Elite (2018)
Original title: Élite
Elite is a 2018 Spanish-language crime series created by Darío Madrona and Carlos Montero. It stars Omar Ayuso, Itzan Escamilla and Valentina Zenere.
Money buys everything at Las Encinas except a clean conscience. Netflix's Spanish teen drama drops three scholarship students, working-class outsiders, into Spain's most exclusive private school, where the children of surgeons and fashion moguls treat cruelty as a birthright. Sex, class resentment, and buried secrets braid through a mystery that hangs over every glossy party. Created by Carlos Montero and Darío Madrona, the series follows tangled friendships and romances across eight seasons, with a rotating young cast, frank queer storylines, and a sun-bleached, high-gloss style that made it a global streaming hit.
Quick answers
What is Elite about?
Money buys everything at Las Encinas except a clean conscience. Netflix's Spanish teen drama drops three scholarship students, working-class outsiders, into Spain's most exclusive private school, where the children of surgeons and fashion moguls treat cruelty as a birthright. Sex, class resentment, and buried secrets braid through a mystery that hangs over every glossy party. Created by Carlos Montero and Darío Madrona, the series follows tangled friendships and romances across eight seasons, with a rotating young cast, frank queer storylines, and a sun-bleached, high-gloss style that made it a global streaming hit.
When was Elite released?
Elite was released on 5 October 2018.
How many episodes does Elite have?
Elite has 64 episodes across 8 seasons.
Who made Elite?
Elite was created by Darío Madrona and Carlos Montero.
Where can I watch Elite?
Elite is available on Netflix.
Where to watch Elite
Stream: Netflix
Cast
- Omar Ayuso as Omar Shanaa
- Itzan Escamilla as Samuel García Domínguez
- Valentina Zenere as Isadora Artiñan
- André Lamoglia as Iván Carvalho
- Miguel Bernardeau as Guzmán Nunier Osuna
- Arón Piper as Ander Muñoz
- Georgina Amorós as Cayetana Grajera Pondo
- Claudia Salas as Rebeka Parrilla Lopez
- Mina El Hammani as Nadia Shanaa
- Elisabet Gelabert as Azucena
- Carmen Arrufat as Sara
- Ander Puig as Nico
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A few thoughts on Elite
Karen McManus's One of Us Is Next brings the same privileged-school whodunit to the page, all group chats and buried guilt. Life Is Strange trades the campus for choice-driven teen mystery where every decision wounds someone. For a colder, sharper game of deduction and status, Death Note pits brilliant young minds against each other with lethal stakes.
Rich-school teens guarding dangerous secrets
Elite drops scholarship outsiders into Spain's most exclusive school, where privilege hides ugly secrets. These glossy teen dramas run on the same mix of romance, rivalry, and buried lies, following beautiful students whose perfect lives crack under pressure.
Whodunits that unspool one clue at a time
A death hangs over every glossy party in Elite, and the answer arrives in pieces. These whodunits unspool the same way, doling out clues, suspects, and misdirection until a slow reveal reframes everything you thought you knew.
Class resentment turning to crime among the privileged
Class resentment fuels Elite as much as any romance, with working-class teens circling untouchable wealth. These stories turn that same friction into crime, following servants, outsiders, and desperate schemers who strike back at the privileged world that looks down on them.
Twisty crime dramas built on buried secrets
Elite braids its teen romance around a mystery of who did what to whom. These twisty dramas share that appetite for buried secrets, tracing hidden bodies, false alibis, and lies that surface at the worst possible moment.