How many episodes are in Amsterdam Empire?

Amsterdam Empire has 7 episodes in this listed season.

When does Amsterdam Empire premiere?

Amsterdam Empire premieres on 2025-10-30.

Is Amsterdam Empire a new series?

Amsterdam Empire is a new series (Season 1).

NEW

Amsterdam Empire(2025)

Archived · Netflix

16+7 eps

S01

DramaCrimeThriller

ON AIR: OCT 30Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Amsterdam Empire drops you into the cannabis trade with one foot in luxury and the other in genuine danger, and the contrast is the point. The world looks expensive, the stakes are lethal, and the show keeps those two registers rubbing against each other throughout.

Betrayal moves the plot more than any single criminal scheme. Infidelity fractures a relationship here, a boss-employee loyalty cracks there, and family grievances that predate the whole enterprise keep resurfacing at the worst moments. Revenge is less a plan than a pressure that builds across multiple relationships at once, so the criminal world and the personal one stay tangled rather than separate.

Best for

glamour grime crime, relationship revenge and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Crime

Commitment

Season 1 · 7 episodes

Where

Netflix

Official Premise

Amsterdam Empire is an extravagant crime drama full of glamour and grime at the heart of the Amsterdam cannabis scene.

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Strongest Match

Steal keeps the Amsterdam Empire vibe of ordinary people getting dragged into dangerous criminal glamour, with escalating pressure that stays personal. The office-worker protagonist’s fast heist momentum and mounting jeopardy mirror the relationship friction and revenge heat, but it’s faster and more action-forward than the slower, grime-soaked family betrayals.

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Why this pick

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Why this pick

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