Need a cure for your mid-week blues? Worry not, we’ve got your back! We’ve summarized the best foreign titles coming to various OTT platforms this week for easier navigation!
1. C.H.U.E.C.O: Season 2 (May 14) – Disney+ Hotstar – Spanish
A widower and father of three is on the verge of ruin, but he inherits an unexpected fortune from his uncle. The money comes with a condition: his family must take care of Chueco, an adult, talking chimpanzee! Hiding this won’t be easy, because he never shuts up and is ready to get the family into all sorts of trouble.
2. Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal (May 15) – Netflix – English
When a dating site for people seeking adulterous affairs is hacked, millions of users’ intimate data is exposed, wrecking marriages and destroying lives.
3. Blood of Zeus: Season 2 (May 15) – Netflix – English
In a brewing war between the gods of Olympus and the titans, Heron, a commoner living on the outskirts of ancient Greece, becomes mankind’s best hope of surviving an evil demon army. He also soon discovers the secrets of his past.
4. Uncle Samshik (May 15) – Netflix – Korean
The story of Sam-sik, a man who survived the turbulent time period of Korean history in the 1960s, and Kim San, an elite.
5. Bridgerton Season 3: Part 1 (May 16) – Netflix – English
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of the Regency-era in England, as seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
6. Madame Web (May 16) – Netflix – English
Forced to confront revelations about her past, paramedic Cassandra Webb forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures…if they can all survive a deadly present.
7. Outer Range: Season 2 (May 16) – Prime Video – English
A rancher fighting for his land and family stumbles upon an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness, forcing a confrontation with the Unknown in ways both intimate and cosmic in the untamable American West.
8. 99 (May 17) – Prime Video – English
The definitive documentary of Manchester United’s historic treble-winning season, within which the iconic team won the Premier League, the FA Cup, and the UEFA Champions League across 10 pivotal days in 1999.
9. Power (May 17) – Netflix – English
Driven to maintain social order, policing in the United States has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, American policing embodies one word: power.
10. The 8 Show (May 17) – Netflix – Korean
Eight individuals trapped in a mysterious 8-story building participate in a tempting but dangerous game show where they earn money as time passes.
11. The Big Cigar (May 17) – Apple TV+ – English
Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton enlists an unlikely ally—Hollywood producer Bert Schneider—to elude an FBI manhunt and escape to Cuba.
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