Are you a binge watcher and searching for fresh web series in a specific genre to stream? Streaming platforms are overloaded with new content this year, and every genre is levelling up! Whether you are into thrillers, romcoms, crime, etc., there’s something new for you to binge. In this genre spotlight, we are sharing the new web series by genre 2025, while providing genre-based recommendations for binge-watchers who want only the best in what is trending.
Why Genre Matters?
Genre means when you pick a TV show, series, or movie, it allows you to choose the kind or style of show you want to stream. It makes it easier to search for the type of show you are looking for, whether it is thriller, action, crime, etc. It makes the overall experience more enjoyable and easier to pick.
Latest Shows in Every Genre
Action, Crime and Thriller
● Murshid
Murshid is an intense gangster thriller, with extreme frankness, that informs us about loyalty and legacy. Kay Kay Menon is Murshid Pathan, a retired don based in the underbelly of Mumbai, who comes back and fights for his family in the shadows of the city. Murshid finds old debts and new enemies in the fight for survival. Family becomes secondary when power and revenge take over. Everyone is fighting for their claim on the city and their claim on Murshid.
● Gyaarah Gyaarah
Gyaarah Gyaarah is a compelling mystery thriller that weaves three different timelines: 1990, 2001, and 2016. With two officers, one walkie-talkie, and a series of shocking murders, buried secrets will make time and logic malleable as the mystery behind 11:11 begins to haunt us.
● Interrogation
Interrogation is an enthralling thriller where the murder of a retired judge puts four friends immediately under suspicion. As the questioning proceeds, secrets are unearthed, and each answer reveals unsettling lies, making truth a fleeting shadow in each act.
Comedy, Romance and Drama
● Manorathangal
Manorathangal, meaning “Chariots of the Mind,” is a Malayalam-language anthology. Set in Kerala, and based on Nair’s short stories in 9 episodes. These episodes revolve around the contradictions of human behaviour, universal experiences and emotions, showing how people can be both kind and driven by basic impulses.
● Sunflower
Sunflower cranks up the intrigue with a new murder and new tenants to get to know. As the secrets unfold and suspicions rise, the once-closely, immediately identifiable society will soon become a tangled web of secrets, twists, and drama that will keep you guessing until the last frame.
● Anaganaga
Anaganaga intricately weaves eight different love stories from different worlds, their characters blissfully unaware of their intertwined destinies. When a character’s hidden truths begin to unfold, love swirls between guilt, longing, and fate to weave a wonderfully tangled web of coincidences.
Trending OTT Genres to Watch In 2025
● Ayyana Mane
As Jaji embarks on her bridal journey, unnerving voices and incessant tragedy compel her to expose her horrific family history. Ayyana Mane is an unsettling story of family secrets, fear, and tradition.
● Crime Beat
Crime Beat is an intense crime thriller that reveals sinister truths right under our noses, behind the headlines. Set in Delhi in 2012, it explores the perils of journalism through the eyes of Abhishek, a journalist digging into a dangerous racket connected with the Commonwealth Games.
● The Broken News
In The Broken News, two competing news stations fight for the right, the ratings, and control. Ambition pushes agendas, loyalties twist, and journalist Radha is pulled into the middle, the personal and professional collide, between what is honest, what is survival, and what is a bombshell in an uncompromising media landscape.
Genre-Based Recommendations for Binge-Watchers
Are you a fan of solving crime mysteries or love suspenseful stories? Watch this series that gives you chills and turns your conclusion at an unexpected end: Koose Munisamy Veerappan, Duranga 2, Abar Proloy, and Rangbaaz: Darr Ki Rajneeti.
Craving for love? This series will surely help you to discover new love and care: Pyaar Testing, It Happened in Calcutta, Rejctx (U/A), Broken but Beautiful, and Fittrat.
Get ready for a horror binge that will keep you up all night. Explore this web series: Parchhayee: Ghost Stories by Ruskn Bond, Andhar Maya, and Kannamoochi.
Browse the latest shows in every genre exclusively streaming on ZEE5.
Looking for your next binge-worthy series? Whether you’re a fan of mystery thrillers, romantic dramas, or horror tales that keep you awake, 2025 offers fresh content on ZEE5. Explore our genre spotlight to find the perfect show to match your mood and preferences.
