When I gently launched the Global TV Awards last year, I wasn't sure what to expect. There is an increasing flood of non-English language international television being released in the U.S. But so much of it is just dumped onto the various services with little notice and almost no information aside from a dubbed trailer. And there are also some really great smaller international streamers that don't receive a lot of attention from the American press.

The awards were an attempt to highlight the best of global television and while last year's debut didn't receive a lot of attention from the press, it garnered more than 60,000 votes from global television fans. And even better, I received a lot of feedback from both international creators happy for the extra attention and lovers of the genre who discovered some new things to watch.

The eligibility guidelines are straight forward:

* A show, movie, documentary or special must have been originally produced outside the United States and in a language other than English.

* The title must have premiered in the United States sometime in the 2025 calendar year. It must have premiered in its original territory no earlier than 1/1/2024.

*It has to be available on a legitimate commercial SVOD or AVOD. Not YouTube, not someone's private server.

So here is the list of everything that is eligible under that criteria. If I missed anything, let me know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. One thing I hope to include next year are some entries from much smaller regional streamers that have titles that are likely eligible, but who weren't cooperative about providing additional information when I reached out for more information.

APAC (Asia-Pacific)

Best Scripted Drama Series - APAC

 

Best Scripted Drama Series - Japan

 

Best Scripted Drama Series - India

  • Black Warrant [India] [Netflix]
  • Paatal Lok [India] [Prime Video]
  • Dabba Cartel [India] [Netflix] - [first look video]
  • Khakee: The Bengal Chapter [India] [Netflix]
  • Rana Naidu [India] [Netflix]
  • Saare Jahan Se Accha: The Silent Guardians [India] [Netflix]
  • The Game: You Never Play Alone [India] [Netflix]
  • Delhi Crime [India] [Netflix]
  • The Family Man [India] [Prime Video]
  • Mandala Murders [India] [Netflix]



Best Scripted Drama Series - South Korea



Best Scripted Comedy Series - APAC

  • The Hot Spot [Japan] [Netflix]
  • Good Boy [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • The Ba***ds Of Bollywood Series Premiere [India] [Netflix]
  • I Am Married....But [Taiwan] [Netflix] [photo gallery]

 

Best Scripted Limited Series -APAC

 

Best Unscripted Or Reality Series Or Special - APAC

 

Best Unscripted Or Reality Series Or Special - South Korea

  • Kian's Bizarre B&B [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • The Devil's Plan [South Korea] [Netflix] - [first video look]
  • Welcome: Now Get Lost [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • Better Late Than Single [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • KPopped [South Korea] [Apple TV]
  • Crime Scene Zero [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • Physical: Asia [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • Squid Game: The Challenge [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • Three Idiots In Kenya [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • Culinary Class Wars [South Korea] [Netflix] - [first look video]


Best Movie -APAC

  • Sosyal Climbers [Philippines] [Netflix] - [first look video]
  • Promised Hearts [Indonesia] [Netflix] - [photo gallery]
  • The Siege At Thorne High [Indonesia] [Prime Video]
  • One Hit Wonder [Philippines] [Netflix]
  • Kontrabida Academy [Philippines] [Netflix]
  • The Time That Remains [Philippines] [Netflix]
  • The Elixir [Indonesia] [Netflix]
  • Left-Handed Girl [Taiwan] [Netflix]
  • Lost In The Spotlight [Indonesia ] [Netflix]
  • A Normal Woman [Indonesia] [Netflix]

 

Best Movie - Japan


Best Movie - India

  • Dhoom Dhaam [India] [Netflix] - [first look video]
  • Nadaaniyan [India] [Netflix]
  • Test [India] [Netflix]
  • Jewel Thief: The Heist Begins [India] [Netflix]
  • Inspector Zende [India] [Netflix]
  • Baramulla [India] [Netflix]
  • Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders [India] [Netflix]


Best Movie - South Korea

  • Bogata: City Of The Lost [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • Revelations [South Korea] [Netflix] - [photo gallery]
  • Love Untangled [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • Mantis [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • Good News [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • The Great Flood [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • Wall To Wall [South Korea] [Netflix]

 

Best Movie - Thailand


Best Documentary - APAC

  • The Roshans [India] [Netflix]
  • Soju Rhapsody [South Korea] [Netflix]
  • The Greatest Rivalry: India vs Pakistan [India] [Netflix]
  • Lee Soo Man: The King Of K-Pop [South Korea] [Prime Video]
  • The Echoes Of Survivors: Inside Korea's Tragedies [South Korea] [Netflix] [Kayti Burt review]
  • Dining With The Kapoors [India] [Netflix]

 

EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa)

Best Scripted Drama Series - Africa

  • Trompoppie [South Africa] [MHz Choice]
  • Tuiskoms [South Africa] [Netflix]
  • Go! [South Africa] [Netflix]
  • Unseen [South Africa] [Netflix]
  • Kings of Jo'Burg [South Africa] [Netflix]
  • Fatal Seduction [South Africa] [Netflix]
  • Bad Influencer [South Africa] [Netflix]
  • Marked [South Africa] [Netflix]

 

Best Scripted Drama Series - Continental Europe

 

 Best Scripted Drama Series - Germany

  • Riviere-Perdue [Germany] [MHz Choice]
  • Tatort: Harbor Crimes [Germany] [MHz Choice]
  • Berlin ER [Germany] [Apple TV] - [first look video]
  • Maxton Hall: The World Between Us [Germany] [Prime Video]
  • How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast) [Germany] [Netflix]

 

 Best Scripted Drama Series - France


Best Scripted Drama Series - Poland


Best Scripted Drama Series - Spain

 

Best Scripted Drama Series - Sweden

  • The Breakthrough [Sweden] [Netflix]
  • The Åre Murders [Sweden] [Netflix]
  • Jana, Marked For Life [Sweden] [Viaplay]
  • The Big Fix [Sweden] [MHz Choice]
  • The Beach Hotel [Sweden] [Viaplay]
  • Barracuda Queens [Sweden] [Netflix]
  • Diary Of A Ditched Girl [Sweden] [Netflix]
  • To Cook A Bear [Sweden] [Hulu]
  • A Life's Worth [Sweden] [Viaplay]


Best Scripted Drama Series - Middle East


Best Scripted Drama Series - Nordic Countries

  • The Hanko Murder [Finland] [MHz Choice]
  • Pernille [Norway] [Netflix]
  • Port Poison - Santeri's Deal [Finland] [MHz Choice]
  • Chaos [Denmark] [Viaplay]
  • Mafia [Norway] [Viaplay]
  • The Asset [Denmark] [Netflix]
  • Home For Christmas [Norway] [Netflix]


Best Scripted Limited Series - EMEA

  • The Breakthrough [Sweden] [Netflix]
  • Hounds Hill [Poland] [Netflix]
  • Project UFO [Poland] [Netflix]
  • Heweliusz [Poland] [Netflix]
  • Cassandra [Germany] [Netflix]
  • Istanbul Encyclopedia [Turkey] [Netflix] - [first look video]
  • The Glass Dome [Sweden] [Netflix]- [first look video]
  • Secrets We Keep [Denmark] [Netflix]
  • Families Like Ours [Denmark] [Netflix]
  • The Town [Turkey] [Netflix]

 

Best Scripted Limited Series - Italy


Best Scripted Limited Series - Spain

  • City Of Shadows [Spain] [Netflix]
  • The Crystal Cuckoo [Spain] [Netflix]
  • Cristóbal Balenciaga [Spain] [Hulu]
  • Two Graves [Spain] [Netflix]
  • Angela [Spain] [Netflix]



Best Scripted Comedy Series - EMEA

  • Alpha Males [Spain] [Netflix]
  • Whiskey On The Rocks [Sweden] [Hulu]
  • Roosters [Netherlands] [Netflix]
  • Shared Custody (Custodia Repartida) [Spain] [Disney+]
  • How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast) [Germany] [Netflix]
  • Real Men Series Premiere [Italy] [Netflix]
  • Aniela [Poland] [Netflix]
  • Death Inc. [Spain] [Netflix]
  • 1670 [Poland] [Netflix]
  • Platonic: Blue Moon Hotel [Turkey] [Netflix]
  • Dudes [Germany] [Netflix]
  • Old Dog, New Tricks [Spain] [Netflix]
  • The New Force [Sweden] [Netflix]
  • Miss Sophie: Same Procedure As Every Year [Germany] [Prime Video]
  • Sicily Express [Italy] [Netflix]

 

Best Unscripted Series - EMEA

  • Dubai Bling [United Arab Emirates] [Netflix]
  • I Am Ilary [Italy] [Netflix]
  • Young, Famous & African [South Africa] [Netflix]
  • Posso Entrare? An Ode To Naples [Italy] [Hulu] - [first look video]
  • Love Is Blind: Sweden: After the Altar [Sweden] [Netflix]
  • Rhythm + Flow Italy [Italy] [Netflix]
  • Carlos Alcaraz: My Way [Spain] [Netflix]
  • Too Hot To Handle: Italy [Italy] [Netflix]
  • Rhythm + Flow: Poland [Poland] [Netflix]
  • Too Hot To Handle: Spain [Spain] [Netflix]
  • Kaulitz & Kaulitz [Germany] [Netflix]
  • Yolanthe [Netherlands] [Netflix]
  • Now Or Never: FC Montfermeil [France] [HBO Max]
  • Love Is Blind: Brazil [France] [Netflix]
  • Rhythm + Flow France [France] [Netflix]
  • Rhythm + Flow France: After The Beat [France] [Netflix]
  • Love Is Blind: Italy [Italy] [Netflix]

 

Best Movie - Africa

  • Umjolo: My Beginning, My End! [South Africa] [Netflix]
  • Meet The Khumalos [South Africa] [Netflix]
  • Umjolo: There Is No Cure [South Africa] [Netflix]
  • Semi-Soeter [South Africa] [Netflix]
  • How To Ruin Love: The Lobola [South Africa] [Netflix]

 

Best Movie - Continental Europe

  • The Love Scam [Italy] [Netflix]
  • Undercover Party Crasher (MIssão Porto Seguro) [Portugal] [Prime Video] [first look video]
  • Number 24 [Norway] [Netflix]
  • Death Before The Wedding [Poland] [Netflix]
  • Love Forever [Sweden] [Netflix]
  • The Wrong Track [Norway] [Netflix] - [first look video]
  • Little Serbia [Finland] [Netflix]
  • iHostage [Holland] [Netflix]
  • Off Track 2 [Sweden] [Netflix]
  • Planet Single: Greek Adventure [Poland] [Netflix]
  • The Balloonist [Netherlands] [Disney+]
  • Inside Furioza [Poland] [Netflix]
  • Mango [Denmark] [Netflix]
  • Troll 2 [Norway] [Netflix] - [first look video]
  • The Congregation: Bride Of Christ [Sweden] [Viaplay]
  • An Honest Life [Sweden] [Netflix]

 

Best Movie - France

 

Best Movie - Germany

  • Brick [Germany] [Netflix]
  • Fall For Me [Germany] [Netflix]
  • Exterritorial [Germany] [Netflix] - [first look video] - [photo gallery]
  • Delicious [Germany] [Netflix]
  • The Calendar Killer [Germany] [Prime Video]
  • Platonic: Blue Moon Hotel [Germany] [Netflix]

 

Best Movie - Spain

  • Culpa Nuestra (Our Fault) [Spain] [Prime Video]
  • Tell Me Softly (Dimelo bajito) [Spain] [Prime Video]
  • She Walks In Darkness [Spain] [Netflix]
  • Bad Influence [Spain] [Netflix]
  • A Widow's Game [Spain] [Netflix]


Best Movie - Middle East

  • The Sand Castle [Lebanon] [Netflix] - [photo gallery]
  • Cooked  [Turkey] [Hulu]
  • Pita Hall [Turkey] [Hulu]
  • Abandoned Man [Turkey] [Netflix]
  • Groom & Two Brides [Kuwait] [Netflix]
  • Lefter: The Story Of The Ordinarius [Turkey] [Netflix]
  • The Fakenapping [Saudi Arabia] [Netflix]



Best Documentary/Docuseries - EMEA

  • Aitana: Metamorphosis [Spain] [Netflix] - [first video look]
  • 10 Years Of Max Verstappen [Sweden] [Viaplay]
  • Super Sara [Spain] [Max]
  • Off Road [Israel] [Netflix]
  • Babo: The Haftbefehl Story [Germany] [Netflix]
  • The Wolf War [Norway] [Viaplay] 
  • I'm Still A Superstar [Spain] [Netflix]

 

Best True Crime Documentary Or Docuseries - EMEA

  • Quiet In Class [Sweden] [HBO Max]
  • Mare Branca: The Surreal Story Of Rabo de Peixe [Portugal] [Netflix]
  • Murdering Love [Sweden] [Viaplay]
  • Cocaine Air: Smugglers At 30,000 Ft. [France] [Netflix]
  • Johanna Möller: Sweden's Most Hated Woman [Sweden] [Viaplay]
  • Beauty And The Bester [South Africa] [Netflix]



LATAM (Latin America)

Best Scripted Drama Series - LATAM

  • Baby Bandito [Chile] [Netflix] [photo gallery]
  • Mercy On Us [Argentina] [MHz Choice]
  • In The Mud [Argentina] [Netflix]
  • Breakdown [Argentina] [Hulu]
  • Daughter Of Fire [Argentina] [Hulu]
  • Envious [Argentina] [Netflix]

 

Best Scripted Drama Series - Brazil


Best Scripted Drama Series - Columbia

  • Medusa [Columbia] [Netflix] - [first look video]
  • Newly Rich, Newly Poor [Columbia] [Netflix]
  • Eva Lasting [Columbia] [Netflix]
  • Her Mother's Killer [Columbia] [Netflix] - [first look video]
  • The Guest [Columbia] [Netflix]
  • Just Alice [Columbia] [Netflix]
  • Betty la Fea: La Historia Continúa [Columbia] [Prime Video]


Best Scripted Drama Series - Mexico

  • The Dead Girls [Mexico] [Netflix] - [photo gallery]
  • The Liberation (La Liberación) [Mexico] [Prime Video]
  • Prison Cell 211 [Mexico] [Netflix]
  • Welcome To The Family [Mexico] [Netflix]
  • I Am Not Mendoza [Mexico] [Netflix]
  • Rosario Tijeras [Mexico] [Netflix]
  • The Gringo Hunters [Mexico] [Netflix]
  • Every Minute Counts (Cada Minuto Cuenta) [Mexico] [Prime Video]
  • Vgly [Mexico] [HBO Max]
  • The Accident [Mexico] [Netflix]
  • The Manny [Mexico] [Netflix]
  • Unspeakable Sins [Mexico] [Netflix]


Best Scripted Comedy Series - LATAM


Best Scripted Limited Series - LATAM


Best Unscripted Series - LATAM

  • Love Is Blind: Brazil [Brazil] [Netflix]
  • Stranded With My Mother-In-Law [Brazil] [Netflix]
  • Garnachas: Glorious Street Food! [Mexico] [Netflix]
  • LOL: Last One Laughing Colombia [Columbia] [Prime Video]
  • Necaxa [Mexico] [FXX]


Best Movie - LATAM

 

Best Movie - Mexico

  • Lucca's World [Mexico] [Netflix]
  • The Dad Quest [Mexico] [Netflix]
  • Counterstrike [Mexico] [Netflix]
  • Our Times [Mexico] [Netflix]
  • Follow (Juegos de Seducción) [Mexico] [Prime Video]
  • The Follies [Mexico] [Netflix]


Best Documentary - LATAM

  • Larissa: The Other Side of Anitta [Brazil] [Netflix]
  • Kun by Agüero [Argentina] [Hulu]
  • Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful [Columbia] [Netflix]
  • Vini Jr. [Brazil] [Netflix]
  • Millionaire [Chile] [Netflix]
  • Rockstar: DUKI From The End Of The World [Argentina] [Netflix]
  • Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will [Mexico] [Netflix]


Best True Crime - LATAM

  • A Tragedy Foretold: Flight 3054 [Brazil] [Netflix]
  • Abandoned: The Woman In The Decaying House [Brazil] [Prime Video]
  • Eloa The Hostage: Live On TV [Brazil] [Netflix]
  • 50 Seconds: The Fernando Báez Sosa Case [Brazil] [Netflix]