Awesome Non-Brit, Non-Yank shows
TV series with lots of ratings are overwhelmingly from the USA and the UK, so here is a list of my favourite foreign (non British/American) series. Obvious bias towards certain countries but what can ya do hey.
Minimum 6 episodes and 200 minutes running time.
Ordered very approximately by how much I love them.
Minimum 6 episodes and 200 minutes running time.
Ordered very approximately by how much I love them.
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- CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeStarsKôichi YamaderaUnshô IshizukaMegumi HayashibaraThe futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.
- CreatorColin LaneFrank WoodleyStarsColin LaneFrank WoodleyNeil PigotThe bizarre misadventures of two no-hopers who share a flat
- StarsMamoru MiyanoBrad SwaileVincent TongAn intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
- 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.
- CreatorSanto CilauroTom GleisnerRob SitchStarsLachy HulmeDavid JamesNeil MelvilleMockumentary that follows the daily situations in which the staff from the Australian Prime Minister find themselves.
- CreatorEmmanuel DaucéFrédéric KrivinePhilippe TriboitStarsRobin RenucciAudrey FleurotThierry GodardTraces the experiences of various residents of a fictional small village just inside the occupation zone during WWII. Deals with issues including collaboration, the Resistance, the fate of French Jews, and war profiteering.
- CreatorPhil LloydTrent O'DonnellStarsPhil LloydMandy BishopIvy NehlWhile other critics waste time with trivial matters such as film, food or art, one man dares to review all facets of life - our experiences, our emotions, our deepest, darkest desires - to rate them out of five stars.
- StarsMasaaki SakaiShirô KishibeMasako NatsumeAn adaptation of a Chinese folktale about a pilgrimage to the West undertaken by a monk and his divine guardians.
- StarsCarla PetersonLuciano CastroRafael FerroA man transforms to a very beautiful woman on the night of an eclipse, falls in love for the first time with another man who doesn't know who she was before.
- 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.
- A bizarre collection of comedy sketches, animated shorts, performance art pieces, offbeat musical acts, and more.
- StarsGuy JodoinStéphane CrêteClaude LegaultIn the year 2034, the Earth is in a catastrophic state. Thus, the Romano-Fafard, a spaceship commanded by the Capitaine Patenaude, is sent to discover another planet.
- 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.
- StarsValérie LemercierPierre ArditiJean CarmetSketch comedy about the life in a luxury hotel, through its staff and guests.
- StarsErnst-Hugo JäregårdKirsten RolffesGhita NørbyDoctors at an ultramodern hospital in Denmark become convinced, by way of weird, inexplicable happenings, that the place is haunted.
- StarsFrançois LétourneauVincent-Guillaume OtisÉdith CochraneTwo TV writers whose critically savaged police show is a surprise hit decide that they need real criminal experiences to spice up their second season.
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsMusidoraÉdouard MathéMarcel LévesqueAn intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.Well okay, TV didn't exist yet, but it's clearly a TV show as far as I'm concerned, as much as any made-for-Netflix TV show.
- StarsJosh ThomasThomas WardJohnTwenty something Josh is going through a number of big changes as he navigates his first decade of adulthood. After being dumped by his girlfriend, he comes to the realization that he is gay.
- 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.
- CreatorDamián SzifronDiego PerettiFederico D'ElíaStarsFederico D'ElíaAlejandro FioreDiego PerettiA team of 4 talented men solve their clients' problems by staging "drills" to deceive people.
- 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.
- CreatorSimon AstierXavier MatthieuStarsSimon AstierSébastien LalanneEtienne FagueAn aging team of superheroes from the 1980s live a quiet, peaceful retirement in a quaint village in southern France. With the threat of a supervillain's return and the arrival of a superpowered stranger, they must once again be heroes.
- CreatorRoberto Gómez BolañosStarsRamón ValdésRoberto Gómez BolañosCarlos VillagránThe misadventures of a poor, homeless, fumbling boy and his friends in their humble neighborhood.
- CreatorDeb CoxAndrew KnightStarsJohn HowardSigrid ThorntonKerry ArmstrongA big city lawyer is prompted to undergo a 'seachange' with her children and becomes the magistrate at the small coastal town of Pearl Bay, where the family comes to love its people and the quality time with each other.
- CreatorJavier OlivaresPablo OlivaresStarsCayetana Guillén CuervoJuan GeaFrancesca PiñónA warrior from the 16th Century, the first female university student from the 19th Century, and a paramedic from the 21st Century join a secret agency to prevent people from changing Spanish history using time-traveling doors.