Watched via Netflix
by dy158 | created - 08 May 2020 | updated - 2 days ago | PublicTitles that I have discovered while being on Netflix. Chances are the foreign-language titles in here were also discovered through there.
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1. Money Heist (2017–2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An unusual group of robbers attempt to carry out the most perfect robbery in Spanish history - stealing 2.4 billion euros from the Royal Mint of Spain.
Stars: Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso
Votes: 532,443
Ahem. The TV series that finally made me signed up to Netflix. Resistance is (always) futile.
*with vain attempt of not to hum along to 'Bella Ciao'*
2. Money Heist: The Phenomenon (2020 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 57 min | Documentary
A documentary on why and how "Money Heist" sparked a wave of enthusiasm around the world for a lovable group of thieves and their professor.
Directors: Luis Alfaro, Pablo Lejarreta | Stars: Úrsula Corberó, Rodrigo de la Serna, Miguel Herrán, Jaime Lorente
Votes: 3,772
Think one know all that is to the series? Think again.
The documentary that look into how 'La Casa de Papel' originally started out low budget and nearly had a short-lived life on Spanish television...until the arrival of Netflix changed everything.
3. The Crown (2016–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Follows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.
Stars: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith
Votes: 256,848
As someone who was actually named after the current queen's famous late daughter-in-law, there is always something about shows which are royal-related that always draw me in.
(Though spoilers, the 1982 royal wedding between Charles and Lady Diana was the actual reason, as according to my father.)
4. Friends (1994–2004)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Follows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty year-old friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc
Votes: 1,088,654
I was actually only a 7-year-old when this first arrived at our local TV in 1994, one of the very first American TV series that I know of. Subconsciously I have judged every American production that I know of against this ever since.
But Netflix made me finally discover why this has always been worthy of the hype, when I even used had to study the popularity of the series back at university when I did my degree in mass communications.
Says something eh?
5. Peaky Blinders (2013–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory
Votes: 650,298
Kind of a latecomer to this, only when Netflix has the international rights to the BBC series.
But when even the former football (or soccer to some of you) coach of Arsenal in Unai Emery (who is actually Spanish himself) used to admit during his time at the club that he also watched this, that was for some reason enough to eventually get me on the bandwagon.
By the order of...the Peaky Blinders.
6. Cable Girls (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama
Set in the 1920s, this is the story of four women from different backgrounds newly hired as operators for a phone company.
Stars: Blanca Suárez, Yon González, Ana Fernández, Nadia de Santiago
Votes: 16,151
From what started out as Netflix's first foray into Spanish-language programming in Spain, to a historical drama series which originally started out as a group of women with different backgrounds getting to work at Spain's national telephone company as operators in the 1920s and the various challenges each of them face, to how events outside of the company will come to make them look at the world beyond where they work.
7. Velvet (2013–2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Romance
A feel-good, compelling Spanish story of a fashion house in Madrid in the late 50's, which is scene to money, fashion, drama, entanglements, love, jealousies, plots, counter-plots involving its owners, customers and residential employees.
Stars: Paula Echevarría, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Manuela Velasco
Votes: 6,794
Or maybe it is me back when watching this on Netflix, the opening theme song is enough to make me look forward to each episode. But before the eventual happy ever after, there are plenty of obstacles along the way.
8. Velvet Colección (2017–2019)
TV-14 | 54 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Barcelona 1967. Ana Rivera returns from New York to launch her last dream: to make the leap from the exclusive business of haute couture in Madrid to a boutique in Barcelona with aspirations to become a global franchise.
Stars: Marta Hazas, Asier Etxeandia, Adrián Lastra, Diego Martín
Votes: 1,626
The spin-off to Velvet where a few years after the original series ended, the world of Velvet went from the main base in Madrid to Barcelona. But getting it together is not without its hitches, along with old and new faces and a younger generation working at the store. It also exposes the family problems of the wealthy Catalan financier investing into the Barcelona branch, and the unlikely link his wife has to one of the staff at Velvet.
9. Gran Hotel (2011–2013)
TV-14 | 3,098 min | Crime, Drama, History
A family-owned hotel in the fictional coastal Spanish town of Cantaloa in 1905: love, blackmail, jealousies, crime, comedy, and plots and counter-plots all involving the hotel's owners, guests, detectives, and residential employees.
Stars: Adriana Ozores, Amaia Salamanca, Yon González, Eloy Azorín
Votes: 11,203
What was happening in Spain at the turn of the previous century, it is also being intertwined with the lives of those living and working at the hotel. But it all started out with someone was looking for his sister working there...until she disappeared without much of a trace.
That was when the mysteries of the hotel began to unravel itself, even if there are also the surprises and lighter moments when even the famed magician Harry Houdini and the young Agatha Christie (when she was still known as Clarissa Miller and a guest to one of the hotel's long-term occupants, and how investigating cases at the hotel with local detectives leading to inspiration for her novel which sounded close to her eventual first novel, 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles') also showed up at different times in the series.
But secrets constantly lurked at every corner, even close to the top of the hotel hierarchy. It is certainly to keep one on the toes to the end.
10. Elite (2018–2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When three working-class teenagers begin attending an exclusive private school in Spain, the clash between them and the wealthy students leads to murder.
Stars: Omar Ayuso, Itzan Escamilla, Mina El Hammani, Miguel Bernardeau
Votes: 90,818
11. Outlander (2014– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Claire Beauchamp Randall, a nurse in World War II, mysteriously goes back in time to Scotland in 1743. There, she meets a dashing Highland warrior and gets drawn into an epic rebellion.
Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin
Votes: 179,148
If time travel is your thing, then hop onboard! But if romance is not up your street, then it is hard to follow this which originally came from the Outlander series of books from Diana Gabaldon, and the TV adaptation to the series has not ended as it stands (May 2020).
12. Vis a vis (2015–2019)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Thriller
She broke the law for the boss she fell in love with. Now this naive girl has to pay the price.
Stars: Alba Flores, María Isabel Díaz Lago, Marta Aledo, Najwa Nimri
Votes: 25,894
Not to be confused with the original Netflix series 'Orange Is The New Black' which was originally being compared to before it was aired on Spanish television, even if that was originally the inspiration for this.
While the original Netflix series is more of a comedy, this is more of a thriller. Though like the original, it also started out as a young accounting assistant being sent to jail for accounting fraud.
13. The Last Czars (2019)
TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A Chronicled look at the fall of the Romanov dynasty in Russia.
Stars: Robert Jack, Susanna Herbert, Ben Cartwright, Oliver Dimsdale
Votes: 9,672
As someone who did 20th century history in secondary school (or high school to an extent for some), the last of the Romanov dynasty in Russia (which this is also based on) was what opened the chapter in my history textbook, and so there was actually a lot riding for me as I was watching it, because I did already know what happened in the end to the immediate members of the royal family.
But I also learned a few more things while watching this, of whatever remained of the Romanovs who did escaped.
14. American Crime Story (2016– )
TV-MA | 42 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An anthology series centered around America's most notorious crimes and criminals.
Stars: Sarah Paulson, Annaleigh Ashford, Sterling K. Brown, Kenneth Choi
Votes: 98,967
From the dramatisation of the OJ Simpson trial, to the events leading up to the assassination of Gianni Versace, the real-life cases that used to grip the United States when it broke, and introducing to a new generation of what used to take place.
But that is not all, due to the potential of a new topic for a new series. Until then, watch this space.
15. Maradona in Mexico (2019)
230 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
The Dorados, Culiacan's local team, are at the bottom of the rankings when Maradona arrives, looking for a fresh start. The experts predict disaster.
Stars: Diego Maradona, Mark Lewis, Vanessa Nicole Hill, Dennis Kleinman
Votes: 1,223
Despite whatever one may say about Diego Maradona the football (or soccer) coach as compared to his playing days, his time in the Mexican second division (before now back in Argentina) was also fascinating to follow too.
16. Cathedral of the Sea (2018)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, History
In 14th-century Barcelona, a serf's determined climb to wealth and freedom incurs the disdain of the noble class and the suspicion of the Inquisition.
Stars: Susana G. Esteban, Jordi Aguilar, Aitor Luna, Susana Ballesteros
Votes: 5,283
The Cathedral of the Sea is a real cathedral which still stands today, but the television adaptation of the novel of the same title which inspired it is not in terms of the story of one of those who helped building it.
But it is also an insight into medieval Spain, especially in Catalonia. And how the world was such a different place as compared to now.
17. High Seas (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two sisters discover disturbing family secrets after a string of mysterious deaths occur on a luxury ship traveling from Spain to Brazil in the 1940s.
Stars: Ivana Baquero, Jon Kortajarena, Alejandra Onieva, Eloy Azorín
Votes: 8,392
18. Welcome to the Family (2018–2019)
TV-MA | Comedy
When an evicted single mom's estranged father dies, she and his second wife cover up his death after they learn that they've been written out of his will.
Stars: Melani Olivares, Ivan Massagué, Yolanda Ramos, Nao Albet
Votes: 537
Has to be said, the very first comedy series that I watched...which is entirely in Catalan. At least there are the English subtitles to help me get by.
19. If I Hadn't Met You (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A man who loses his family in a tragic accident discovers that he can travel to alternate universes, compelling him to find a world in which his family can be saved.
Stars: Pablo Derqui, Andrea Ros, Javier Beltrán, Paula Malia
Votes: 2,957
Like 'Bevinguts a la familia' (or 'Welcome to the Family'), this is also in Catalan, with the occasional English. The English dialogue will be able to put into context in the later part of the series.
20. Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager (2018)
104 min | Documentary, Sport
The definitive portrait of the late English football manager Sir Bobby Robson, one of the game's most inspirational and influential figures, whose legacy lives on far beyond the football field.
Directors: Gabriel Clarke, Torquil Jones | Stars: Pep Guardiola, Gary Lineker, José Mourinho, Ronaldo
Votes: 3,283
A documentary film which is unlike any other, especially for a generation of English football fans who remember his time at the England dugout especially during the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
His Barcelona days is also an honourable mention, during a time when even these days an English or British coach abroad is rare.
21. Becoming Champions (2018– )
Documentary, Sport
The world's most popular sport. The biggest event on earth. The most coveted trophy. Only 8 countries have ever won it. Never before has this been covered. This Series explores each of the ... See full summary »
Votes: 515
But what led to only a selected few countries/nations winning the ultimate prize in football (soccer)? Taking into context this was aired in 2018, the national teams featured might had changed for the better (or not) during the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
As in Italy infamously not at that tournament, England had a surprise run all the way to semis which echoed their 1990 World Cup campaign, France winning it again for the second time in their history, Germany as the holders at the time infamously exited at the group stages.
But the stories featured is also like a history class each time, and every country/nation is unique in what made them stand out.
22. Les Bleus une autre histoire de France (2016 TV Movie)
104 min | Documentary, History, Sport
This documentary follows the French national team for 20 years, from 1996 to 2016. Successes and setbacks that mirrored the French Society.
Directors: David Dietz, Sonia Dauger, Pascal Blanchard
Votes: 814
The history of the French national football team, up till 2016 when this was aired.
Is France a footballing nation or not like its immediate neighbours elsewhere, and what united the country when it hosted and won the 1998 World Cup on home soil, and what drove it apart in the intervening years. The history of the French national team that has actually also more often that not been the story of immigration to France from the players that has represented the side over the years, from Raymond Kopa (Poland) to Michel Patini (Italy), Alain Giresse (part-Spanish through his mother), to the class of 1998 in Zinedine Zidane (Algeria), Thierry Henry (French Caribbean), Marcel Desaillly, Lilian Thuram, Patrick Vieira (Africa), and the list does not end there.
The history of the national side which is also being played out in the political backdrop of the day, due to what France as a country has since come to experience beyond the football pitch. For those interested in looking beyond the footballing history of the French national team, it is one to watch of how it fits into the wider French society and psyche as a whole.
23. Chiamatemi Francesco (2016– )
Biography, Drama
A segment of Father Jorge Bergoglio's journey to papecy in a country torn apart by Argentine military dictator Jorge Rafael Videla.
Stars: Rodrigo de la Serna, Mercedes Morán, Muriel Santa Ana, Rafael Federman
Votes: 168
Or otherwise known as 'Call Me Francis' on Netflix, it is Pope Francis before he was the pope, witnessing the Argentine military dictatorship to his later years in becoming the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, and how he was supposed to be heading for retirement until he was summoned to the Vatican after the resignation of his eventual predecessor.
It is also the story of the first-ever pope with a Jesuit background as well.
24. Gaga: Five Foot Two (2017)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Music
This documentary goes behind the scenes with pop provocateur Lady Gaga as she releases a bold new album and prepares for her Super Bowl halftime show.
Director: Chris Moukarbel | Stars: Sandra Amador, Michael Bearden, Tony Bennett, BloodPop
Votes: 13,695
25. The Final Year (2017)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
A chronicle of the Barack Obama administration's foreign policy team and the events of Obama's final year in office.
Director: Greg Barker | Stars: Ben Rhodes, Samantha Power, John Kerry, Susan Rice
Votes: 3,411 | Gross: $0.19M
26. The Alcàsser Murders (2019)
TV-MA | 303 min | Documentary, Crime
True crime documentary examining one of the most controversial crimes in Spanish history.
Stars: Fernando García, Elías León Siminiani, Ramón Campos, Yolanda Laguna
Votes: 2,589
A look back at what became the kidnapping and murder case that shook Spain in the 90s over three teenage girls who never went to their intended destination and the eventual ensuing media circus that followed, eerily mirroring the OJ Simpson trial in that same decade.
And how even after all these years, only one person had been charged for the crimes. And the legacy that remains in how such crimes are covered and the grim reminder that it is not a stand-alone case of crimes against women.
27. Two Catalonias (2018)
TV-MA | 116 min | Documentary, History, News
A documentary that tackles the ideological conflicts surrounding the December 21 election in the country, to the push for sovereignty and subsequent parliamentary declaration of independence and the aftermath.
Directors: Álvaro Longoria, Gerardo Olivares | Stars: Luis María Anson, Inés Arrimadas, Elsa Artadi, Antoni Bassas
Votes: 798
For an understanding of how the Catalan independence question came to a head leading to the contested referendum back in 1 October 2017. The documentary might had ended with the aftermath of the regional election in Catalonia which was called in the same year it was released, but what happened in 2017 has definitely brought it to even international attention.
28. Le serment des Hitler (2014 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary
Documents the lineage of Adolf Hitlers descendants, focusing on William Patrick Hitler, the nephew of Adolf Hitler. Cataloguing his attempts to use Hitlers celebrity in the early years, his... See full summary »
Director: Emmanuel Amara | Stars: Florian M. Beierl, Fabrice d'Almeida, David Gardner, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 197
A French investigation into whatever is left of the Hitler family line after the end of WWII...which shows up in the United States but under different guises. But what might had led to that, and the burden to be living the legacy.
29. The Demise of ETA (2017)
107 min | Documentary, Crime, History
From the "socialization of suffering" to peace in the Basque Country: with extraordinary access to the principal players, this is the story of a 10 year process, which began with secret ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Webster | Stars: Jesús Eguiguren, Arnaldo Otegi, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
Votes: 445
The Basque separatist group ETA has always carry a fearsome reputation even beyond the Spanish Basque Country, but there has always been those who are willing to risk in bringing about the peace to prevent any more unnecessary bloodshed.
A series of interviews in this documentary film of the people involved willing to do it, so that the future generations will not suffer (and first aired before the eventual dissolution of ETA the following year).
30. Broadchurch (2013–2017)
TV-MA | 1,143 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Stars: David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan
Votes: 127,345
Olivia Colman was the original reason for me to watch this, until the subtle hints to Doctor Who showed up...starting with the creator of the series himself. Before Jodie Whittaker made history as the first female Doctor, she played the mother who had to learn to deal with the murder of her son in this fictional seaside town and how she eventually moved on from it in the subsequent two seasons after the opening season.
What made this unique from a number of crime drama series, it is how each season deals with a case, and not one case being dealt with in a single episode. After all, it also goes into how the fictional seaside town has been affected by it as well, where it also affected to those on the investigating side and how their lives may get entangled in it. How often than not the human factor is being considered as well?
For me personally, this series in hindsight also led me to an important discovery I never knew 15 years ago even as a Harry Potter fan myself, and it is whom Olivia Coleman acted alongside with as her working colleague in the three-parter series. It had to take watching this to finally hit me in the face after finishing the three-parter series originally from ITV back in March 2020 in making the connection to what happened in the film adaptation of 'Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire' and finally realising who was playing the film's biggest villain away from Lord Voldermort in Barty Crouch Jr. on screen that I first saw on the big screen as an 18-year-old back in 2005. I know.
31. November 13: Attack on Paris (2018)
55 min | Documentary, Crime
Documentary chronicling the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015.
Stars: François Hollande, Line, Jimmy, Anne Hidalgo
Votes: 3,743
In a series of interviews of those who survived and the authorities involved in dealing with the aftermath all the way up to the then-French president Francois Hollande who was also interviewed in this series, the terrorist attacks on the French capital back on 13 November 2015, and how it was played out outside Stade de France, on the streets of the French capital, and at the Bataclan where the tension was at its highest due to the hostages held there, who were originally there for a concert.
It is always a reminder of the horrors terrorism can evoke, but it is also always a reminder of the stories of hope of how those who survived are still coping.
32. Roberto Saviano: Writing Under Police Protection (2016 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Great, funny and poignant bio/interview with the author of Gomorrah now under police protection. Pif the director & interviewer is both funny & enlightening.
Director: Pif | Star: Roberto Saviano
Votes: 163
The journalist who will always be famously known for exposing the crime syndicate in his native Naples in the book 'Gomorra' has since gone into hiding and having limited public appearances due to the real threats against him where he also needed police protection. And thus making it hard for people to meet up with him.
But another journalist decided to take the brave step in doing it, and asking how Roberto Saviano managed to get through all these while even despite his book is well-received abroad but having mixed reception at home.
33. Jessica Jones (2015–2019)
TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Following the tragic end of her brief superhero career, Jessica Jones tries to rebuild her life as a private investigator, dealing with cases involving people with remarkable abilities in New York City.
Stars: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, Carrie-Anne Moss
Votes: 226,820
This originally came up as one of the recommendations on my Netflix account, but was originally hesitant on whether to watch until reading about how there were good reviews for the two leads which in hindsight came in the first season for Krysten Ritter (as the title character throughout the eventual three seasons) and David Tennant (especially in the first season as the creepy and sinister mind-controller Kilgrave, even if he also feature occasionally in the next two seasons). The final rating from my part came as a result of the accumulation of how I felt after watching the entire three seasons, but it would have been definitely slightly higher if it was just based on the first season alone.
*potential spoilers ahead*
In a way, the first season had set the standards. It was the season that Jessica Jones is a private investigator after what happened to her a year ago and moving on from when she thought she had allow her one-time partner Kilgrave to die in an accident...until it was not. She had thought that she was investigating the case of a missing college student after the Shlottmans came to her for help, until all the evidences surrounding Hope Shlottman (whom Jessica eventually tracked down) started to point back to Kilgrave. Jessica had PTSD after what happened to her the year before where she had been previously being controlled by him as well. She might had needed him alive to prove his existence to help make Hope's case that it is not a one-off, but he saw it differently.
After all it turns out, Jessica became the first to resist Kilgrave's mind-controlling abilities, and after she had left him to die a year ago, it was in hindsight the start of him devising means and ways for Jessica to come back into his life...leading to a declaration of love from him, and the various edge-of-your-seat moments that happens in just about almost every episode in the first season. That was until what happened in the final episode in the first season. What I can say is that as someone who in hindsight first remembered David Tennant in his pre-Doctor Who fame when he was Barty Crouch Jr. in the fourth Harry Potter film in The Goblet of Fire, the level of sinisterness in this series has actually upped the ante from when I first know him on the big screen as a Harry Potter fan myself remembering how his character as Barty back then was supposed to be in the fourth Harry Potter book which became close to how it was in the film adaptation, it was constantly giving me the heebie-jeebies just watching the first season alone...and that says something itself.
The second season was to be towards initially reluctantly from Jessica's part (but coming after the insistence from her adopted sister Trish Walker), investigating into the origins of her powers which came after an accident which she became the only survivor where the rest of her family died. Or so she thought, after eventually coming to find out that her mother Alisa has been alive all these while, but also having enhanced powers like her daughter, except that the side-effects is much stronger than Jessica's. Alisa's strengths would also become deadly, but in hindsight help to set up the stage for someone else to counter that.
In the third season, the person that Jessica would eventually come up against is the psycho serial killer Gregory Salinger, the person who nearly killed her. Though the person Salinger was originally targeting was for someone else who had been with Jessica. But this would be also the season where Jessica is severely tested of who she is all along, where it also gets personal as her adopted sister Trish turning to the other side and becoming the 'bad guy'.
The Marvel Netflix series also came to break ground in the second season where all the episodes were directed by women which became refreshing, and also came to be seen ahead of the times due to the various themes presented which later also associated with the #MeToo movement.
34. The Last Dance (2020)
TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Led by Michael Jordan, the 1990s Chicago Bulls establish themselves as one of the most notable dynasties in sports history.
Stars: Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Scottie Pippen, David Aldridge
Votes: 152,287
The docu-series on the Chicago Bulls dynasty of the 90s which was supposed to air in June during the NBA play-offs which had been pushed forward due to the lockdown coming as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and being released on ESPN and internationally through Netflix, it is also a look-back at the time when Michael Jordan came to be known for what he would be on the court, and everyone and anyone who has been associated with him, on and off the basketball court.
For seasoned basketball fans, this will be a trip down memory lane of how the sport was like especially back in the 90s. For a younger generation, this is a time to understand the sporting dynasty that the Chicago Bulls built with Michael Jordan at the heart of it. That is people like me who grew up with NBA highlights on TV with him in it and watching 'Space Jam' with Jordan being the biggest sporting superstar of my childhood in the 90s. It might had been seen by some as more of a celebration of Jordan's basketball career and less of his unsavoury moments, but it did also shone a light of his gambling, golfing...and when he took time out to play baseball.
And it is also a reminder that the Chicago Bulls has never reached the heights that they have been since their last title in 1998.
35. Senna (2010)
PG-13 | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.
Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Ayrton Senna, Reginaldo Leme, John Bisignano, Neyde Senna
Votes: 75,841 | Gross: $1.61M
Technically this is actually a re-watch on Netflix because this was once shown on pay-TV here. The details of what I remember then became hazy, and so this became a chance to remember once again of the Formula One career of the late Aryton Senna, and the impact he also made back in his home country of Brazil with what he achieved on the racing track.
36. Alias Grace (2017)
TV-MA | 45 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Grace, an Irish immigrant in 19th-century Canada, is convicted of the murder of her employer. However, things take a different turn when a psychiatrist arrives to analyze her mental state.
Stars: Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Rebecca Liddiard, Zachary Levi
Votes: 37,838
The fact that this was adapted from the historical novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood (more known due to 'The Handmaid's Tale') and at the same time based on the real-life case of whether Grace Marks was involved in the murders at where she was working at the Kinnear residence, it did also made me tried to figure it out during the course of the series.
That is even if there are also characters whom are clearly fictional like in the novel itself, in terms of the likes of the psychiatrist Dr. Simon Jordan. And certain elements which are also fictional as well because the real-life Grace Marks took on another identity after being released and left for the United States and never heard from since, unlike how it ended in the final episode of the series.
37.
Secrets of the Manor House (2012– )
Episode:
Secrets of Highclere Castle
(2013)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary
See how life was - and is - lived in Highclere Castle.
Director: Vicky Matthews | Stars: Samuel West, Paul Brooke-Taylor, Colin Edwards, Robert Hawker
Votes: 238
It has always been famously known as the setting for the 'Downton Abbey' TV series, featuring the lives of the Crawley family and their servants. But it is also a real house with a real family, occupied by the Earl of Carnarvon.
But before 'Downton Abbey' made Highclere Castle famous beyond Britain, the castle was last known for how the fifth Earl of Carnarvon played a part in the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
It is also an insight into how such castles have to be maintained in the modern times, as explained by the current Earl in terms of how it is also opened to the public at certain times to keep it going and relevant.
38. Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
PG | 80 min | Documentary, Biography
The Muppet Elmo is one of the most beloved characters among children across the globe. Meet the unlikely man behind the puppet - the heart and soul of Elmo - Kevin Clash.
Directors: Constance Marks, Philip Shane | Stars: Kevin Clash, Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Oz, Bill Barretta
Votes: 7,222 | Gross: $0.30M
39. Secrets of Henry VIII's Palace: Hampton Court (2013 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
The history of this grand 500-year-old palace is inextricably tied to the lavish lifestyle of King Henry VIII and the doomed fates of his six wives.
Director: Sam Taplin | Star: Samuel West
Votes: 332
40.
Secrets of the Manor House (2012– )
Episode:
Secrets of Chatsworth
(2013)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary
Chatsworth, in Derbyshire, is among England's largest and grandest estates. It served to demonstrate to wealth and status of the Cavendish family, its earls, especially after their ... See full summary »
Director: Susannah Ward | Stars: Samuel West, Fred Astaire, Peregrine Cavendish, Amanda Foreman
Votes: 98
41.
Secrets of the Manor House (2012– )
Episode:
Secrets of Althorp: The Spencers
(2013)
54 min | Documentary
History & secrets of the Althrop Mansion owned by the Spencer family.
Director: Kasia Uscinska | Star: Samuel West
Votes: 116
42. Who Killed Little Gregory? (2019)
60 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
When their 4-year-old son is murdered, a young couple fights a twisting and arduous battle trying to identify a frustratingly elusive killer.
Stars: William Salyers, Jayne Taini, Page Leong, Peter James Smith
Votes: 3,302
43. Formula 1: Drive to Survive (2019– )
TV-MA | 40 min | Documentary, Sport
Docuseries following the FIA Formula One World Championship across multiple seasons.
Stars: Will Buxton, Jack Nicholls, Daniel Ricciardo, Lewis Hamilton
Votes: 50,949
44. American Genius (2015– )
Documentary, History
Documentaries about great American thinkers, and how their ideas have changed the world.
Stars: Jeff Wilburn, Benjamin Loeh, John S. Howell Sr., Nicholas Augusta
Votes: 617
45. Our Planet (2019–2023)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary
Explores and unravels the mystery of how and why animals migrate, showing some of the most dramatic and compelling stories in the natural world through spectacular and innovative cinematography.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 51,190
46. Our Planet: Behind the Scenes (2019 TV Movie)
TV-G | 63 min | Documentary
Looks at the hardships and drama of capturing footage from Our Planet (2019).
Directors: Huw Cordey, Sophie Lanfear, Ilaira Mallalieu, Kieran O'Donovan, Hugh Pearson, Gisle Sverdrup | Stars: David Attenborough, Regis Passera, Mark Smith, Paul Stewart
Votes: 1,937
47. Whitney (2018)
R | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
An in-depth look at the life and music of Whitney Houston.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Whitney Houston, Ellen White, Michael Houston, Cissy Houston
Votes: 7,875 | Gross: $3.03M
48. The Royal House of Windsor (2017)
296 min | Documentary, History
The history of Britain's ruling dynasty, the Windsors, over the last 100 years, starting with the time around the outbreak of WWI.
Stars: Gwilym Lee, Christian Wolf, Piers Brendon, Sarah Gristwood
Votes: 1,755
49. The Vietnam War (2017)
TV-MA | 99 min | Documentary, History, War
A comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Huy Duc, James Willbanks, Duong Van Mai Elliott
Votes: 27,994
50. The Civil War (1990)
TV-14 | 76 min | Documentary, History, War
A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.
Stars: David McCullough, Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards
Votes: 18,566
51. The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate Del Castillo Story (2017)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
Famed Mexican actress Kate del Castillo introduces a Hollywood star to a fugitive drug lord. What could go wrong? For her: a lot.
Stars: Kate del Castillo, Jessica Maldonado, Marianne Sauvage, Sean Penn
Votes: 1,197
52. Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
R | 118 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.
Director: Craig Brewer | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson
Votes: 64,973
53. The Toys That Made Us (2017–2019)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
The minds behind history's most iconic toy franchises discuss the rise (and sometimes fall) of their billion-dollar creations.
Stars: Donald Ian Black, Kirk Bozigian, David Vonner, Mark Bellomo
Votes: 6,158
54. Footprints, the Path of Your Life (2016)
PG | 89 min | Documentary
A Roman Catholic priest leads a band of ten young men from various backgrounds on a pilgrimage. They walk from the south of France along the less popular Northern Route of the "Camino" to ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Manuel Cotelo
Votes: 286
55.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
First Face of America
(2018)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
The remains of a 13,000-year-old skeleton of a prehistoric teenager are located in an underwater cave in Mexico.
Director: Graham Townsley | Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Alberto Nava, Alex Alvarez, Dominique Rissolo
Votes: 287
56.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Poisoned Water
(2017)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
An investigation of what happened in Flint, Mich., when officials changed the city's water source to save money, but overlooked a critical treatment process.
Director: Llewellyn M. Smith | Stars: Joe Morton, Gina Luster, Claire McClinton, Dayne Walling
Votes: 137
57. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,685
58. 13th: A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernay (2017 Video)
37 min | Documentary, Short
Oprah Winfrey sits down with other to discuss social and cultural issues.
Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay
Votes: 213
59. Sour Grapes (2016)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Crime
Documentary about the fine and rare wine auction market centering around a counterfeiter who befriended the rich and powerful and sold millions of dollars of fraudulent wine through the top auction houses.
Directors: Reuben Atlas, Jerry Rothwell | Stars: Laurent Ponsot, Jay McInerney, Jefery Levy, Maureen Downey
Votes: 5,997
60. Forever Chape (2018)
80 min | Documentary
FOREVER CHAPE tells the story of the soccer team Chapecoense, from Santa Catarina, Brazil. A club with an incredible spirit that didn't stop and in honor of the victims and the survivors of the tragedy, the club today looks reborn.
Director: Luis Ara
Votes: 320
61. The White Helmets (2016)
TV-14 | 41 min | Documentary, Short, War
As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.
Director: Orlando von Einsiedel | Stars: Dana Abed, Tia Alkerdi, Khalid Farah, Mohammed Farah
Votes: 8,199
62. Anne with an E (2017–2019)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
The adventures of a young orphan girl living in the late 19th century. Follow Anne as she learns to navigate her new life on Prince Edward Island, in this new take on L.M. Montgomery's classic novels.
Stars: Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Andrea Arruti
Votes: 66,463
63. Greatest Events of WWII in Colour (2019)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
A series of colorized archive footage of important events during World War II.
Stars: Derek Jacobi, Geoffrey Wawro, James Holland, Saul David
Votes: 10,731
64. Living Undocumented (2019)
45 min | Documentary
A look at the lives of undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
Votes: 618
65. Inside the Freemasons (2017)
44 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
With unique and unprecedented access to one of the world's oldest social networking societies this series asks who are the Freemasons and what do they do?
Stars: Chris Noon, Peter Lowndes, Garry Hacking
Votes: 489
66. Icarus (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Documentary, Sport
When Bryan sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller.
Director: Bryan Fogel | Stars: Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin, Grigory Rodchenkov
Votes: 54,721
67. SKY Castle (2018–2019)
75 min | Drama, Mystery
A satirical drama that closely looks at the materialistic desires of upper-class parents in South Korea and how they ruthlessly secure the successes of their families at the cost of destroying others' lives.
Stars: Yum Jung-ah, Lee Tae-ran, Yun Se-ah, Oh Na-ra
Votes: 4,100
68. Shine On with Reese (2018– )
30 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
In a talk show straight from the heart, actor and producer Reese Witherspoon visits with groundbreaking women to discuss their inspiring journeys.
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, America Ferrera, Dolly Parton, Ava DuVernay
Votes: 317
69. Our Godfather (2019)
92 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
OUR GODFATHER is a feature-length documentary about Tommaso Buscetta, the first high-ranking Italian mafia boss ever to turn against Cosa Nostra. Buscetta helped convict more than 400 ... See full summary »
Directors: Mark Franchetti, Andrew Meier | Stars: Cristina Buscetta, Roberto Buscetta, Lisa Buscetta, Roberto Precioso
Votes: 1,623
70. Sergio (2009)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and the rescue operation when he was trapped and injured by a bomb explosion at UN headquarters in Baghdad.
Director: Greg Barker | Stars: Sergio Vieira de Mello, Tony Blair, Samantha Power, Condoleezza Rice
Votes: 965
71. Unbelievable (2019)
TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama
A teenager is charged with lying about being raped, but two detectives follow the path to the truth.
Stars: Kaitlyn Dever, Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, Blake Ellis
Votes: 119,790
72. Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (2020)
TV-MA | 48 min | Biography, Drama, History
The inspiring story of trailblazing African American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker who built a haircare empire that made her America's first female self-made millionaire.
Stars: Octavia Spencer, Tiffany Haddish, Carmen Ejogo, Kevin Carroll
Votes: 13,608
73. Unorthodox (2020)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama
Story of a young ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman who flees her arranged marriage and religious community to start a new life abroad.
Stars: Shira Haas, Amit Rahav, Jeff Wilbusch, Alex Reid
Votes: 92,458
74. Making Unorthodox (2020)
21 min | Short, Documentary
Director: Marlene Melchior | Stars: Silke Fischer, Harvey Friedman, Shira Haas, Alexa Karolinski
Votes: 204
75. Delhi Crime (2019– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama
Based on the Nirbhaya case, Delhi Crime follows the Delhi Police investigation into the finding of the men who perpetrated this crime.
Stars: Shefali Shah, Rasika Dugal, Rajesh Tailang, Anurag Arora
Votes: 26,175
76. Giri/Haji (2019)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective from Tokyo scours London for his missing brother, who's been involved with the Yakuza and accused of murder.
Stars: Takehiro Hira, Kelly Macdonald, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Will Sharpe
Votes: 16,871
77. Drug Squad: Costa del Sol (2019)
Action, Crime, Drama
Four cops with very different personality unite to create a skilled narcotics squad in the Spain of late 70s.
Stars: Hugo Silva, Álvaro Cervantes, Miki Esparbé, Jesús Castro
Votes: 713
78. Bodyguard (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Troubled war veteran turned Police Officer David Budd is assigned to the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Protection Branch.
Stars: Richard Madden, Sophie Rundle, Vincent Franklin, Ash Tandon
Votes: 147,968
79. Sherlock (2010–2017)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The 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.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves
Votes: 999,200
80. Unauthorized Living (2018–2020)
TV-MA | 75 min | Drama
Nemo Bandeira, a dealer with a clean businessman facade, is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and tries to keep it from his family while he starts to think about who might be his successor.
Stars: Jose Coronado, Álex González, Claudia Traisac, Luis Zahera
Votes: 6,033
81. The Baby-Sitters Club (2020–2021)
TV-G | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Based on the book series of the same name focusing on a group of young girls who start their own babysitting service.
Stars: Sophie Grace, Momona Tamada, Shay Rudolph, Malia Baker
Votes: 4,850
82. The Claudia Kishi Club (2020)
17 min | Documentary, Short
Fans of the Babysitters Club books discuss the importance of the character of Claudia.
Director: Sue Ding | Stars: Lucia de la Garza, Mila de la Garza, Bela Salazar, Eloise Wong
Votes: 154
83. Morocco: Love in Times of War (2017)
70 min | Drama, War
In the Spanish city of Melilla, during the Rif War of the 1920s, Spanish volunteer nurses of Red Cross with no experience adapt to their new lives.
Stars: Amaia Salamanca, Álex García, Verónica Sánchez, Álex Gadea
Votes: 3,287
84. Derry Girls (2018–2022)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
The personal exploits of a 16-year-old girl and her family and friends during the Troubles in the early 1990s in Northern Ireland.
Stars: Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Tara Lynne O'Neill, Kathy Kiera Clarke
Votes: 58,472
85. Watership Down (2018)
TV-PG | 51 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Fleeing their doomed warren, a colony of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home.
Stars: James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, John Boyega, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 6,982
86. Queen Sono (2020)
TV-MA | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drama about a secret agent who fights crime while dealing with crises in her personal life.
Stars: Pearl Thusi, Rob van Vuuren, Vuyo Dabula, Chi Mhende
Votes: 1,389
87. She-Wolves: England's Early Queens (2012)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Historian of the medieval period, Helen Castor, presents an in depth and insightful series covering England's early Queens, from the High Middle Ages with Eleanor and get daughter-in-law ... See full summary »
Star: Helen Castor
Votes: 488
88. Dancing with the Birds (2019)
52 min | Documentary
From ruffling their majestic feathers to nailing im-peck-able courtship routines, birds in paradise flaunt their best moves in hopes of landing a mate.
Director: Huw Cordey | Star: Stephen Fry
Votes: 2,759
89. Secrets of Great British Castles (2015–2016)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History
Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britain's most famous castles: Warwick, Dover, Caernarfon, the Tower of London, Carrickfergus, and Stirling.
Stars: Dan Jones, Christophe Lombardi, Jay Dee, Ronald Hutton
Votes: 1,235
90. Chale Chalo: The Lunacy of Film Making (2003)
150 min | Documentary
An account of the making of the Lagaan, by director Satyajit Bhatkal, who served as a production assistant on the film.
Director: Satyajit Bhatkal | Stars: Ashutosh Gowariker, Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh
Votes: 439
91. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman
Votes: 14,835
92. The Teochew Family (1995)
45 min | Drama
This drama describes the trials and tribulations the Teochew Cai Family under the patriarch Cai Qing-yang (Kenneth Tsang) from the late 1940s to the 1990s.
Stars: Kenneth Tsang, Huifen Zeng, Shucheng Chen, Yinji Jin
93. Hainan Kopi Tales (2000)
46 min | Drama
Using the famous Hainan coffeeshop as a backdrop, this nostalgic drama explores the Hainanese way of life from the 60s to the 80s. Long Fu Yuan, a Hainanese coffeeshop owner, has two sons (... See full summary »
Stars: Shawn Lee, Catherine Sng, Florence Tan, Meng Lai
94. Secrets of Chatsworth (2013 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Chatsworth Estate, which has been passed down through 16 generations of the Cavendish family over the past 500 years, is the current home of the 12 th Duke of Devonshire and his family.
Director: Susannah Ward | Star: Peregrine Cavendish
Votes: 175
95. Doc Martin (2004–2022)
TV-14 | 46 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The trials and tribulations of Martin Ellingham, a brilliant but socially challenged doctor who moves from London to the picturesque village of Port Wenn in Cornwall.
Stars: Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Ian McNeice, Joe Absolom
Votes: 20,236
96. The Queen's Gambit (2020)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama
Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.
Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp, Marcin Dorocinski
Votes: 553,956
97. The Keepers (II) (2017)
TV-MA | 62 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
A seven-part docuseries about the unsolved murder of a nun and the horrific secrets and pain that linger nearly five decades after her death.
Stars: Gemma Hoskins, Abbie Schaub, Virginia Anzengruber, Jean Hargadon Wehner
Votes: 25,063
98. Line of Duty (2012–2021)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.
Stars: Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Craig Parkinson
Votes: 70,247
99. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
A female sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of Melbourne in the late 1920s, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit.
Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings
Votes: 17,727
100. Unbeatables (1993–2002)
45 min | Action, Drama
Stars: Nan Xing Li, Zoe Tay, Cassandra See, Weidong Liang
Votes: 16
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