The BEST HBO España shows of all time
Every HBO España show, ranked
We've compiled the average episode rating for every HBO España show to compile this list of best shows!
#1 - Golden Life
A corrupt businessman and family man attempts to navigate his way through increasing domestic, legal, and financial problems.
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#2 - Umbre
Relu is a family man. He has two children, a wife and a double life. Seen through the eyes of his family, Relu Oncescu appears to be an ordinary taxi driver. No one suspects that Relu works as a collector for Capitanu', a local mobster. Neither of the two worlds (his family and the mafia) knows of the other's existence. Relu manages to keep everything under control, but not for long. After accidentally killing a man, he tries to get out of the underworld, but he can't find his way back. Day by day, the secrets he keeps become increasingly oppressive and the lies begin to surface, one by one.
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#3 - The Silent Valley
Filip and Horia are two teenagers who seem like two usual friends, but after they spend the night in Horia's cabin, they discover their mutual attraction and they engage in an affair. After a car stops by the cabin, the two realize that they've become witnesses to a multiple homicide. Being afraid that by confessing, their relationship will surface, the two choose to remain silent, but their secret will become harder and harder to keep and they'll find themselves in a frightening series of events.
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#4 - The Border (2014)
Captain Wiktor Rebrow tries to unravel the bombing, which killed his friends from the Border Guard in the Bieszczady Mountains.
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#5 - Burning Bush
Burning Bush is a three-part mini-series created for HBO by world-renowned Polish director Agnieszka Holland. Based on real characters and events, this haunting drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969. Dagmar Buresová, a young female lawyer, became part of his legacy by defending Jan's family in a trial against the communist government, a regime which tried to dishonour Palach's sacrifice, a heroic action for the freedom of Czechoslovakia.
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#6 - Patria
Set in Spanish Basque Country and taking place over thirty years during the separatist terrorism of ETA, Patria tells a story through the eyes of two families divided by the violent conflict. It follows Bittori and her family, whose lives implode the day ETA kills her husband, Txato, on his doorstep. The relationship with her intimate friend Miren, whose son belongs to an ETA command, also comes to an end. Both families must deal with grief and moral contradictions while life goes on.
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#7 - Head Over Heels
An HBO Europe production show taking place in beautiful Prague displays the ups and downs of three couples and their interconnected love triangles.
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#8 - Blinded by the Lights
A cocaine dealer is forced to make some important choices and finds his perfectly organised life descending into chaos.
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#9 - When Shall We Kiss?
Set in Budapest, this series looks at relationships and the search for happiness, marriage and family life as experienced by a modern big-city generation. The story focuses on Lena and David who meet again after many years through an accident.
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#10 - Success
Four strangers worn out by the day-to-day life of the city whose stories intertwine after a violent incident. When the consequences of their actions begin to affect all areas of their lives, the diverse group decides to fight back.
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#11 - 30 Coins
Judas betrayed Jesus Christ for 30 coins. 2000 years later, one of them appears in a remote town in Spain, unleashing a series of supernatural forces that threaten to uncover Vatican secrets and annihilate the human race. In the middle of it all will be Father Vergara, an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict exiled in a parish in the small town where the coin appears. Vergara wants to forget and be forgotten, but his enemies will find him very soon ... When Vergara is related to a series of paranormal phenomena that occurred in the town, Paco, the naive mayor, and Elena, a restless veterinarian, will try to reveal the secrets of its past and the meaning of the ancient coin that Vergara keeps hidden.
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#12 - Foodie Love
The algorithm of an application to find a partner among lovers of gastronomy connects the protagonists of ‘Foodie Love’, a girl and a boy who begin to know each other with the doubts of those who preserve scars from previous relationships. Throughout several dates they will have to discover if coincidences such as their devotion to the Japanese yuzu or their common allergy to foodie posturing are enough to build the foundations of a lasting love story.
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#13 - The Pact (2015)
Set in the realities of modern Poland. The main character is Piotr Grodecki, known investigative journalist, whom we meet during the media storm that is caused by his latest press release.
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#14 - The Pioneer
The life of Jesús Gil is one of the most surprising and extraordinary stories of the last few decades in Europe. A unique character, he broke the mould in the world of politics, football and real estate in Spain.
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#15 - Tuff Money
Two lovable losers, who joke about being able to commit the perfect crime. The joke backfires when their words are misconstrued, and they find themselves forced into actually having to commit the robbery.
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#16 - The Sleepers
1989, on the cusp of the Velvet Revoluition, Marie and her husband Viktor return home in Czechoslovakia after years of exile. After a car accident, Marie wakes up from a coma with no trace of Viktor.
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