TOP TEN FOREIGN LANGUAGE DRAMAS ON NETFLIX

1. BORGEN

Classy drama about a Centrist politician, played by Sidse

Babett Knudsen, who becomes Denmark’s first female prime minister and has to deal with political intrigues, the media and challenges in her personal life.

2. LUPIN

Omar Sy stars as a man who sets out to clear the name of his father who was falsely accused of the theft of a priceless necklace in this stylish French crime caper.

3. CALL MY AGENT!

Smash-hit comedy drama about a Parisian talent agency and its flaky clients who are played by real-life French stars sending themselves up. A UK version is currently being made.

4. FAUDA

Lior Raz and Marina Maximilian (below) are the stars of this nailbitingly tense thriller in which a tough Israeli special forces unit operates undercover in the Palestinian territories.

5. MONEY HEIST

The fast-moving Spanish thriller about a gang of robbers carrying out audacious heists has become a global phenomenon. Part 5 Volume 1 has just been released, with the final instalment to come in December.

6. SACRED GAMES

A violent, immersive crime drama set in India that pits a Mumbai police inspector against a powerful gangster.

7. SHTISEL

The ups and downs of an ultra-Orthodox rabbi and his family living in Jerusalem might not sound like the basis for a compelling show, but this is a fascinating depiction of a way of life unfamiliar to most of us.

8. BLACK SPOT

France’s answer to Twin Peaks – an offbeat crime show set in an isolated town where the murder rate is much higher than the national average.

9. CABLE GIRLS

Underrated but highly engaging Spanish period drama about four women working at Madrid’s new telephone exchange in the 1920s.

10. DARK

The gloomy fictional town of Winden is at the centre of a mindbending time-travel mystery in this complex German sci-fi thriller.