8 shows to watch if you liked Netflix’s Black Warrant

Black Warrant is an Indian crime drama streaming on Netflix since January 10, 2025. Based on the book Black Warrant: Confessions of a Tihar Jailer by Sunil Gupta and Sunetra Choudhury, it stars Zahan Kapoor as rookie jailer Sunil Kumar Gupta in 1980s Tihar Jail. The show explores corruption, gang rivalries, and moral dilemmas, focusing on themes of justice and integrity.

Created by Vikramaditya Motwane and Satyanshu Singh, Black Warrant offers a gritty portrayal of India’s prison system and capital punishments back in the 80s. Here are more shows for the fans who liked this show for its engaging narrative and strong performances.

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Delhi Crime, Criminal Justice, and other shows like Black Warrant

1) Delhi Crime - Netflix

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Delhi Crime is an Indian crime drama series. Premiered in 2019, the show is based on real-life criminal cases in Delhi. Season 1 of the show focuses on the infamous 2012 Delhi gang rape case (Nirbhaya). Shefali Shah plays a lead role as DCP Vartika Chaturvedi and follows Delhi Police investigations into these cases.

For the fans of Black Warrant, the show revolves around themes of justice, corruption, and challenges inside the Indian criminal justice system. Captivating audiences with its realistic storytelling, emphasizes how the police handle the cases and moral dilemmas. Praised for its intense narrative, performances, and social commentary the show won the International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series (2020).

2) Criminal Justice - Disney+ Hotstar

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Criminal Justice is an Indian legal drama starring Pankaj Tripathi, Jackie Shroff, Anupriya Goenka, and Mita Vashisht. Adapted from the BBC series, Season 1 follows Aditya Sharma (Vikrant Massey), falsely accused of murder, while Season 2 focuses on a domestic violence case.

The show explores flaws in the Indian legal system, prison life, and the struggles of the accused's families, offering emotional and thought-provoking storytelling. Fans of Black Warrant would enjoy its courtroom battles and intense drama.

3) Paatal Lok - Amazon Prime Video

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Paatal Lok is an Indian crime thriller series. Set in Delhi’s underbelly, it follows a hardened police officer who investigates an assassination attempt on a journalist. For the audience of Black Warrant, this show explores India’s caste system, corruption, and social-political divide.

It depicts the three divides of reality according to Indian mythology, Swarg Lok, Dharti Lok, and Paatal Lok. With intense action and storytelling, the show captures the power dynamics, morality, and existing social realities.

4) Sacred Games - Netflix

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Sacred Games is based on Vikram Chandra’s novel. It's a crime thriller Indian show. The show follows Sartaj Singh, a police officer played by Saif Ali Khan. It's a gripping thriller about Sartaj's investigation into cryptic messages from a gangster played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

Showing Mumbai’s underworld story of crime and corruption, the show will be liked by the fans of Black Warrant. Exploring the dynamics of politics, religion and morality, the show keeps audiences hooked with its dark narrative.

5) Mirzapur - Amazon Prime Video

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Mirzapur with its intense storytelling and dark humor is a famous Indian crime thriller series. Set in the town of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, the show focuses on violent power struggles and revenge. Showcasing the political life of UP’s criminal families. For the fans of Black Warrant, the show themes around lawlessness, violence, and the loyalties of the members.

The show captures audiences with its strong and gripping dialogues and cunning ways to capture power. The show is liked by audiences for its performances, dialogues, and action sequences.

6) Bard of Blood - Netflix

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Bard of Blood is an Indian espionage thriller series. Produced by Red Chillies Entertainment, the series captivates audiences based on its action-packed sequences and intense performances. It's about the life of an ex-RAW agent Kabir Anand played by Emraan Hashmi who is on a mission to rescue Indian agents captured in Balochistan.

For the fans of Black Warrant, the show revolves around betrayal, patriotism, and revenge. This espionage story captures the geopolitical equation to keep the audiences hooked.

7) Jamtara - Netflix

Jamtara is an Indian crime drama inspired by true events, set in the small town of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The series follows young scammers as they plan large-scale frauds and navigate the intersection of crime and politics.

With themes of power struggles and betrayal, it offers suspenseful confrontations and gripping drama, portraying the realities of modern scams. Fans of Black Warrant will enjoy its intense and engaging storytelling.

8) She - Netflix

Streaming on Netflix, She appeals to the fans of crime thrillers and dramas, much like Black Warrant. Created by Imtiaz Ali, it focuses on female empowerment. Played in lead by Aaditi Pohankar, as an undercover cop Bhumika. Set in Mumbai, the show takes its audiences into a narrative filled with crime and corruption. And peaks into the organized crime in the city and its drug cartels.

Filled with a tense narrative and dark undertones, it takes fans into the journey of Bhumika’s transformation into a confident cop. The show has been well-received for its emotional depth and strong performances.

These shows take the fans into similar crime thriller captivating stories like Black Warrant.

Edited by Divya Singh