10 Must-Watch Spanish-Language TV Shows on Netflix

USA’s Queen of the South was preceded by La Reina del Sur, an original show that inspired the American version of the series. In the currently airing telenovela, Kate del Castillo plays Teresa Mendoza, a Mexican woman who becomes a drug boss in Spain. The story is based on a novel by Arturo Pérez Reverte and differs slightly from the USA series. Teresa escapes from the drug cartel, starts her own gang, has a child, and spends time in prison at one point. You can stream three seasons on Netflix.

The first seven seasons of the Netflix original “Elite” are available to stream. The show centers on the privileged students of the fictional Las Encinas High School in Spain. This teen drama is anything but cheerful, with murder, death, drugs, emotional themes, and underhanded tactics galore in each storyline. Season 8 is scheduled to premiere in late 2024.

Based on a true tragedy in Spain, the fictional miniseries The Assunta Case follows the murder of a young girl named Assunta Basterra. Were her parents Rosario and Alfonso really behind the crime? If you’re into mysteries and true crime stories, you can binge watch all six episodes now.

If you like stories with a touch of Taken, you might enjoy Wrong Side of the Tracks. It stars Jose Coronado as a military veteran’s granddaughter who gets caught up in a terrifying situation after stealing from a local drug dealer. The characters might be a bit annoying, but if you want to watch a crime drama with a vengeance, stream the three seasons of this series.

One of Netflix’s most-watched series, La Papier is a crime drama set in Spain that begins at the Royal Mint of Madrid. A group of thieves, led by “The Professor”, hatch an ingenious plan, but things don’t go as planned. Over the course of five seasons, viewers are taken on a tense, emotional, and action-packed journey as the gang tries to pull off multiple heists. It’s easy to root for your favorite characters and hate the ones you dislike in this nail-biting series.

What if you haven’t seen Narcos yet? What are you waiting for? Pasco Escobar’s exploits in the Colombian drug trade are told in this fictional series that begins in the 1970s and takes viewers through the timeline leading up to his death. Wagner Moura plays drug cartel leader Escobar, Pedro Pascal plays DEA agent Javier Peña, and Boyd Holbrook plays his fellow agent Steve Murphy. Stream all three seasons, then watch Narcos: Mexico.

Don’t mistake this for a love story; murder, black market organ trafficking, and high-level cover-ups are all woven into The Marked Heart. The Colombian series follows Simón’s quest to discover what really happened to his murdered wife. The wealthy seem to get away with anything, but one woman, Camila, holds the key that ties it all together.

Packed with drama and comedy, the telenovela House of Flowers is a fun series about a wealthy, dysfunctional family with many secrets. The family’s flower shop in Mexico provides a rich backdrop for all the drama that begins with the suicide of the family head’s mistress. Watch all three seasons and conclude with Netflix’s 2021 release House of Flowers: The Movie.

When five strangers discover they share the same birthmark, the women band together to uncover the truth, which turns out to be more dangerous and sinister than they could have ever imagined. Based on the book by Bernardo Romero Pereiro, The Five Juanas is a story of sisterhood, heroism and criminality. Season 1 is available to watch now, with rumors of a second season in the works.

In this dramatic story set in the 1960s, María Rodríguez decides to give up her hopes for the future and her current love life in order to ensure financial security for her family. She agrees to leave her home in Andalusia to marry a wealthy landowner, who turns out to be less well off than he appears.