“Yeh ek zindagi kaafi nahi hai” for all the incredible stories on Netflix from all over the world.

Looking back at what India enjoyed on Netflix this year, it’s clear that our members love watching local and global stories across languages, genres and formats – all that matters is that the stories are unique and entertaining. With the finest films and series, captivating documentaries, entertaining reality shows and more, every night was a Netflix night in 2022.

Love for Netflix series and films: From a heartland thriller fronted by an ensemble cast in Khakee: The Bihar Chapter, returning of fan-favourites - Delhi Crime S2, Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives S2, the path breaking performance of Alia Bhatt in Darlings, to Dhanush winning global fandom — and representing India — in the Russo brothers’ action thriller The Gray Man, and falling in love with iconic soundtracks from Mismatched S2 (Aise Kyun), Monica, O My Darling (Yeh Ek Zindagi) and Stranger Things S4 (Running Up That Hill and Master of Puppets).

India’s most-watched to must-watch stories: We launched 27 Netflix films and series in India in 2022 across 10+ genres and 5 formats. 7 out of 9 films released this year featured in the global Top 10 for non-English films and 6 out of 7 returning seasons of Netflix series featured in the #1 spot in TV shows in India. Darlings enjoyed the highest opening ever for any Netflix film in India and was watched in 28 countries with total viewing hours of over 32 million, while Monica, O My Darling, trended in the #1 spot in 7 countries including India in the first two weeks of its release alone. Mismatched S2, Jamtara Sabka Number Ayega S2, and Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein were the most trending Indian series this year. On average, every Netflix film and series from India released in 2022 trended in 8 countries.

Taking Indian cinema to the world: We had three of the biggest blockbusters from Netflix India - RRR (Hindi) (viewed for over 73 million hours), Gangubai Kathiawadi (viewed for over 50 million hours), and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (viewed for over 21 million hours) that found audiences around the world. At 15 weeks, RRR (Hindi) was the longest-ever trending Indian film on the global Top 10 for non-English films.

Unmatched variety: Our members fell in love with a dazzling variety of films and series across every kind of genre and format – the top watched genre in India in 2022 for Indian stories was thrillers, followed by action dramas and sports dramas. The top watched genres for global stories in India were action dramas and thrillers. 2022 was also the year of multiple formats - from series and films to standup comedy, true-crime documentaries and India’s first adventure interactive special Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls.

International hits: Five of our biggest English language series of all time premiered this year - Inventing Anna and Bridgerton S2, followed by Stranger Things S4, DAHMER: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and Wednesday. As well as these, Money Heist (Spanish), Squid Game (Korean), and All Of Us Are Dead (Korean) were the most trending global titles in India. Korean and Spanish were the most watched non-Indian languages on Netflix after English.

We look forward to keeping India entertained because as Kapil Sharma likes to say, “We Are Not Done Yet”, in fact we are just getting started. We have an array of exciting stories coming up in 2023 that we're sure you will want to add to your must watch list.