# Recommend some foreign movies and TV series - with caveats **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, movies\ **Created:** [June 5, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-foreign-movies-and-tv-series-with-caveats/985035 "2023-06-05T12:36:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-foreign-movies-and-tv-series-with-caveats/985035/29 "2023-10-08T05:55:11Z")
Mentioned in the other current Cafe Society thread [Series you've recently watched, are now watching or have given up on - #3060 by solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/3060) are two french series **Balthazar** and **Black Spo** t. I’ve only just started with Balthazar but am enjoying it, the titular character is a brilliant yet eccentric police pathologist and his foil is a newly transferred female homicide detective. Black Spot is set in a small town in a remote area of France with a surprising number of crimes and an interesting slow reveal of supernatural elements. There are only 2 seasons and while the main story/mystery gets resolved I really thought that there’d be at least one more season but it appears that’s not going to happen. **Vincenzo** is a South Korean series, one season with 21 episodes. The titular character is an orphan adopted by an Italian couple who grows up to be the consigliere of a powerful gang. When the head of the family dies, Vincenzo returns to South Korea to claim a fortune in gold hidden in a building slated for demolition. I found it both hilarious and chilling. Then there’s the Mexican the supernatural thriller **Diablero**. I realize the OP excluded the country, but if you enjoyed any of the **Army of the Dead** movies or the TV show, I think you’ll like this one. Lastly, the Sweden-Denmark series **Bron/Broen** or **The Bridge** that starts with a body found placed on a bridge exactly on the border between the two countries. I thought the first season was excellent, it went downhill a bit in season 2 so I didn’t finish. The show spawned a number of copycats with other bordering countries that I haven’t seen. ETA - I somehow linked to the last post in the other thread, not the one that mentions Balthazar and Black Spot… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-foreign-movies-and-tv-series-with-caveats/985035)._