For those who already have multilingual viewing habits… what are the absolute best (and only the very best) non-English TV shows?
And, this is directed at people who, like me, had spent most of their life only watching English-language television. It’s time to broaden your horizons to include all those critically acclaimed gems that people suggested to you to watch but you didn’t because you didn’t think you could get past the subtitles.
I will drop some non-English gems right here, and you can trust I won’t be recommending some mediocre crap (no offense):
▪︎ Dark (German series) ▪︎ How to Sell Drugs Online Fast (German series) ▪︎ Death Note (anime… whatever I’m including it) ▪︎ Les Revenants (French) ▪︎ Serie Noire (Quebec/French-Canadian… this one is wild)
Ages ago in the UK they showed this excellent Icelandic comedy called ‘The Night Shift’ (Næturvaktin)
I can’t remember much about it now apart from really enjoying it! Similar setup as Clerks - 3 guys working the night shift in a garage station - but a more surreal and sad sense of humour from what I remember.
Doesn’t look like it’s easily streamable anywhere, so I can’t go and check my memory. But the fact I’ve remembered it this long just from seeing it in 2011 (according to the linked wiki article) speaks volumes…