Kicking off the new year are the premieres of 28 new Euro TV series, seasons, and films from 12 countries in the US and beyond.
To see the complete list of Euro TV shows available in the US and UK, see the Euro TV Shows by Language section. Viewers in the US can check the ongoing updates of titles released throughout each month on the Euro TV Viewing Guide page.
All programs listed here are shown in their original language with English subtitles, except where noted. The trailers below, which may or may not have English subtitles, might not be suitable for all audiences; viewer discretion is advised.
(For details about the premieres of shows from the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries, visit The British TV Place, The Down Under TV Place, and The Global TV Place.)
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NATIONAL PREMIERES
The Love Scam (Mica è Colpa Mia) (Italy)
In this romantic comedy, brothers Vito (Antonio Folletto, The Bastards of Pizzofalcone, No Place Like Home) and Antonello (Vincenzo Nemolato, Everything Calls for Salvation, Gomorrah) are drowning in debt, so they concoct a plan to save their family home in Naples: Scam a wealthy heiress, Marina (Laura Adriani, No Place Like Home, Makari), by pretending to be the founders of a charity. However, as Vito immerses himself in his role, he discovers that Marina is deeply unhappy. Unexpectedly, Vito’s heart begins to falter and his well-laid plan gets complicated when the deception turns into a real love story. The Love Scam, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Wednesday, January 1, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Number 24 (NR. 24) (Norway)
Set during World War II, this biopic-historical drama centers on Gunnar Sønsteby, a young Norwegian man whose drive to resist the Nazis sees him carry out daring acts of sabotage, setting a new course for his future and the future of his country, and making him Norway’s greatest war hero.
Starring Sjur Vatne Brean (Delete Me, Occupied) and Erik Hivju (Atlantic Crossing, Witch Hunt) as the younger and older Gunnar Sønsteby, respectively, Number 24, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Wednesday, January 1, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Astrid: Season 4 (Astrid et Raphaëlle) (France)
In this new season of this hit, fan-favorite mystery drama, Astrid (Sara Mortensen, Murder in Bayeux) and Raphaelle (Lola Dewaere, Fear by the Lake) go about trying to solve several new mysterious cases, including a bloody diamond heist, a Machiavellian chess game, an in-flight murder, and a “twice-dead victim,” amongst others. They also have to contend with serious disruptions in their private lives at the same time.
Astrid’s seven-year-old half-brother, Niels (Handy Gedio, Balthazar), suddenly comes into her life from out of nowhere, and he’s very clingy. It’s not easy for her to handle him while she’s trying to build a relationship with Tetsuo (Kengo Saito, Drops of God). And just when Raphaelle thought she could clinch the deal with Nicolas (Benoît Michel, Munch), a misunderstanding unsettles everything and allows their new colleague, Norah (Sophia Yamna, Ramsès le Grand), to worm her way into their emotional imbroglio.
Astrid: Season 4, a Walter Presents title, premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, January 3, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel, other Walter Presents partner channels, and PBS Passport.
Love Is Blind: Germany (Germany)
The “Love Is Blind” franchise expands to Germany, where the reality series’ experiment sees local singles seek true love and a commitment that lasts a lifetime, all before meeting each other face-to-face.
Love Is Blind: Germany, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, January 3, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Breakthrough (Genombrottet) (Sweden)
Based on the nonfiction book Genombrottet: Så löste släktforskaren dubbelmordet i Linköping (translation: The Breakthrough: How the Genealogist Solved the Double Murder in Linköping) by journalist Anna Bodin and genealogist Peter Sjölund, this four-part fictional drama is about an unexpected hero, an unlikely collaboration, and the hunt for a killer.
In 2004, a shocking double murder was committed in Linköping, Sweden — a case that became Sweden’s second largest murder investigation to date, and one that went unsolved for sixteen years. It wasn’t until a detective teamed up with a genealogist that a much-needed breakthrough happened: For the first time in Europe, a murder was solved through genealogical research.
Starring in the series as the detective and the genealogist are Peter Eggers (Snabba Cash, Blinded) and Mattias Nordkvist (Deliver Me, The Restaurant), respectively. The cast also includes Jessica Liedberg (Sthlm Requiem), Julius Fleischanderl (The Sandhamn Murders), and Annika Hallin (Agent Hamilton), amongst others.
The Breakthrough, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Tuesday, January 7, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Hound’s Hill (Wzgórze psów) (Poland)
In this mystery thriller, famous writer Mikołaj Głowacki (Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, 1983) returns to his hometown of Zybork after many years away, the victim of a blackmail over the book he wrote about a murder that shook his town twenty years ago. He’s accompanied by his wife, Justyna (Jasmina Polak, Dead End), an ambitious investigative journalist who gets involved in an investigation into the local corruption opposed by Mikołaj’s activist father, Tomasz (Robert Wieckiewicz, The Getaway King), uncovering dark secrets tied to the town’s tragic history in the process. With a series of murders and accidents forcing them to stay in Zybork, they must discover the truth about the events of that tragic night two decades ago.
Based on the best-selling novel Wzgorze psow by Jakub Żulczyk, Hound’s Hill, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, January 8, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
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Subteran (Romania)
Ana Ularu (Paris Has Fallen, Tribes of Europa) stars in this crime thriller as Cami, a young mother whose life is upended by the Bucharest gang responsible for her fiancé’s death. To escape them, she hides behind a secret identity, playing the role of girlfriend and hacker for Roman (Cezar Grumăzescu, Wednesday), an undercover agent who finds himself in a desperate situation — and Cami’s only chance to get revenge and save her son.
Subteran, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, January 8, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
I Am Ilary (Italy)
This docuseries follows TV host Ilary Blasi as she defines her life post-divorce, balancing personal growth, career opportunities, and a new love.
I Am Ilary, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, January 9, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Ad Vitam (France)
This action thriller follows Franck Lazarev (Guillaume Canet, Out of Season, La belle époque, Tell No One), a former member of the GIGN, the French Elite Intervention Squad, who, after escaping a murder attempt on his life, must find his very pregnant wife, Léo (Stéphane Caillard, Iskander, Marseille). She’s been kidnapped by a mysterious group of armed men who hold her hostage until they get what they want. Now caught up by his past in the GIGN, Franck is pulled into a state affair far beyond his control.
Costarring Nassim Lyes (Under Paris, The Spy), and featuring Etienne Guillou-Kervern (The New Look), Zita Hanrot (La Maison), Johan Heldenbergh (Everybody Loves Diamonds), and Alexis Manenti (The Confidant), Ad Vitam, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Friday, January 10, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Alpha Males: Season 3 (Machos Alfa) (Spain)
The new season of this hit comedy series finds the four 40-something friends — Pedro (Fernando Gil, Bosé), Luis (Fele Martínez, Bad Education), Raúl (Raúl Tejón, The Girl in the Mirror), and Santi (Gorka Otxoa, A Private Affair) — getting tangled up in more complications as they navigate paternity, romantic anarchy, and sex in a new era of masculinity and female empowerment.
Alpha Males: Season 3, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, January 10, exclusively on Netflix.
Partners in Crime: Potsdam Homicide: Season 1 (SOKO Potsdam) (Germany)
Although the crime drama Luna & Sophie technically ends with Season 4, it lives on as Partners in Crime: Potsdam Homicide. Both titles make up the series SOKO Potsdam (the German name of both shows), one of the local versions under the “SOKO” franchise (similar to “Tatort” and its local series set in Berlin, Cologne, Vienna, and elsewhere). So, Seasons 1-4 of SOKO Potsdam equals Luna & Sophie, and Season 5 forward equates to Partners in Crime: Potsdam Homicide: Season 1 forward.
Now that we have that out of the way, the newly-named series finds Tamara Meurer (Anja Pahl, Friesland) (introduced in Season 4 of Luna & Sophie/SOKO Potsdam) working with a new partner, Pauline Hobrecht (Agnes Decker, Tatort). On Pauline’s first day at the criminal investigation department in Potsdam, a frightened young man shows up at the office, introducing himself as Tim Demandt, the victim of a kidnapping eleven years ago, who finally managed to escape his captor. This forces Tamara and Pauline to reopen the missing person case to find the person who kidnapped Tim Demandt.
Partners in Crime: Potsdam Homicide: Season 1, a Walter Presents title, premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, January 10, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel, other Walter Presents partner channels, and PBS Passport.
Naked and Afraid: Spain (Aventura En Pelotas: Espana) (Spain)
The “Naked and Afraid” extreme survival and adventure format expands its reach to Spain (after France and Brazil) with this new reality series. Unlike the original American series, the Spanish version follows five adventurous couples (instead of two), who will try to survive for three weeks in the middle of the Colombian jungle without water, food, or clothing, and with only one tool and another object of their choice. Naked and Afraid: Spain premieres in the US on Sunday, January 12, on Max and its digital channels, including Max on Prime Channels.
Cassandre (France)
Gwendoline Hamon (Fatal Reunion, Perfect Murders) stars in this police drama as Florence Cassandre, a sharp and skilled cop and a devoted mother. Going against her best career interests, she accepts a transfer so she can be near her son, Jules (Jules Houplain, The Promise), who’s been placed in a high school for juvenile offenders. She takes over as the police chief in the town of Annecy, where her new colleagues take a haughty attitude toward their Parisian boss. Although Cassandre is initially concerned that the slow pace in the sleepy town will leave her bored, her preconceived notions are quickly changed, as crimes seem to happen non-stop.
Costarring Alexandre Varga (Pacific Criminal), Dominique Pinon (The Island of Thirty Coffins), and Jessy Salomée Ugolin (Love and Trouble in Paris), Cassandre premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, January 14, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Public Disorder (A.C.A.B. La serie) (Italy)
Based on the novel ACAB by Carlo Bonini, as well as the film ACAB, this action-crime drama follows a night of ferocious clashes in Val di Susa. A team from the Mobile Unit of Rome loses their chief, who is seriously injured. But Mazinga (Marco Giallini, Rocco Schiavone), Marta (Valentina Bellè, The Good Mothers), and Salvatore’s (Pierluigi Gigante, Gomorrah) team isn’t like the others; it’s a team from Rome, which had to learn to contrast chaos and troubles with extreme methods, as well as with the harmony of a tribe, almost like a family. A family that the new commander, Michele (Adriano Giannini, Bang Bang Baby), part of the reformist police, will have to deal with.
For cops like Michele, teams like his new one symbolize an old way of policing that must be made over. As if the chaos that hits the new squad at this moment of maximum internal fragility wasn’t enough, there’s also a new wave of public discontent with institutions like the police. Amongst rising tensions, the team members are called to take sides and forced to question the deeper meaning of their work and their own membership in the police department.
Public Disorder, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, January 15, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Bunker (Sweden)
With echoes of the notorious Austrian Josef Fritzl case that sent shock waves around the world, this true-crime docuseries sheds light on an unimaginable crime: In 2015, Isabel Eriksson, a young Swedish woman, was drugged and kidnapped by Dr. Martin Trenneborg on their second date. She woke up to find herself in a bunker that the doctor had spent years building, a horrific place where he planned to keep her and other women locked up. Although Isabel survived the terrifying ordeal, she is still haunted to this day. Battling PTSD, she bravely faces her fears as she revisits her past and tries to come to terms with what the vile kidnapper did to her.
The Bunker premieres in the US on Thursday, January 16, exclusively on Viaplay partner channels, including Viaplay on Prime Video Channels.
The Calendar Killer (Sebastian Fitzeks Der Heimweg) (Germany)
In this crime thriller, Klara (Luise Heyer, Dark, Tatort: Borowski), a young mother, calls a telephone support service for women and tells call handler Jules (Sabin Tambrea, The Interpreter of Silence, Babylon Berlin) that she has been given an impossible choice by the notorious murderer, the Calendar Killer: Either she kills her husband (Friedrich Mücke, Weinberg) or she will be murdered on this very night. So begins Klara’s desperate attempt of escape from the Calendar Killer: on the phone with Jules, her only hope of rescue.
The Calendar Killer, an Amazon Germany Original Movie, premieres globally on Thursday, January 16, exclusively on Prime Video.
Lovers Anonymous (Adsiz Asiklar) (Türkiye)
Halit Ergenç (Rise of Empires: Ottoman) stars in this romantic drama as Cem, a man who runs the “Love Hospital” despite being scarred by a childhood that crushed his trust in love. Enter Hazal (Funda Eryigit, Ethos), who believes in the power of love and disrupts Cem’s life.
Lovers Anonymous, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, January 16, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Sisi: Austrian Empress: Season 3 (Germany-Austria)
In the third season of this historical drama, power struggles in Europe, workers’ unrest in Vienna, and the conflict over the upbringing of their son, Rudolf (Arian Wegener, Buba), put Sisi (Dominique Devenport, Night Train to Lisbon) and Franz’s (Jannik Schümann, Tribes of Europa) love to the test. While Franz fights to maintain his power, Sisi is faced with a breaking point, torn between the fight for her family, the longing for freedom, and the obligations at court. Sisi: Austrian Empress: Season 3, a Walter Presents title, premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, January 17, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel, other Walter Presents partner channels, and PBS Passport.
German Crime Story: Deadlock (German Crime Story: Gefesselt) (Germany)
In this mystery-crime drama series, based on a shocking true crime that made national headlines in 1992, a mysterious kidnapping case leads the police to Raik Doormann (Oliver Masucci, Dark), a master furrier. After finding hidden messages left behind by previous victims, Detective Langenbeck (Angelina Häntsch, Charité) starts to suspect that they may be dealing with none other than Hamburg’s notorious Acid Bath Killer. Single-handedly, she launches an undercover investigation, and it’s not long before Doorman’s intricate web of lies and deceit starts to unravel…
Costars include Sylvester Groth (Deutschland 83/86/89), Wolf Danny Homann (All Quiet on the Western Front), Valentina Sauca (Money Murder Zurich), Thomas Lawinky (Tatort: Cologne), and Nikola Kastner (Dark Woods).
German Crime Story: Deadlock premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, January 21, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Whiskey on the Rocks (Sweden)
In this satirical historical comedy-drama series inspired by real events, a Soviet nuclear Whiskey class submarine is spotted aground inside a restricted Swedish military area in the early hours of October 28, 1981. With the world teetering on the brink of disaster and global superpowers on edge, all eyes turn to Sweden’s calm and collected prime minister, Thorbjörn Fälldin (Rolf Lassgård, A Man Called Ove, The Hunters), a former sheep farmer, who faces the immense challenge of keeping peace between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (Kestutis Stasys Jakstas, Tokyo Trial) and U.S. President Ronald Reagan (Mark Noble, All Creatures Great and Small).
Also featuring in the six-episode limited series are Anders Mossling (The Helicopter Heist), Filip Berg (Black Lake), Rolf Lydahl (Bäckström), Niklas Engdahl (Bonus Family), and Adam Lundgren (The Restaurant), amongst others.
Whiskey on the Rocks, a Hulu Original, premieres in the US on Wednesday, January 22, exclusively on Hulu.
Shafted (Super Mâles) (France)
A French remake of the Spanish series Alpha Males, this comedy series follows four middle-aged male friends — Cédric (Manu Payet, Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom), Tom (Antoine Gouy, Lupin), Jérémie (Vincent Heneine, The Paris Murders), and Tonio (Guillaume Labbé, The Hookup Plan) — as they fumble their way through love, life, and career crises in modern-day Paris while attempting to adjust to a world full of empowered women.
Shafted, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, January 24, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Shared Custody (Custodia repartida) (Spain)
This new comedy-drama series follows the newly-separated Cris (Lorena López, Past Lies) and Diego (Ricard Farré, Instinto), who are forced to move back to ther respective parents’ homes because they can’t afford to live alone and take care of their five-year-old daughter. Although the grandparents are excited that their children and granddaughter are back in their lives, things quickly go downhill.
Featuring Adriana Ozores (Alba), Francesc Orella (Merlí), Aten Soria (30 Coins), Fernando Sansegundo (Alpha Males), Lucía de Gracia, and Clara de Ramón (Merlí. Sapere Aude), Shared Custody, a Disney+ Original, premieres globally on Friday, January 24, exclusively on Disney+.
Sleepers: Season 1 (Netherlands)
This crime drama follows Martin Oudkerk (Robert de Hoog, Amsterdam Vice, Lord & Master), who became a cop in Utrecht because of his criminal stepfather, Henk (Hans Kesting, Ares). The latter had sent Martin to the police academy when he was eighteen in order to have an inside man within the police force. Now, Martin is forced to betray his colleagues by a new group of criminals who want him to give them important information. In order to keep himself and his family safe, he must comply. But his situation is made more difficult because his wife, Noura (Maryam Hassouni, Meskina), also works for the police.
Sleepers: Season 1, a Walter Presents title, premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, January 24, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and other Walter Presents partner channels.
Tatort: Harbor Crimes (Germany)
This latest local series in the “Tatort” franchise, starring Dar Salim (Spring Tide, Dicte), Luise Wolfram (Das Boot, Charité), and Jasna Fritzi Bauer (Dogs of Berlin, Blochin), follows detectives in the city of Bremen. In the series opener, the police search for a newborn that was kidnapped from a local clinic. Elsewhere in Bremen, a young man is found dead in front of an abandoned industrial building. Are the two cases connected? Although Danish detective Mads Andersen (Salim) is set to return to Copenhagen, he stays to investigate them, along with colleagues Liv Moormann (Bauer) and Linda Selb (Wolfram). Tatort: Harbor Crimes premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, January 28, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
The Hooligan (Kibic) (Poland)
This drama centers on two warring football (soccer) clubs that take their rivalry off the pitch and into the world of crime and violence, forcing teenager Kuba (Grzegorz Palkowski, Infamy) to do everything to survive there.
Costarring Wojciech Zieliński (Furioza), Marta Żmuda Trzebiatowska (War Girls), and Karol Pocheć (Detective Forst), The Hooligan, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, January 29, exclusively on Netflix.
Bullshit (Denmark)
Based on the acclaimed book Bullshit: The Story of a Family by Camilla Stockmann and Janus Køster-Rasmussen, and inspired by true events, this award-winning biker drama series tells the story of a group of lost and rebellious youths in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. Alba August (The Congregation) stars as Pia, a determined 16-year-old who summons up the courage to finally leave her difficult family. Taking with her just 100 Kroner and the desire to be part of a community, she meets 18-year-old Henning (Marco Ilsø, Vikings), aka Mackerel. He’s turned his back on polite society to follow his dreams of brotherhood, freedom, and motorcycles, leading him to the hardcore biker gang Bullshit, which he sees as his family. Soon, the pair embark on a wild love affair as the ambitious Mackerel is determined to climb the ranks of Bullshit, whatever the cost.
Bullshit premieres in the US on Thursday, January 30, exclusively on Viaplay partner channels, including Viaplay on Prime Video Channels.
The Eastern Gate (Przesmyk) (Poland)
Set against the backdrop of a high-stakes battle between intelligence agencies on the global stage during an emerging conflict and international unrest, this new suspense thriller series follows Ewa, a Polish spy who wants to withdraw from the secret service to start a normal life after losing her pregnancy while in action. But when her lover is exposed by Russian intelligence and disappears without a trace, she goes on a rescue mission.
The cast of the six-episode series includes Lena Góra (A Night at the Kindergarten), Karol Pocheć (Detective Forst), Andrzej Konopka (Signs), Leszek Lichota (The Convict), Bartek Topa (The Convict), Piotr Pacek (The King of Warsaw), Eliza Rycembel (Murderesses), Tomasz Ziętek (World on Fire), Kamila Urzędowska (Murderesses), Jan Englert (The Disappearance), Ewelina Starejki (The Mire), and Antek Sztaba (Minghun).
The Eastern Gate, a Max Original Series, premieres in the US on Friday, January 31, exclusively on Max. New episodes will be released on Fridays through March 7.
The Snow Girl 2: The Soul Game (La chica de nieve 2: El juego del alma) (Spain)
Picking up where Season 1 of The Snow Girl left off, the new season of this mystery-crime thriller finds journalist Miren Rojo (Milena Smit, The Platform 2, The Girl in the Mirror, Parallel Mothers) with an envelope, on which is written, “DO YOU WANT TO PLAY?” Inside the envelope is a Polaroid picture with “Laura Valdivia 2012” written on it. The woman in the photo is bound, gagged, and blindfolded. So begins a new macabre game for Miren, one in which she will bet her life and even her sanity.
In delving into an elite school that seems to be at the center of the disappearance and murder of two young girls, Miren works with Jaime (Miki Esparbé, The Innocent, Drug Squad: Costa del Sol), an investigative journalist who arrives at the Sur newspaper fleeing from his past and trying to recover his lost reputation. As they dig beneath the school’s veneer, they discover mysteries, secrets, lies, and characters as full of wounds as Miren herself.
Reprising their roles for the new season are Aixa Villagrán (The Red Virgin, The Messiah), Jose Coronado (Wrong Side of the Tracks, Unauthorized Living), and Marco Cáceres (The Vineyard, Cable Girls). Joining the cast are Hugo Welzel (The Invisible Girl), Luis Callejo (The Longest Night), Luis Bermejo (High Seas), and Vicente Romero (Morocco: Love in Times of War), amongst others.
Based on the novel El juego del alma by Javier Castillo, part of his best-selling “Miren Triggs” series of psychological thrillers, The Snow Girl 2: The Soul Game, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, January 31, 2025, exclusively on Netflix.
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El juego del alma by Javier Castillo
“Miren Triggs” novels by Javier Castillo
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Deadly Honeymoon (J’ai épousé un inconnu) (France)
This drama thriller revolves around Emma (Déborah François, Saving Lisa) and David (Philippe Bas, The Paris Murders), newlyweds with a baby on the way, whose romantic escape to a secluded forest cabin turns into a nightmarish ordeal. As darkness falls, Emma is confronted by a masked man wielding an axe and barely escapes with her life. For the police, David’s behavior raises red flags. His absence during the attack, his evasive responses, and the fortune he stands to inherit if Emma were gone paint him as the prime suspect. As the investigation unfolds, David’s demeanor and reluctance to cooperate fuel suspicions, and a neighbor’s testimony further implicates him. In order to determine if she can trust the man she married or if he’s been hiding a dangerous side, Emma must peel back the months leading up to their honeymoon and question every memory and shared moment as she unravels the mystery surrounding her husband’s past.
Adapted from the novel Married to a Stranger by Patricia MacDonald, Deadly Honeymoon has its US linear debut on Saturday, January 25, at 9pm ET, on Eurochannel. (Folks who don’t have access to Eurochannel can stream the movie.)
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Married to a Stranger by Patricia MacDonald
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Crossfire (Cesta do tmy) (Czech Republic)
Based on Martin Goffa’s novel The Little Girl, this crime thriller revolves around a hostage situation carried out by a former top scientist-turned-desperate criminal (Matej Hádek, Mamon). Driven by reasons that are slowly revealed, he robs a bank in the city center, taking a dozen people hostage and detonating a bomb outside the building. Amidst the chaos, a police hostage negotiator, locked in a tense standoff with the perpetrator, must navigate a game of cat and mouse to save the lives of everyone involved, trying to buy time while uncovering what could possibly drive this man to such a desperate act.
Costarring Lucie Štěpánková (Internal Affairs), Jana Hinková, and Igor Orozovič (The Fury), amongst others, Crossfire has its US linear debut on Friday, January 31, at 9pm ET, on Eurochannel. (Folks who don’t have access to Eurochannel can stream the movie.)
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Snow Angels (Snöänglar) (Sweden-Denmark)
In this Scandi noir mystery-crime drama/psychological thriller, five-week-old baby Lucas mysteriously disappears from his home in suburban Stockholm two nights before Christmas. His mother, Jenni (Josefin Asplund, Top Dog, Vikings), was under the influence of strong sleeping pills and has no recollection of what happened that night, secretly fearing that she might have killed her own son. When news of the disappearance reaches Alice (Eva Melander, The Unlikely Murderer. Rebecka Martinsson), a seasoned police investigator, she suspects a crime has been committed. The revelation that a pediatric nurse named Maria (Maria Rossing, Carmen Curlers, Follow the Money) filed a complaint about Jenni with Social Services only heightens suspicions about the family. A massive police investigation is launched and Alice becomes deeply engrossed in the case, determined to uncover the truth and find Lucas before it’s too late.
Costarring Ardalan Esmaili (Greyzone, Beck) and Cecilia Nilsson (The Sandhamn Murders, Spring Tide), Snow Angels begins streaming in the US and Canada on Tuesday, January 7, on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Warrior (Kriger) (Denmark)
Dar Salim (Tatort: Harbor Crimes, Spring Tide, Dicte) stars in this action-crime drama as CC, a war veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life. He is plagued by guilt over his final mission, which resulted in the death of his best friend, Peter (Jakob Oftebro, Agent Hamilton). Peter’s widow, Louise (Danica Curcic, The Chestnut Man, Equinox), is a police investigator involved in the battle with a rough biker gang in Copenhagen. With CC not experiencing the post-war peace and normalcy he hoped for, he offers to help Louise by infiltrating the gang.
Costarring Lars Ranthe (Seaside Hotel) and Søren Malling (Borgen), Warrior returns to streaming in the US on Thursday, January 9, on Viaplay partner channels, including Viaplay on Prime Video Channels.
A French Village: Seasons 1-2 (Un village français) (France) — English Dubbed
This acclaimed drama is about the German occupation of France during World War II and its effects on the inhabitants of a small village in Jura. The cast includes Robin Renucci (Chefs), Audrey Fleurot (Spiral), Thierry Godard (Spiral), and Nicolas Gob (The Art of Crime), amongst many others. The English-dubbed version of A French Village: Season 1 begins streaming Tuesday, January 14, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels, followed by Season 2 on January 28.
Wisting: Season 1 (Norway)
Sven Nordin (Gold Run, Valkyrien, Blue Eyes) stars as Detective Chief Inspector William Wisting in this acclaimed Nordic noir mystery-crime drama series based on books in Jørn Lier Horst’s best-selling “William Wisting Mystery” crime novel series. In Season 1’s first five-part story, based on the novel The Caveman, Wisting tracks an American serial killer hiding in his community with the help of an FBI agent (Carrie-Anne Moss, The Matrix). The second story, based on the novel The Hunting Dogs, finds an old case coming back to haunt Wisting, who finds himself suspended while a dangerous killer is on the loose, forcing him to fight to save his reputation, career, and ultimately his life.
Costarring Thea Green Lundberg (Occupied), Mads Ousdal (Witch Hunt), and Lars Berge (Exit), amongst others, Wisting: Season 1 begins streaming in the US on Thursday, January 23, on Viaplay partner channels, including Viaplay on Prime Video Channels.
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The Caveman by Jørn Lier Horst
The Hunting Dogs by Jørn Lier Horst
“William Wisting Mystery” novels by Jørn Lier Horst
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Velvet: Season 2 (Spain)
Set in and around the upscale Galerías Velvet department store in 1950s/1960s Spain, this hit period drama is sudsy and addictive, filled with romance, personal and business dramas, gorgeous period costumes, and Art Deco-inspired sets. Its cast includes a who’s who of Spanish telly, including Miguel Ángel Silvestre (The Envoys), Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (Breathless), Javier Rey (The Patients of Dr. Garcia), and Manuela Vellés (High Seas), amongst many others. Velvet: Season 2 begins streaming in the US and Canada on Friday, January 31, on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and PBS Passport.
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Header photo credits: Top row (L-R): Cassandre (photo © Etienne Chognard/CCSP) courtesy of MHz Choice; The Åre Murders (photo credit: Benjam Orre © 2024 Netflix, Inc.) courtesy of Netflix | Bottom row (L-R): The Bunker courtesy of Viaplay; Astrid courtesy of PBS Distribution / Walter Presents
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