Best Chilean drama series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch drama shows from Chile, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
Invisible Heroes (2019)
Invisible Heroes (2019)
Invisible Heroes tells the heroic tale of young Finnish diplomats in Chile during 1973’s infamous military coup. Finnish diplomats Tapani Brotherus and Ilkka Jaamala along with Tapani’s wife Lysa Brotherus helped over 2000 left-wing Chileans escape the military junta’s persecution. The Finns acted without official authorization while Swedish ambassador Harald Edelstam was the most visible defendant of human rights with the backing of Sweden’s Prime Minister, Olof Palme.
42 Days of Darkness (2022)
Algo habrán hecho por la historia de Chile (2010)
Algo habrán hecho por la historia de Chile (2010)
Series that narrates the history of Chile, from the Spanish colonization by Pedro de Valdivia and the begin of the Arauco War, to the Centennial of Chile in 1910. The show uses two main styles, jumping from one to the other. One style is the use of actors to represent certain key events. The second style is the plain explanation of the things taking place, which could be done with visual gags, with the hosts in some modern day location, or at a representation of an event.
El Presidente (2020)
El Presidente (2020)
Sergio Jadue, a lowly director of a small-town soccer club in Chile, unexpectedly finds himself at the head of the Chilean soccer association. Drunk with power, he becomes the protégé of soccer godfather Julio Grondona, as well as the FBI’s key to undoing the largest corruption scheme in the world of soccer.
Héroes: La gloria tiene su precio (2007)
Héroes: La gloria tiene su precio (2007)
Chilean TV miniseries. Each episode relates the history of one of the principal figures Chilean figures of the 19th century: Bernardo O'Higgins, José Miguel Carrera, Manuel Rodríguez, Diego Portales, José Manuel Balmaceda and Arturo Prat.
Inés del alma mía (2020)
Inés del alma mía (2020)
Romantic historical drama based on the true story of the first woman "conquistador" who went to the South American land that would become Chile, and helped to form the city of Santiago.
Adiós al séptimo de línea (2010)
Adiós al séptimo de línea (2010)
The adventures of a Chilean female spy and a small Regiment during the Saltpeter War.
El día menos pensado (1999)
Machos (2003)
Machos (2003)
A severe and authoritarian father is on the verge of an existential crisis when his children are not able to fulfill his expectations and image of "strong and tough men" that he wishes for all of them. Will he be able to straighten the lives of his sons? Or will he have to learn that each of them have already clipped their own wings?
Gen Mishima (2008)
Gen Mishima (2008)
“The Future Institute" led by Dr. Mishima is a school for gifted children, in which they seek to create the minds of the XXII century through genetic experimentation. Mishima’s students are at risk because a rival laboratory of genetic research needs their genomes for the development of new drugs and creating new children.
Paz (2008)
Paz (2008)
The life of a man from an aristocratic family that faces love and death during the Saltpeter War.
Ámame (1993)
Ámame (1993)
Daniela, a young student, falls in love with Luciano the son of the owner of her high school. He corresponds her love. But both must face Francisca, an unbalanced and beautiful young woman who holds an insane obsession for Luciano.
Manuel Rodríguez (2010)
Manuel Rodríguez (2010)
During the years of the Spanish Reconquest, Manuel Rodríguez is a wanted man in Chile. His head already has a price and he's considered a legend among many. But it's his love for Francisca, a noble woman, what will make him take all kinds of risks, regardless of the differences that separate them. From then on, Rodríguez will fight both for the freedom of his homeland and for the love of his life, Francisca.
La fragilidad de los cuerpos (2017)
La fragilidad de los cuerpos (2017)
Veronica, a journalist from the newspaper Nuestro Tiempo, and her lover will begin a dangerous journey in search of truth related to the mysterious suicide of a train driver
Litoral (2008)
Litoral (2008)
Series based on tales of sailors, fishermen and people from the coasts and islands of Chile. The episodes revolve around a ghost ship called "Lucerna", where the living are indistinguishable from the dead.
Los 80 (2008)
Los 80 (2008)
The story of the Herreras, a middle-class family living in Santiago of Chile. The plot is set between 1982 and 1989, in the military dictatorship, and revolves around historical events during the 80's, especially the economic crisis of 1982 and the 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Santiago.
Fuera de control (1999)
Fuera de control (1999)
Silvana returns to Chile with an intense desire to take revenge on the seven people who had to do with the overturn that her life gave after an insidious "joke" 12 years ago.
La patrulla del desierto (1993)
La patrulla del desierto (1993)
The life of a group of men who patrolled the Atacama Desert during the Saltpeter War.
El Reemplazante (2012)
El aval (2006)
El aval (2006)
Psychologist Martín Rivera is one day invited for a coffee by a stranger named José Sagasti, who informs him that his grandfather had made a pact with his boss, "The Devil", who he did not comply. Therefore Rivera, as his only male descendant, becomes the guarantee of said commitment. Martín and his closest ones start to be intensively harassed by Sagasti, until the pact can be finally fulfilled.
La otra cara del espejo (2000)
La otra cara del espejo (2000)
Anthology horror series that dives into urban myths, regional fears, mysteries and paranormal events. Tales full of terror, suspense and sensuality.
News of a Kidnapping (2022)
News of a Kidnapping (2022)
The early 90s, Colombia. The government tries to combat drug trafficking with extradition laws. Maruja Pachón and Beatriz Villamizar - the wife and sister of congressman Alberto Villamizar - are kidnapped by the Extraditables. The police begin a search for clues that could help them close in on the kidnappers, and Alberto joins the operation to rescue his family.
Isabel (2021)
Isabel (2021)
From a young age, Isabel was willing to break all the socially accepted standards of her time to pursue happiness and blaze her own path. Then, at the peak of her career, she receives the devastating news that her daughter is on the verge of dying. The pain may have bent her, but it never broke her.
Los mil días de allende (2023)
Los mil días de allende (2023)
The story of the Salvador Allende, former president of Chile, from his presidential campaign to the day of his death on 11 September 1973. Part of the special programming for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the coup.
Juegos de fuego (1995)
Juegos de fuego (1995)
Lucas must choose between love and the power he acquires after becoming a renowned sculptor.