Foreign Dramas on Netflix
Last updated March 10, 2025
Could This Be Love?
2007 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsLucas (Vincent Lindon), a successful businessman, falls in love with Elsa (Sandrine Bonnaire), an artist who's been commissioned to paint a mural in his office building. Not trusting his heart, Lucas asks his company's head of security (François Berlléand) to trail her. When the three get tangled up in the latest surveillance technology, Lucas's clever plan blows up in his face. Pierre Jolivet directs this romantic comedy.
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The Day I Was Not Born
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDuring a layover in Buenos Aires, 31-year-old German athlete Maria is mesmerized by the city, and her bewilderment grows when her father suddenly reveals her true connection to Argentina -- leading her to uncover the painful details of her adoption.
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Let the Bullets Fly
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn this comedic Western set in 1920s China, outlaw Zhang hijacks a train carrying the governor and a whole lot of loot. When the train derails, Zhang hatches a scheme to impersonate the governor with the help of the official's shady assistant.
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Rebellion
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFrench freedom fighters kill four and take 30 hostages on an island, instigating a political crisis. Special forces captain Philippe dives into negotiations as the French presidential election -- and lives -- are on the line.
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Omar Killed Me
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen an elderly woman is found murdered in her basement, a message she allegedly scribbled on the wall identifies the killer as Omar, her longtime gardener. But a journalist covering the case sets out to prove that Omar was framed.
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Kiss Me Again
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn this sequel to 2001's The Last Kiss, Carlo finds himself at a crossroads once again as his marriage to the beautiful Guilia has failed -- even if his love for her has not. Meanwhile, the couple's friends struggle with their own mid-life crises.
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A Balcony on the Sea
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen real estate agent Marc shows a beautiful client around a property, he realizes she's an old flame he left behind in Algeria years ago. Soon they're having a passionate affair -- until Marc discovers that nothing is what it seems.
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Love Is All You Need
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsPierce Brosnan stars in this romantic comedy about several people in Sorrento, Italy, searching for love and dealing with jealousy, passion, romance and loneliness as they struggle to change their lives for the better.
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The Heineken Kidnapping
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn 1983, wealthy brewer Alfred Heineken is kidnapped by a gang of young hoodlums in Amsterdam and held for ransom. When the ransom is paid and Heineken is released, he sets out to exact revenge on his captors in this thriller based on a true story.
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The Guillotines
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsOnce used by the emperor to quash all opposition, a secret squad of assassins known as the Guillotines falls out of favor when a new monarch takes the throne. Deemed expendable, the Guillotines soon end up with a price on their heads.
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Angèle et Tony
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsRecently out of prison, Angèle is desperate for a relationship so she can get her young son back from her parents-in-law. When she answers a personal ad and meets Tony, a fisherman, she thinks she's found her mark, but in this awkward love story, he isn't exactly scrambling for her affection or her body.
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Aaina
1993 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsSibling rivalry erupts when outspoken Roma and her timid younger sister, Reema, develop feelings for the same man, Ravi, who in turn falls for Roma -- until she leaves him at the altar. But when Ravi romances Reema, Roma returns to cause more grief.
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Yeh Dillagi
1994 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen his mother, Shanti, forbids charismatic playboy Vicky to date gorgeous Sapna, the daughter of a family servant, his responsible older brother, Vijay, tries to help his sibling understand -- only to fall for the girl himself.
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Refugee
2000 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsDuring the India-Pakistan conflict, a young man who's more concerned with business than taking sides smuggles Muslim refugees into Pakistan to find better lives. But one such refugee, the lovely Naaz, shows him a possible path to happiness.
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Stealing Beauty
1996 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAfter four years, American teenager Lucy Harmon (Liv Tyler) returns to the artist's colony in Tuscany where her recently deceased mother was once the resident poet. Lucy has arrived to learn more about her mother's past and does not anticipate the emotional and sexual revelations that await her in the pastoral paradise. Rachel Weisz, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes co-star in this drama from director Bernardo Bertolucci.
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Untold Scandal
2003 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsSet in 18th century Korea, this retelling of Dangerous Liaisons follows morality-deficient cousins Lady Cho (Lee Mi-Suk) and Cho-won (Bae Yong-Jun) as they scheme to ruin the lives of innocents. When Lady Cho asks Cho-won to bed her husband's lover-to-be (Lee So-yeong), Cho-won ups the ante and goes after an even more virtuous female. If he succeeds, Lady Cho must sleep with her cousin. But Cho-won begins to fall in love with his intended target.
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Kabul Express
2006 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIndian reporters Jai and Suhel, Afghan taxi driver Khyber and American journalist Jessica are taken on a perilous journey when Khyber's cab is hijacked by Imran, a Pakistani soldier and Talibani seeking safe passage across the Afghan-Pakistan border.
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A Matador's Mistress
2008 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIn the 1940s, Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez, known to the world as Manolete, owned the Spanish bullring. This searing biopic follows his notorious affair with movie siren Lupe Sino at the height of his fame, and his death in the ring at age 30.
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XXY
2007 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsInés Efron plays Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, in this compelling tale. Though she's living as a girl, Alex and her family begin to wonder whether she's emotionally a boy when another teenager's sexual advances bring the issue to a head. As Alex faces a final decision regarding her gender, she meets both hostility and compassion. Director Lucía Puenzo's sensitive drama co-stars Valeria Bertuccelli, Martín Piroyansky and Ricardo Darín.
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Kaminey
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsHeartthrob Shahid Kapur stars in this Indian action drama, playing identical twins Charlie and Guddu. While Charlie pursues his dreams of wealth and success by breaking the law, Guddu tries to better his life by working hard and remaining honest.
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Fighter
2007 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAlthough her strict father expects her to study medicine, Aicha won't be deterred from training to become a skilled kung fu fighter. But in the process of building up her strength with a professional club, she unexpectedly falls for an adversary.
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Romanzo Criminale
2005 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsThis award-winning gangster epic follows the careers of three childhood buddies -- led by cold-blooded Libano (Pierfrancesco Favino) -- who turn to crime early and make their way to the top of Rome's underworld in brutal fashion. On the right side of the law, the dogged Inspector Sciajola (Stefano Accorsi) works to bring the gang down. However, he also harbors a dangerous attraction to Patrizia (Anna Mouglalis), the girlfriend of one of his targets.
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Where Do We Go Now?
2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhile their men fight a remote sectarian war, the women of a Lebanese village -- one hemmed in by minefields -- band together to denounce the clash of Islamic and Christian beliefs that sustains the war and threatens to poison their own community.
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After Fall, Winter
2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsHe's a writer in exile with a taste for S & M. She's a caregiver for the terminally ill who moonlights as a dominatrix. A match made in heaven? Perhaps not, but when the two meet in Paris, their weeklong relationship has long-term repercussions.
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Camille Rewinds
2012 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsThis time-bending drama revolves around Camille, a 40-year-old devastated by the breakup of her long romance with Eric, her childhood sweetheart. But after being transported 25 years back into her past, she has a second chance at a happy life.
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