Foreign Dramas on Netflix
Last updated March 10, 2025
Thérèse
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIn southwest France in the 1920s, two wealthy families are joined by an arranged marriage between the dull Bernard and the restless Thérèse. Desperately bored and longing for meaning in her life, Thérèse concocts a drastic solution to her problems.
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Dangerous Liaisons
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsTwo experts in seduction, Mo Jieyu and her ex-lover Xie Yifan, decide to entertain themselves with a wager involving the innocent beauty Du Fenyu. But when Xie begins falling in love with Du, the cruel erotic game begins to backfire on the players.
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4 Assassins
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsFour professional assassins share an elaborate dinner together in Hong Kong and reflect on their best work over the years. But as they share stories and resolve unfinished business, they ponder whether the emotional cost of their job is worth it.
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Karakara
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsPierre has decided to pare down his life, renouncing sex and dedicating himself to achieving spiritual peace. But when Junko, a young Japanese woman, shows up at his hotel seeking refuge from an abusive husband, things don't go as planned.
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The Gangster
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsBased on a true story and set in 1950s and '60s Bangkok, this Thai crime drama tells the tale of Jod, a promising young gangster moving through the ranks of the city's mafia as he battles for turf against rival gangs and the Chinese triads.
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Antares
2004 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAustrian director Gotz Spielmann's stark drama examines the lives of three couples living in the same high-rise apartment complex. As Alex (Andreas Kiendl) and Nicole (Martina Zinner) try to move on after a painful divorce, Sonja (Susanne Wuest) hopes a new baby will ease a gnawing jealousy of her fiance, Marco (Dennis Cubic). Meanwhile, married nurse Eva (Petra Morze) explores her passions with a visiting physician (Andreas Patton).
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Antonia
2006 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWide-eyed with the collective dream of turning their all-girl rap group into a viable enterprise, four Sao Paulo friends (Negra Li, Cindy Mendes, Leilah Moreno and Jacqueline Simão) embark on an all-or-nothing quest to succeed in a cutthroat industry.
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Madeinusa
2006 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAs her Peruvian village prepares to celebrate the Holy Day festival of Sin -- a raucous fiesta just days before Easter Sunday -- Madeinusa (Magaly Solier) finds an unlikely suitor in a traveling laborer (Carlos J. de la Torre) who's been arrested by her mayor father (Juan Ubaldo Huamàn). Meanwhile, amid the bubbling chaos, young Madeinusa struggles to find a sense of identity under a cloud of abuse in this Spanish-language drama.
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Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsSparks fly when strangers Rikki and Alvira strike up a conversation while waiting for their significant others at a train station. After they part ways, both realize they've just met their soul mate. But will these true romantics ever get together?
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Tulpan
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsFreshly discharged from the Russian navy, young Asa (Askhat Kuchencherekov) returns to the arid Kazakh steppe to find a bride and become a shepherd. But his plans go awry when Tulpan, the only eligible bachelorette around, rejects him because his ears are too big. What's more, Asa turns out to be a lousy shepherd. Can his persistence win Tulpan's love, the respect of his flock and the life he dreams of? Documentarian Sergei Dvortsevoy directs.
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The Beautiful Person
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfter transferring to a new high school, beautiful Junie (Léa Seydoux) starts dating fellow student Otto (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), but she soon finds herself falling for Nemours (Louis Garrel), an Italian teacher already entangled in secret affairs with a pupil and colleague. Loosely based on Madame de Lafayette's novel La Princesse de Clèves, this French drama explores the great pain that often accompanies love.
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Lebanon
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn the Israel-Lebanon conflict of the 1980s, four Israeli soldiers command a tank amid a tense, chaotic situation. Confined to the stark interiors of the tank, the men wrestle with fear, anger and their own consciences in the face of possible death.
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7 Khoon Maaf
2011 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsSpiced liberally with black comedy, this Bollywood drama from director Vishal Bhardwaj follows the lethal love life of Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes, who marries numerous men -- only to find them flawed. The solution? Death.
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Le Dernier pour la Route
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfter nearly destroying his career, his health and his relationship with his family, journalist Hervé finally acknowledges that he is an alcoholic and begins the hard work of rebuilding his life in this insightful drama.
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Agnosia
2010 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfflicted with agnosia -- a neuropsychological disorder that disrupts her perception of outside stimuli -- Joana attempts to protect a valuable secret that only she knows from mysterious forces conspiring to exploit her unreliable senses.
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The Mill & The Cross
2011 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsFlemish master Pieter Bruegel's 1564 painting The Procession to Calvary is transformed through amazing special effects into a big-screen epic in which Bruegel's artwork affects everyone around him -- including the Virgin Mary.
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster
2011 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWhen a prince takes a mistress, his neglected wife takes up with her handsome young driver -- who just so happens to be a plant sent by a rival gang. But their mutual passion soon turns to bloodshed.
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The Forgiveness of Blood
2011 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWhen an archaic code of justice confines 17-year-old Nik and the male members of his family to their home, his younger sister becomes the breadwinner. But the housebound Nik is so miserable that he's willing to risk his life to end the confinement.
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Kadosh
1999 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsMeir's rabbi father thinks his son should divorce his wife, Rivka, because she's not fulfilling her duty as a child-bearer. Meanwhile, Rivka's sister is in love with a Jewish outcast, but her rabbi wants her to marry a brute.
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Mashaal
1984 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen intrepid newspaperman Vinod Kumar loses his job for exposing a corrupt government official, he descends into Bombay's underworld to continue his crusade. But even the help of a reformed gangster may not save him from the lure of easy power.
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Morlang
2003 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsJulius Morlang is a successful artist who's been happily married for 15 years to Ellen, his creative muse and personal manager. But when Ellen confesses to an affair, Morlang takes his psychic revenge by bedding a young sycophant. Loosely based on a true story, this drama from the Netherlands explores the potent motives of jealousy, betrayal and revenge.
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As Tears Go By
1988 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsHong Kong gangster Ah Wah (Andy Lau) does all he can to keep his friend and fellow mobster Fly (Jackie Cheung) out of trouble, but Fly continues to wind up in hot water. Ah Wah's crime boss has had about as much as he can stand of Fly, but Ah Wah continues to stand by his friend. To complicate matters, Ah Wah begins to fall for his cousin (Maggie Cheung) but can't find the time to start a relationship and keep Fly out of trouble at the same time.
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D
2005 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsCarving his way through Mumbai's seedy underbelly, Deshu eventually establishes his own criminal empire. But the sons of Deshu's mentor aren't so happy about his success -- so much so that they begin killing those he loves.
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Offside
2006 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn director Jafar Panahi's offbeat Iranian tale, several girls find themselves arrested after posing as boys to sneak into a soccer stadium to see a key international qualifying match. It's illegal for Iranian women to attend sports events, so the gate-crashers end up in a holding pen waiting for authorities. But a sympathetic guard watching through a peephole describes the action for the girls, who are eager to know what's happening in the game.
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Lorna's Silence
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhile saving up to open her own snack bar in the Belgian city of Liège, Albanian immigrant Lorna (Arta Dobroshi) is given a shot at citizenship when local mobster Fabio (Fabrizio Rongione) arranges a sham marriage to drug addict Claudy (Jérémie Renier). But when Fabio plots to kill Claudy, Lorna gets dragged into the mobster's sordid plan in this gripping drama from the acclaimed Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.
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