15 international streaming series to keep your World Cup fever alive

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Set us as preferred The biggest gift of the streaming revolution is subtitles.Which is to say, international series (for maximum viewing pleasure, always choose original language and subtitles).

Everyone likely already has a favorite or two — “Narcos,” “Call My Agent,” “Borgen,” “Dark” and, of course, “Squid Game” — but for those looking to keep up the global connection the World Cup created, here are a few more.Nordic noir, with “Blair Witch” talismans.

An opening scene flashes back to a horrific family murder in which one of two surviving foster children is found in the basement filled with figures constructed from chestnuts.More than 30 years later, a similar token discovered at a grisly murder scene sends Copenhagen police detective Naia Thulin (Danica Ćurčić) and her new Interpol partner Mark Hess (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard) on a twisting, turning trail of abduction and murder.

And, of course, more of the truly creepy chestnut men.Stockholm police detective Hanna Ahlander (Carla Sehn) has fled to the dark and snowy ski town of Åre to escape problems at home and work.

But the day she arrives, a girl goes missing and Hanna cannot resist becoming part of the team searching for her.The first season (another is on its way) covers two crimes and many glorious vistas of Sweden’s mountainous beauty.

Some time between its 2017 release and the COVID-19 lockdowns, the wild-ride chaos of “Money Heist” became streaming’s hottest international thriller.Assembled by the mysterious mastermind known as “The Professor” (Álvaro Morte), a misfit group must first rob the Royal Mint and then, in later series, the Bank of Spain.

As you might guess, nothing goes as planned but — as narrated by one of the would-be thieves, Tokyo (Úrsula Corberó) — robberies, like people, are rarely what they ...