Shows like Kaala Paani: 20 to watch next
If you loved Kaala Paani (2023) — a drama series created by Sameer Saxena — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Kaala Paani most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres. 12 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Unchosen 2026★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
When a young mother from a sheltered cult crosses paths with a mysterious stranger, she embarks on a risky affair that awakens desires and dark secrets.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Julia 2022★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women's movement, the nature of celebrity and America's cultural evolution.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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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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Fantasy Island 2021★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
This contemporary version of the classic drama series delves into the “what if” questions that keep us awake at night. Each episode tells emotional, provocative stories about people who walk in with a desire, but end up reborn to themselves through the magical realism of Fantasy Island.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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The Newsreader 2021★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
An unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star newsreader and an ambitious bisexual reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that will change their lives.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Tell Me a Story 2018★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
The world's most beloved fairy tales reimagined as a dark and twisted psychological thriller.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Life on Top 2009★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Based on a novel by Clara Darling, about a college grad who heads to a big city looking for work and discovers her older sister, who's been living there for years, is a model.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Bel-Air 2022★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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12 Monkeys 2015★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Tip Toe 2026★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
An ordinary Manchester suburb becomes a minefield of lies and violence when Leo gives neighbour Clive his spare key.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Bay 2019★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is assigned.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ambitions 2019★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Tyler Perry's Ruthless 2020★ 8.4
Shares: Drama
A spinoff of "The Oval," follows Ruth Truesdale as she's forced to play nice with a scandalous religious cult of powerful sex crazed fanatics in the hopes of freeing herself and her daughter.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Travelers 2016★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Assassin 2025★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Secluded on a remote Greek island, retired assassin Julie has a somewhat thorny reunion with her estranged son, Edward, visiting from England. Armed with questions around new information on his paternity, Edward battles to find the right time to speak to his frustratingly distant mother. But, when the moment finally presents itself, things take a deadly turn as Julie’s dangerous past catches up with her and they are forced to flee the island and go on the run together.
Stream in India on BBC Player Amazon Channel
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No Escape 2023★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Best friends Lana and Kitty are on the run from the UK police. They find sanctuary on a ship called The Blue, which promises a carefree life full of beautiful people, parties and endless beaches, but that paradise soon turns into a nightmare and the pair find themselves far from home and in mortal danger.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Painkiller 2023★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
The causes and consequences of America's opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Kill Jackie 2026★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Jackie Price has been living a wealthy, luxurious life for the past 20 years after escaping a dangerous past as an international cocaine dealer. But just as life begins to feel a little boring, she discovers that The Seven Demons, a group of the world’s most terrifying hitmen, have been hired to kill her.
Stream in India on BBC Player Amazon Channel
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American Odyssey 2015★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
In this "Traffic"-like action drama, an international conspiracy explodes when three strangers' lives unexpectedly collide - a female soldier, a corporate lawyer and a political activist.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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House of Guinness 2025★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
Dublin, 1868. The Guinness family patriarch is dead, and his four children — each with dark secrets to hide — hold the brewery's fate in their hands.
Stream in India on Netflix