
Criminal: Spain
Created by Jim Field Smith, George Kay
On Netflix
A claustrophobic, morally ambiguous miniseries built on psychological cat-and-mouse games between interrogators and suspects, where truth and ethics collide in a confined space.
Psychological games abound between detectives and suspects in a tense interrogation room, where the search for answers sometimes comes at a moral cost.
Where to watch
- StreamNetflix
Questions people ask
Is Criminal: Spain easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 88% of series.
Does Criminal: Spain leave you hopeful? Barely. Less hopeful than 88% of series.
Is Criminal: Spain sad? Yes. More sad than 79% of series.
Is Criminal: Spain scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 66% of series.
Is Criminal: Spain violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
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Familiar shape, done well.
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