Four Netflix shows to watch if you loved ‘Murder in Galicia’
Arriving a week after its companion documentary, Unprotected: Murder in Galicia, Netflix ’s Murder in Galicia is a fictionalised drama inspired by the notorious, real-life 2015 murder case of 65-year-old Isabel Fuentes, who was killed while she was recovering from another brutal attack.
The three-episode Netflix Original miniseries follows small-town Civil Guard sergeant Elias as he investigates a violent assault on a woman, and refuses to buy the victim’s husband’s robbery-gone-wrong theory. Murder in Galicia focuses on the institutional blind spots and the systemic failures that allowed a victim in danger to remain unprotected.
If you want your post-recommendation watchlist to follow suit, with stories based on real-life cases or atmospheric mysteries where institutional failure and oversight lead to dangerous escalations, we’ve got you covered with these four gripping Netflix shows to stream after Murder in Galicia.
Four Netflix shows to binge after Murder in Galicia:
The Asunta Case (Carlos Sedes and Jacobo Martínez, 2024)
Like Murder in Galicia, The Asunta Case is based on a shocking true crime: the real-life 2013 murder of 12-year-old Asunta Basterra in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Created by the same team behind the latest Spanish miniseries, the 2024 limited series opens with wealthy attorney Rosario Porto and journalist Alfonso Basterra reporting their adoptive Chinese-born daughter, Asunta, missing to authorities.
Shortly after, Asunta’s body is found on a forest track on the outskirts of town. Although it initially comes across as a kidnapping case, suspicion gradually shifts towards people close to home. The Asunta Case reconstructs the final days and hours of Asunta’s life to cover the intense investigation, testimonies, and medical evidence that led to eventual convictions. Strap in; it’s going to get gritty.
Bitter Daisies (Miguel Conde, 2018 – 2020)
Another equally intriguing Galician noir mystery that could be the perfect transition from Murder in Galicia is Bitter Daisies. Directed by Miguel Conde, the Spanish-Galician crime thriller follows Civil Guard sergeant Rosa Vargas, who arrives in the quaint town of Murias in Galicia to investigate the disappearance of local teenager Marta Labrada.
Although hot-tempered local officer Mauro Seoane tries to dismiss Marta as a runaway, Rosa joins forces with Mauro to dig deeper into the case, stumbling upon an underground, illegal party scene and sex-trafficking ring. Bitter Daisies centres on Rosa’s investigation, which is further complicated by the ghosts of her own past: the disappearance of her younger sister. Trust the process on this one.
42 Days of Darkness (Gaspar Antillo and Claudia Huaiquimilla, 2022)
Again, like Murder in Galicia, 42 Days of Darkness is inspired by the real-life 2010 disappearance and death of Viviana Haeger in Puerto Varas, Chile. The six-episode Chilean crime drama centres on Verónica Montes, who disappears from her home in an elite gated community on the morning of June 29th, 2010, in southern Chile, with no signs of forced entry, burglary, or theft. Although her husband, Mario Medina, claimed to have received a ransom call, no follow-up calls ever arrived.
Dissatisfied with the pace of the police investigation and the media circus, Verónica’s sister, Cecilia Montes, launches her own amateur investigation with the help of unofficial lawyer, Víctor Pizarro. 42 Days of Darkness follows the search for answers and the long legal fight that followed. You know it’s good when they need six episodes.
The Snow Girl (David Ulloa and Laura Alvea, 2023-2025)
To wrap up our post-Murder in Galicia watch marathon, we strongly recommend The Snow Girl. The Spanish crime thriller adapts Javier Castillo’s novel and begins on January 5th, 2010, when five-year-old Amaya Martín goes missing in the crowded streets of a parade in Málaga, Spain, turning a day of festivities into every parent’s worst nightmare.
While police inspector Belén Millán leads the official investigation, a determined but troubled trainee journalist, Miren Rojo, launches her own search for the truth with the help of senior journalist Eduardo. The Snow Girl follows the high-profile kidnapping case in which years pass without leads, until Miren’s breakthrough pulls back the curtain on the unimaginable. Just don’t blame us if you’re up until the small hours.