Shows like Chernobyl: 20 to watch next
If you loved Chernobyl (2019) — a drama series created by Craig Mazin — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Chernobyl most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like based on true story, disaster and miniseries. 15 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Toxic Town 2025★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
When dozens of babies in Corby are born with disabilities, their mothers embark on a battle to hold those responsible to account.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Lockerbie: A Search for Truth 2025★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Dr Jim Swire tragically loses his daughter when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over a small town on 21 December 1988. Travelling across continents and political divides, Swire embarks on a relentless journey that not only jeopardises his stability, family and life, but completely overturns his trust in the justice system. As the truth shifts under his feet, Swire's view of the world is left forever sullied.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Extrapolations 2023★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
Eight interconnected stories told over 33 years explore how our planet’s changing climate will affect family, work, faith—and survival.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
- 4
A Friend of the Family 2022★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
The Brobergs are completely unprepared for the sophisticated tactics a neighbor of theirs uses to exploit their vulnerabilities, separate them and turn their daughter against them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Echoes 2022★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Identical twins Leni and Gina have secretly switched places for years. But when one sister disappears, both of their lives start to fall apart.
Stream in India on Netflix
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My Life with the Walter Boys 2023★ 7.8
Shares: Drama
When a tragedy disrupts her life, a teen moves in with her guardian's big family in a small town and learns new lessons about love, hope and friendship.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 7
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox 2025★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Amanda Knox arrives in Italy for her study abroad only to be wrongfully imprisoned for murder weeks later. Follow Knox's relentless fight to prove her innocence and reclaim her freedom and examines why authorities and the world stood so firmly in judgment.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Station Eleven 2021★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
The survivors of a devastating flu attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew – while holding on to the best of what’s been lost.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
- 9
The 100 2014★ 7.9
Shares: Drama
100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- 10
Obsession 2023★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
A respected London surgeon's affair with his son's fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their lives forever.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Patrick Melrose 2018★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Girlfriend 2025★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Laura has it all: a glittering career, a loving husband, and her precious son, Daniel. But her perfect life unravels when Daniel brings home Cherry, a girlfriend who changes everything. After a tense introduction, Laura becomes convinced Cherry is hiding something. Is she a manipulative social climber, or is Laura just paranoid? The truth is a matter of perspective.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Haunting of Bly Manor 2020★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
After an au pair's tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate's chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling tale.
Stream in India on Netflix
- 14
War and Remembrance 1988★ 7.9
Shares: Drama
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the extended Henry and Jastrow families navigate the personal, social and political impacts of World War II, including the Holocaust, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Pacific theater.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wu-Tang: An American Saga 2019★ 8.2
Shares: Drama
In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby Diggs aka The RZA begins to form a super group of a dozen young, black men, who will eventually rise to become one of the unlikeliest success stories in American music history.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Purge 2018★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in the balance, each character is forced to reckon with their pasts as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Firefly Lane 2021★ 7.8
Shares: Drama
For decades, childhood best friends Kate and Tully have weathered life's storms together -- until a betrayal threatens to break them apart for good.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Tracker 2024★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
Lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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The Romanoffs 2018★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Run Away 2026★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
A desperate father searching for his runaway daughter gets caught up in a murder case — and stumbles upon secrets which could destroy his family for good.
Stream in India on Netflix