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web
A determined customs officer and his specialised team take on a powerful smuggling network operating through airports and secret routes. Every successful operation exposes another link in the organisation, making the mission more dangerous as they move closer to the people controlling it. The thriller turns airport enforcement into a tense battle involving raids, hidden connections and difficult moral choices.
4. Gajab Raat
A violent incident involving a badly injured woman gives a police officer a complicated case to solve during one tense night. Different suspects and powerful people begin entering the picture, each with their own reasons for influencing what happens next. As the night grows more chaotic, every new version of events makes the truth harder to identify.
5. Glory
The mysterious death of a celebrated boxer forces two estranged brothers to return to the hometown and sporting world they had left behind. Their search for answers exposes bitter rivalries, corruption and secrets buried inside the local boxing community. The investigation becomes even more personal when old wounds within their own family start connecting with the mystery.
6. Shaque: Trust No One
A mother has spent nine years searching for answers after her newborn daughter disappeared from a hospital. Her fading hope suddenly returns when photographs suggest that the missing child could still be alive. Following this new clue forces her to question old assumptions and wonder whether somebody close to her has been hiding the truth all along.
7. Kartavya
Police officer Pawan is left carrying deep guilt after a journalist is murdered despite being under his protection. His determination to understand who wanted the victim silenced leads him towards corruption, political influence and powerful people capable of burying the truth. The investigation becomes far more dangerous when those same forces begin threatening Pawan’s family.
8. Ikka
Successful lawyer Arjun Mehra agrees to defend a man he had once believed was responsible for attempted murder. Fresh evidence begins weakening that old certainty and forces him to reconsider a judgment he thought was already settled. The courtroom case soon becomes deeply personal as Arjun starts questioning whether the truth was misunderstood from the beginning.
9. Reporting Live
Journalist Sandhya and veteran cameraman Vinod begin investigating an illegal sand-mining operation hoping to expose an important story. Their reporting soon reveals links to a powerful criminal syndicate, making every attempt to collect evidence increasingly dangerous. Parineeti Chopra and Deven Bhojani lead this crime thriller about journalists refusing to back away as the risks keep rising.
10. Dhurandhar
An intelligence agent assumes a false identity and enters Karachi’s dangerous criminal network to weaken terror groups from within. Staying undercover becomes increasingly difficult as powerful figures begin questioning his loyalty and moving closer to uncovering his real mission. Inspired by real operations, the thriller builds tension through secrecy, danger and the constant possibility that one mistake could expose everything.
11. Accused
A respected doctor suddenly sees her career, reputation and closest relationships come under attack after serious accusations become public. As suspicion and public judgment grow, she struggles to establish what really happened while her carefully built life begins falling apart. The psychological thriller explores the dangerous gap between accusation, perception and truth.
12. Blast
A middle-class family running a small karate academy gets caught in the path of a powerful corporate syndicate carrying out an illegal mining operation in their village. What initially looks like a local dispute becomes much more dangerous when the organisation refuses to let anyone interfere with its plans. The ordinary family is forced to fight back as protecting their home turns into a battle for survival.
Bonus: Maa Behen
A widowed mother and her two daughters suddenly find themselves with a dead body and make the risky decision to hide what happened. Their attempted cover-up becomes harder to control as curious neighbours, growing panic and one bad decision after another threaten to expose them. The film mixes crime and suspense with dark humour as the family’s desperate plan keeps becoming more chaotic.
From slow-burning murder mysteries to fast-moving crime conspiracies, these Netflix movies and shows prove that 2026 has been a strong year for Indian thriller fans.