20 Best TV Shows On Hotstar To Binge-Watch
Hotstar is one of the best streaming services in India. It was rebranded to Disney+ Hotstar after Disney took over Hotstar. Apart from streaming the entire MCU, Star Wars series, Hotstar also has an impressive catalogue of TV shows, with some of the best English language TV shows available for streaming. Here is a list of the 20 best TV shows on Hotstar to binge-watch.
1. Euphoria
Soon after the release of its second season, Euphoria has been trending on social media. A group of high school students struggles with drugs, money, and love in their adolescent period.
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2. Chernobyl
Everybody knows about the Chernobyl massacre of 1986. This series is a dramatization of the events that followed the worst nuclear disasters in the history of humankind.
3. Game of Thrones
There is nothing more to say about Game of Thrones that hasn’t been said already. Yes, the last two seasons were very bad, but the first six seasons are still terrific. I am willing to re-watch the entire series just to relive a few memorable moments.
4. The Sopranos
Considered to be one of the greatest TV shows of all time, The Sopranos changed the TV show scenario when it came out. An Italian-American mafia based in New Jersey struggles to manage his family and personal life.
5. The Wire
The Wire is known as the Game of Thrones of its time. No other series showed the politics, justice system, and education so accurately. A detective and his team try to bridge the gap between drug kingpins and law enforcement agencies.
6. Band of Brothers
Created by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, Band of Brothers is an underrated series. It is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Stephen Ambrose. Band of Brothers follows the East Company, 506th regiment of 101st Airborne Division from 1942 to the end of World War II.
7. American Horror Story
American Horror Story is a well-known horror series by now. It is an anthology series, with each new season dealing with a different story.
8. Doctor Who
Doctor Who premiered in 2005. It is still running. The Doctor is an alien, who travels through time and space in a ship, known as the TARDIS.
9. True Detective
The first season of True Detective stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey. The first season in particular is a masterpiece. It starts with a homicide which forces the two detectives working on it to revisit a similar case they dealt with in the past.
10. Succession
The Logan family controls the biggest entertainment and media company in the world. Their relations become complicated when their father steps down from the company.
11. The Night Of
Riz Ahmed stars as Nasir Khan, who gives a ride to a mysterious woman. Later, Nasir is arrested in charge of murdering the woman. Nasir must prove his innocence in the court of justice.
12. Barry
Barry is a hitman who discovers his new passion for acting. He decides to leave his old life, in order to pursue his career in acting.
13. I May Destroy You
Michaela Coel (who is also the creator of the series) stars as Arabella, a writer, who struggles to remember what happened during the night she was out with her friends. She soon realizes that she was drugged and taken advantage of.
14. The Newsroom
The Newsroom is written by Aaron Sorkin (the writer of The Social Network and Westworld). It follows a news anchor Will McAvoy who is forced to collaborate with new colleagues after the team he used to work with, quits.
15. Mare of Easttown
Kate Winslet stars as Mare Sheehan, a detective, who is investigating a mysterious murder and struggling to keep her life from falling apart.
16. Olive Kitteridge
Olive Kitteridge, a retired school teacher struggles to make her marriage work and battles depression and jealousy.
17. DEVS
Whatever Alex Garland has done so far, is worth watching. A computer engineer suspects a computer firm has something to do with her boyfriend’s disappearance. She sets out to find the truth.
18. Lovecraft Country
Have you read the stories by H. P. Lovecraft? If not, I highly recommend you do that. His approach to horror was so unique, that it now has a name, Lovecraftian horror or cosmic horror. While not based on any stories by H. P. Lovecraft, this show refers to many creatures and monsters created by Lovecraft.
19. Watchmen
The government declares masked vigilantes to be treated as criminals. A group decides to start a mutiny while the others aim to stop it before chaos ensues.
20. Scenes from a Marriage
Based on the greatest creation by Ingmar Bergman, this series is a must-watch. If you haven’t seen the original, then I would recommend you watch that first. The TV series stars Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain.
This was the list of the 20 best TV shows on Hotstar to binge-watch. How many have you watched?