Not every love story is sweet and comforting. Some begin with attraction but slowly turn into obsession, lies, betrayal and even crime. From Pooja Meri Jaan and Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein to YOU and Killer Soup, these thrillers explore the darker side of relationships.
7 Recent Thrillers With Dark Shades of Love
1. Pooja Meri Jaan (ZEE5)
Pooja’s life changes completely after she rejects the romantic advances of her longtime friend Aniket, who later dies by suicide and leaves behind a message blaming her. She suddenly finds herself facing public judgment and a legal case, while her lawyer and friend Sana steps in to defend her. As uncomfortable truths about their relationship emerge, the thriller raises difficult questions about rejection, consent, obsession and where love ends and control begins.
2. Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Season 2 (Netflix)
The first season follows Vikrant, whose peaceful future with Shikha is destroyed when Purva, the powerful daughter of a politician, becomes dangerously obsessed with him and forces herself into his life. His desperate plan to escape her ends with Purva being kidnapped, creating even bigger trouble. Season 2 pushes this twisted love triangle further as Vikrant tries to free himself from Purva and reunite with Shikha, while Guru’s arrival adds another unpredictable player to a deadly game of obsession, revenge and survival.
3. Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba (Netflix)
After escaping the consequences of their past, Rani and Rishu are living separately in Agra while secretly planning to run away together. Their dangerous romance becomes even messier when Rani asks the seemingly innocent Abhimanyu to help her divert police suspicion. But love, jealousy and deception soon collide, turning their plan for a happy ending into another unpredictable game of passion and crime.
4. Shaque: Trust No One (Netflix)
Nine years after her newborn daughter was abducted from a hospital, Anvita refuses to stop searching for answers. New clues finally begin appearing, but every discovery makes her question the people closest to her and even what she believes to be true. Starring Parineeti Chopra, Jennifer Winget and Tahir Raj Bhasin, this mystery thriller explores how love, grief and obsession can make trust increasingly difficult.
5. You Season 5 (Netflix)
Across five seasons, Joe Goldberg repeatedly mistakes obsession for love, beginning with Beck in New York before his violent relationships take him to Los Angeles, suburban Madre Linda and eventually London. His marriage to Love Quinn becomes just as deadly as he is, while Season 4 finally forces Joe to confront the darkness he has spent years blaming on others. In the fifth and final season, Joe returns to New York with Kate and the perfect wealthy life, but a new attraction and the consequences of his past threaten to bring his carefully rebuilt world crashing down.
6. Doctor (Netflix)
Army doctor Varun is dealing with a broken engagement when his former fiancée’s young niece is suddenly kidnapped. Instead of walking away from the family, he uses his calm mind and unusual methods to help search for the missing girl. The investigation pulls him into a dangerous criminal network, turning a failed romance into a darkly funny rescue thriller involving love, family and unexpected loyalty.
7. Killer Soup (Netflix)
Swathi dreams of opening her own restaurant while secretly having an affair with Umesh behind her husband Prabhakar’s back. When their complicated relationship becomes tangled in murder, Swathi and Umesh come up with an outrageous plan to replace Prabhakar with her lover. But suspicious police officers, unexpected witnesses and one bad decision after another turn their forbidden romance into a deliciously dark crime comedy.
Bonus: Monica, O My Darling (Netflix)
Ambitious robotics expert Jayant appears to have everything going his way until his affair with Monica leads to blackmail. When he joins an outrageous plan to get rid of the problem, murder, betrayal and competing secrets begin piling up around him. Rajkummar Rao, Huma Qureshi and Radhika Apte lead this stylish neo-noir where attraction and ambition become the starting points for a wickedly unpredictable crime story.
From obsessive lovers and forbidden affairs to relationships built on lies, these thrillers prove that love can become frightening when desire crosses the line.
