Expand Your (TV) Horizons
Tired of American TV? Me too. Want to see awesome shows Hollywood licenses from abroad and somehow fails to reproduce with the same impact and quality? My list of series produced and filmed outside the US, including Canada, the UK and Australia, mostly foreign language with English subtitles available, which I recommend. Don't just watch what they put in front of you.
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- CreatorAdam PriceStarsSidse Babett KnudsenBirgitte Hjort SørensenSøren MallingA political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.
- CreatorMåns 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.
- CreatorSøren SveistrupStarsSofie GråbølMorten SuurballeLars MikkelsenPolice detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.
- CreatorAlexandra ClertGuy-Patrick SainderichinStarsCaroline ProustAudrey FleurotThierry GodardFollows criminal investigations in Paris from all the different points of view of those involved."Law & Order's" grittier French cousin.
- CreatorMark GatissSteven MoffatStarsBenedict CumberbatchMartin FreemanUna StubbsThe quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.
- CreatorOlivier MarchalStarsJean-Hugues AngladeJoseph MalerbaKarole RocherA dark realistic cop series follows a squad of Paris cops who exist in the blurred boundaries at the very edge of the law, often using violence and intimidation to get the job done.Not another run of the mill police series/procedural.
- CreatorAlessandro FabbriLudovica RampoldiStefano SardoStarsStefano AccorsiGuido CaprinoMiriam LeoneFollows six people whose lives are intertwined with the rapidly changing political landscape of early 90's Italy.
- CreatorJane CampionGerard LeeStarsElisabeth MossDavid WenhamPeter MullanObsessed with the disappearance of a 12-year-old pregnant girl near a freezing lake in New Zealand, a brave detective will find herself up against small-town secrets and a side of herself that was meticulously kept at bay.
- CreatorAnders WeidemannStarsKjell WilhelmsenHanna ArdéhnLotta TejleSeries about people escaping their cold winter homeland looking for happiness in sunny Thailand but getting more than they hoped for.
- StarsJames TarpeySusan CooksonJaime WinstoneCentring around an Internet radio station broadcasting from a narrowboat based in Cheshire. Run by two people with extravagant personalities who meet a young fan who gets on board.
- CreatorMaya IlsøeStarsTrine DyrholmMarie Bach HansenCarsten BjørnlundThe death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for the family inheritance.
- CreatorOmri GivonRotem ShamirStarsJonah LotanTomer CaponeNevo KimchiThe night before a high profile operation on the PM, the surgeon due to perform the procedure is surprised at her family home by four masked men. The gang quickly take control of her and her family and order her to kill the PM.
- CreatorChris ChibnallStarsDavid TennantOlivia ColmanJodie WhittakerThe murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
- CreatorBobby MorescoStarsMichael NyqvistDominic MonaghanCecilia HällNew York, USA. Stockholm, Sweden. Over the past twelve months young, blonde, blue-eyed women have been found dead in a meadow where Asphodel flowers grow.
- StarsAdeel AkhtarDanny AshokMona GoodwinWhen the residents of an affluent London street receive a strange note they dismiss it as a marketing campaign, until things begin to escalate.
- StarsSharon HorganRob DelaneyMark BonnarAmerican man Rob gets Irish woman Sharon pregnant when they hook up for a week while he is on a business trip in London.
- CreatorFreddy SybornStarsDaniel Lawrence TaylorEsther SmithTom DavisA couple and their child try to survive in a post apocalyptic world.
- StarsAshley WaltersJacob IfanPeter SullivanA fresh, authentic and visceral drama that takes the audience on an exhilarating ride through the challenges of front-line policing.
- CreatorDavid AshbyDario RussoStarsDavid AshbySean James MurphyNatasa RisticIt's Christmas in the 1980s, Adolf Hitler is alive and has two Yuletide wishes: Danger 5 dead and the world under his Christmas tree.
- CreatorAnna WingerJörg WingerStarsJonas NayMaria SchraderUlrich NoethenMartin Rauch is recruited by the HVA to infiltrate the West Germany army. As a rookie spy, his decisions constantly put his cover at risk and force his agency to take extreme measures.
- StarsTuppence MiddletonSophie RundleAlexandra MoenDrama set within the fictional realms of Charles Dickens critically acclaimed novels, bringing together some of his most iconic characters as their lives intertwine in 19th century London.
- CreatorMike BartlettStarsSuranne JonesBertie CarvelTom TaylorA woman suspects her husband of having an affair. After following several lines of inquiry far more unravels including a streak of violence below the surface.
- StarsCarla SánchezHayley AtwellKerry FoxFalcón is a brilliant detective whose personal and professional life is compromised by dark secrets from the past.
- StarsAnne-Marie DuffRichard RankinJohnny HarrisFormer Greater Manchester Police officer Claire Church's peaceful existence in the Western Isles is shattered when four bodies linked to her previous investigations are unearthed.