Articulating web series, the OTT platforms have gathered a lot of attention ever since the pandemic hit us in 2020 and for the sole reason that so many of us were privileged to be in our homes glued to our television and laptops.
There are hundreds and thousands of movies and web series available on OTT platforms ranging from different genres, casts and storylines. However, we bring to you the top most watched web series across the globe. Are you ready to binge-watch?
Stranger Things
The Duffer Brothers are the creators of the American science fiction television programme Stranger Things. On July 15, 2016, it debuted as a Netflix original series.
After a little kid mysteriously vanishes, the residents of a small town while looking for the kid starts to learn about government lab secrets, portals to other dimensions, and evil creatures.
While the police chief looks for explanations, the boy’s mother (Joyce) along with his friends anxiously tries to locate him because she believes he is in serious danger.
The mid-1980s setting of the show is the fictional Indiana town of Hawkins. The first season, which takes place in November 1983, follows various character groups as they independently look into the disappearance of Will Byers.
The second and third seasons that followed broaden the scope of the story by examining the complicated consequences of the events of November 1983. The show’s scope is considerably broadened in the fourth season, which features the first major stories set outside of Hawkins. The series will end with the fifth season, which is currently under development.
Squid Game
The motto of this series should have been “win at all cost!”. Fans were drawn in by Netflix’s Squid Game thanks to its high-stakes interpretation of traditional Korean children’s sports.
This series involves individuals who are in need of money and are enticed to agree to a threatening offer to play a series of kid’s games, a monetary reward that starts at $38 million and rises into the billions.
Guards with pink jackets and masks keep an eye on each round as the Front Man controls it all. When the players understand that every challenge carries the potential for harm or death, the nine-episode series swiftly turns grim.
Breaking Bad
The main character of Breaking Bad is chemistry instructor Walter White (Bryan Cranston), who resides in New Mexico with his wife, Anna Gunn, and teenage son, RJ Mitte, who has cerebral palsy.
White is informed that he has stage III cancer and has two years to live. White decides to enter the risky world of drugs and crime and rises to power in the world with a newfound sense of confidence as a result of his medical prognosis and a desire to provide the financial security of his family.
Bridgerton
Bridgerton revolves around the life of Daphne Bridgerton, the eldest child of the wealthy Bridgerton family, and the shape her life takes as she enters the competitive marriage market of Regency London.
Like her parents, she wishes to find real love, but it’s rather complicated. A high society gossip column authored by the enigmatic Lady Whistledown becomes a thorn in Daphne’s side as her older brother eliminates possible suitors.
Things don’t really become interesting for Daphne until the incredibly handsome and devoted bachelor Duke of Hastings enters the picture.
Instantaneously, sparks flare between them. Other members of the Bridgerton family discover love, lose love, and more as this romance develops. In addition, the Featherington family adds the drama of their own.
Money Heist
The now-five-part series, which is set in Madrid, tells the tale of a gang of robbers who steal from the Bank of Spain and the Royal Mint of Spain while holding hostages. The largest robbery Spain has ever witnessed is planned and executed by “El Profesor,” a fatherly figure who is almost absurdly brilliant and well-organized. Twice.
In the series, people gather in front of the Royal Mint and the Bank of Spain to protest the state’s brutal policing methods while yelling in support of the robbers.
You will be sitting at the edge of your seat as this show keeps progressing. You just won’t be able to take your eyes off the strategies planned, the stories told and ultimately the hope that binds them all together. There’s friendship, there’s love, there’s loss of love and then there is rebellion!
Narcos
In this unvarnished, gritty original series from Netflix, the company charts the growth of the cocaine trade in Colombia and the compelling true tales of drug lords from the late 1980s.
The steps taken by law enforcement in the fight against narcotics, including their targeting of infamous and influential individuals like drug lord Pablo Escobar, are also described. The various parties involved in the fight to control cocaine, one of the most valuable commodities on the planet, including the legal, political, law enforcement, military, and civilian sectors, come into conflict.
The Umbrella Academy
On a single day in 1989, 43 infants were mysteriously born to unrelated mothers at random who had no pregnancy symptoms the day before. Billionaire businessman Sir Reginald Hargreeves adopts seven and trains his “children” to save the world by founding the Umbrella Academy. However, the family disintegrates and the team breaks up as they enter their teenage years.
Fast forward to the present time, when the six surviving members of the clan reunite upon the news of Hargreeves’ passing. They cooperate to discover the mystery behind their father’s passing, but their different personalities and skill sets once more drive the family apart, and another impending danger is the end of the world.
The Crown
The life of Queen Elizabeth II is depicted in The Crown from her 1947 nuptials to Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to the dawn of the twenty-first century.
Winston Churchill’s resignation as prime minister is shown in the first season’s depiction of events in 1955. The Profumo affair scandal, the Suez Crisis in 1956 that led to Prime Minister Anthony Eden’s resignation, and the birth of Prince Edward in 1964 are all covered in the second season. 1964 to 1977 are covered in the third season.
Lady Diana Spencer will be featured in the third season, which will also introduce Princes William and Harry. The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, Michael Fagan’s break-in at Buckingham Palace, and Lord Mountbatten’s funeral are among the scenes that are represented.
The Queen’s Gambit
The life of Beth Harmon, an orphan chess prodigy, is the subject of the Netflix drama “The Queen’s Gambit.” From the juvenile age of nine, till she is in her early to mid-twenties, her story is followed.
As the series progresses, Harmon transforms from a total beginner to the best female chess player in the world. She battles her drug and alcohol addictions while doing all of this.
House of Cards
In this Netflix original film, South Carolina’s U.S. Representative Francis Underwood begins as a nasty politician hungry for vengeance. His efforts assisted in ensuring Garrett Walker’s election to the presidency after being promised the position of Secretary of State in exchange for his support.
Walker decides against it, informing Underwood that he is too valuable in Congress, just before the inauguration. Underwood publicly accepts his orders, but he and his wife Claire, an environmental activist, privately agree to eliminate Walker and his allies. Underwood rises in the government ranks as the series goes on, but after his passing, Claire takes over.
The American adaptation of the British miniseries of the same name provides a behind-the-scenes look at the greed and corruption in American politics. Many real-life media personalities make cameo appearances.
Conclusion
We all enjoy our leisure time with a tad bit of drama on our daily shows. Let us make that worthwhile by adding these watch-worthy shows on our OTT platforms next!
It is true, there is a show for everyone out there regardless of what genre tops your list. If you like the storyline of any of the shows mentioned above, you must give watching it a try.
