Last year, Netflix‘s Spanish-language series were all the rage and we made sure to write about it. If you love the category and you’re looking for more Spanish-speaking shows to indulge in, here’s a few you can check out.
1. Somebody Has to Die (Alguien Tiene Que Morir)
If you’re looking for a quick but gripping watch, start with this three-episode mystery set in 1950s Spain, under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. After ten years in Mexico, Gabino returns home to Spain; unaware that his parents have arranged his marriage to Cayetana (Ester Expósito of Elite). Underneath the characters’ perfectly coiffed exteriors bubbles tension about who they really are—and who the conservative society doesn’t allow them to be.
2. Stolen Away (Perdida)
Stolen Away is a thriller with an unusual premise: A man goes to extreme lengths with the goal of ending up in prison. Only there, in the depths of a Colombian prison, does Antonio believe he can learn what happened to his daughter, who was kidnapped years prior.
3. Monarca
Fans of Queen Sugar, Empire, or Dynasty are sure to enjoy the Carranza family dynamics in Monarca; a drama about a family at the helm of a tequila empire. Ana María returns to Mexico to take charge of a billion-dollar business. Only she has to fight with her two brothers over the company’s direction. Betrayal, blackmail, revenge, and corruption ensue in the series, produced by Salma Hayek.
4. High Seas (Alta Mar)
Alta Mar has everything any murder mystery fan could want in a series; A luxurious confined setting, glamorous clothing, and one juicy whodunnit. Passengers on an ocean liner bound for Brazil become consumed with one mystery after another, including a person thrown overboard. The show’s main characters, two sisters, are stuck on that boat for weeks—and sleuthing is one way to pass the time.
5. Who Killed Sara
Who Killed Sara? has the central mystery embedded into the title. But don’t expect a clear answer to that question in the 10-episode series’s first season. Instead, you’ll get a lot of plot twists as Alex, upon his release from prison, seeks answers from the Lazcano crime family that framed him for his own sister’s murder 18 years ago.
6. Dark Desire (Oscuro Deseo)
This alluring series out of Mexico is often described as You meets 365 Days, and for good reason. Dark Desire centres on Alma, a married woman who enters into an affair with the mysterious hot 20-something, Darío. But quickly, we learn Darío’s passion for Alma is more like an obsession; and the story quickly turns into a thriller with more plot twists and irresistible sex scenes than you’ll be able to count.
7. Queen of the South (La Reina del Sur)
The story follows Teresa Mendoza, the girlfriend of a cartel member who unexpectedly finds herself tied up in drug trafficking and works her way up to becoming a druglord herself. In 2016, La Reina del Sur got an English language remake, Queen of the South starring Alice Braga and Justina Machado.
What other Spanish-speaking shows do you love? List them down below.