Movies and TV shows like Sanctuary
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Sanctuary (2008)
24K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals - a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. Magnus seeks to protect this threatened phenomena as well as unlock the mysteries behind their existence.
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, exciting, gothic, apocalyptic, anime, thrilling, offbeat, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, secret organization, werewolf, transformation, female scientist, scientist, vampire, magic, research, doctor, experiment, fate of humanity, teleportation, mutant, investigation, laboratory, team, imaginary, rescue, psychiatrist, dracula, monster, psychic, virtual reality, writers ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s
Place:
american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, exciting and psychotronic films and TV series with plots about supernatural, danger, imaginary, superpower, supernatural power, hebrew and time travel mostly in Drama, Mystery and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Sanctuary: Warehouse 13 (2009), Alphas (2011), The Dresden Files (2007), Torchwood (2006), Heroes Reborn (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 44 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 46 min.
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Style:
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100%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Audience:
teens
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Style:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Similarity:
100%
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Duration: 45 min.
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Audience:
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Duration: 45 min.
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Plot:
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100%
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Country: Canada
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 44 min.
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Audience:
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Time:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 43 min.
TV show
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The Twilight Zone is a 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone. It aired for one season on the UPN network, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host.
The series ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
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Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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