Criminal: Spain

Criminal: Spain

Created by Jim Field Smith, George Kay

On Netflix

20191 season3 episodes40 min6.6 / 10

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.

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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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52/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity42

How unlike any other series this one feels

Surprise75

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love43

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Criminal: Spain

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Criminal: Spain, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Criminal: Spain, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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