Did you like and finished the “Olympo” series on Netflix? Here are 5 other series in the same genre or a similar caliber for new Binge-Watching evenings.
Number 1 On Netflix, Olympo is the new Spanish series phenomenon of the platform. Created by Jan Matheu Montserrat, Laia Foguet and Ibai Abad, this drama in 8 episodes in the elite vein is perfect caliente fiction at the start of summer.
What is “Olympo”?
The best athletes in the country train at the center of high performance in the Pyrenees, such as Amaia, the captain of the national synchronized swimming team which requires only the best of itself and allows no error.
But when her teammate and best friend Núria surpasses her for the first time, Amaia realizes that some athletes inexplicably improve their performances … After years pushing their bodies to the limit and sacrificing their life for sport, they are confronted with a dilemma: how far are they ready to go?
Did you like “Olympo”? So you will like …
Olympo is a series for young adults not recommended for the under 16s which mixes romance, competition, betrayal and sex. The targeted audience seems to have been hung by Spanish fiction since it quickly turned to first place in the Top Netflix.
If you like this kind of fiction, which is made of sensuality, twists and turns, love stories with a charismatic cast, we recommend 5 other series in the same vein as Olympo.
Elite (available on Netflix)
Created by Carlos Montero and Darío Madrona. With Itzan Escamilla, Arón Piper and Ester Expósito.
Las Encinas is the most competitive and posh school in Spain welcoming the children of the elite. It is also in this school that three children in the working class are admitted when their school is destroyed and that students are then distributed in several establishments.
They thought they were lucky … But maybe they are not that much? The confrontation between those who have everything and those who have nothing is explosive, and will lead to murder. Who is really behind this crime? Is this one of the newcomers? Or is there something darker?
Dare Me (available on Netflix)
Created by Megan Abbott and Gina Fattore. With Willa Fitzgerald, Herizen F. Guardiola and Marlo Kelly.
An exploration of female friendship and sorority, jealousies to loyalty, in the high school of a small town in Midwest, from the point of view of two young cheerleaders, friends but still in competition. When a new coach arrives in the team to allow them to go to the next level, nothing will happen as before. And when a suicide occurs, the whole city will be turned upside down …
Spinning Out (available on Netflix)
Created by Samantha Stratton and Lara Olsen. With Kaya Scodelario, January Jones and Willow Shields.
When a terrible fall threatens his career as a competition skater, Kat Baker has a chance to continue his Olympic dream, at the risk of losing everything. In Spinning Out, Kat faces his own demons and crosses the tests, both on the ice and in life.
Tiny Pretty Things (available on Netflix)
Created by Michael Maclennan. With Kylie Jefferson, Casimere Jollette and Damon J. Gillespie.
Chicago. High -level ballet dancers coming from various backgrounds incorporate the school “Archer School of Ballet” in the hope of being part of the professional company “City Works Ballet”. The competition will be tough. Some will experience a dazzling ascent while others, the fall …
Blood & Water (available on Netflix)
Created by Nosipho Dumisa, Daryne Joshua and Travis Taute. With Ama Qamata, Khosi Ngema and Gail Mabalane.
After crossing it at a party, a CAP teenager tries to know if the swimming champion of a private school is her sister who was kidnapped at birth seventeen years ago. She succeeds in obtaining her transfer in the same high school in order to be able to investigate.
The “Olympo” series is available on Netflix.