The calm atmosphere, a cup of fragrant tea or coffee in your hand and the new season of your favorite series on the screen - this is one of the recipes for a great Saturday-Sunday holiday. If you like this pastime, but most of the series are already “peeped out to holes,” we are pleased to introduce list of novelties of foreign TV shows in 2018. It only got a movie that has a high rating both on the Russian Kinopoisk and on the foreign site IMDb.
And we also selected the 15 best Russian TV shows of 2017-2018.
10. Ozark (2017-present)
Genre: crime drama thriller
Country: USA
Movie Search: 7.69
IMDb: 8.30
Successful financial adviser Marty Bird, along with his wife and children, moved from the Chicago suburbs to the resort town of Ozark. However, it was not the desire to bask more often on the beach by the lake that caused the move. Marty owes a large sum of money to the Mexican mafiosi, and now his family’s life is at stake.
As one of the foreign critics put it about Ozark: “This is violence, amazing, shocking, dirty and unexpected.” The work of director Jason Bateman, who plays the role of an accountant in the drug cartel, can compete with one of the most popular TV shows in the world - Breaking Bad. Although Walter White has little to do with Marty.
9. Two (2017-present)
Genre: drama
Country: USA
Movie Search: 7.70
IMDb: 8.20
This is a story about the porn industry, forming in the 70s in New York. You will see the “Big Apple” at its best and worst, with pimps, prostitutes and their clients, bandits and police, as well as the thrill of that time and place.
"Two" shows not only the world of "big sex in New York", but also the premises that led to its appearance.
8. Genius (2017-present)
Genre: historical drama, biography
Country: USA
Movie Search: 7.70
IMDb: 8.40
Educated people know who Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Max Planck and Fritz Gaber are. But here are the relationships that connected these people, whether they were friends or hated each other - few know. It is these personal connections, feelings and emotions of great people that are highlighted by the series “Genius”. This movie shows a man who has yet to achieve greatness in science, and is not trying to “drive” this greatness into the life of a young Einstein, which was completely normal for that time.
Also, the creators of the series managed to show the essence of scientific discoveries made by Einstein, and to reveal the vicissitudes of his personal life against the backdrop of global world events.
7. The Handmaid's Tale (2017-present)
Genre: drama, science fiction
Country: USA
Movie Search: 7.79
IMDb: 8.60
In the theocratic and repressive state of Gilead, only high-ranking military men and their wives enjoy respect. But the elite has one misfortune - general female infertility. Therefore, officer families take fertile maids from the Red Academy into the house, whose task is to take out the child and give it to new parents.
“The Handmaid's Tale” is one of the darkest and most oppressive, but very interesting foreign TV series of 2018. This is a dystopia with excellent acting and camera work. The physical and psychological sufferings of the protagonist June, a brutal class society with an absolute function that this or that person performs, the difficult characters of the people surrounding June - all this makes us warmly empathize with the maid and wondering if she will succeed in fulfilling her dream of finding a husband and daughter.
6. Happy (2017-present)
Genre: fantasy crime thriller
Country: USA
Movie Search: 7.86
IMDb: 8.30
For a positive character, the ex-policeman, and now a hit man (as well as an alcoholic and drug addict) Nick Sachs does not pull at all. Yes, he does not try to be him, but simply goes with the flow. However, Sax's life changes dramatically with the advent of a small blue unicorn. This imaginary creature named Happy is very positive, naive, and vulnerable. Together with his gloomy and brutal partner, the unicorn will have to visit many alterations. And all for the good purpose - the salvation of a little girl.
If you like films such as Adrenaline and Max Payne, then you will certainly enjoy Happy. Only take your children away from the blue screens in advance; there will be a lot of blood in this series.
5. Feud (2017-present)
Genre: biographical drama
Country: USA
Movie Search: 7.88
IMDb: 8.60
The world of cinema can be very cruel. Smaller stars and stars are trying to squeeze each other with the light, so that they themselves will get more rays of glory. So do the two main characters of the series - Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. Their bright personality, caustic dialogues and rivalry against the background of the splendor and charm of Hollywood in the early 60s of the twentieth century - all this gives the series a unique atmosphere of luxury and nostalgia.
4. The Mind Hunter (2017-present)
Genre: crime drama thriller
Country: USA
Movie Search: 8.07
IMDb: 8.60
To understand how serial killers think and what drives them, the FBI creates an elite squad that includes two investigators - Holden Ford and Bill Tench. They have not to catch criminals, but to talk with maniacs of all stripes in order to study their behavior and thereby help others to catch criminals more effectively. If you expect severed limbs, crazy screams and fountains of blood, then you are unlikely to be delighted with the "Mind Hunter." This series is more relevant to the field of social psychology than to thrillers. It will show conversations with famous criminals, famous for the brutal murders, but already caught and imprisoned.
3. Paper house (2017-2018)
Genre: thriller, detective
Country: Spain
Movie Search: 8.27
IMDb: 8.80
The only representative of Spanish cinema in the rating list of the best foreign series in 2018. As it should be "hot Spaniard", he will be full of dynamic action, interesting plot twists and bright heroes. You won’t have to miss and think “when all the fun begins”.
In the center of the plot is a group of robbers who decided on the daring robbery of the Royal Mint of Spain. At stake are over 2 billion euros.
2. The Amazing Mrs. Maisel (2017-present)
Genre: drama, comedy
Country: USA
Movie Search: 8.46
IMDb: 8.80
In second place in the selection of new foreign TV series in 2018 is the story of a modest housewife from New York in the 50s of the XX century who suddenly discovered the talent for performances in the comedy genre “stand-up”. In the series there is bright sparkling humor and drama of an abandoned woman, and an ode of determination and perseverance of the main character, who walks through life with a smile. For this role, Rachel Brosnahan received the Golden Globe.
1. Anne (2017-present)
Genre: drama
Country: Canada
Movie Search: 8.55
IMDb: 8.50
Yet one of the best foreign TV series of 2018whose plot is related to a woman. However, unlike The Amazing Mrs. Maisel, Anne is a deep drama about a girl who lost her parents. As a result of a mistake, a talented, sociable and ambitious child falls into an adoptive family with an elderly woman and her brother.
"Anne" is the series that can be watched by the whole family, empathizing with the young heroine. He is devoid of glamor, but he is full of spontaneity, kindness and charm of youth.
