2025 marks the 10 year anniversary of MHz Choice! To mark the milestone, we’re revisiting the shows that helped define our first decade — the ones that have earned international praise and even a few Emmy statues along the way.
From Nordic noir and political thrillers to sweeping dramas, these Emmy-recognized series capture everything we love about great global storytelling.
A Royal Secret
DRAMA | SWEDEN | SWEDISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-14
The true story of a restaurateur’s secret relationship with the king of Sweden in the 1930s.
2022 International Emmy Award Nominee for Best Actress/Actor: Sverrir Gudnason
Herrhausen: The Banker and The Bomb
DRAMA | GERMANY | GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-14
A political drama about the infamous assassination attempt on Deutsche Bank Chairman Alfred Herrhausen in 1989, amidst the turmoil and uncertainty of the fall of the Berlin Wall and a changing Germany.
2025 International Emmy Award Nominee for Best Drama Series
Millennium
THRILLER | SWEDEN | SWEDISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-MA
Based on the bestselling book trilogy by Stieg Larsson, Millennium is a fast-paced saga of murder, mystery and corruption. The unlikely heroes are disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his reluctant partner world-class hacker, Lisbeth Salander.
2011 International Emmy Award Winner for Best TV Movie/ Mini-Series
2011 International Emmy Award Nominee for Best Actress/ Actor: Noomi Rapace
2011 International Emmy Award Nominee for Best Actress/ Actor: Michael Nyquist
Persona
DRAMA-CRIME | TURKEY | TURKISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-MA
A mysterious crime and coverup connects Agah, an ordinary man in poor health, to Nevra, a female homicide detective, forcing them both to dig deep into their pasts. Each embarks on their own path to justice.
2019 International Emmy Award Winner for Best Actress/ Actor: Haluk Bilginer
2024 International Emmy Award Nominee for Best Actress/ Actor: Haluk Bilginer
Tatort: Schimanski
DRAMA – CRIME | GERMANY | GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-14
Goetz George stars as the iconic, no-nonsense investigator Horst Schimanski in these classic Tatort episodes from the 1980s and ’90s.
2003 International Emmy Award Nominee for Best Drama Series
Spiral
DRAMA – CRIME | FRANCE | FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-MA
Acclaimed Parisian cop thriller about the lawyers, judges, prosecutors and detectives at the heart of the French judicial system.
2011 International Emmy Award Nominee for Best Drama Series
2015 International Emmy Award Winner for Best Drama Series
The Eagle
DRAMA – CRIME | DENMARK | DANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-14
Thriller about a special law enforcement unit set up to fight cross-border crime and terrorism across Europe and Scandinavia.
2005 International Emmy Award Winner for Best Drama Series
The Killing
DRAMA-CRIME | DENMARK | DANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-MA
The Killing (Forbrydelsen) is Nordic Noir defined. Follow the unprecedented Detective Sarah Lund as she takes on a series of complex murder cases, each with political implications, and watch as obsession consumes her.
2007 & 2010 International Emmy Award Nominee for Best Drama Series
2008 International Emmy Award Nominee for Best Actress/ Actor: Sofie Grabol
Unit One
DRAMA – CRIME | DENMARK | DANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-14
Thriller about an elite mobile police task force that travels around Denmark helping local law enforcement solve crimes.
2002 International Emmy Award Winner for Best Drama Series
1994: Berlusconi Rising
DRAMA | ITALY | ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-MA
Italy drastically changed in 1994 with the election of Silvio Berlusconi. Now, political mastermind Leonardo Notte finds that while it is not easy to win power, holding on to it might prove to be impossible; 1994 will be the year of restoration.
2020 International Emmy Award Nominee for Best Actress/ Actor: Guido Caprino
