Foreign-language TV series
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- CreatorFabrice GobertStarsAnne ConsignyClotilde HesmeFrédéric PierrotIn a small French mountain town where everyone knows each other, the dead begin to inexplicably return as if their death never happened. Forcing the townsfolk to confront their difficult past as they seek to understand this phenomenon.Dead people reappear in a French mountain town in this supernatural drama.
- CreatorsMåns MårlindHans RosenfeldtBjörn SteinStarsSofia HelinRafael PetterssonSarah BobergWhen a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.A Danish and a Swedish police inspector collaborate on crimes that cross the national border.
- StarsDarlan CunhaDouglas SilvaCamila MonteiroA realistic yet humorous look at the lives of Laranjinha and Acerola, two friends who live adventurous and dangerous lives in a Rio de Janeiro slum.Stories from the Rio favelas, by the makers of City of God.
- StarsArtur BarcisOlgierd LukaszewiczOlaf LubaszenkoTen television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.Krzysztof Kieslowski's series of ten episodes based on the Ten Commandments.
- CreatorLars von TrierStarsErnst-Hugo JäregårdKirsten RolffesGhita NørbyDoctors at an ultramodern hospital in Denmark become convinced, by way of weird, inexplicable happenings, that the place is haunted.Lars von Trier's horror comedy about the staff and patients of a Copenhagen hospital.
- StarsAli AtaySerkan KeskinOsman SonantIt is an unique and heartwarming show follows the extraordinary journey of a couple named Leyla and Mecnun. With Ali Atay portraying Mecnun and Ezgi Asaroglu as Leyla, the series has garnered a massive fan base and critical acclaim.A Turkish comedy series based on the famous Persian love story "Layla and Majnun".
- CreatorRoberto Gómez BolañosStarsRamón ValdésRoberto Gómez BolañosCarlos VillagránThe misadventures of a poor, homeless, fumbling boy and his friends in their humble neighborhood.The funny and touching stories of the orphan Chavo in a poor Mexican neighborhood.
- StarsGünter LamprechtClaus HolmHanna SchygullaIn late-1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city's criminal underworld.Rainer Werner Fassbinder's adaptation of the story of the small-time criminal Franz Biberkopf.
- StarsLiv UllmannErland JosephsonBibi AnderssonTen years within the marriage of Marianne and Johan.Ingmar Bergman's mini-series about ten years of a troubled marriage.
- CreatorsTeodora MarkovaGeorgi IvanovStarsIvaylo ZaharievZachary BaharovVladimir PenevTrained young policeman goes undercover in the gang of the most dangerous mafia boss in Bulgaria.A secret agent goes undercover in the world of the Bulgarian mafia.
- StarsKenan ImirzaliogluCansu DereYigit ÖzsenerBetrayed by his trusted friends and the woman he loved, Ömer Uçar returns as Ezel to exact his vengeance.A man returns to Istanbul to exact his vengeance on the people who betrayed him.
- CreatorSøren SveistrupStarsSofie GråbølMorten SuurballeLars MikkelsenPolice detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.Copenhagen police detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.
- CreatorAdam PriceStarsSidse Babett KnudsenBirgitte Hjort SørensenSøren MallingA political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.A Danish political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.
- CreatorHenning MankellStarsKrister HenrikssonFredrik GunnarssonMats BergmanA Swedish cop in a small town by the Baltic coast.The Swedish adaptation of Henning Mankell's crime novels.
- StarsHarish BhimaniNitish BharadwajMukesh KhannaWhen a dynastic struggle between the collateral branches of the Kuru clan, the Kauravas and Pandavas lead them to the threshold of war, Lord Krishna decides to step in and take control of the situation.The epic Indian story of the family feud between the noble Pandava princes and their scheming cousins, the Kaurava kings.
- CreatorsAlexandra ClertGuy-Patrick SainderichinStarsCaroline ProustAudrey FleurotThierry GodardFollows criminal investigations in Paris from all the different points of view of those involved.Criminal investigations in Paris from the points of view of police officers , lawyers and judges.
- StarsVinicio MarchioniAlessandro RojaMarco BocciThis crime drama, set in Rome in the 1970s, tells the story of the Banda della Magia, a prolific Italian crime family responsible for some of the country's most violent crimes.An organized crime gang in the underworld of Rome is pursued by a persistent cop.
- CreatorAlexandre AstierStarsAlexandre AstierLionnel AstierFranck PitiotKing Arthur, accompanied by the Knights of the Round Table, sets out on the mission given to him by the Lady of the Lake: the quest for the Grail. But the knights Perceval, Karadoc, Lancelot and others have a hard time grasping the stakes.A French comedy which presents a more realistic and off-beat account of King Arthur's quest for the Grail.
- StarsKlaus J. BehrendtMiroslav NemecUdo WachtveitlAn anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.A long running German cop show where detectives work to solve a crime.
- CreatorsPeter HajekPeter MoserStarsGerhard ZemannHeinz WeixelbraunWolf BachofnerA cop is recently divorced, and to fill the void, he adopts a police dog who has also lost his companion. Together, they solve crimes occurring in and around the city of Vienna.A police dog helps solve crimes in and around Vienna.
- CreatorsGuy GoossensMarc PuntStarsAxel DaeseleireManou KerstingIndre JaraiteEach year hundreds of women are taken from their homes and forced into a life of prostitution and sexual slavery. This is the story of ten of them. A Belgian criminal gang head east to Lithuania to recruit young women desperate to leave their impoverished lives. Promising a glamorous life as members of a stage dance troupe, the girls are eager to sign up. From the training in Cyprus, to the strip clubs and illegal brothers in Belgium, the girls from the start are forced into a life of rape, abuse, murder and misery. The police are slow and corrupt, and the gangsters are always one step ahead of the law.A Flemish drama about a sex trade gang that lures Russian and Lithuanian girls into prostitution.
- StarsGérard DepardieuOrnella MutiJean RochefortEdmond Dantes is unjustly sent to prison for 18 years. He escapes to reclaim his fiancée Mercedes and revenge against his nemesis, Mondego.An adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' famous novel.
- StarsMarita BreuerRüdiger WeigangKurt WagnerThe village of Schabbach experiences the shifting fortunes of Germany from 1919 to 1982.Life in a German village from 1919 to 1982, including the rise and fall of Nazism.
- CreatorJulio JiménezStarsJuan Alfonso BaptistaPaola ReyDanna GarcíaThree brothers set out for vengeance when their little sister commits suicide because of her love gone wrong. The three handsome brothers' evil intentions are soon dispelled when their hatred turns to unexpected love.Colombian telenovela about the Reyes brothers, who go in search of revenge.
- StarsSong Hye-kyoRainHan Da-gamIn a bid to reacquire her childhood home, a free-spirited woman agrees to a sham-marriage with a selfish actor. Their daily lives are complicated by overlapping love triangles and comic misadventures.A Korean comedy about a free-spirited, unemployed, young woman who agrees to a sham-marriage with a selfish neat-freak actor.