October brings the premieres of 35 new Euro TV series, seasons, films, and documentaries from 13 countries to 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
RIV4LRIES (Riv4li) (Italy)
Set in Pisa, this teen drama series explores the conflicts and discoveries of preadolescence: first loves, the search for one’s own identity, the aspirations of young people, the expectations of adults, the strength of friendship, and the prejudices that determine who is included or excluded from the “group.”
The third class of section D of the Montalcini middle school is the kingdom of the Insiders, a group led by Claudio (Samuele Carrino, The Devil’s Clock), the most popular boy in school, who’s supported by his best friend, Dario (Edoardo Miulli, Game of Love). Challenging them is Terry (Kartika Malavasi), who just moved from Rome and has formed a new group, the Outsiders. The rivalry between them is intense, but when the school is literally split in two by an actual wall, the Insiders and Outsiders must learn to come together to break down both the physical and emotional barriers that divide them.
Costarring Lorenzo Ciamei (Suburra: Blood on Rome), Eugenia Cableri, Melissa Di Pasca, Joseph Figueroa (Undefeated), Duccio Orlando, and Andrea Arru (That Dirty Black Bag), RIV4LRIES, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 1, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Dudes (Alphamännchen) (Germany)
Adapted from the Spanish comedy series Alpha Males, this German version follows four Teutonic alpha males — Ulf (Tom Beck, Einstein, You Are Wanted), Andi (Moritz Führmann, Charité, Tatort: Cologne), Cem (Serkan Kaya, Tatort, Inspector Rex), and Erik (David Rott, Vienna Blood, Money Murder Zurich) — friends in their mid-40s who realize that the world has moved on without them. No, they are no longer at the top of the food chain. Yes, yesterday’s alpha males are today’s charming relics. (Ouch.)
To wit: Ulf’s job is replaced by a younger woman. Cem learns about the nasty surprises of modern dating. Erik’s girlfriend suddenly wants to open up their relationship. And Andi gets pressured by his wife’s strong libido. The dudes see only one way out: a course to deconstruct male stereotypes. But applying what they’ve learned only makes things worse.
Costarring Mona Pirzad (The Last Word), Franziska Machens (Tatort: Streets of Berlin), Marleen Lohse (Our Miracle Years), Jaëla Probst (Sleeping Dog), and Valentina Leone (Rentnercops), Dudes, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, October 2, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Balloonist (De Ballonvaarder) (Netherlands)
This comedy-drama revolves around Gaby (Sallie Harmsen, The Wonder Weeks, Until I Kill You), a 37-year-old single mother who lives on a remote farm with her 7-year-old son, Kuif (Beau Minnaert), and her ailing mother, Mientje (Frieda Pittoors, Wil, Van der Valk). Her life is turned upside down when hot-air balloon pilot Arnaud (Pieter Embrechts, Redbad, Strike Force) crash-lands on her coop full of heritage chickens, and the incident proves to be a turning point, revealing a long-hidden family conflict.
On top of battling life’s daily challenges, from caring for her mother and working as a cleaner at a hotel, to worrying about her son and a difficult rooster, Gaby has to deal with the arrogant Arnaud, who’s now her next door neighbor. While he and Kuif develop a bond, Gaby starts opening up to Arnaud. But the closer he gets to her, the more she withdraws from him, plagued by her past and worries. Meanwhile, Gaby, Arnaud, and Mientje each carry a big secret, and the truth that gradually comes to light will change everything.
The Balloonist premieres globally on Friday, October 3, exclusively on Disney+.
For Better or Worse (Attraction) (Belgium)
Laura Sepul (Banking District, Public Enemy) stars in this thriller series as Agathe, a wife and mother living a seemingly picture-perfect life. But when the police start investigating her husband, Fred (Lannick Gautry, Prison Island, Fear by the Lake), as a suspect in a murder committed in the hotel where he was staying for work, the veneer of her happy marriage starts to crack.
Agathe is now plagued by doubts. Is the man with whom she’s shared her life for fifteen years a murderer? Hasn’t she been trapped in an abusive and toxic relationship with him all these years? What does she really know about Fred, anyway? While her family becomes engulfed in a high-tension criminal investigation, Agathe plunges into obsession.
For Better or Worse, a Walter Presents title, premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, October 3, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and other Walter Presents partner channels.
The Intern: Season 4 (La stagiaire) (France)
In the fourth season of this popular mystery-crime dramedy series, law clerk Constance Meyer (Michèle Bernier, Syndrome E) and Judge Boris Delcourt (Antoine Hamel, Olivia) delve into the death of young woman who’d been serving on the jury in a murder trial, the discovery of the body of a woman who’d been living under a false identity, and the murder of a personal trainer with links to Constance’s husband, Barth (Philippe Lelièvre, The Bureau), amongst others of their cases.
Costarring Clément Moreau (Nina), Jeanne Lambert (Caïn), Antoine Hamel (Olivia), Nicolas Marié (The Art of Crime), Géraldine Loup (Perfect Murders), Soraya Garlenq (Inhuman Resources) and Lélia Nevert (La Terre Appelle Mathilde), The Intern: Season 4, a Walter Presents title, premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, October 3, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and other Walter Presents partner channels.
The New Force (Skiftet) (Sweden)
This new period drama is about Sweden’s first female cops. It opens in 1958, when the class of Sweden’s first female police officers graduates. They may be few in number, but these pioneers take a big step for gender equality. However, they struggle to take even the smallest step themselves, literally, as the skirts they’re forced to wear chafe like sandpaper against their thighs. What’s more, they are ridiculed by the public, belittled by the media, and scorned by their colleagues.
Assigned to the Klara police district in Stockholm, the country’s most crime-ridden district, these women start their new crime-fighting job by patrolling the city’s streets. It doesn’t take long for them to realize that their biggest problem isn’t the criminals; rather, it’s the resistance that comes from colleagues and Swedish society as a whole.
The cast includes Josefin Asplund (Top Dog, Snow Angels), Agnes Rase (Rebecka Martinsson, Midsommar), Malin Persson (Thunder in My Heart, The Restaurant), Christopher Wagelin (The Truth Will Out, Blue Eyes), Hannes Fohlin (Thin Blue Line, The Restaurant), Rasmus Luthander (The Unlikely Murderer, Let the Right One In), Jimmy Lindström (Agatha Christie’s Hjerson, The Simple Heist), Cilla Thorell (Gåsmamman, The Sandhamn Murders), Pablo Leiva Wenger (The Helicopter Heist, A Nearly Normal Family), Peter Eriksson (The Unlikely Murderer, Beck), Dominik Henzel (Murder in Sweden, Spring Tide), Leonard Terfelt (Young Royals, The Bridge), Adam Schmidt, Matilda Esselius (Faithless, The Congregation), Camila Bejarano Wahlgren (The Sandhamn Murders, Ronja the Robber’s Daughter), and Linus Eklund.
The New Force, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, October 3, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Old Dog, New Tricks (Animal salvaje) (Spain)
Filmed entirely in Galicia, this new eight-episode comedy series centers on Antón Gandoy (Luis Zahera, Wrong Side of the Tracks, Unauthorized Living, Sky Rojo), a rural Galician veterinarian who, amid the ongoing crisis in the farming world and the closure of livestock farms, finds himself without clients because they can no longer afford to pay him. With few options left, he accepts a job offer from his upbeat niece, Uxía (Lucía Caraballo, I Don’t Like Driving, Dime Quién Soy: Mistress of War), the manager of a boutique pet store that caters to the Coruña jet set.
In this perfectly designed and colorful space, stocked with more gourmet products than a supermarket, Antón goes from treating cows to diagnosing a guinea pig’s dyslexia. Amidst grooming dogs, giving hamsters check-ups, and dealing with pet owners who are fussier than their animals, Antón quickly realizes that this world doesn’t resemble at all the one that he knew; likewise, it isn’t the world Uxía imagined, either.
Costarring Carmen Ruíz (Love in Difficult Times) and Antonio “Morris” Durán (Cocaine Coast), Old Dog, New Tricks, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, October 3, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Rhythm + Flow France: After the Beat (Nouvelle École: Et après: Réussir ou mourir) (France)
This documentary explores the aftermath of Rythm & Flow France, meeting iconic participants from the competition and following their progress on the rap scene.
Rhythm + Flow France: After the Beat, a Netflix Documentary, premieres globally on Friday, October 3, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Cassandre: Season 3 (France)
This crime drama series follows Florence Cassandre (Gwendoline Hamon, Fatal Reunion, Perfect Murders), a devoted mother and skilled cop who left Paris for a new job as the police chief in the town of Annecy, located in the beautiful Haute-Savoie region, in order to be near her son. In Season 3, she and her team investigate the murders of a nurse, a student, a customs officer, and a soldier.
Costarring Alexandre Varga (Pacific Criminal), Dominique Pinon (The Island of Thirty Coffins), and Jessy Salomée Ugolin (Love and Trouble in Paris), Cassandre: Season 3 premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, October 7, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Néro the Assassin (Nero) (France)
Set in 1504, this action-adventure drama series stars Pio Marmaï (How I Became a Super Hero, The Three Musketeers – Part I: D’Artagnan, The Three Musketeers – Part II: Milady) as Néro, a dangerous and cynical assassin who is betrayed by his master and longtime ally. Now there’s a bounty of 10,000 ducats for anyone who brings Néro in, dead or alive.
Elsewhere in the south of France, Father Horace (Olivier Gourmet, Haven Of Grace, Oussekine) has been caring for Néro’s daughter, Perla (Lili-Rose Carlier Taboury), who thought she was an orphan until she and Néro, who knew nothing of her, either, are unexpectedly reunited. According to the priest, “the forces of evil are looking for her,” so the (biological) father and daughter embark on an epic journey to Ségur, where Perla should be safe, fighting for their lives as they make their way there. Traveling alongside a ragtag, dysfunctional band of companions, Néro, caught between vengeance and redemption, faces his ultimate choice: save himself or save his daughter.
Costarring Alice Isaaz (Notre-Dame), Louis-Do de Lencquesaing (Spiral), Yann Gael (1899), Sandra Parfait (Lupin), and Camille Razat (Emily in Paris), Néro the Assassin, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 8, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Crime Scene Sweden: Season 12 (Svenska Fall) (Sweden)
This popular, award-winning, true-crime docuseries returns with eight episodes about murder cases that shook Sweden to its core. Each episode does a deep dive into a notorious crime, unraveling the story through courtroom audio, press conferences, news footage, and exclusive interviews with eyewitnesses, family members, lawyers, police, and journalists — offering viewers a vivid, immersive look at the investigation as it unfolded, piece by piece. By the end of every episode, we have a comprehensive understanding of the case as well as new, untold details that shed fresh light on the infamous crime. Crime Scene Sweden: Season 12 premieres in the US on Thursday, October 9, exclusively on Viaplay on Prime Channels and other Viaplay partner channels.
Old Money (Enfes Bir Akşam) (Türkiye)
This romantic drama series centers on Osman (Engin Akyürek, Black Money Love, My Name Is Farah) and Nihal (Aslı Enver, In Good Hands, Bride of Istanbul). He came from nothing, but through making bold and decisive moves, became very wealthy and successful. Conversely, Nihal was born into money; she is the heir of a well-established seafaring family with generational wealth. Theirs is a romance that plays out amidst the battle between old money and new money and the clash of power and intellect.
Costarring Dolunay Soysert (Don’t Leave), İsmail Demirci (Crash), Serkan Altunorak (Another Self), Taro Emir Tekin (Rise of Empires: Ottoman), Selin Şekerci (Umami), Sedef Avcı (The Void), Zeynep Oymak (Call My Manager), Armağan Oğuz (Wolf), and Ahmet Utlu (The Shadow Team), Old Money, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, October 10, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
One Step from Heaven: Season 4 (Un passo dal cielo) (Italy)
This mystery series starring Enrico Ianniello (Inspector Ricciardi) and Daniele Liotti (Squadra mobile) returns with new episodes. One Step from Heaven: Season 4, a Walter Presents title, premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, October 10, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and other Walter Presents partner channels.
The Hanko Murder (Murha Hangossa) (Finland)
Set against the backdrop of the picturesque Finnish coastal town of Hanko, this ten-episode crime drama series revolves around a father-daughter duo and a mysterious murder. Ruben Waara (Matti Ristinen, All the Sins, Attack on Finland) is a charismatic 50-year-old bachelor who sells his company and returns to his hometown in Hanko for the summer. But on the day of his arrival, his estranged daughter, Vera (Mimosa Willamo, Deadwind, Roba), a police detective, is focused on something more pressing than reestablishing their relationship, as she finds herself embroiled in a complex murder investigation.
Costarring Aku Sipola (Made in Finland), Anu Sinisalo (Bordertown), and Ville Myllyrinne (Freezing Embrace), amongst others, The Hanko Murder premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, October 14, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Public Enemy: Season 3 (Ennemi Public) (Belgium)
Opening just after the conclusion of Season 2, the third and final season of this mystery-crime drama series sees the search for the kidnapped women continuing, with police detective Chloé Muller (Stéphanie Blanchoud, Spiral) as determined as ever to find her sister, Jessica (Pauline Etienne, Into the Night). Still assisting in the investigation is Guy Béranger (Angelo Bison, Atlas), the convicted child murderer-turned-novitiate who is now Brother Guy. With his new status at the Vielsart Abbey, he is free to come and go as he pleases, which maybe isn’t such a good thing… (Video is from Season 2)
Costarring Jean-Jacques Rausin (Into the Night), Clément Manuel (Ganglands), and Philippe Jeusette (Spiral), Public Enemy: Season 3 premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, October 14, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Inside Furioza (Druga Furioza) (Poland)
Following on from the events in the crime drama film Furioza, this sequel sees a plan to oust the leader of the violent and formidable Furioza hooligan gang ending in murder, and gang member Golden (Mateusz Damięcki, Furioza, Ultraviolet) taking over as head of the group and gaining control over the city. But Golden craves more power and plans to expand his territory beyond Poland’s borders. However, his brutal rule draws the attention of both law enforcement and rival hooligan factions, threatening to destroy his empire.
Featuring Szymon Bobrowski (The Disappearance), Weronika Książkiewicz (Kill Me If You Dare), Łukasz Simlat (The Mire), Wojciech Zieliński (The Hooligan), Mateusz Banasiuk (“Squared Love” films), and Cezary Łukaszewicz (The Thaw), Inside Furioza, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 15, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
To Cook a Bear (Koka björn) (Sweden)
This new period mystery-crime drama series is based on the internationally best-selling novel To Cook a Bear by Mikael Niemis, named Best Book of the Year by the Sunday Times and shortlisted for the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Award.
Set in 1852, it revolves around pastor Lars Levi Læstadius (Gustaf Skarsgård, Oppenheimer, Cursed, Vikings) and his family, newly-arrived in the isolated village of Kengis in northern Sweden. Idyllic, this place is not, with brutal acts, power struggles, and forbidden love happening amongst the haves and the have-nots. Plus, the village is spooked by the disappearance of a young woman, Hilda (Eleonoora Kauhanen, Girl Picture), as well as frightening rumors of bear attacks. To help find Hilda, Lars and his Sámi foster son, Jussi (Emil Karlsen), lead a search for her, only to make a horrific discovery. While the villagers believe the bear did it, Lars suspects a human culprit, which is born out when another person is found murdered. As Lars sets about investigating these events more closely, he gets entangled in a dangerous battle brewing in the community.
Costars in the six-episode drama include Ane Dahl Torp (Occupied), Tyra Wingre (Steffi), Magnus Krepper (Before We Die), Pernilla August (Young Royals), Simon J. Berger (Exit), Jonas Karlsson (Beck), Johan Widerberg (Spring Tide), Jaakko Ohtonen (All the Sins), Tobias Zilliacus (Thicker than Water), Sigrid Johnson (Murder in Sweden), and Lucas Grimstedt (The Breakthrough), amongst others.
To Cook a Bear premieres in the US on Wednesday, October 15, exclusively on Hulu, and internationally exclusively on Disney+.
To Cook a Bear by Mikael Niemis
Culpa Nuestra (Our Fault) (Spain)
Based on the novel Our Fault (original title: Culpa nuestra), the final title in Mercedes Ron’s New York Times best-selling “Fault” trilogy (original title: “Culpable”), this highly-anticipated romantic drama film sees the wedding of Jenna (Eva Ruiz, Culpa Mía) and Lion (Víctor Varona, Culpa Tuya) setting the stage for the long-awaited reunion between Noah (Nicole Wallace, Skam España, Parot) and Nick (Gabriel Guevara, From Tomorrow, Raising Voices), some time after their breakup. Nick’s inability to forgive Noah creates a seemingly insurmountable barrier between them. He, now heir to his grandfather’s business empire, and she, just starting her career, resist reigniting a flame that still smoulders within them. But now that their paths have crossed again, will love prove stronger than resentment?
The returning cast includes Marta Hazas (Alpha Males), Iván Sánchez (Bosé), Goya Toledo (Veneno), Gabriela Andrada (Heirs to the Land), Álex Béjar (Élite), Javier Morgade (The Gardener), and Felipe Londoño (Wrong Side of the Tracks), with Fran Morcillo (Money Heist) joining the cast as Simon.
Culpa Nuestra, an Amazon Spanish Original Film, premieres globally on Thursday, October 16, exclusively on Prime Video. (You can add it to your watchlist now.)
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Little Did I Know (Det är något som inte stämmer) (Sweden)
This critically-acclaimed and award-winning feature film follows one woman’s intertwined journeys of self-discovery at different ages, offering a painful yet hopeful and edifying view on love. Fifty-year-old Petra (Alexandra Rapaport, The Sandhamn Murders, Gåsmamman) seems to have it all: the perfect marriage, a successful career, and two wonderful children. But everything unravels when her husband, Anders (Shanti Roney, Arne Dahl, Snow Angels), informs her that he loves another woman and wants a divorce. As she looks back at her teen-aged self, we get to know 15-year-old Petra (Ella Hammarsten Liedberg, Seaside Hotel), a rowdy young woman in pursuit of true happiness and love.
Little Did I Know premieres in the US on Thursday, October 16, exclusively on Viaplay on Prime Channels and other Viaplay partner channels.
Promethea (Prométhée) (France)
Blending mystery and supernatural suspense with a coming-of-age story, this psychological thriller series centers on a 17-year-old girl (Fantine Harduin, Public Enemy, Paris Has Fallen) who, after being hit by a car, rightfully should be dead. But she is very much alive and, miraculously, physically unharmed. However, she remembers nothing, not even who she is. The only clue is a name that means nothing to her: Promethea.
Taken in by the family who accidentally struck her, Promethea begins to experience disturbing visions, flashes of a violent murder that took place weeks earlier, with the killer as yet uncaught. In piecing together fragments of her shattered identity, Promethea has more and more questions. Is she a witness? A victim? Or something far more dangerous?
As the story progresses, secrets unravel. A hidden key. A missing body. A growing sense that Promethea is more than a girl with amnesia, that she is part of something much larger, and possibly deadly. And as she begins to uncover her extraordinary physical abilities, Promethea realizes that she might not want to know who she really is. But someone out there does. And they’re watching…
Starring Camille Lou (Anthracite, Women at War), Odile Vuillemin (The Paris Murders, Piégés), Marie-Josée Croze (Into the Night, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), and Thomas Jouannet (Mademoiselle Holmes, Nina), Promethea, a Walter Presents title, premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, October 17, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and other Walter Presents partner channels.
She Walks in Darkness (Un fantasma en la batalla) (Spain)
Set during the 1990s and 2000s, and inspired by the most significant undercover operation against Basque separatist group ETA, this political thriller tells the story of Amaia (Susana Abaitua, Los Farad, Patria, I Know Who You Are), a young Civil Guard officer. She spends more than a decade undercover within the armed terrorist organization (which killed nearly 1,000 people and injured tens of thousands over the course of its existence) — intent on locating secret weapons caches (called zulos) hidden in southern France.
Costarring Andrés Gertrúdix (Below Zero), Iraia Elias (Intimacy), Raúl Arévalo (The Asunta Case), and Ariadna Gil (Land of Women), She Walks in Darkness, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Friday, October 17, exclusively on Netflix, following its theatrical release on October 3. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Thaw: Season 3 (Odwilz) (Poland)
Opening a year after the events in Season 2, this noir crime drama’s brand-new season finds the Szczecin police on the trail of fentanyl dealers, who have gotten the highly-addictive and dangerous drug into schools. Everything indicates that entrepreneur Dawid Nowak (Wojciech Błach, A Girl and an Astronaut) is involved. Meanwhile, crime lord Marek Lański (Nikodem Rozbicki, Sexify) has returned and, as it turns out, has connections to the drug criminals. And the unsolved Wiktor Molski (Tomasz Schuchardt, The Convict) case has been taken over by the Central Bureau of Police Investigation, but Katarzyna Zawieja (Katarzyna Wajda, Raven) has been removed from the case. And that’s not all.
Zawieja’s repeated infractions have gotten her demoted from detective to uniformed cop. As such, she isn’t supposed to get too involved in criminal investigations, yet she pours herself into the youth drug trafficking case. Working alongside her is her new partner, Tomasz Woźniak (Piotr Trojan, Angel of Death), as well as Szczecin police officers Piotr Madejski (Karol Dziuba, Autumn Girl) and Ada Kamińska (Marta Malikowska, The Convict). Unbeknownst to her colleagues, Katarzyna is in a relationship with Trepa (Bartłomiej Kotschedoff, Glitter), a secret they’re keeping so as not to complicate her eventual return to the criminal division.
The Thaw: Season 3, a Max Original, premieres globally on Friday, October 17, exclusively on HBO Max and, where available, on its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Channels.
Catch up on The Thaw Seasons 1 & 2
Turn of the Tide: Season 2 (Rabo de Peixe) (Portugal)
Based on actual events, the new season of this drama continues the story of young fisherman Eduardo (José Condessa, Daughter of the Law) and his friends, whose lives in the the small Azorean village of Rabo de Peixe were changed forever when one ton of cocaine washed up on the coast. Instead of minding their own business, they started selling the coke. Then they were forced to face the drug lord the drugs actually belong to, as well as the cops, as various entities vie for control of the drug trade here.
Already renewed for a third season, Turn of the Tide: Season 2, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, October 17, exclusively on Netflix.
Turn of the Tide: The Surreal Story of Rabo de Peixe (Portugal-Spain)
This documentary delves into the true story that inspired the drama series Turn of the Tide. It explores the unexpected appearance of hundreds of kilos of cocaine along the coast of São Miguel island in the Azores in June 2001, and how it transformed the life of the Rabo de Peixe community, which, until then, had never had any up-close-and-personal contact with the drug. Through the personal accounts of individuals who were involved in or witnessed what happened, the film reveals the long-lasting impact on the community, including a wave of addiction that triggered a complex police investigation. Turn of the Tide: The Surreal Story of Rabo de Peixe, a Netflix Documentary, premieres globally on Friday, October 17, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Catch and Release (Norway)
Set in the far north of Norway, this Scandi crime thriller revolves around several villagers whose lives are rocked by the murder of a seemingly well-liked local man. They include the dead man’s daughter, Erika (Kristine Hartgen, Narvik), a doctor; Irja (Anitta Suikkari, Blackwater), a policewoman; Thomas (Alexander Rindestu), a tour guide; Chris (Bhkie Male, Beforeigners), a nurse; and Mira (Cora Karlberg, Outlier), a local teen.
Cotarring Jesper Malm (Ragnarok), Zoe Winther-Hansen (Outlier), and Daniel Karlsson (The Machinery), amongst others, Catch and Release premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, October 21, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Petra: Season 2 (Italy)
Based on the best-selling novels by Alicia Gimenéz-Bartlett, this crime drama follows the ingenious and unconventional Petra Delicato (Paola Cortellesi, There’s Still Tomorrow), a police detective who, along with her old-school-policeman partner, Antonio Monte (Andrea Pennacchi, Suburra), investigates violent crimes in Genoa. In Season 2, they delve into the murders of a lawyer, a homeless man, a shellfish farmer, and a pimp. (Video is from Season 1)
Costarring Antonio Zavatteri (The Bad Guy), Riccardo Lombardo (Thou Shalt Not Kill), and Simone Liberati (Suburra), Petra: Season 2 premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, October 21, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
The Monster of Florence (Il mostro) (Italy)
This true-crime drama — not to be confused with the same-titled, same-subject limited series starring Antonio Banderas — reconstructs one of the longest, most complex and controversial criminal investigations in Italian history: the hunt for the brutal serial killer known as the Monster of Florence.
Based on ongoing legal proceedings and investigations, the four-episode series takes viewers back to the origins of the case, with its story going through documents, hypotheses, and paths that are still being debated today, and retracing in particular the one known as the “Sardinian lead.” It’s told from the point of view of the possible monsters, individuals who could be the culprit behind eight double murders, all committed with a .22 caliber Beretta, over the course of seventeen years — a series of killings that terrorized the nation.
Starring Marco Bullitta (The Mute Man of Sardinia), Valentino Mannias, Francesca Olia (Timor), Liliana Bottone (Generation 56K), Giacomo Fadda (Lussu), Antonio Tintis (Don Matteo), and Giordano Mannu, The Monster of Florence, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 22, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Hellground (Höllgrund) (Germany)
Set in the Black Forest village of Höllgrund (Anglicized as Hellground), this crime thriller series finds the tranquil place plagued by a series of mysterious deaths. Local policewoman Tanja (Lou Strenger, Tatort: Cologne) is convinced that a dark secret lies behind these crimes. Against the villagers’ resistance and her boss’s orders, Tanja starts investigating on her own, and all clues lead to Fabian (August Wittgenstein, The Palace), the charming new country doctor, whose healing hands may be hiding deadly secrets.
Hellground, a Walter Presents title, premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, October 24, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and other Walter Presents partner channels.
The Asset (Legenden) (Denmark)
Originally titled The Legend in English (still called Legenden in Danish), this crime thriller series stars Clara Dessau (Baby Fever, Carmen Curlers) as Tea, an aspiring intelligence agent. Tea has overcome a checkered past, but her profile makes her perfect for an assignment: to go undercover and infiltrate a brutal criminal enterprise that has eluded the intelligence service for some time.
Adopting a completely new identity and posing as a jeweler, Tea befriends Ashley (Maria Cordsen, Darkness: Those Who Kill, The New Nurses), the criminal mastermind’s wife, to gather crucial information. But as Tea gets closer to Ashley and witnesses the grim reality of her life under her husband’s control and within his criminal web, doubts begin to emerge about where Tea’s loyalty lies.
Costarring Afshin Firouzi (Royalteen: Princess Margrethe, The Shift) and Nicolas Bro (The Bridge, Thin Ice), amongst others, The Asset, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Monday, October 27, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Babo: The Haftbefehl Story (Germany)
This documentary features personal interviews with German rap icon Haftbefehl and those closest to him, revealing his story as he takes a brutally honest look at his life. Babo: The Haftbefehl Story, a Netflix Documentary, premieres globally on Tuesday, October 28, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Carlo & Malik: Season 3 (Nero a metà) (Italy)
This crime drama follows Inspector Carlo Guerrieri (Claudio Amendola, Lampedusa, Suburra), a stubborn and rebellious veteran police officer in Rome, and his partner, Malik Soprani (Miguel Gobbo Diaz, Zero, B-52), an ambitious and brilliant young deputy inspector who was born in the Ivory Coast and raised in Rome. In Season 3, they and the team at the Monti police station investigate the murders of a reintegration center manager, a notary, and a lawyer, amongst other crimes. (Video is from Season 2)
Costarring Rosa Diletta Rossi (Suburra: Blood on Rome), Margherita Vicario (The Temptation), and Alessandro Sperduti (The Leopard), Carlo & Malik: Season 3 premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, October 28, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Amsterdam Empire (Netherlands)
Set in the heart of the Amsterdam cannabis scene, this crime drama sees Jack van Doorn (Jacob Derwig, The Blood Pact, Red Light), a rich and notorious businessman, exposed: His affair with a well-known journalist has comes to light. As it turns out, his most dangerous enemy isn’t one of the criminals, competitors, or absurd Dutch laws he’s been fighting against for years; rather, it’s someone who’s been living under the same roof as him all this time: his wife, Betty (Famke Janssen, “X-Men” films, GoldenEye, Hemlock Grove, How to Get Away with Murder). She’s a glamorous ex-pop diva who knows all of his weak spots and secrets, and she will not rest until she has taken everything from him, especially the thing he loves most: The Jackal, his coffeeshop empire.
Amsterdam Empire, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, October 30, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
A Life’s Worth (Sweden)
This acclaimed, multilingual (Swedish, English, Serbian, and Serbo-Croatian) wartime drama series, inspired by the first Swedish UN battalion in Bosnia in 1993, follows four brave Swedish soldiers who voluntarily ventured into the heart of Bosnia’s brutal conflict, as they navigate the treacherous line between duty and humanity.
The six-episode series delves into the lives of Forss (Maxwell Cunningham, Blinded, Top Dog), Babic (Toni Prince, Agent Hamilton, Beck), Strand (Edvin Ryding, Young Royals, Gåsmamman), and Kilpinen (Erik Enge, End of Summer, Delete Me) during their first overseas service in the tangled and bloody conflict in the Balkans. Accompanied by their battalion commander, Andreasson (Johan Rheborg, Agatha Christie’s Hjerson, The Glass Dome), who is torn between the desire to intervene and the duty to follow orders, the young men soon realize that the mission proves impossible to solve by peaceful means alone.
A Life’s Worth premieres in the US with two episodes on Thursday, October 30, exclusively on Viaplay on Prime Channels and other Viaplay partner channels.
Breathless: Season 2 (Respira) (Spain)
Following on from the events in Season 1, Season 2 of this hospital drama finds the once-public Joaquín Sorolla hospital is now a privately-run one, which is challenging both the values and the principles of its medical staff. But there’s more going on with the doctors and residents than the change in the hospital’s ownership.
Having gotten her way, Patricia (Najwa Nimri, Money Heist, Holy Family), the president of the Valencian Regional Government, continues her fight against cancer while growing increasingly close to oncologist Néstor (Borja Luna, Cable Girls, Sky High). Assistant physician Jésica (Blanca Suárez, Cable Girls, Jaguar), considered the best surgeon at the hospital, is trying to regain her usual self confidence, but she’s torn between her boyfriend, hospital director Lluís (Alfonso Bassave, Thursday’s Widows, Grand Hotel), and resident physician Biel (Manu Ríos, Élite, Muted).
Pilar (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Velvet, Velvet Colección), the head of surgery, is still grappling with her son’s addictions, while resident physician Quique (Xóan Fórneas, Red Queen, 3 Caminos), who’s become involved with her son, may find an unexpected ally in Pilar when the hospital’s new management pushes him to make a questionable decision. On top of all that, the arrival of a renowned oncologist, Sophie (Rachel Lascar, Berlin, The Chalk Line), threatens to turn the entire place upside down.
Also returning for the new eight-episode season are Ana Rayo (Past Lies), Macarena de Rueda (Love, Divided), Blanca Martínez (In Love All Over Again), Abril Zamora (Holy Family), and Marwa Bakhat. In addition to Rachel Lascar, music artist Pablo Alborán, Gustavo Salmerón (Rotten Legacy), and Claudia Traisac (See You in Another Life) also join the cast of the second season.
Breathless: Season 2, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, October 31, exclusively on Netflix.
Rhythm + Flow France: Season 4 (France)
The duel is on in the new season of this music competition series. Rap legends SCH and SDM go head-to-head as the show introduces new challenges and the two sides battle for a single shot at glory. Rhythm + Flow France: Season 4, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, October 31, exclusively on Netflix.
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Across the River (Oltre il guado) (Italy)
Set in the forests along the border between Italy and Slovenia, this horror-thriller film follows Marco Contrada (Marco Marchese, Carlo & Malik), a naturalist and ethologist who ventures alone into the forest to place microcameras on wild animals in order to study their movements and behavior. After a photo reveals the ruins of some abandoned houses in a remote and little-known area of the forest, he decides to go take a look at what’s there.
Going across a shallow river, he enters a place that time seems to have abandoned, unaware that the crossing is more than just physical; it’s a step into another realm. After venturing into the crumbling homes and schoolhouse, he finds the relentless storm has caused the river to rise too high for him to return. With no way to contact the outside world for help, Marco is stuck here. Then, from out of nowhere, inhuman screams shatter the silence.
Across the River has its US linear debut on Sunday, October 26, at 9pm ET, on Eurochannel. (Folks who don’t have access to Eurochannel can stream the movie.)
Hearts of Bali (Verliefd op Bali) (Netherlands)
This romantic comedy film follows Jenny (Anouk Maas, Woeste grond), a social media influencer who, after the death of her Indonesian grandmother, convinces her mother, Cornelie (Nadja Hüpscher, Roosters), and sister, Dewi (Tara Hetharia, iHostage), to go to Bali together to scatter her gran’s ashes. The three women are different from each other and have their own reasons for making the trip.
The pragmatic Cornelie has been quietly carrying her own heartaches while trying to keep her daughters from drifting apart. Jenny, the elder daughter, masks insecurities and a faltering career despite her glamorous persona and perfectly-curated life on social media. And the introspective Dewi is quietly determined to trace the Indonesian heritage their family has long left unspoken.
Once on Bali, Jenny, who saw the island as a chance to reboot her public image, is forced to slow down and embrace authenticity. Dewi’s curiosity leads her into the layered history of the Dutch East Indies and the shadow of a supposed family curse that has haunted the women for generations. And Cornelie, caught between her daughters and her own grief, finds herself unexpectedly drawn into the possibility of a second chance at love.
Hearts of Bali has its US linear debut on Friday, October 31, at 9pm ET, on Eurochannel. (Folks who don’t have access to Eurochannel can stream the movie.)
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Darkness: Those Who Kill: Season 4 (Den som dræber – Fanget af mørket) (Denmark)
The eight-episode fourth season of this popular Nordic Noir series opens with Patrick, a young gang member, leaving a celebration with friends after his release from prison, only to be shot dead in the street. When it becomes clear to Detective Frederik Havgaard (Simon Sears, Ride Upon the Storm, Secrets We Keep) that the murder wasn’t an instance of simple gang retaliation that it initially appeared to be, he brings criminal profiler (and girlfriend) Louise Bergstein (Natalie Madueño, Follow the Money, The Rain) on the case.
With the help of her mentor, the experienced Swedish investigator Gunnar Nymark (Dag Malmberg, The Bridge, Top Dog), Louise creates a profile that points them in the direction of an organized, determined, and ruthless murderer. Only when a controversial lawyer with clear connections to Patrick and his affiliated gang ends up dead does Louise manage to identify the actual killer, and an intense search to capture him begins.
Darkness: Those Who Kill: Season 4 begins streaming in the US on Thursday, October 2, on Viaplay on Prime Channels and other Viaplay partner channels.
State of Happiness: Season 1 (Lykkeland) — English dub (Norway)
Set against the backdrop of the birth of Norway’s oil industry, this period drama follows four young adults whose lives are forever changed by the discovery of black gold in the country. It opens in the summer of 1969 in the small coastal town of Stavanger, where the international oil companies that have been test-drilling but coming up empty-handed for years are pulling out. With the North Sea being fished out, the exodus of oil companies is leaving the town in a desperate state. But then, on the night of Christmas Eve, the gas flare at the oil rig Ocean Viking is lit, and everything is about to change. (Video is subtitled, not dubbed.)
Starring Anne Regine Ellingsæter (Rede), Amund Harboe (Salsa), Malene Wadel (Evy & Alltid), and Bart Edwards (The Witcher), the English-dubbed version of State of Happiness: Season 1 begins streaming in the US and Canada on Tuesday, October 7, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Deadly Tropics: Season 3 (Tropiques criminels) — English dub (France)
This fun, female-driven police dramedy mystery series follows detectives Mélissa Sainte-Rose (Sonia Rolland, Murder in the Somme) and Gaëlle Crivelli (Béatrice de la Boulaye, The Returned) as they investigate crimes in sun-drenched Martinique. (Video is subtitled, not dubbed.)
The English-dubbed version of Deadly Tropics: Season 3 begins streaming in the US and Canada on Tuesday, October 21, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Channels.
Velvet: Season 4 (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 Paula Echevarría (Velvet Colección), amongst many others. Velvet: Season 4 returns to streaming in the US and Canada on Friday, October 31, exclusively on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel and other Walter Presents partner channels.
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Header photo credits: Top row (L-R): Hellground courtesy of Walter Presents; Amsterdam Empire (©Mark de Blok) courtesy of Netflix | Bottom row (L-R): Little Did I Know courtesy of Viaplay; The Hanko Murder (photo credit: Jari Mutikainen) courtesy of MHz Choice
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