The best Netflix original TV show from 8 countries outside the US

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"Dark" (Germany) — premiered in 2017

"Dark" (Germany) — premiered in 2017

Netflix description: A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.

Seasons: One (season two confirmed).

Critic score: 87%

Audience score: 92%

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"3%" (Brazil) — premiered in 2016

"3%" (Brazil) — premiered in 2016

Netflix description: In a future where the elite inhabit an island paradise far from the crowded slums, you get one chance to join the 3% saved from squalor.

Seasons: Two (season three confirmed).

Critic score: 83%

Audience score: 93%

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"Cable Girls" (Spain) — premiered in 2017

"Cable Girls" (Spain) — premiered in  2017

Netflix description: In 1920s Madrid, four women at the National Telephone Company ring in revolution as they manage romance, friendship and the modern workplace.

Seasons: Two (season three confirmed).

Critic score: N/A

Audience score: 89%

"Suburra: Blood on Rome" (Italy) — premiered in 2017

"Suburra: Blood on Rome" (Italy) — premiered in  2017

Netflix description: In 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican.

Seasons: One (season two confirmed).

Critic score: 100%

Audience score: 93%

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"Hotel Beau Sejour" (Belgium) — premiered in 2016

"Hotel Beau Sejour" (Belgium) — premiered in 2016

Netflix description: Caught in an afterlife limbo, teenage Kato investigates her own mysterious death and unravels a web of secrets in her seemingly tranquil village.

Seasons: One. (Season two confirmed).

Critic score: N/A

Audience score: 97%

"Atelier" (Japan) — 2015

"Atelier" (Japan) — 2015

Netflix description: A young "fabric geek" lands a job at an upscale Japanese lingerie company — and quickly discovers she'll need help to survive.

Seasons: One (miniseries).

Critic score: N/A

Audience score: N/A

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"Sacred Games" (India) — premiered in 2018

"Sacred Games" (India) — premiered in 2018

Netflix description: A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.

Seasons: One.

Critic score: 89%

Audience score: 96%

"Money Heist" (Spain) — premiered in 2017

"Money Heist" (Spain) — premiered in 2017

Netflix description: Eight thieves take hostages and lock themselves in the Royal Mint of Spain as a criminal mastermind manipulates the police to carry out his plan.

Seasons: One, split into parts. (Part three confirmed)

Critic score: N/A

Audience score: 89%

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