# The best Spanish TV series of all time

Spanish TV and streaming drama with the best FilmAffinity and IMDb ratings and the most mentions in press rankings (Sector Cine, El Debate, Moncloa.com).

- 15 votes · 22 items
- Aug 29, 2025 · Mercedes Álvarez Diez
- https://even.best/en/l/42/the-best-spanish-tv-series-of-all-time

## Top 20

1. **Cocaine Coast** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Antena 3, 2018. 1980s Galician drug trafficking and Sito Miñanco, based on Nacho Carretero's book.
2. **Patria (Homeland)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — HBO, 2020. Aitor Gabilondo adapts Fernando Aramburu's novel about two Basque families torn apart by ETA.
3. **Riot Police** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Movistar+, 2020. Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabel Peña follow six riot police officers after an eviction goes wrong.
4. **Crematorio** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Canal+, 2011. Pepe Sancho as a corrupt developer on the Mediterranean coast; based on Rafael Chirbes.
5. **Remember When** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — TVE, 2001–2023. The Alcántara family lives through Spain's history from 1968 over 23 seasons.
6. **The Ministry of Time** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — TVE, 2015. Civil servants who travel through time doors to protect Spain's history.
7. **Veneno** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Atresplayer, 2020. Los Javis tell the life of Cristina 'La Veneno'; acclaimed by international critics.
8. **Merlí** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — TV3, 2015. An unconventional philosophy teacher at a Barcelona secondary school.
9. **Blue Summer** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — TVE, 1981. A group of kids in Nerja, Chanquete and his boat; a series for several generations.
10. **La Mesías** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Movistar+, 2023. Los Javis and a family scarred by a fanatical mother and a religious girl band.
11. **Money Heist** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Antena 3 and Netflix, 2017. The Professor and the heist on the Royal Mint; at the time Netflix's most-watched non-English series.
12. **Aquí no hay quien viva** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Antena 3, 2003. The neighbours of Desengaño 21; endlessly rerun.
13. **Paquita Salas** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Flooxer and Netflix, 2016. Brays Efe as a fading talent agent; a cult comedy by Los Javis.
14. **El fin de la comedia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Comedy Central, 2014. Ignatius Farray playing himself; awkward, very personal humour.
15. **Plats bruts** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — TV3, 1999. Two flatmates in Barcelona; the most beloved Catalan sitcom.
16. **Matalobos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — TVG, 2009. Drug trafficking and revenge in Galicia; a classic of Galician television.
17. **The Plague** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Movistar+, 2018. Alberto Rodríguez brings an epidemic and a string of murders to 16th-century Seville.
18. **Isabel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — TVE, 2012. Michelle Jenner as Isabella of Castile in one of TVE's best historical dramas.
19. **Arde Madrid** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Movistar+, 2018. Paco León in black and white with Ava Gardner and her household staff in 1960s Madrid.
20. **Hierro** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Movistar+, 2019. Candela Peña as a judge newly arrived on the island of El Hierro.
21. **El día de mañana** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Movistar+, 2018. Mariano Barroso adapts Ignacio Martínez de Pisón: a hustler in late-Franco Barcelona.
22. **Vis a vis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Globomedia prison series (Antena 3, 2015) that continued on Fox; It was an international success.

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