Poll: Foreign-language TV series

Results of 3,781 votes:

1. 1.
   

   The Returned (2012)

    

   Dead people reappear in a French mountain town in this supernatural drama.
2. 2.
   

   The Bridge (2011)

    

   A Danish and a Swedish police inspector collaborate on crimes that cross the national border.
3. 3.
   

   Twelve Chairs (1977)

    

   Soviet Russian series in which two scoundrels try to find the twelve chairs, one of which their aunts has sewn jewelry into.
4. 4.
   

   The Killing (2007)

    

   Copenhagen police detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.
5. 5.
   

   Leyla and Mecnun (2011)

    

   A Turkish comedy series based on the famous Persian love story "Layla and Majnun".
6. 6.
   

   The Kingdom (1994)

    

   Lars von Trier's horror comedy about the staff and patients of a Copenhagen hospital.
7. 7.
   

   Borgen (2010)

    

   A Danish political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.
8. 8.
   

   Dekalog (1989)

    

   Krzysztof Kieslowski's series of ten episodes based on the Ten Commandments.
9. 9.
   

   Ezel (2009)

    

   A man returns to Istanbul to exact his vengeance on the people who betrayed him.
10. 10.
    

    Undercover (2011)

     

    A secret agent goes undercover in the world of the Bulgarian mafia.
11. 11.
    

    City of Men (2002)

     

    Stories from the Rio favelas, by the makers of City of God.
12. 12.
    

    Kommissar Rex (1994)

     

    A police dog helps solve crimes in and around Vienna.
13. 13.
    

    Mahabharat (1988)

     

    The epic Indian story of the family feud between the noble Pandava princes and their scheming cousins, the Kaurava kings.
14. 14.
    

    Generation War (2013)

     

    Five young Germans meet in Berlin in 1941 before taking separate routes through the Second World War.
15. 15.
    

    El Chavo del Ocho (1972)

     

    The funny and touching stories of the orphan Chavo in a poor Mexican neighborhood.
16. 16.
    

    Wallander (2005)

     

    The Swedish adaptation of Henning Mankell's crime novels.
17. 17.
    

    Spiral (2005)

     

    Criminal investigations in Paris from the points of view of police officers , lawyers and judges.
18. 18.
    

    Kaamelott (2004)

     

    A French comedy which presents a more realistic and off-beat account of King Arthur's quest for the Grail.
19. 19.
    

    The Count of Monte Cristo (1998)

     

    An adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' famous novel.
20. 20.
    

    The Legend of Bruce Lee (2008)

     

    The story of the legendary martial arts icon Bruce Lee from Hong Kong to America and back again, leading up to his tragic death at the age of 32.
21. 21.
    

    Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008)

     

    An organized crime gang in the underworld of Rome is pursued by a persistent cop.
22. 22.
    

    Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)

     

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder's adaptation of the story of the small-time criminal Franz Biberkopf.
23. 23.
    

    Rubí (2004)

     

    Mexican soap about the beautiful but poor Rubí will do anything to make her dream reality and become rich.
24. 24.
    

    Matroesjka's (2005)

     

    A Flemish drama about a sex trade gang that lures Russian and Lithuanian girls into prostitution.
25. 25.
    

    Scenes from a Marriage (1973)

     

    Ingmar Bergman's mini-series about ten years of a troubled marriage.
26. 26.
    

    Tatort (1970)

     

    A long running German cop show where detectives work to solve a crime.
27. 27.
    

    Corleone (2007)

     

    The story of Salvatore Riina, alias Totò u Curtu, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily.
28. 28.
    

    Full House (2004)

     

    A Korean comedy about a free-spirited, unemployed, young woman who agrees to a sham-marriage with a selfish neat-freak actor.
29. 29.
    

    Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984)

     

    Life in a German village from 1919 to 1982, including the rise and fall of Nazism.
30. 30.
    

    Pasión de gavilanes (2003)

     

    Colombian telenovela about the Reyes brothers, who go in search of revenge.