The weather outside is frightful – and so is the weather in these chilly series! From frigid Nordic Noirs to snowy Alpine dramas, lean into the season with the Winter Watches Collection on MHz Choice.
The Winter Watches Collection on MHz Choice offers a curated selection of international crime dramas and mysteries, perfect for cozy evenings during the colder months.
This collection features compelling stories from around the globe, showcasing a mix of thrilling detective series and engaging character-driven narratives. Whether you’re in the mood for a gripping investigation or an atmospheric escape into another culture, the Winter Watches Collection is certain to warm your spirit while keeping you on the edge of your seat. Learn more below or start watching now on MHz Choice!
Reindeer Mafia
CRIME DRAMA | FINLAND | FINNISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-14
In the style of the Coen Brothers, this darkly comic Finnish crime saga follows a fractured family embroiled in a power struggle after the death of their powerful matriarch.
Violent, suspenseful, hilarious and filled with larger-than-life characters, Reindeer Mafia is based on the novel Poromafia by Mikko-Pekka Heikkinen and won Best Drama Series at the 2024 Finland Television Academy Golden Venla Awards!
Freezing Embrace
MYSTERY | FINLAND | FINNISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-14
Chief Inspector Antti Hautalehto investigates a series of disturbing murders in this tense Finnish psychological thriller. Freezing Embrace is based on Christian Rönnbacka’s Antti Hautalehto detective novels.
The Lake Trilogy
CRIME DRAMA | SLOVENIA | SLOVENIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-14
Based on a series of novels by Tadej Golob, The Lake Trilogy is in many ways Slovenia’s Alpine answer to the Nordic Noir craze: a cinematic police procedural in a scenic, winter landscape with a dark and troubled protagonist. The Lake Trilogy checks all of the boxes!
Arctic Circle
CRIME DRAMA | FINLAND | FINNISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-MA
When a dying sex worker is found in a cabin with a deadly virus in her body, a Finnish officer must team up with a German virologist to track a serial killer and contain the virus before it becomes a full-blown pandemic.
Arctic Circle is a great example of the Nordic Noir genre: a complicated detective solving a gruesome crime in a bleak landscape. Cozy!
Pagan Peak
CRIME DRAMA | GERMANY | GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-MA
When a gruesomely staged body is found at the German-Austrian border, two detectives investigate. As the ritual-like murders continue, they enter the killer’s sinister world, set in the Alpine wilderness.
Originally aired as Der Pass, Pagan Peak is Germany’s answer to the Scandinavian phenomenon The Bridge and goes to show that Nordic Noir doesn’t always have to be Nordic!
Après
CRIME DRAMA | CANADA | FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-MA
An incomprehensible tragedy rocks the small village of Lac-Sabin. In the face of fear, victims and survivors are forced to cope and find ways to navigate the aftermath of the violence.
(WARNING: Après contains graphic gun violence and disturbing images that might not be suitable for everyone.)
Félix
CRIME DRAMA | SPAIN | SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-14
After moving to a beautiful mountain town in Andorra to get closer to a son, quiet writer Félix finds himself on a journey where nothing is as it seems and everything becomes possible in romantic, thrilling and mysterious ways.
Off Season
CRIME DRAMA | FRANCE | FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-MA
Troubled Swiss Police Captain, Sterenn Peiry, must team up with a French counterpart to hunt down a serial killer. While investigating the case, her life becomes complicated by decisions she makes to protect her son from a tragic mistake.
Wilder
MYSTERY | SWITZERLAND | GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-14
Swiss cop Rosa Wilder investigates mysterious murders in the Alps.
