The Minions of Midas

{{short description|Spanish thriller drama television series}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

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• Crime
• Drama
• Thriller

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| based_on = {{Based on|"The Minions of Midas"|Jack London}}

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| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Luis Tosar
• Marta Belmonte
• Guillermo Toledo

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| country = Spain

| language = Spanish

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 6

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| runtime = 49–57 minutes

| company = Nostromo Pictures

| network = Netflix

| released = {{Start date|df=y|2020|11|13}}

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The Minions of Midas ({{langx|es|Los Favoritos de Midas|link=no}}) is a 2020 Spanish thriller drama television limited series created by Miguel Barros and Mateo Gil and starring Luis Tosar, Marta Belmonte and Guillermo Toledo.{{cite web |url=https://readysteadycut.com/2020/11/13/review-the-minions-of-midas-netflix-series/ |title=The Minions of Midas series review – a deep thriller modernising the 1901 short story |website=Ready Steady Cut |date=13 November 2020 |access-date=2020-11-13 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.heavenofhorror.com/reviews/the-minions-of-midas-netflix-series/ |title=The Minions of Midas – Netflix Review |website=Heaven of Horror |date=11 November 2020 |access-date=2020-11-13 }} It is loosely based on the same-titled short story{{cite web |url=https://www.online-literature.com/london/81/ |title=The Minions of Midas (original story)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514185200/https://www.online-literature.com/london/81/|archive-date=2020-05-14}} by Jack London.{{cite web |last1=Lang|first1=Jamie|url=https://variety.com/2020/streaming/global/netflix-mateo-gil-minions-of-midas-1234825876/ |title=How Werewolves and a Jack London Short Story Inspired Netflix's Spanish Political Thriller Series 'Minions of Midas' |publisher=Variety|date=2020-11-12 |access-date=2020-11-13 }}