Movistar Plus+ It has managed, over time, to become one of the reference platforms. Its catalog has been able to select the titles to offer well and currently has one of the most interesting offerings on the streaming scene. So much so that it doesn't hurt to review its best series, so that you know what type of content you can find on the service and the titles that are most worthwhile. Take note.
A great commitment to national content
Movistar Plus+ is one of the streaming services that can currently be accessed in Spain. Previously known as Movistar+, it offers a wide variety of content from entertainment, in which there is no shortage of documentaries, TV series, movies, music, sports and TV programs and more, not to mention access to the different traditional TV channels that we know.
One of the biggest attractions it has for many users is the great commitment it makes to the content produced in Spain, being undoubtedly one of its greatest assets. Thus we enter great Spanish series that are very worthwhile, although without also leaving aside those of foreign origin.
To give you a better idea of what you can find (or in case you are already subscribed and want to go straight to the best of the best), we leave you below a selection of the essential titles, ordered precisely by origin. To enjoy them.
Best Spanish series from Movistar Plus+
Within the catalog of Spanish series - as we say, the most interesting part of the catalog - we have the following proposals.
The Messiah
We can tell you little that has not already been said about this mini series directed by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, known as the Javis. He has just swept the Feroz awards and has been the big surprise of 2023. Enric, a man tormented by a childhood marked by his mother's religious fanaticism, recognizes in a new viral music video his little stepsisters, who are still under the tutelage of their mother. She will thus begin the fight to save them, with the help of her sister Irene.
Episodes: 7
Iron
This thriller follows the work of a judge (Candela Peña) in charge of a complicated criminal case. murder that occurred on the island of El Hierro. The series has two seasons (aired in 2019 and 2021), it was created by Pepe Coira and directed by Jorge Coira. It has a good number of nominations and awards.
Episodes: 8 in the first season and 6 in the second
Riot gear
This fantastic and fast-paced police miniseries follows the life of a group of riot police in Madrid and the events that follow a shady incident in an eviction that ends with the death of a person. This will force Internal Affairs to investigate the facts, confronting the six riot gear to a charge of reckless homicide. With the seal of Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabel Peña. The direction and the magnificent casting are compelling reasons to see it.
Episodes: 6
Madrid burns
It is a dramatic comedy that imagines what the actress's life would be like. Ava Gardner in Spain in the 60s thanks to Ana Mari (Inma Cuesta), who is given the task, by order of Franco, to go to work in her home with the intention of spying on her. It only has one season, it was created by Paco León and Anna R. Costa and has the curiosity of having been filmed in black and white.
Episodes: 8
Crematorium
This miniseries has been around for quite some time but we can say, without risk of being wrong, that its premiere marked a before and after in Spanish TV series and what was expected, in terms of quality, from them. A fantastic Pepe Sancho gives life to a unscrupulous builder which has created the most important business and urban empire in a Valencian city. Seriously, you have to see it.
Episodes: 8
The Plague
Is the historical scroll? So don't miss this drama set in 16th century Seville, which has no shortage of intrigue, mysteries and, of course, a devastating plague that will devastate the city in the background. It is an original Movistar+ production created by Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos, which has two seasons and features Paco León, Manuel Solo, Pablo Molinero and Patricia López Arnaiz among the best-known faces in its cast. It received very good reviews from the specialized press.
Episodes: 12
Best foreign series of Movistar Plus+
If we have to stick with the best non-Spanish series available on the platform, these are the ones chosen.
The Pacific
This is a miniseries that shows us the experiences of two US Marines in the Pacific. during world war II. A perhaps somewhat hackneyed theme, but one that finds in this title, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, the successor to the famous Band of Brothers.
Episodes: 10
Billions
The series puts us on the trail of Chuck Rhoades, a federal prosecutor in New York, whose objective is imprison the billionaire Bobby Axelrod, convinced of his use of privileged information. Thus a power struggle is established in which one goes after the other. With Paul Giamatti and Damien Lewis as protagonists.
Episodes: 84 spread over 7 seasons
True Detective: Polar Night
We couldn't help but propose one of the series of the moment here. The fourth season of True Detective is not only available on HBO Max but also on Movistar Plus+, allowing you to enjoy this new story that critics are loving so much. The eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station mysteriously disappear without a trace on the day the investigation begins. night season in the town of Ennis (Alaska). Detectives Liz Danvers and Evangeline Navarro will then take charge of the case.
Episodes: 6