Best South American thriller series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch thriller shows from South America, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
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.
69Fake Profile 2023
Camila meets her Prince Charming through a dating app. After an idyllic romance, she plans to surprise him — only to end up trapped in a false paradise.
66Medusa 2025
Somebody wants to kill CEO Bárbara Hidalgo. Can she find the culprit as her family schemes ruthlessly for control of their Colombian business empire?
67La 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.
68Contos do Edgar 2013
Edgar is a 39 year old man. His life changed for the worse after the bar where she worked to close by the city and his wife Lenora disappear. One of his childhood friends, Fortunato, owner of dedetizadora " DDT Never Again" appears to help you by giving you a job and leaving you to sleep in the office. The relationship between the two is full of conflicts. Edgar sure that Fortunato is involved in the disappearance of his wife and plans revenge. So accept the help of the " friend ". Fortunato, on the other hand, has no idea of Edgar claims planes that are revealed only a gray pigeon, with reference to the most widely acclaimed work Poe, The Raven and symbolizing , for Edgar, the death of a wife.
61Berko: 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.
70Mea culpa 1993
Anthology series based on real criminal cases, featuring an interview with the actual perpetrator at the end of each episode.
46Viral 2021
50El día menos pensado 1999
Stories of paranormal activities and extraordinary nature -allegedly- based on real events.
45Fugitives 2014
Julian’s life changes when he is accused of a crime he did not commit and is taken to prison. The only way out will be to open his heart and find the strength to escape and prove his innocence.
40The Footprints of the Secretary 2013
Luis Madero is a young professor of History at a prestigious high school. It is essentially phobic. Until Camila arrives and introduces herself as the assistant of Don Federico Madero, her grandfather. Luis does not want to know anything with that man who leaves him to look for him. Camila notices Luis of the death of Don Federico and the delivery of his unique inheritance; an old cane. From this moment strange things begin to happen in Luis's life; Someone is watching, they are following him and both will begin a path that puts them in the writings of Mariano Moreno, in the footsteps of the Secretary.
26Alma negra 2023
20A Show From Another World 1981
Third Brazilian TV show hosted by Coffin Joe. This show directed by José Mojica Marins was a strange mix of an auditorium show and a TV serie. The Stories were largely sent by the audience and adapted by Mojica and Norbert Novotny for TV. The Serie has a good audience ratings, but a short life.
10Beyond, Far Beyond the Beyond 1967
First Brazilian TV Horror Show hosted by Coffin Joe. Directed by José Mojica Marins and written by Mojica and Rúbens Francisco Lucchetti, this TV show was produced by TV Bandeirantes (1967-68), using a realistic tone and a popular appeal. Despite the negative reviews this TV show has a great audience, reaching first place often.
10Death Race 1975
10La 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
10El pacto 2011
10Resistiré 2003
Resistiré is a 2003 Argentine telenovela. This serial features a gorgeous woman torn between her terrorist fiancee and a handsome tailor. It starred Pablo Echarri, Celeste Cid, Carolina Fal and Fabián Vena. Resistiré was a major hit on Argentinian television. It dared to introduce new elements in the genre of telenovela and was well accepted by the audience, setting a new standard in TV. In 2004, the telenovela won the Martín Fierro Award as the best show of the year, along with many other awards. In 2006, two remakes debuted. MyNetworkTV produced an American version in English titled Watch Over Me. In addition, Televisa unveiled Amar Sin Limites for Mexican viewers.
10El 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.
10El pulpo negro 1985
10Stray Bullets 2017
A flight from Austral landed at Fisherton Airport with three inspectors from the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA). An official, an employee and two holders of the Central Bank's regional treasury were waiting for them in an armored car with 30,000,000 Australes, which at that time was in the process of converting to the peso, whose value was equal to that of the dollar. Those millions of that old currency that had to be incinerated were loaded in two small planes that departed from Rosario and ended up at the San Fernando airport, where the thieves transferred them to a van that departed with an unknown destination. He never managed to find the brains for such a white-collar operation, nor the supposed political connections of the event.
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