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500 series (top 500 shown)

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

★ 8.1
21K 25 2020–2021
Sentimental · Tearjerker

Bandish Bandits

★ 8.6
21K 18 2020–present
Music scene · Indian TV

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

★ 4.6
21K 20 2020–2021
Post-apocalyptic · Survival

Rocket Boys

★ 8.8
21K 16 2022–present
Indian TV · Real history

Tell Me Lies

★ 7.2
21K 26 2022–2026
Love story · Emotionally heavy

Landscapers

★ 7.0
20K 4 2021–2021
Central duo · Character study

No Good Deed

★ 6.9
20K 8 2024–2024
Secrets & lies · Dark comedy

The Time Traveler's Wife

★ 7.6
20K 6 2022–2022
Time travel · Love story

The Outlaws

★ 7.7
20K 17 2021–present
British TV · Ensemble cast

Rivals

★ 7.9
20K 32 2024–present
Sexually explicit · Raunchy

Motherland: Fort Salem

★ 7.3
20K 30 2020–2022
War & military · Supernatural

Love 101

★ 7.4
20K 16 2020–2021
Coming of age · Nostalgic

The Chair

★ 7.2
20K 6 2021–2021
Workplace · School & campus

From Scratch

★ 7.9
20K 8 2022–2022
Tearjerker · Bittersweet

Mayfair Witches

★ 6.2
20K 18 2023–present
Supernatural · Family saga

One Hundred Years of Solitude

★ 8.3
20K 16 2024–2026
Family saga · Sprawling saga

White Lines

★ 6.6
20K 10 2020–2020
Secrets & lies · Mystery box

Alex Rider

★ 7.5
20K 24 2020–2024
Espionage · Young adult

Breathe: Into the Shadows

★ 7.6
20K 20 2020–present
Indian TV · Tense · Dark tone

Spinning Out

★ 7.5
20K 10 2020–2020
Mental health · Sports

Fleishman Is in Trouble

★ 7.7
20K 8 2022–2023
Character study

The North Water

★ 7.6
20K 5 2021–2021
Bleak · Gritty · Dark tone

Operation MBBS

★ 8.3
20K 10 2020–present
School & campus · Coming of age

Start-Up

★ 7.9
20K 16 2020–2020
K-drama · Love story · Workplace
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