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Caliphate

2020 · TV Series · TV-MA · 45 min · ★ 7.4 · 81% critics

War & PoliticsDramaThriller

A security agent in Sweden races to stop a planned terrorist attack while a Stockholm teenager is drawn into a seductive new belief system through someone she trusts. As several women’s lives intersect, the series explores how radicalization takes hold and the high personal costs that follow.

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Streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

6 hours to watch · 8 episodes.

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Details
Original title
Kalifat
Years
2020
Release date
2020-01-12
Network
SVT1, Netflix
Language
Swedish
Rated
TV-MA
Runtime
45 min
Max quality
SD
Critic score
81/100
TMDB rating
7.4/10 (155 votes)
About

If you like tense, topical thrillers about radicalization and intersecting lives, this may hook you like Fauda or Quicksand; Not for you if you want light viewing, nuanced politics, or can’t stand plot coincidences.

Pros: gripping, nail-biting tension; well-researched details; strong performances | Cons: coincidences and plot holes; some inconsistencies; characters can frustrate

Themes

  • sweden
  • police
  • teenage girl
  • terrorism
  • isis (daesh)

Cast & crew

Directed by Goran Kapetanović

Episodes1 season · 8 episodes

Season 18 episodes
  • S1E1Episode 145m
    Amazon Prime Video
  • S1E2Episode 245m
    Amazon Prime Video
  • S1E3Episode 345m
    Amazon Prime Video
  • S1E4Episode 445m
    Amazon Prime Video
  • S1E5Episode 545m
    Amazon Prime Video
  • S1E6Episode 645m
    Amazon Prime Video
  • S1E7Episode 745m
    Amazon Prime Video
  • S1E8Episode 845m
    Amazon Prime Video