Best South American crime series

New Bandits (2023)

Adrift and desperately needing money to pay for his ailing adoptive father's care, Ubaldo, a bank clerk who's unable to remember his childhood, receives an inheritance that will change his destiny for good. He goes to Cratará, in the heart of the northwest desert, where he'll become the leader of a pack of ruthless bandits, fulfilling the legacy of his biological father - a mythical cangaceiro.

Caught (2025)

Known for catching criminals, famed reporter Ema Garay faces a dilemma when the suspect in a teen's disappearance turns out to be someone close to her.

La Jauría (2020)

Blanca, student leader of the feminist movement in an occupied school, goes missing: hours later, a video of a group raping the girl goes viral. In their aim to find her, a police squad formed by three women puts their lives and that of their families at risk. As they look for Blanca and investigate, they will find out that behind this gender crime there is much more than just one offender.

Berko: El arte de callar (2019)

The loving passion between a young escort and a journalist investigating a sordid crime is the starting point for a dangerous investigation into the hidden world of international arms trafficking.

Mea culpa (1993)

Anthology series based on real criminal cases, featuring an interview with the actual perpetrator at the end of each episode.

Avenida Brasil (2012)

Brazil Avenue is a dynamic, lifelike, and modern telenovela that reveals how unrelenting ambition and inflicted cruelty can change a young girl’s destiny and lead her to seek revenge.

Scars of Beauty (2025)

A young orphan and her new family unite in a quest for revenge against those responsible for their personal tragedies.

A Mother's Love (2019)

Lurdes is a mother of five who tirelessly seeks for Domenico, a child of hers who was sold by his own father 26 years ago; Thelma is an overprotective mother who finds out she has a terminal illness, and must race against time to make her dreams come true and prepare her son for a life without her presence; Vitória is a successful lawyer who sees the end of her marriage after countless failed attempts to have a baby and decides for adoption, but finds out she is pregnant during the process. In "A Mother's Love", the lives of these women are intertwined while they recognize themselves in the unconditional love provided by motherhood.

Land of Desire (2023)

When her husband is killed in a land grabbing attempt, Aline takes charge of cultivating his land and protecting his family. Facing the powerful Antonio La Selva, responsible for the death of her husband and the largest landowner in the region, Aline is determined to keep possession of her land and invest in its production. However, she didn't expect that she would fall in love with Daniel, son of her rival, who is at odds with his rebellious half-brother, Caio, who, in turn, also falls in love with the girl. In the interior of Brazil, Aline will have to fight two battles: the dispute for her lands and for her heart.

A Próxima Vítima (1995)

A young law student starts to work as a detective, decided to uncover the identity behind a series of murders, as well as who is next.

A Life Worth Living (2019)

Paloma is a seamstress and mother of three who, after having her exams exchanged with that of a terminally ill patient, believes she has only six months to live. Things are cleared up, but the young woman’s desire for a change in life remains, and she goes after the man who is really on the brink of death, Alberto. Having a passion for literature as their main connection, they build a beautiful friendship that gives new meaning to their lives, restoring in him the pleasure of living and bringing Paloma closer to a love from her past, Ramon, and also to Marcos, the charming son of Alberto, with whom she got involved when she thought she would die.

Ambitious Women (2015)

In Ambitious Women, all levels of ambition are revealed in a plot full of greed, revenge and struggle for power, through the conflicts of three strong women with very different personalities.

The Stripper (2019)

Green Frontier (2019)

When a young Bogotá-based detective gets drawn into the jungle to investigate four femicides, she uncovers magic, an evil plot and her own true origins.

The Hypnotist (2015)

Natalio Arenas is a hypnotist who can put people into a trance and make them reveal their innermost secrets. But Natalio suffers from insomnia, which hides a secret of his own.

Nomade 7 (2015)

Involved with drug dealers, a rich guy is brutally murdered, but he mysteriously wakes up the next day at home. Without understanding what happened, he has the mind invaded by a strange voice and goes on to exhibit superhuman abilities.

Capitu (2008)

A melancholy Dom Casmurro, who writes a book to tell his vision of his own story and also to restore, in old age, the moments lived in adolescence alongside the great love of his life, Capitu, a girl who seduced him with her "hangover eyes".

Xeque Mate (2024)

A dangerous game, full of traps. A dispute of power, money and desire. On one side of the board, delegate Giovanna Torres, on the other, the wife of a businessman, Maya Manoela. In this game, only one will fall. Who will give Checkmate?Loosely based on the work of Evelin Sousa.

Rules of the Game (2015)

Discussing the limits between good and bad, the plot is set in Rio de Janeiro and tells the story of Romero Rômulo (Alexandre Nero), an ex-politician that has a life less obvious then it seems.

Decadência (1995)

To Catch a Smuggler (2015)

Following the police of Latinoamerica & Europe airports in and their fight against crime.

Linha Direta (1990)

The Park Maniac: The Untold Story (2024)

Francisco de Assis Pereira's crimes are revisited from the perspective of the victims, new reports from investigators and unpublished audio recordings from one of Brazil's most infamous serial killers, known as the Park Maniac.

Babylon (2012)

This is a black police in a comic of 13 chapters, and each of them is different police solve a case, while, at the same time develop a linear story of the protagonists life from 1973 until 2012. The cast is completed by the actors Santiago Pedrero, John Mc Inerny (Last Elvis), Gigi Rua, Alexia Moyano, Zamarbide Mary Martin and incorporating Slipak with special interests in each chapter. Filmed in black and white, "Babylon"-Gaston miniseries Portal wrote with Alberto Muñoz and Javier Castro-Albano, boasts a script, as the producer said, "is especially true for the ethical ambiguity of the characters at a time that detectives are not heroes, and another super key is that the past is a bomb that will eventually explode. "

O Canto da Sereia (2013)

Meet Sereia, a young and beautiful singer whose world of fame and fortune is interlaced with envy and hate. Her murder in the midst of carnival shocks the entire country and the hunt for her killer reveals a new suspect with each new day of investigation. Holding the status of a big-budget thriller, the miniseries brings about mysticism, sensuality and suspense that hooks the viewer until the astonishing end.

Epitaphs (2004)

Epitafios is a 2004 13-episode, Argentinian crime fiction TV mini-series with the tagline: El Final Está Escrito ... The End Is Written. The series, which takes place in an unnamed South American city, was shot in Buenos Aires.The series was produced by HBO Latin America and Argentinian TV/film company Pol-Ka Producciones. It was written by Marcelo Slavich and Walter Slavich and directed by Alberto Lecchi and Jorge Nisco. Although all of the actors were Argentinian, a neutral Spanish was used instead of the local Rioplatense Spanish, avoiding colloquialisms such as the local vos in favor of the more common tú.The series debuted in Australia on SBS in May 2007 under the title If The Dead Could Speak. It premiered in Poland on Cinemax on November 6, 2008. In Germany, it premiered on November 6, 2009 on pay TV channel FOX under the title Epitafios - Tod Ist Die Antwort.

Supermax (2016)

Twelve people are confined together in an abandoned maximum security prison in the middle of the Amazon forest, and end up having to fight for their lives against unknown creatures and supernatural odds.

Club Hooligans (2023)

After vicious infighting, two brothers are expelled of their beloved team’s gang. Alone, without money or political protection, they start a war that puts their brotherhood to the test.

La saga: Negocio de Familia (2004)

Agosto (1993)

The series tells the story of a criminal investigation into the murder of businessman Paulo Gomes de Aguiar at the beginning of August. In the midst of the Vargas government crisis, the murder case is taken by police commissioner Alberto Mattos, an honest and incorruptible man who is not well regarded by his co-workers, as the place is totally turned over to corruption.