Spanish TV series about society

List of the best Spanish TV series about society according to viewers: Elite, The New Pope, Hierro, Merlí, Anna Karenina, Morocco: Love in Times of War, Grand Hotel, Frozen Planet, Sky Rojo, The Velvet Collection.

In the top there are new series of 2023, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountrySpain
Duration02:33

When three working class kids enroll in the most exclusive school in Spain, the clash between the wealthy and the poor students leads to tragedy.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama
CountryItaly, France, Spain, United Kingdom, USA

As Pope Pius XIII hangs between life and death in a coma, charming and sophisticated moderate English aristocrat Sir John Brannox is placed on the papal throne and adopts the name John Paul III. A sequel series to “The Young Pope.”

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountrySpain, France

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Markimdb: 8.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySpain

TV series about a high school philosophy teacher, Merlí, who teaches in an original way, and about the students of his class, including his own son, and the relationship, friendship, love, and problems between the students of the class.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama
CountryItaly, France, Spain, Lithuania
Duration03:20

Anna and Kitty. Two lives. One of desperate passion that ends in tragedy, the other, an existence made real through love. Two destinies that interweave, giving rise to two, so very different stories, yet lived in pursuit of the same desire- to find a love that lets them fully be themselves, to live without having to conform to society’s pretenses.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, military
CountrySpain

Oblivious to the strife that awaits them, a group of young nurses from Spain's upper class head to war-torn Marocco in 1921 to help where help is needed. Many lessons in love and life are learned before they overcome deepest conflicts, grow as human beings and find out what they really want from life and whom they truly love.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountrySpain
Duration01:10

Grand Hotel is a Spanish drama television series directed by Carlos Sedes and starring Yon Gonzalez and Amaia Salamanca. It first aired on Antena 3 in Spain on 11 October 2011 and on Sky Arts 1 in the UK on 18 November 2012. The series, filmed at the Palacio de la Magdalena in Santander, is set in an early 20th century aristocratic hotel during the reign of King Alfonso XIII and is centered on the mysteries that involve the owner family and the hotel servants. Grand Hotel has received critical acclaim from television critics and won numerous accolades.

Markimdb: 9
Genredrama, adventure, documentary, biography
CountryNew Zealand, United Kingdom, USA, Spain, Germany, Greece, Canada
Duration01:00

David Attenborough travels to the end of the earth, taking viewers on an extraordinary journey across the polar regions of our planet.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
CountrySpain

On the run from their pimp and his henchmen, three women embark on a wild and crazy journey in search of freedom.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySpain

It is the year 1967. After five happy years of marriage in New York with Alberto and their young son, Anna Ribera returns to Spain to take her project Velvet to the next level. She and Alberto had been managing all things Velvet from across the ocean and, together with their best friends and partners, had made a name for Velvet as the number one address in the world of fashion and innovation. Now they decide to take the next step and turn their reputation into a franchise, first at home, then abroad. The first step is opening shop in the other great Spanish city, Barcelona, on its world famous promenade, the Passeig de Gracia. There, the second Velvet Fashion Store is about to open its gates, managed by Ana's good friend Clara who had made it up the career ladder from seamstress to directorial assistant in the Madrid Velvet years.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySpain
Duration01:52

To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion - memorizing every step, every detail, every probability - culminate in eleven days locked up in the National Coinage and Stamp Factory of Spain, surrounded by police forces and with dozens of hostages in their power, to find out whether their suicide wager will lead to everything or nothing.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama
CountrySpain

Set in early 18th-century Madrid, the plot follows the love story between an agoraphobic cook and a widowed nobleman.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, drama, adventure
CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Canada, USA
Duration03:00

Ben Hur is a TV miniseries that first aired in 2010. Based on Lew Wallace's1880 novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, the series was produced by Alchemy Television Group in association with Drimtim Entertainment and Muse Entertainment in Montreal. It aired on Canada's CBC network on April 4, 2010, and aired later in 2010 on ABC in the United States. Ben-Hur was directed by Steve Shill, and stars Kristin Kreuk, Ray Winstone, Art Malik, Hugh Bonneville and Joseph Morgan as Judah Ben-Hur. The film was written by Alan Sharp.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountrySpain

As Helena gains the trust and love of a dangerous heroin cartel leader in Barcelona, she develops the skills she needs to eventually seize his empire.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySpain

A teacher starts her job at a high school but is haunted by a suspicious death that occurred there weeks before and begins fearing for her own life.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySpain
Duration01:34

Plague decimates late 16th century Seville, a crowded city where many have arrived to embark for the New World to seek their fortune.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, history
CountryRepublic of Ireland, Italy, France, Canada, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany
Duration00:54

Belfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its history. It will build a great, unsinkable ship. And it will be called the RMS Titanic.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySpain

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Markimdb: 8.2
Genredrama
CountrySpain

A look at the impact of Spain’s Basque conflict on ordinary people on both sides, such as the widow of a man killed by the ETA who returns to her home village after the 2011 ceasefire between the separatist group and the Spanish government, and her former intimate friend, the mother of a jailed terrorist.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountrySpain

Victor Genovés, an influential businessman, is blackmailed: if he doesn't agree to pay a large sum of money, the self-styled Midas favorites will kill a person at random at a designated place and time and add a new victim periodically until they achieve their goal. How many deaths will he be able to carry on his shoulders?

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountrySpain
Duration00:56

The disastrous meltdown of a nuclear power plant in Northern Spain created a contaminated no-go zone and left the nearby provincial city and inhabitants in a state of shock and mourning. Three years later, while the city prepares for the commemoration ceremony, a mutilated body is found in a warehouse. Police inspector Hector Uria's search for the murderer takes him deep into the no-go zone and into his own past.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama, detective
CountrySpain
Duration01:40

Marco Mur is an attractive, successful businessman, but a trauma from his past prevents him from getting emotionally involved with women. Instead, he has intimate encounters in a club where no one knows anyone else. But his past returns and now Marco must face it and all the other conflicts of his life.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genremelodrama, drama
CountrySpain

The series accompanies a group of 16-year-olds on the journey of their life following their day to day in real time. Dependence on social media, how they face sex, love and ruptures, religion, the search of their identity and the need to fit in.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain

Amongst the vibrant international community of the eponymous Spanish island, a British and a German detective with very different approaches to policing have a clash of personalities. Despite - or perhaps because of - their very different approaches, the sleuths form a perfect complementary partnership as they seek to solve a new crime on the island each week.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller
CountrySpain

After a few years dedicating themselves to robbing jewelers, banks and casinos, it is time for Macarena and Zulema to separate.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy
CountrySpain

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Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountrySpain

Psychological games abound between detectives and suspects in a tense interrogation room, where the search for answers sometimes comes at a moral cost.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySpain

During the Cavalcade of the Magi parade, the Martín family's daughter Amaya disappears. Journalist Miren takes on the case, determined to find her.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountrySpain

Six strangers wake up trapped in an endless cornfield only to discover something mysterious is hunting them.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrefantastic, cartoon
CountryUSA, South Korea, Spain, Japan, Mexico

A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrethriller, drama
CountrySpain

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Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA, Canada, Philippines, United Kingdom, South Korea, France, Japan, Spain, Mexico

Intergalactic warrior Star Butterfly arrives on Earth to live with the Diaz family. She continues to battle villains throughout the universe and high school, mainly to protect her extremely powerful wand, an object that still confuses her.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountrySpain

It takes place in the Galicia (Spain) of the 80s, when the fishing sector was transformed and many of the shipowners became indebted. This situation will be favorable for the start of activities such as contraband and drug trafficking.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, biography
CountrySpain

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Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller
CountrySpain

A terrible event leads an investigator in Paris to come back to his birth town ten years after leaving it, where he has to confront the ghosts of his past and an unsolved mystery.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantasy, detective
CountrySpain
Duration01:30

The judge named Sara has moved to Calenda, along with her teenage daughter, Leire. Her plan to rebuild the family life has been spoiled when her husband disappears. This will be the first of a series of shocking events that will convince the judge that Calenda is not the peaceful place as it seemed to be.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
CountrySpain
Duration01:48

A soldier from the 15th century, a university student from the 19th century and a nurse from the present join the secret 'Department of Time', a secret department within the Spanish government with the ability to travel through time. Their mission is prevent changes in history.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
CountrySpain

A policeman dies chasing a serial killer and is reincarnated in another policeman five years later, granted immortality in exchange of never revealing his true identity.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama
CountrySpain

A pair of thirty-somethings meet through a food lover app and embark on a relationship despite past scars. Over the course of several dates, they discover where their tastes overlap and whether their passion for food, and shared distaste for foodie pretension, is enough to spark true love.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, drama, military, history
CountrySpain

The story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian nobleman and war hero in medieval Spain.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountrySpain, Cuba

As Havana slowly revolves through the year, wistful detective Mario Conde probes the sultry heart of the city to investigate dark and deadly crimes.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
CountryUSA, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Austria
Duration06:00

Scarlett is a 1994 six hour miniseries loosely based on the sequel to Margaret Mitchell's novel, Gone with the Wind, written by Alexandra Ripley. The series was filmed at 53 locations in the United States and abroad, and stars Joanne Whalley as Scarlett O'Hara, Timothy Dalton as Rhett Butler, and Sean Bean as Lord Richard Fenton as well as many other notable British and American actors.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
CountrySpain

Things change massively at a girls' school in 1920s Sevilla when a new teacher arrives with a secret goal related to the academy itself.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySpain

An accidental killing leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy
CountrySpain

Sequel to the popular TV series "Vote for Juan". Two years have passed since Juan Carrasco, former Minister of Agriculture, reached the heights of power. He now finds himself far from the world of politics leading a simple life as a high school biology teacher in Logroño. Nonetheless, neither his political ambition nor his vocation for public service have abated. Aware of how much he still has to contribute, he decides to take a step forward: he gets his trusted team back together and they return to Madrid to found a new party. To achieve this, Carrasco will have to do everything he can to get political funding and to face down the established powers.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy
CountrySpain

It seems like the end of the world, but it's only the beginning.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySpain

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Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountrySpain, Italy

A Flamenco dancer from Seville and a businessman from Rome can't stop having visions of each other after they accidentally bump into each other at the Prague Airport.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrefantastic, drama
CountrySpain

One family’s fight for survival in a future dystopian Madrid illustrates the disparity between two worlds separated by a fence — and so much more.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, biography, history
CountrySpain

As the life of Charles of Habsburg is told since his arrival to Spain, it can be seen how the heir to the crowns of Germany, Burgundy, the Netherlands, the Free County, Artois, Nevers and Rethel, of the territories of the Crown of Aragon and its related Italian territories, and of the territories of the Catholic Monarchs in Castile, North Africa and the Americas, matures as a statesman and gets stronger in face of menaces around him and good and bad advice from his counselors.




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