Netflix is a fantastic resource to learn Spanish with hours of foreign language shows and helpful subtitles within a few clicks. The Spanish comprehension levels range from beginner to intermediate. The shows include different Spanish regional dialects and accents , which reflect the diversity of Spanish-speaking regions around the world.
El Profesor is the mastermind behind the 8 robbers with disguises and code names. You might notice that the title has a strange translation from Spanish. The Ministry of Time is a top secret department of the Spanish government in charge of time travel. The officers move through time to prevent criminals from interfering with significant historical events.
The show includes important historical Spanish figures and landmarks, such as King Phillip II and the prehistoric wall art in the Cave of Altamira. This sci-fi and fantasy series is an exciting way to learn about Spanish history while developing your language skills!
The show is a thrilling ride as Escobar builds his drug empire while federal agents try to capture him. While the majority of the show is in Spanish, the scenes of the US government agent hunting Escobar are in English. Although the show is based in Colombia, Narcos has received criticism for its foreign actors with thick non-Colombian accents. For example, the actor for Pablo Escobar is Brazilian and other prominent actors are from other Latin American countries. However, you can improve your listening comprehension skills by listening for the differences in Spanish accents.
After working his way up through the Mexican cartels, El Chapo became one of the most powerful drug lords in the world. This series also reveals the corruption in Mexican politics. This is a good option for learning Mexican Spanish with minimal English dialogue. The show provides useful descriptions in Spanish introducing the key characters involved with the drug trade.
The House of Flowers is a comedic telenovela about a wealthy and dysfunctional Mexican family. The show discusses social inequality issues in contemporary Mexico, including homophobia, sexuality, class divisions, and morality.
This is a great series to learn modern and useful Spanish vocabulary! This show is a satire about the gender politics and class divisions in Mexico. Grand Hotel is filled with drama, scandal, love, and mystery during the early s in Spain. I have a whole post on Spanish TV shows to use in class and for learners. You can scroll the entire blog post, or you can click on the genre that is most interesting to you:.
These TV shows were created since and are set in the present. A group of burglars joins together to pull off the most daring robbery in the history of Spain. The original plan was to pull of the perfect crime: an infiltration of the Royal Mint of Spain, that would leave them rich and leave no victims. As plans go awry, relationships and loyalty are tested in this psychological thriller.
A dysfunctional brother-sister combo are left in charge of a football team in this dramady. Irreverent, but also complex, funny, and memorable. This was one of those shows I initially wrote off, then totally got into. The first episode is fairly explicit but gets a tamer as the series goes on.
Set in Mexico. When her aging father unexpectedly calls to say he wants to leave the family business in her hands, she must decide to stay in the US or re-enter her old life— to either fight against the corruption or be sucked into it herself. Starring the iconic Kate del Castillo as the first lady of Mexico, Ingobernable begins as her world is turned upside down and she finds herself running for her life.
Accused of assassinating her husband, she must find her way outside her life of wealth and power, prove her innocence, and untangle the web of corruption gripping the Mexican presidency. Thing begin to unravel in a tight-knit group of friends when one of the couples in the group announces the are separating for days, and create a contract to establish the boundaries. Set in Houston, Texas. La Casa de Flores is an interesting mix of traditional soap elements a wealthy, socialite family plagued by past misdeeds and secrets and modern comedy, and has quickly become one of the most-watched Spanish shows on Netflix.
Three scholarship students begin their first year at an elite school in Spain, attended by students from the wealthiest families in Spain. We quickly find out that one of the police are investigating a student murder, and each episode is presented as a flashback.
Although this series has so much potential as it explores race, class, and religion, I was a little put off by the depiction of explicit situations these supposed teens are in. Definitely TV-MA. Set in Spain. Does this sound like Sex in the City? Two babies, switched at birth. Four young women set out on a weekend road trip Oaxaca, Mexico, and the trip takes a turn when they are surprised by a fourth passenger.
These are some of my favorite Spanish TV shows on Netflix — dramas set across different places and historical contexts. You can also jump to the Spanish biographical shows section if that interests you. The aesthetics, clever dialogue, and lively personalities, make this one of my personal favorite Spanish shows on Netflix. Smuggled passengers. Buried family secrets.
Romance, intrigue, stormy seas, an passengers on luxury shop bound for Brazil would make for an interesting enough voyage— until the murders begin. Spanish cast, set on the Atlantic Ocean. Starring an Afro-Colombian time-traveling witch, Siempre Bruja mixes the feel of a historical telenovela with modern supernatural twists. Carmen, a slave living in the 17th century, is condemned to be burned at the stake after her owners discover she and their son are in love.
Carmen makes a deal to with a wizard and finds herself in modern-day Cartagena, where she must navigate her new surroundings on the condition that she not use her powers. Pros : the series features a black women as the lead, with a strong cast and gorgeous scenery. Set in Colombia. Like Velvet, the supporting characters are the best part of the story in this turn-of-the-century drama.
I have a love-hate relationship with this one, but check it out if you like gorgeous period dramas, with lots of drama. A limited-series thriller produced by Netflix, this show features an all-star caste and is set in s Spain, under the Franco regime. However, he shocks his family and community when he shows up accompanied by a famous male ballet dancer. Set in Mexico and Spain.
Set in Morocco and Spain. A white woman is rescued from death and raised by an enslaved group in Colombia. She must impersonate a rich marchioness and marry a wealthy American in order to return one day and bring justice to those who saved her life. In a desperate attempt to find a lawyer and help her husband get out of jail in s Barcelona, Helena becomes involved with the heroin trade as is forced to seek help from an aberrant, violent gangster— and begins a cat and mouse game with police herself.
Beware that while this well-produced with an incredible main actor, it is definitely gritty with more than one disturbing scene. El Ministerio del Tiempo is a top-secret time-travel agency that functions loosely under the government of Spain. As the series opens, three new agents join forces to guard the doors of time: a 16th-century soldier, a 21st-century paramedic, and a 19th-century student.
This one is packed with history and art as the trio defends time itself, preventing intruders from using time travel for their own gain. Set in Spain, mostly. Stream Now. When three poor students enroll at a very wealthy private school, they clash with the rich kids. A classic tale, yes, but what happens next is, er, unexpected: murder. The show follows four women who are hired to work there as they try to balance their jobs, friends, family, and romance.
Set in the early 20th century, a young and very handsome man named Julio goes to the fancy hotel where his sister works to meet her—only to find out that she has totally disappeared. He decides to infiltrate the hotel by pretending to be a footman so he can figure out what went down. This is a star-crossed lovers story, perfect for the hopeless romantic. It follows the heir to a fashion house who falls madly in love with a lowly seamstress, much to the dismay of his whole family.
This is a hilarious mockumentary about a talent agent named Paquita Salas, whose outdated style gets her ditched by her most famous client. A young literature teacher, Raquel, tries to give her marriage a second chance while discovering a dark secret. The teacher Raquel replaced died under mysterious circumstances, and as the plot progresses, Raquel finds herself embroiled in deceit, lies and blackmail. This is a Catalan language TV show on Netflix about single mother Angela and her dysfunctional family.
The historic village was once part of Vilamajor castle, a summer palace of the counts of Barcelona. A great time to visit for the atmosphere is during the Vilamagore mediaeval festival in November, for jousting, plays and a Medieval marketplace.
The storyline follows the life of an aspiring writer, Valeria, who finds support in life from her three best friends. This Netflix chic flick is also one of those binge-worthy TV shows in Spanish that you might want to watch for its shots of life in Madrid.
The Minions of Midas is based on a short story written by Jack London about a media magnate who is being blackmailed. This slow suspense Spanish Netflix mystery is packed with twists and turns, but the pace might test your attention span. This thought-provoking Spanish thriller has themes that revolve around present-day issues of morality and wealth.
A luxurious Agatha Christie-style mystery begins with deaths on an ocean liner sailing from Spain to Rio de Janeiro uncovers secrets about two sisters. Based in the s, this old-fashioned crime drama is a binge-worthy Spanish series available on Netflix.
The post-WWII setting is eye-candy with lavish ballrooms, beautiful clothing and props from that period, such as old-style luggage and cameras. Tiempos de Guerra is set in and follows the exploits of Spanish nurses who travel to Melilla on the Moroccan coast to set up a hospital and care for soldiers during the Rif War.
The nurses sent by Queen Victoria Eugenie is led by the Duchess of Victoria and consists of aristocratic Spanish ladies. This Spanish Netflix show is a romantic tv drama that depicts the lives of the nurses and soldiers during the war. The story is about an illegitimate son of a Lord born after the Lord of Bella raped and beat his mother on her wedding night.
Arnau Estanyol arrives in Barcelona during the Inquisition and joins the guild of stoneworkers to build Santa Maria del Mar. The Gothic church or the Cathedral of the Sea is a landmark in Barcelona constructed between and The story weaves a tale about the life of Arnau, who has a love affair with a woman but is betrayed and brought before the Inquisitor.
Set in: Barcelona. In a town in the south of Spain, a policeman investigates the murder of a young woman amid a landscape where racial tensions run high among the greenhouse workers. The following day, the police arrive in Campoamargo and investigate the crime that many had reasons to commit and few had alibis.
The House of Flowers has developed a cult following and the Paulina de la Mora character has been praised as a Mexican pop icon.
Set in: The first season is set in Mexico, while the second and third seasons feature places in Madrid. La Reina del Sur is about the rise of Teresa Mendoza, the girlfriend of a Mexican drug trafficker, who becomes a drug cartel boss.
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