40 Best Spanish Shows on Netflix You Need to Watch
Even though there are not a lot of Spanish shows on Netflix in the US, we still managed to make a list of the 40 best ones. So, if you are looking for Spanish shows on Netflix, you are in the right place.
Some of the Spanish shows on this list are big names, with big stars, while others are gems of Spanish cinematography you can only find on Netflix.
Whichever you choose for your next watch, you can’t go wrong, so take a look below and choose your next Spanish watch on Netflix.
Money Heist (2017–2021)
The award-winning series is set in Madrid, where a mysterious man known as the Professor recruits a group of eight people to carry out an ambitious plan to break into the Spanish Royal Mint, where they want to escape with 2.4 billion euros.
Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area (2022-)
The series, both a remake and spin-off/continuation of the Spanish TV drama, follows the storyline and characters of the original. “The Professor” (Yoo Ji-tae), a strategist criminal mastermind, plans to pull off a heist in the reunified Korean Peninsula inspired by those in Spain.
The operation involves strategists and desperados with different characteristics and abilities, who have to face unusual situations. Thieves overtake the mint of a unified Korea. With hostages trapped inside, the police must stop them — as well as the shadowy mastermind behind it all.
The House of Flowers (2018–2020)
A wealthy matriarch tries to maintain her family’s facade of perfection after her husband’s mistress exposes their dirty secrets.
Always a Witch (2019–2020)
In Always a Witch, Carmen Eguiluz (Angely Gaviria) is accused of witchcraft and is set to burn at the stake, according to the way of the Inquisition in 1646 colonial Colombia.
While imprisoned and waiting for her execution, Carmen makes a deal with the wizard Aldemar, which makes her able to time-travel to 2019 in exchange for a favor. She won’t be able to use magic there though, since it would make Lucien, a powerful but evil wizard, aware of her presence.
Who Killed Sara? (2021–2022)
Hell-bent on exacting revenge and proving he was framed for his sister’s murder, Álex sets out to unearth much more than the crime’s real culprit.
High Seas (2019–2020)
Two sisters discover disturbing family secrets after a string of mysterious deaths occurs on a luxury ship traveling from Spain to Brazil in the 1940s.
The Mess You Leave Behind (2020)
Based on the novel of the same name, winner of the Primavera award 2016. Raquel, a young literature teacher, gives her marriage a second chance and moves to her husband’s birth town, which hides a dark secret she will try to unravel.
The Barrier (2020)
In the 2040s, twenty years after World War III, Spain faces radiation, disease, and extreme shortages. A despotic government rises and places the country under martial law. Madrid is divided into two sectors separated by a wall. The wealthy and powerful live in relative safety and luxury, but everyone else lives in squalor and in fear of forced disappearances.
Hache (2019–2021)
Inspired by real events, Hache is the story of Helena, a woman catapulted to the heroin trafficking business in the Barcelona of the 60s.
The Innocent (2021)
Nine years after getting himself involved in a quarrel and accidentally killing a man, Mateo (Mario Casas) attempts to start over with his wife Olivia (Aura Garrido). They will, however, be surprised by new developments that will tear their lives apart again.
Ingobernable (2017– )
The plot revolves around the murder of Mexico’s president, Diego Nava Martinez (Erik Hayser). On the night of his death, he attacks his wife, Emilia Urquiza (Kate del Castillo), in an abusive rage. The two struggle, and Emilia is eventually knocked unconscious.
She wakes up to find that Diego is dead, his bloody body cast off the balcony of their hotel room. A gun she aimed at him in the midst of their encounter is in her hand, even though she had left it in the bedroom. This leads her to believe that someone else came into the room to kill Diego, then set her up to take the fall. So, she flees from the police.
Toy Boy (2019– )
The fiction is set in the Costa del Sol. Hugo Beltrán (Jesús Mosquera) is a young, handsome and carefree stripper. One morning he wakes up on a sailboat, after a night of partying and excesses, next to the burned corpse of a man, allegedly the husband of his lover, Macarena Medina (Cristina Castaño), a mature and powerful woman with whom he maintained a steamy high-voltage sexual relationship. Hugo does not remember anything that happened the night of the crime, but he is sure that he is not the murderer, but the victim of a set-up to accuse him. After a quick trial, he is sentenced to fifteen years in prison.
Seven years later, he is visited in prison by Triana Marín (María Pedraza), a young lawyer who, representing a major law firm, offers to help him reopen the case and try to prove his innocence in a new trial. Although Hugo distrusts the offer, Triana gets the conviction annulled and Hugo is released from prison, on probation and pending the holding of a new trial in which they will have to be able to prove their innocence.
Triana and Hugo work together to try to unravel a complex plot that took an innocent person to prison. A relationship that will not be easy, since they belong to diametrically opposite worlds; She is a lawyer with a hard-working, responsible and bright future. He, a master of the night, a former prisoner and considered a murderer by everyone except himself.
Vis a vis (2015–2019)
Macarena Ferreiro Molina is a Spanish woman who falls in love with her boss and commits embezzlement. She is accused of four tax crimes and consequently imprisoned at the Cruz del Sur Prison as a precautionary measure with a high bail set.
In prison, Macarena learns that to avoid the projected seven-year sentence she will likely receive if convicted depends on changing, evolving and becoming a different person. To pay the bail, her family searches for a large sum of money hidden somewhere.
Cable Girls (2017–2020)
In 1928 a modern telecommunications company begins to operate in Madrid. The series tells of how the lives of four young women change after they start working for this company, which offers them decent pay and some independence. Each woman has a different reason for joining the company.
Alba Romero, who goes by the name Lidia Aguilar to conceal her identity, seeks a job at the telecommunications company to complete a mission. Ángeles Vidal is a young mother who works to help provide for her family and is the most experienced switchboard operator at the telecommunications company. Carlota Senillosa wants a job at the telecommunications company to escape her controlling father and her rigid high society life, and Marga Suarez joins the company to start a new chapter of her life.
The four women begin to form a close friendship, and together they navigate their sentimental lives and their work. The show reveals the hardships that working women faced in 1920s Spain and especially the severe restrictions on the rights of Spanish women in a male-dominated society.
Dark Desire (2020–2022)
Alma (Maite Perroni) is a law school professor. She is married to Leonardo (Jorge Poza), a judge who has kept much from her. They are the parents of Zoe (Regina Pavón). In this context, Darío (Alejandro Speitzer) and Esteban (Erik Hayser), a police officer, also come into play.
Nailed It! Mexico (TV Series 2019– )
¡Nailed it! México was inspired by the craze of people trying and failing to make elaborate cakes they found on the Internet. Three amateur bakers with demonstrated poor baking skills attempt to re-create edible masterpieces for a $10,000 prize and the “¡Nailed it!” trophy.
Competitors take part in two challenges over the course of the 35-minute episodes; their efforts are judged by co-hosts Omar Chaparro and Anna Ruiz, joined by a different guest judge each episode.
Monarca (2019–2021)
The plot revolves around a billionaire tequila magnate and his family in the corrupt world of Mexico’s business elites riddled with scandal and violence.
Cathedral of the Sea (2018)
The story begins with Bernat Estanyol (Daniel Grao), a humble farmer, who is about to wed Francesca Esteve (Natalia de Molina). Soon the Lord of Bella appears unceremoniously at the wedding, using his feudal rights to beat and rape Francesca. The focus then shifts to Arnau Estanyol (Aitor Luna), the son born after the marriage.
Unauthorized Living (2018–2020)
The plot of ‘Unauthorized Living’/ ‘Vivir sin Permiso’ follows the story of Nemo Bandeira, a drug lord with a clean businessman facade, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
Although he tries to keep the news away from his family it becomes difficult while he tries to assess who his successor might be. Season 1 of the show revolves around Bandeira’s challenges within his family and his business network. Season 2 will see how his second-in-command tries to steal the business empire from its rightful heir, resulting in betrayal, violence and mayhem in Bandeira’s life.
Rebelde (2022– )
As Elite Way School starts a new term, a familiar enemy, a secret society called the Lodge threatens to crash the musical hopes of the first-years.
Sky Rojo (2021–2023)
Coral, Wendy, and Gina, three prostitutes, go on the run in search of freedom while being chased by Romeo, their pimp from Las Novias Club in Tenerife, and his henchmen, Moisés and Christian.
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Together, the women embark on a frantic, chaotic journey during which they must face dangers of all kinds and live every second as if it were their last, while strengthening their friendship and discovering the most important thing: that together they are stronger and have more options to recover their lives.
The Snitch Cartel: Origins (2021– )
It is based on the book El Cartel de los Sapos by Andrés López López, and focuses specifically on the lives of the Villegas brothers, better known as Los Caballeros de Cali.
Heirs to the Land (2022)
Resourceful young Hugo Llor works to make a name for himself in 14th-century Barcelona while keeping a vow he made to the Estanyol family.
Elite (2018– )
After their school building collapses, three working-class friends – Samuel, Nadia and Christian – are offered scholarships to Las Encinas, the most exclusive private school in Spain.
The scholarships are sponsored by the construction company at fault for the school’s collapse. At Las Encinas, the three are initially ostracized by wealthy students. But as the school year progresses, their lives intertwine in a clash of lifestyles, resentments, envy, and sexual attraction.
Welcome to Eden (2022– )
A group of young adults attend a party on a remote island, but the tempting paradise they find waiting for them holds dangerous secrets and entrapments.
Alba (2021)
The series is set in the Marina Baixa. Alba, a student at the university in Madrid, is in a relationship there with Bruno, a young man from her hometown. One night, after returning to her hometown for the holidays, she is the victim of a gang rape and wakes up on the beach in the morning with no memory of the event.
Alba soon learns that the three male perpetrators are Bruno’s best friends, and that Bruno was also on the scene during the crime. Seeking justice, Alba and Bruno must resist pressure and threats from the wealthy and powerful Entrerríos family.
Someone Has to Die (2020)
A young man is recalled to Spain from Mexico by his wealthy family after a 10-year absence as they have found a suitable young woman for him to marry. However, he brings a male ballet dancer with him, sending shockwaves through his conservative town.
Club de Cuervos (2015–2019)
Set in the fictional city of Nuevo Toledo, Mexico, the series focuses on the Cuervos F.C., a football team that faces an identity crisis after the death of its owner, Salvador Iglesias Sr. Due to male-dominant cultural attitudes, his son, Chava, is quickly chosen to take on the role of new president, despite the fact that his sister, Isabel, is considered to be better suited to run the team. Isabel is resentful of Chava and his position as leader, and vows to do whatever possible to take his place as president.
Chava, whose vision is to transform the team into the “Real Madrid of Latin America”, soon proves to be a poor decision-maker and often angers his subordinates, especially Vice President Felix Domingo and Coach Goyo. The first season also explores the relationships between the players on the team, and how they are impacted by Chava’s decisions.
The Girl in the Mirror (2022– )
Following a bus crash, Alma—one of only a few survivors of the accident—wakes up in a hospital suffering from amnesia. Disoriented and traumatized, she tries to unravel the mystery behind the accident.
Go! Live Your Way (2019)
Fiercely talented Mia receives a scholarship to a prestigious dance academy, where she soon clashes with the owner’s fashionable and popular daughter.
Valeria (2020– )
Valeria is a writer who’s hit a dead end with both her writing and her husband. She finds solace in her three friends: Carmen, Lola, and Nerea.
Velvet (2013–2016)
The main storyline of the show is the love story of Alberto Márquez (played by Miguel Ángel Silvestre), heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion houses in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana Ribera (Paula Echevarría), who works as a seamstress there.
The Cook of Castamar (2021)
The fiction is set in 1720 in Madrid, during the reign of Philip V. After losing her father, Clara Belmonte (Michelle Jenner) develops agoraphobia and takes refuge in the kitchens, where she feels safe.
She starts working as a cook in the kitchens of the Duke of Castamar (Roberto Enríquez), marked by the tragedy of his pregnant wife’s death.
Diary of a Gigolo (2022)
Emanuel (Jesús Castro) is an escort who lives a luxurious life. After surviving a childhood of violence and poverty, Emanuel forms a bond with Minou (Adriana Barraza), a businesswoman who takes him under her wing and helps him become a sought-after escort. But his destiny changes when Ana (Fabiola Campomanes), one of his frequent clients, offers him a complex job: to seduce her daughter Julia (Victoria White) in order to strengthen her self-esteem.
With Julia’s arrival, Emanuel unexpectedly becomes romantically involved, leading him to question his life choices. Consumed by jealousy for the growing love that she herself encouraged, Ana threatens to tell her daughter the truth about Emanuel in order to put an end to their romance. Blinded by his passion for Julia, Emanuel fails to see the dangers that will affect his uncertain future with her and his life as a gigolo.
Wrong Side of the Tracks (2021– )
Set in the neighborhood of Entrevías, Madrid, the fiction follows the mishaps of Tirso Abantos, a former military man running a hardware store, whose monotonous daily routine is shaken by the violent sexual assault of his unruly and rebellious granddaughter Irene, of Vietnamese origin. He then teams up with corrupt police officer Ezequiel to face up the criminals in the neighborhood.
The Marked Heart (2022– )
Valeria, Simón’s wife, is murdered by a crime syndicate in order to remove her intact and compatible heart and transplant it into another person. This person is Camila, the wife of a wealthy man, who remains unclear about the true origin of her new heart. Simón, desperate and driven by revenge, enters the dangerous world of organ trafficking.
Camila, too, increasingly searches for answers and questions everything. Meanwhile, Simón dives further and further down the abyss to find those responsible for his wife’s death and make them pay. During his journey, Simón falls in love with Camila, who is allowed to live on thanks to the stolen heart of his murdered wife. When they both find out the truth, things become drastically more complicated and everything takes an even more life-threatening turn.
Feria: The Darkest Light (2022)
The plot of the fantasy thriller series is set in an Andalusian village in the mid 1990s and it follows two teenage sisters, Eva and Sofía, who find out that their parents, who have just disappeared, have committed a crime with a toll of 23 deaths. Sofia, wishing to see her mother again, follows the cult to open the doorway to the ‘Kingdom’ (aka hell). Eva is having trouble finding her sister and has constant hallucinations.
Their parents tried to stop the doorway to the ‘Kingdom’ and the mother was trapped there for stopping it. Sofia opens it and realizes too late she unleashed the devil. But she hopes to be able to get her mother out of the ‘Kingdom’.
White Lines (2020)
Zoe Walker leaves her quiet life behind to investigate her brother’s disappearance in Ibiza, where she quickly heads down a decadent and dangerous path.
The Queen of Flow (2018–2021)
A talented young Reggaeton music composer from Medellín, Colombia gets wrongly imprisoned in New York City, all her music is stolen, and her family is murdered. Years later she returns to Medellín to wreak revenge on those who wronged her.
Luis Miguel: The Series (2018–2021)
Before being known as Luis Miguel, Micky, as his family called him, finds a great satisfaction, love, and security alongside his beloved mother Marcela (Anna Favella) and his younger brother Alex (Juanpa Zurita). A singer of natural talent, he begins gaining recognition and popularity until he turns 11, when his father, Luis Rey (Óscar Jaenada), obsessively gives himself the task of turning his son into the superstar that he himself did not manage to be.
As Micky grows and becomes a pop star of the time, with the name of Luis Miguel (Diego Boneta), problems associated with fame and protecting his private life and his great loves begin. While the world falls in love with the masculine image of a tanned young man with a beautiful smile and fascinating lifestyle in Acapulco, which was the hallmark of his career, what lies behind this reality is how fame and fortune can impact a family.
