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Quest for the Lost Civilization (1998)
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Quest for the Lost Civilization (1998)
Genre: Documentary, History, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
TV show
Story: Graham Hancock is a bestselling author and journalist who specializes in ancient civilizations. He explores, amongst other things, the submerged Yonaguni monument off the coast of Japan, Easter Island, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the pyramids of Egypt and looks at astronomical alignments.
Style: spiritual, non fiction
Plot: travel, paranormal phenomena, ancient civilization, pyramid, ancient history, sphinx, speculation, learning english, aerial photography
Time: ancient times
Place: peru

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, serious, realistic and tense films and TV series with plots about investigation, murder, uncover truth, ancient history, ancient, supernatural and paranormal phenomena mostly in History, Documentary and Mystery genres. Some movies like Quest for the Lost Civilization: America Unearthed (2012), 100 Greatest Teen Stars (2006), Ghost Adventures (2008), Secrets in the Ice (2020), Barbarians Rising (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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America Unearthed (2012)
Genre: Documentary, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Forensic geologist Scott Wolter explores mysteries, artifacts and relics to reveal a history of the North American continent not taught in school.
Style: serious, thought provoking, captivating
Plot: storytelling, secret, relic, civilization, archaeology, artifact, puzzle, theory, ancient civilization, ancient mystery, knowledge, ancient ...
Place: tucson arizona, arizona
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95%
100 Greatest Teen Stars (2006)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: 100 Greatest Teen Stars, a countdown of the most awesome teen celebrities ever from TV, movies and music. We'll look back at what made them famous, plus check out what they're up to today.
Style: non fiction
Plot: teenager, celebrity
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73%
Ghost Adventures (2008)
Genre: Documentary, History
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans and his crew, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin, search for haunted locations both domestically and internationally. During their investigations, Zak and crew acquaint themselves with the general area; interview locals ...
Style: serious, scary, atmospheric, anthology, spooky ...
Plot: ghost, paranormal phenomena, supernatural, investigation, paranormal activity, ghost story, uncover truth, mysterious place, encounter, obsessive quest, nobody believes, isolation ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: yuma arizona, usa, tucson arizona, new mexico, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016)
Genre: Documentary, Adventure, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, captivating, mind bending, talky ...
Plot: belief in god, religion, hinduism, culture, judaism, belief in the afterlife, travel, religions or cults, customs, god or devil, creator, research ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Secrets in the Ice (2020)
Genre: History, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Mysterious frozen lakes filled with bones, mummified bodies hanging from inside a glacier, and a 30,000-year-old virus frozen in ice brought back to life in a laboratory. In an all new Science Channel series, SECRETS IN THE ICE, experts and ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking
Plot: ice, mummy, research, archaeology, hi-tech, riddles and clues, scientific discovery, science, relic, glacier, expert, explorer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Yellowstone: Wildest Winter to Blazing Summer (2017)
Genre: Documentary
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Yellowstone is one of the most remarkable places on the planet. It’s home to North America’s most iconic wildlife, including grizzly bears, wolves, great grey owls, beavers and bison. Every year they must survive extreme weather as the thaw ...
Style: nature documentary
Plot: nature, natural history, grizzly bear, travel, vegan, bison, climate change, beaver
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A thirteen hour series which focuses on the Germanic, Britannic and other barbarian tribal wars with Rome which ultimately led to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. This series is centered on the campaigns and battles with the barbarian ...
Style: epic, realistic, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Plot: roman soldier, ancient rome, julius caesar, barbarian, rebellion, emperor, invasion, corruption, murder, betrayal, historian, war ...
Place: rome italy, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Barbarians Rising (2016)
Genre: Documentary, Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Told from the perspective of the rebel leaders, the series chronicles a wave of rebellions against absolute power by those the Roman Empire called “barbarians” – tribes they viewed as beyond the fringe of civilization that lived a brutish and ...
Style: serious, captivating
Plot: ancient rome, roman soldier, barbarian, roman empire, ancient civilization, druid, rebellion, ancient, roman emperor, warrior, medieval, brutality ...
Place: rome italy, hungary, north africa, italy, mediterranean sea ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Egypt's Unexplained Files (2019)
Genre: History
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Experts dive deep into the secrets of Ancient Egypt, and use cutting-edge archaeological technology to reveal the hidden truths that could potentially answer questions that have befuddled Egyptologists for generations.
Style: captivating, enigmatic
Plot: pharaoh, pyramid, archeological dig, science, research, secret, discovery, clue, archaeologist, archaeology, puzzle, scientific research ...
Place: egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Help! My House Is Haunted (2018)
Genre: History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A team of paranormal experts travel the UK looking into instances of paranormal activity in the homes of ordinary people.
Style: tense, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: paranormal, paranormal investigator, paranormal phenomena, supernatural, psychic, haunted house, paranormal investigation, supernatural power, ghost, deadly creature, vengeance, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Re-Imagining Jesus (2016)
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Re-Imagining Jesus retells the foundational Judeo-Christian story from the historical and spiritual perspective of The Urantia Book. It begins with a brief visit to the world of pre-Hebrew desert tribes and quickly moves into the story of ...
Style: spiritual
Plot: new testament, religious, christian
Place: jordan, israel
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53%
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The Departed (2018)
Genre: History, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: June 1965. During his three years as chief of police Rodion Stotskiy has turned Gurzuf into the most peaceful place on the southern coast of Crimea. Even the beach con men here prefer not to take action. The murder of a cashier and a policeman ...
Style: captivating
Plot: investigation, sleuth, organized crime, fighting crime, crime investigation, police investigation, police detective, partners against crime, teamwork, criminal, crime solving, con artists ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Royal House of Windsor (2017)
Genre: Documentary, History
Country: UK
Duration: 296 min.
TV show
Story: Drawing on newly available evidence, this epic series explores the Windsor dynasty's gripping family saga, providing fresh insights into how our royal family have survived four generations of crisis.
Style: captivating, thought provoking
Plot: british royal family, royal family, royalty, monarchy, queen elizabeth ii, british history, monarch, princess diana, ruler, historical character, historical figure, life ...
Place: britain
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52%
Tudor Monastery Farm (2013)
Genre: Documentary, History
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back 500 years to the early Tudor period to become tenant farmers on monastery land.
Plot: women, strength, landscape, farming, monastery, tudors, friendship, historian, reenactment
Time: 15th century
Place: england
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52%
Unsolved Mysteries (1987)
Genre: Documentary, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Unsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack from 1987 until 2002 and later by Dennis Farina starting in 2008. In addition, TV presenter Keely Shaye Smith and actress Virginia Madsen contributed greatly to its ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: unsolved mystery, ufo, unsolved crime, true crime, uncover truth, supernatural, investigation, paranormal activity, supernatural ability, who done it, alien, ghost ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006)
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire.
Style: captivating, epic, realistic, serious, historical drama ...
Plot: roman empire, ancient history, emperor, ancient, historical character, politics, religions or cults, roma, christianity, head of state, political unrest, rise and fall ...
Place: rome italy, europe, italy
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Neo Ultra Q (2013)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Ultra Q has returned, and continues investigations of monstrous appearances and strange ecological phenomenons.
Style: captivating, tense, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: occult, creature, monster, kaiju, paranormal investigator, paranormal investigation, paranormal activity, uncover truth, crime solving, paranormal phenomena, investigation, ultraman
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Strange Angel (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the mysterious and brilliant Jack Parsons in 1940s Los Angeles as by day he helps birth the discipline of American rocketry and by night is a performer of sex magick rituals and a disciple to occultist Aleister Crowley.
Style: tense, enigmatic, captivating, realistic, erotic ...
Plot: scientist, occult, engineer, husband wife relationship, society, plan, family relations, rivalry, friendship, couples, world war two, religion ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Midnight at the Pera Palace (2022)
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: At a historic Istanbul hotel, a journalist is unexpectedly thrust into the past and must stop a plot that could change the fate of modern Turkey.
Style: disturbing, entertaining, captivating
Plot: hotel, conspiracy, time travel, time loop, hotel room, sent to the past, political intrigue, time traveler, political campaign, changing the past or future, time jump, historical character ...
Time: pre world war one, post world war one, 1910s, 20th century
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey, ottoman empire
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Ancient Black Ops (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
TV show
Story: From Ancient Greece to the frozen North, rulers have always needed their elite troops – men trained to perfection, skilled with a devastating array of weaponry – men who will track down their leader’s enemies and kill them. All assassination ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassination, battles, soldier, military, greek, world spanning, master warrior, ancient history, war, graphic violence, violent content, deadly ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The World Wars (2014)
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: The World Wars tells the story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The documentary examines the two wars as one ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, disturbing
Plot: soldier, world war two, military, historical character, infantrymen, state affairs, politics, allies, dictatorship, army, totalitarianism, battles ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s
Place: usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Making of the Mob: New York (2015)
Genre: Documentary, Crime, History
Country: USA
Duration: 343 min.
TV show
Story: A docudrama series chronicling some of America's most notorious mobsters, each season dealing with a different city/region.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, semi documentary, suspenseful ...
Plot: mafia, mob boss, gangster, mobster, crime boss, money, danger, dishonesty, showdown, police investigation, murder, rivalry ...
Time: 1920s
Place: usa, italy, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
True Nightmares (2015)
Genre: History, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story: True stories of murder and mayhem morph into urban legends like the bogeyman or the monster under the bed - haunting our childhoods and scaring us throughout our lives.
Style: anthology, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: true crime, folk horror, murder mystery, killings, murderer, multiple storylines, killing spree, urban legend, murder, serial killer, serial murder, conspiracy ...
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42%
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A Girl Named Jo (2018)
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Unlikely friends from opposite sides of the tracks uncover their community's complex history.
Style: suspense, captivating, mystical
Plot: paranormal investigation, investigation, private detective, riddles and clues, supernatural power, secret, murder investigation, supernatural horror, uncover truth, private investigation, city, amateur detective ...
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42%
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Death Cash (2016)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Yuka Minami is a university student who has the ability to see other people's deaths. One day, her friend suddenly dies. There are 10,000 yen bills littered around her friend’s dead body. There's also black stains on the 10,000 yen ...
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, tense, detective
Plot: supernatural, chase, paranormal phenomena, victim, characters in danger, deadly creature, murder, heroes, death, violence, hunting, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Keigo Higashino Mysteries (2012)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: 11 mysteries, 11 actors. Japan's favorite mystery author, the world of Higashino Keigo comes to life on screen through an assortment of short stories.
Style: suspense, atmospheric, scary, stylized
Plot: japanese man, supernatural ability, chase, paranormal phenomena, fear, investigation, peril, law enforcement, uncover truth, murder investigation, supernatural, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Bible Mysteries (2004)
Genre: History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A series of programmes exploring great figures and events from biblical times. Historical, archaeological and anthropological evidence gives fresh insights into the historical realities of the times. Stylish drama re-enactments, CGI graphics, and ...
Style: psychological, christian film, thought provoking, captivating
Plot: religion, evidence, historical event, religious fundamentalism, christianity, religious, jesus, archaeologist, christian, faith, investigation, religious faith ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Praying the Hours (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story: The Traveling Man is hit by a car. Over the 24 hours that it takes to cross over from this life into the next, he visits with each of eight friends. By seeing ordinary life from this view, he realizes that eternity is not something that happens to ...
Style: spiritual
Plot: eternity, afterlife, time, death, magic realism, travel, transcendence, ensemble, prayer
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Red Tent (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story: The Red Tent is a sweeping tale that takes place during the times of the Old Testament, told through the eyes of Dinah (Rebecca Ferguson), the daughter of Leah (Minnie Driver) and Jacob (Iain Glen). Dinah happily grows up inside the red tent where ...
Style: captivating, stylized, emotional, political, spiritual ...
Plot: siblings relations, old testament, bible, strong female character, female protagonist, destiny, ancient history, female bonding, women in society, massacre, wisdom of life, love ...
Time: biblical epic
Place: middle east, holy land, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Tut (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story: Explores the drama of power, political back-stabbing, war and murder and chronicles King Tut's rise to glory, his efforts to rule a chaotic empire and the enigma surrounding his death.
Style: serious, captivating, stylized, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot: ancient egypt, ancient history, pharaoh, royal family, palace intrigue, ancient, political intrigue, rise to the top, rivalry, state affairs, head of state, dishonesty ...
Time: ancient times
Place: egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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