Best dark & gritty Spanish movies on Netflix in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

102 movies on Netflix in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.0. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.

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   1. Society of the Snow (2023)

   Movie · Spanish · 2h 23m · Drama, History · IMDb 7.8 (1.8L votes)

   Visually stunningDark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seat

   On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.

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   2. El Infierno (2010)

   Movie · Spanish · 2h 28m · A · Action, Crime · IMDb 7.6 (14.2K votes)

   MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached

   After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

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   3. Herod's Law (1999)

   Movie · Spanish · 2h 3m · Comedy, Crime · IMDb 7.7 (8.0K votes)

   FunnyCold & detachedDark & gritty

   In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while ass

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   4. The Platform (2019)

   Movie · Spanish · 1h 35m · A · Drama, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.0 (3.3L votes)

   TwistyDark & grittyMatureCold & detached

   A slab of food descends down a vertical facility. The residents above eat heartily, leaving those below starving and desperate. A rebellion is imminent.

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   5. I'm No Longer Here (2019)

   Movie · Spanish · 1h 52m · Drama · IMDb 7.3 (10.6K votes)

   TwistyMatureDark & grittySlow-burn

   In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.

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   6. God's Crooked Lines (2022)

   Movie · Spanish · 2h 35m · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 7.1 (31.2K votes)

   TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seat

   Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.

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   7. The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo (2020)

   Movie · Spanish · 1h 49m · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 8.1 (2.3K votes)

   Dark & grittyDialogue-drivenMatureEdge-of-seat

   After the death of her daughter at the hand of her boyfriend, Marisela Escobedo began to fight for justice not only against the murderer but also against the corrupt Mexican judicial system.

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   8. The Endless Trench (2019)

   Movie · Spanish · 2h 28m · Drama, History · IMDb 7.2 (8.0K votes)

   Slow-burnDark & grittyEdge-of-seat

   A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction, decides to use a hole dug in his own house as a temporary hideout.

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   9. The Perfect Dictatorship (2014)

   Movie · Spanish · 2h 23m · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 7.2 (6.8K votes)

   FunnyCold & detachedDark & grittyFast-paced

   TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporati

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    10. The Photographer of Mauthausen (2018)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 51m · Drama, History · IMDb 6.8 (14.4K votes)

    Dark & grittyMatureVisually stunningEdge-of-seat

    Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of negatives, with the purpose of showing the freed world the atrocities committed by the Nazis, exhaustively docu

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    11. Outlaws (2021)

    Movie · Spanish · 2h 5m · Crime · IMDb 6.9 (5.7K votes)

    MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached

    Introverted Girona student Nacho meets two delinquents from the city's Chinatown and gets caught up in a summer onslaught of burglaries and hold ups that will change his life.

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    12. You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack (2024)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 43m · U/A 16+ · Documentary · IMDb 7.4 (1.5K votes)

    MatureDark & grittyDialogue-drivenCold & detached

    Through key testimonies, this documentary looks at a gang rape that took place during the 2016 San Fermín festival and sparked protests worldwide.

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    13. A Cop Movie (2021)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 47m · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 7.0 (2.5K votes)

    Slow-burnDark & grittyCold & detached

    This documentary walks the line between fact and fiction, delving into corruption in the Mexican police through the experiences of two officers.

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    14. Dance of the Forty One (2020)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 39m · Drama, History · IMDb 6.8 (6.2K votes)

    Slow-burnMatureDark & grittySerious

    Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.

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    15. 11M: Terror in Madrid (2022)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 32m · Documentary · IMDb 6.9 (3.3K votes)

    Dialogue-drivenCold & detachedDark & grittySerious

    Survivors and insiders recount March 11, 2004's terrorist attack on Madrid, including the political crisis it ignited and the hunt for the perpetrators.

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    16. Adú (2020)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 59m · Drama · IMDb 6.8 (5.8K votes)

    Dark & grittyVisually stunningEdge-of-seatSlow-burn

    In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far away, an environmental activist contemplates the terrible image of an elephant, dead and fangless. Not only do you have to fight against po

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    17. Facing El Chapo (2026)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 31m · Crime, Action · IMDb 6.7 (9.5K votes)

    Fast-pacedEdge-of-seatMatureDark & gritty

    Two Mexican officers must survive the final hours of their shift after crossing a ruthless cartel boss.

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    18. Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist (2022)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 49m · Documentary · IMDb 7.0 (1.7K votes)

    Dialogue-drivenCold & detachedDark & grittySlow-burn

    Through candid interviews, the perpetrators of Argentina's most notorious bank heist detail how — and why — they carried out the radical 2006 operation.

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    19. Seven Years (2016)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 17m · Drama · IMDb 6.7 (5.6K votes)

    Dialogue-drivenCold & detachedDark & grittySerious

    The drama is centered on four friends and business partners who in one evening are forced to find a way to save their company and themselves. The impossible decision they face is agreeing on who will be the one to sacrifice their freedom to save the others from personal and financial demise. It is a race against time t

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    20. The Crimes That Bind (2020)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 39m · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 6.7 (5.0K votes)

    TwistySlow-burnMatureDark & gritty

    When her son is accused of raping and trying to murder his ex-wife, Alicia embarks on a journey that will change her life forever.

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    21. Eye for an Eye (2019)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 47m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 6.6 (9.6K votes)

    MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached

    Mario, an exemplary man, lives in a village on the Galician coast. In the old people’s home, where he works as a nurse, everyone appreciates him. When the best known narco in the area, Antonio Padín, recently released from prison, enters the residence, Mario tries to make Antonio feel at home. Now, Padín's two sons, K

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    22. She Walks in Darkness (2025)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 45m · U/A 16+ · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 6.6 (4.2K votes)

    Edge-of-seatCold & detachedMatureDark & gritty

    A young agent leaves everything behind to pose as a member of ETA, risking her life to uncover the terrorists' hideouts in the south of France.

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    23. The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo (2023)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 54m · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 7.0 (632 votes)

    Cold & detachedDark & grittyMatureDialogue-driven

    For the first time, complainants against La Luz del Mundo megachurch leaders expose the abuses they suffered through exclusive interviews.

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    24. Noise (2022)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 45m · Drama · IMDb 6.6 (1.4K votes)

    MatureSlow-burnDark & grittySerious

    Julia is a mother, or rather, one of many mothers, sisters, daughters, colleagues, who have had their lives torn apart by the widespread violence in a country waging a war against its women. Julia is searching for Ger, her daughter. And in her search, she will weave through the stories and struggles of the different wo

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    25. The Photographer: Murder in Pinamar (2022)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 45m · Documentary · IMDb 6.7 (819 votes)

    Cold & detachedDark & grittyDialogue-drivenSerious

    The murder of photographer José Luis Cabezas in the summer of 1997 deeply shakes Argentina, and ends up revealing a mafia scheme in which the political and economic powers appear to be involved.

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    26. Murder by the Coast (2021)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 28m · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (2.8K votes)

    Cold & detachedTwistyMatureDark & gritty

    In 1999, teen Rocío Wanninkhof is murdered. Her mother's ex-partner, Dolores Vázquez, is suspected. Did she do it? A second victim reveals the truth.

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    27. Miguel Ángel Blanco: The 48 Hours That Changed Spain (2026)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 33m · Documentary · IMDb 6.9 (496 votes)

    Dark & grittyCold & detachedDialogue-drivenStraightforward

    This documentary explores how Miguel Ángel Blanco's 1997 abduction turned fear into collective resistance and shaped Spain's fright Against ETA terrorism.

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    28. The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders (2023)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 51m · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 6.4 (1.7K votes)

    Cold & detachedMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat

    Between 1998 and 2005, a wave of murders targeting elderly women hit Mexico City, triggering the hunt for — and capture — of a most unlikely suspect.

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    29. Sonora: The Devil’s Highway (2019)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 35m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 6.4 (840 votes)

    Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detached

    1931, a year of nationalisms and excesses: The Chinese are expelled from Sonora; the US deports Mexicans and closes its borders. Twelve desperate people cross the Sonoran desert in a 1929 Chrysler, hoping to find peace in Baja California. As their sojourn exposes both the best and the worst of human nature, racism, gre

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    30. Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist (2023)

    Movie · Spanish · 1h 43m · Documentary, History · IMDb 6.4 (713 votes)

    Slow-burnDialogue-drivenCold & detachedDark & gritty

    An in-depth interview with José Antonio Urrutikoetxea, known as Josu Ternera, one of the most relevant leaders of the terrorist gang ETA.

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