Netflix global top 10: five Indian films, Gajab Raat at No. 3

Five Indian films made Netflix's global top 10 list of non-English films for the week from Monday, 26 October to Sunday, 1 November 2026, according to the weekly chart Netflix published on Tuesday, 3 November. The Hindi thriller Gajab Raat was the highest-placed Indian title at No. 3 with 5.0 million views. The Tamil film Baththa was No. 4, the Telugu film The Paradise No. 5, the Tamil film Dorothy No. 7 and the Malayalam film Dhoomakethu No. 9. The Mexican drama Surviving Hurricane Otis led the list with 12.4 million views.

Netflix's weekly global chart has a separate list for non-English films, and it is where films from India, Spain, Korea, Mexico and dozens of other countries compete for the same ten places. Having half of those places go to Indian titles in a single week is a sign of how much of the platform's viewing outside English now comes from Indian cinema, and of how varied that cinema is. The five titles this week came in four languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.

The list also shows how different the routes to the chart can be. Gajab Raat is a Netflix original. It was produced by Neeraj Pandey's Friday Film Works, directed by Ritesh Shah and stars Manoj Bajpayee as a corrupt Delhi police officer whose plans go wrong over a single night. It was released on 23 October after a long delay: it was first announced under another title, which was dropped after a case in the Delhi High Court, where Netflix said in February that it would change the name. Baththa entered the chart in its first week, while The Paradise held its place in its second week. Reviews of Gajab Raat have been mixed, which suggests the cast and the story's premise drew viewers as much as the critics did.

For the Indian film business, a global chart place matters beyond prestige. A film that reaches viewers in many countries through one service builds an audience that can follow its actors and directors to the next release, in cinemas or online. It also gives regional-language films, which may have limited cinema runs outside their home states, a route to viewers across India and abroad through subtitles and dubbing.

Peepals calculation: the five Indian films together drew about 12.2 million views in the week (5.0 + 2.5 + 2.0 + 1.6 + 1.1 = 12.2), slightly less than the 12.4 million for the No. 1 film, Surviving Hurricane Otis, on its own. The Paradise's 5.3 million views over two weeks, less 2.0 million this week, means about 3.3 million in its first week, so its weekly views fell by roughly 39% (2.0 / 3.3 = 0.61). Our calculation from the reported figures.

Short-term: a place on the global chart gives the five films more attention from viewers and the industry in the weeks after release.

Long-term: steady chart places for films in several Indian languages strengthen the case for streaming services to keep buying and commissioning regional-language Indian films for a global audience.

Who is affected: the producers, actors and crews of the five films, Indian regional film industries looking for audiences beyond cinemas, and viewers who use the global list to choose what to watch.

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