La Palma

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If you enjoyed La Palma, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. The Stranded

   2019 · Drama, Adventure, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, hidden gem, also on Netflix.

   The Stranded tells a story of an 18-year-old boy, Kraam, who survives a devastating tsunami along with thirty-six of his fellow students at an elite private high school on a remote island in the Andaman Sea. As mysterious events start happening on the island, it quickly becomes clear that no one is coming to rescue them and Kraam must lead the students to rescue themselves.

2. When Heroes Fly

   2018 · Drama, Action, Thriller · returning

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

   Inspired by a bestselling novel, this dramatic thriller centres on four friends, war veterans of a Special Forces unit, who, eleven years after falling out, must reunite for one final and deeply personal rescue mission.When they receive news that Yaeli, a former lover of one of the friends and sister of another – long believed to be dead – may still be alive, the four friends embark on a mission to find her. Their journey takes them deep into the heart of the Colombian jungle, where they soon realise that if they are to succeed in their search, each of them must first confront the trauma that tore them apart so many years before. For Yaeli ran as far as she could from the people she loved the most, to save herself from the shadow of death they cast upon her.Featuring breathtaking action sequences, When Heroes Fly is a fast-paced thriller centring on strong characters who have seen the dark side of life, and must walk through fire and brimstone once again in order to find peace. It's about healing, second chances and loss, but, most of all, it's about the power of life and the human strength to fight for it…

3. Into the Night

   2020 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, also on Netflix.

   Into the Night begins with a sudden solar event, as the sun inexplicably starts killing everything in its path. The show centers around the 'lucky' passengers and crew of an overnight flight out of Brussels, as they attempt to fly west - into the safety of the dark night. The plane's manifest is multinational and multilingual, with passengers, rich and poor, young and old, civilian and military. The seemingly ordinary travelers share but one thing: A desire to survive the sun - and each other - by any means necessary.

4. 22. juli

   2020 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, hidden gem.

   They help the injured. They comfort the bereaved. They try to understand. This is the story of those who were at work when the terror hit Norway on July 22, 2011.

5. Jo Nesbøs Harry Hole

   2026 · Drama, Thriller · returning

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, also on Netflix.

   A brilliant but troubled detective, Harry Hole, hunts a serial killer while battling a corrupt adversary, Tom Waaler, as they navigate ethical gray areas, with Harry determined to bring the criminal to justice.

6. Ferry: de serie

   2023 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, also on Netflix.

   Desperate for funds, Ferry Bouman stumbles upon a golden opportunity when a high-profile bust leaves a vacant position among Brabant's top dealers.

7. Kalifat

   2020 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Agent Fatima gets a tip that a terrorist act is planned in Sweden. At the same time, the teenager Sulle has opened her eyes to her student assistant who opens the doors to a new fascinating world. 

8. D.P.

   2021 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on Netflix.

   A young private's assignment to capture army deserters reveals the painful reality endured by each enlistee during his compulsory call of duty.

9. Los Favoritos de Midas

   2020 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, hidden gem, also on Netflix.

   Los Favoritos de Midas follows Victor, a rich businessman, who is blackmailed in a strange way and a mysterious organization that threatens to kill a person randomly on the date they indicate, and will continue to kill other victims periodically unless they get something from him.

10. High School Return of a Gangster

    2024 · Drama, Thriller · ended

    Recommended for similar Thriller profile, hidden gem.

    A middle-aged gangster finds himself body-swapped into the body of a bullied teen. Now inhabited by a tough-as-nails gangster, the teen starts to fight back against the power structure at his school and change his miserable existence.