LIFE ON MARS ( England, Netflix) is a time travel fantasy or a police procedural and probably both. In 2006 an English detective is in a coma in a hospital. But suddenly he finds himself back in 1973, also working as a cop. But still aware he’s in a coma in 2006. Which reality is true? The series follows Det. Sam Tyler as he tries to unravel the mystery of his dual existence. All the while solving crimes.

ARDE MADRI (Spain-Netflix) is quirky comedy set in a repressive 1960s Spain. Ava Gardner is living in Madrid and suspected of holding gatherings of the dreaded Commies. Anna Marie, a virginal teacher, has her life changed when she is enlisted to work as maid in Gardner’s house and spy on the glamorous actress while posing as the wife of the larcenous Manolo, another amateur spy pretending to be Gardner’s chauffeur. ,

In KLEO ( Germany-Netflix) a pretty young East German is working as a lethal assassin in Berlin around the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Inexplicably, after a successful hit, she’s thrown into an East German prison. When, after 3 years, she’s finally released she sets out on a revenge tour to kill anyone who had anything to do with her imprisonment. Along the way she forms an unlikely alliance with a charming but less lethal West German policeman.

LANDSCAPERS (England-Netflix) recounts the true story of a seemingly normal English couple, Susan and Christopher Edwards, who turn themselves into police after 15 years of hiding. Why? Susan killed her mother after seeing her mother kill her father. And Susan’s husband buried the parents in the back yard. The Edwards have been living on the parents' money ever since. But, as they tell police, there was a reason behind the whole “ unfortunate” incident.

NORMAL PEOPLE, (Ireland-Netflix) looks at the friendship/romance between two young people from very different backgrounds as they transition from high school to university and ultimately out into the adult world.

In this buddy comedy, ALPHA MALES, ( Spain-Netflix) four friends must navigate not only the realities of careers affected by changing times but also handle relationships with the women they love who have their own ideas of how their lovers/ex-lovers/boyfriends fit into their lives.

LANDSCAPERS (England-Netflix) recounts the true story of a seemingly normal English couple, Susan and Christopher Edwards, who turn themselves into police after 15 years of hiding. Why? Susan killed her mother after seeing her mother kill her father. And Susan’s husband buried the parents in the back yard. The Edwards have been living on the parents' money ever since. But, as they tell police, there was a reason behind the whole “ unfortunate” incident.

NORMAL PEOPLE, (Ireland-Netflix) looks at the friendship/romance between two young people from very different backgrounds as they transition from high school to university and ultimately out into the adult world.

In this buddy comedy, ALPHA MALES, ( Spain-Netflix) four friends must navigate not only the realities of careers affected by changing times but also handle relationships with the women they love who have their own ideas of how their lovers/ex-lovers/boyfriends fit into their lives.

FAUDA ( Israel-Netflix) The acclaimed political thriller returns for a 4th season. When the former chief of an Israeli spy unit is kidnapped, his team must find him as well as thwart the plans of a rebel Palestinian group intent on setting off a slew of lethal missiles.

In GLITCH, ( Australia- Netflix) a paranormal thriller, a group of people, having died in different years and even different centuries, rise from their graves and return to the town where they died. How they have come back and, more importantly, why they have returned are two mysteries that need to be solved.

Set in 1970s Mexico, BELASCOARAN, PI ( Netflix) follows the adventures of a handsome, although somewhat bumbling would-be private investigator who employs unorthodox methods to solve his cases.

THE TUNNEL, ( France/England) pairs a quirky French detective and well-worn English detective who must solve a mystery which involves a politician’s body left in the Eurotunnel. Split in half, part remains in France and part remains in England.

SLOW HORSES ( England ) features a group of misfit MI5 would-be spies who must save a kidnapped student from being beheaded while also battling the politicians and their own superiors, in whose best interests it is to thwart them.

INSIDE MAN ( England) juxtaposes the live of two men, one a criminologist on a Texas death row for gruesomely murdering his wife and the other, a popular young English vicar facing an ethical dilemma, either kill someone or see his family ruined.

Hear about HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, a darkly funny look at love and family as a 30 something nurse seeks to fulfill her family’s wish that she find a boyfriend to share in their Christmas dinner.

PACHINKO (South Korea) chronicles four generations of a Korean family who endure and overcome the difficulties faced by Koreans who were forced to live under Japanese occupation.

THE ENGLISH-( USA, England ) In the American West in the late 1890s an English noblewoman seeks to exact revenge on the man who's killed her son. She soon meets a world-weary member of the Pawnee nation and ex-Cavalry scout who is on a mission of his own.

Hear about GLORIA, THE EMPRESS and A PLACE TO CALL HOME

Hear about political thriller, TEHRAN, Irish black comedy BAD SISTERS and PRISONERS OF WAR, on which HOMELAND was based

Reviews here of DARK WINDS, THE MIRACLE and WHO KILLED SARA

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Hear about SKY ROJO, the hot Spanish series, then a futuristic thriller from South Korea, SISYPHUS and finally BORDERTOWN, a Finnish police drama.