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Here are the best Netflix original foreign language shows currently streaming right now. Featuring Spanish language Netflix originals, Korean, Portuguese, Japanese, French and Hindi series, and more this list of Netflix foreign language originals and co-productions is updated with new and popular shows. What is the best Netflix original foreign language series?
The latest and newest Netflix original foreign language shows feature series in every genre, from the post-apocalyptic Turkish show The Rain and the supernatural Turkish series The Protector to the Spanish-language period drama Cable Girls. Must-watch Netflix foreign language co-productions also includes the German thriller Perfume and the Japanese food drama Samurai Gourmet.
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Oliver Masucci, Karoline EichhornPremiered: December 1, 2017
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Language: German
Dark (Netflix, 2017) is a German science fiction thriller web television series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. The disappearance of two young children in the German town of Winden brings... more2
Bae Doona, Ju Ji-hoonPremiered: January 25, 2019
Genres: Action, Horror
Language: Korean
Kingdom (Netflix, 2019) is a South Korean historical horror television series based on the webcomic series "Land of the Gods" by Kim Eun-hee. In Korea’s medieval Joseon period, a crown prince is sent... more3
Arón Piper, Miguel BernardeauPremiered: October 5, 2018
Genres: Crime, Drama
Language: Spanish
Elite (Netflix, 2018) is a Spanish thriller teen drama web television series created by Carlos Montero and Darío Madrona. When three working-class teenagers begin attending an exclusive private... more4
Saif Ali Khan, Nawazuddin SiddiquiPremiered: 2019
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Language: Hindi
Sacred Games (Netflix, 2018) is an Indian web television thriller series based on the 2006 novel by Vikram Chandra. Sartaj Singh (Saif Ali Khan) is a troubled police officer in Mumbai who receives a... more5
Bianca Comparato, Rodolfo ValentePremiered: November 25, 2016
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Language: Portuguese
3% (Netflix, 2016) is a Brazilian dystopian thriller series created by Pedro Aguilera. The show is set in a future wherein people are given a chance to go to the "better side" of a world divided... more6
Claudia Gerini, Francesco AcquaroliPremiered: October 6, 2017
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Language: Italian
Suburra: Blood on Rome (Netflix, 2017) is an Italian crime drama web television series developed by Daniele Cesarano and Barbara Petronio. In 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome... more7
Hanna Ardéhn, Felix SandmanPremiered: April 5, 2019
Genres: Drama
Language: Swedish
Quicksand (Netflix, 2019), in Swedish "Störst av allt", is a Swedish crime drama based on the eponymous book, Quicksand (Störst av allt) by Malin Persson Giolito. After a terrible shooting incident,... more8
Alba August, Lucas Lynggaard TønnesenPremiered: May 4, 2018
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Language: Danish
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The Rain (Netflix, 2018) is a Danish web series created by Mosholt Esben, Toft Jacobsen, and Christian Potalivo. After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a... more9
Danilo Kamperidis, Bjarne MädelPremiered: May 31, 2019
Genres: Drama
Language: German
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (Netflix, 2019) is a German coming-of-age comedy-drama web television series co-created by Philipp Käßbohrer and Matthias Murmann. Inspired by a true story, two high... more10
Shefali Shetty, Adil HussainPremiered: March 22, 2019
Genres: Crime, Drama
Language: Hindi
Delhi Crime (Netflix, 2019) is an Indian anthology television drama. Based on the true story of the Nirbhaya case, the show follows the Delhi Police investigation into the finding of the men who... more11
Takayuki Yamada, Shinnosuke MitsushimaPremiered: August 8, 2019
Genres: Drama, Documentary
Language: Japanese
The Naked Director (Netflix, 2019) is a Japanese semi-biographical comedy-drama series based on the non-fiction novel Zenra Kantoku Muranishi Toru Den (全裸監督 村西とおる伝) by Nobuhiro Motohashi. The series... more12
Felix Kramer, Fahri YardimPremiered: 2018
Language: German
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Çagatay Ulusoy, Hazar ErgüclüPremiered: December 14, 2018
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Language: Turkish
The Protector (Netflix, 2018) is a Turkish drama fantasy series. Given mystical powers by a talismanic keepsake, a young man embarks on a quest to fight shadowy forces and solve a mystery from his... more14
Tom Waes, Anna DrijverPremiered: February 24, 2019
Genres: Drama, Crime drama
Language: Dutch
Undercover (VRT, Netflix, 2019) is a Belgian television crime drama. A major ecstasy producer, Ferry Bouman (Frank Lammers), living in luxury on the Dutch-Belgian border faces big changes when two... more15
Jeff Wilbusch, Amit RahavPremiered: March 26, 2020
Genres: Drama
Language: German, Yiddish
Unorthodox (Netflix, 2020) is a German drama television series created by Anna Winger and directed by Maria Schrader based on the novel of the same name by Deborah Feldman. It follows the story of a... more16
Paulina Andreeva, Kirill KäroPremiered: 2019
Language: Russian
Better Than Us (2018), also known as "Luchshe, chem lyudi," is a Russian dramatic sci-fi television series. Set in 2029, robots have become an ordinary part of human life - for most people, "Bots" are just soulless machines that perform routine work, but they also become capable of emotions, but others reject life with the bots, and will use violence if necessary.
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Luis Gerardo Méndez, Mariana TreviñoGenres: Comedy, Drama
Language: Spanish
Club of Crows (Netflix, 2015) is a Mexican comedy-drama TV series directed by Gary Alazraki. After the death of its owner, Mexican football club Cuervos F deals with a power struggle between the... more18
Gong Hyo-jin, Kang Ha-neulPremiered: 2019
Genres: Romantic comedy, Thriller
Language: Korean
When the Camellia Blooms (KBS2, 2019) is a South Korean romantic comedy-thriller television series. Dong Baek, owner of a bar named Camellia, encounters three men who will change her life forever.... more19
Steven Van Zandt, Trond Fausa AurvågPremiered: January 25, 2012
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Language: Norwegian, English
Lilyhammer is a Norwegian television series, starring Steven Van Zandt, about a fictional New York gangster, Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano, trying to start a new life in isolated Lillehammer, Norway.... more20
Dov Glickman, Michael AloniPremiered: June 29, 2013
Genres: Drama
Language: Hebrew, Yiddish
Shtisel (yes Oh, 2013) is an Israeli television drama series about a fictional Haredi Jewish family living in Geula, Jerusalem. Akiva and Shulem Shtisel, father and son, sit on a little balcony... more21
Sofia Bernal Araujo, Valeria EmilianiPremiered: February 19, 2019
Genres: Fantasy, Drama
Language: Spanish
Siempre Bruja (Netflix, 2019), also called "Always A Witch," is a Colombian fantasy drama television series created by Ana María Parra based on the novel "Yo, Bruja" by Isidora Chacón. A young... more22
Martín Altomaro, Norma AngélicaPremiered: 2019
Genres: Drama
Language: Spanish
Crime Diaries (Netflix, 2019), originally named "Historia de un crimen," is a Mexican true crime scripted anthology television series. Each season focuses on notorious and controversial crimes; the... more23
Victoire Du Bois, Lucie BoujenahPremiered: 2019
Language: French
Marianne (Netflix, 2019) is a French drama horror television series. Lured back to her hometown, a famous horror writer (Victoire Du Bois) discovers that the evil spirit who plagues her dreams is now wreaking havoc in the real world.
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Robert Wieckiewicz, Maciej MusialPremiered: 2018
Language: Polish
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Lee Seung-gi, Bae SuzyPremiered: 2019
Language: Korean
Vagabond (Netflix, 2019) is a South Korean action-thriller television series. Determined to find out the truth behind a mysterious airplane accident, Cha Dal-gun (Lee Seung-gi) embarks on an investigation that leads him to a tangled web of corruption.
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