Peril movies and TV shows – page 5

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 7.8
 116K
The Fall (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Africa, India
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, ...
Style: surreal, offbeat, fairy tale, visually appealing, visual ...
Audience: kids, date night, adult
Plot: hospital, surrealism, suicide attempt, escape from reality, magic realism, imagination, storytelling, suicide, imaginary kingdom, friendship, stuntman, child ...
Time: 1920s, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century, 1910s
Place: india, los angeles, california, cambodia, taj mahal ...
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 2.4
 3K
The Elf (2016)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nick is haunted by night terrors stemming from a tragic murder he saw when he was young. After inheriting an old toy shop, he discovers a cursed elf doll sealed inside an ancient chest with a naughty list of his family's names written on it. He ...
Style: christmas horror, psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: christmas, killer doll, evil doll, holiday horror, supernatural horror, supernatural, demon, murder, peril, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, budapest
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Magi: Adventure of Sinbad (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Thirty years before the events of Magi, a brave and handsome young man named Sinbad set sail and started his adventure. The future High King of Seven Seas gradually matured through various encounters and farewells, taking him towards kingship ...
Style: anime, stylized, witty, semi serious, suspense ...
Plot: peril, rivalry, good versus evil, supernatural power, fantasy world, courage, heroic mission, friendship, adventurer, alternate universe, unlikely friendships, daring rescue ...
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 6.3
 41K
The Rain (2018)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.
Style: captivating, atmospheric, exciting, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: post apocalypse, virus, apocalypse, pandemic, survival, brother sister relationship, illness, danger, distopia, peril, supernatural, fear ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: denmark
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 8.8
 72K
Steins;Gate (2011)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The self-proclaimed mad scientist Rintarou Okabe rents out a room in a rickety old building in Akihabara, where he indulges himself in his hobby of inventing prospective "future gadgets" with fellow lab members: Mayuri Shiina, his ...
Style: anime, touching, exciting, mind bending, manga ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, time machine, time loop, changing the past or future, experiment, youth, student, memory loss, father daughter relationship, parallel world, scientist, sent to the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo
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 7.9
 11K
Rubicon (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Rubicon is an American television series that centers on an intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute, who discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates ...
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, political ...
Plot: conspiracy, uncover truth, analyst, prodigy, undercover, surveillance, spy, boss, twists and turns, government facility, workplace, intelligence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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The Kite Runner (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
Style: disturbing, emotional, inspirational, sincere, psychological ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: childhood, friendship, muslim, coming of age, guilt, courage, islam, betrayal, rape, mission, haunted by the past, child ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: afghanistan, middle east, china, iraq, bay area ...
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 8.0
 79K
Burn Notice (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
Style: semi serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: private investigator, investigation, uncover truth, starting over, secret agent, peril, new job, gadget, lifestyle change, dishonesty, chases and races, danger ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: florida, miami, usa
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 7.1
 326K
Deja Vu (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, tricky, confusing, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, date night, family friendly, teens ...
Plot: time travel, time loop, twists and turns, investigation, terrorism, deja vu, time, police investigation, danger, changing the past or future, parallel universe, shooting ...
Time: year 2006, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
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 8.7
 106K
Oz (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorizes their mutual enemies.
Style: rough, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison life, prison, life is a bitch, confined, violence spree, rape, homosexual rape, gay, rapist, strong sexual content, gang violence, racism ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york
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The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Russia, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation ...
Style: suspense, exciting, intellectual, serious, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, manly
Plot: spy, cia, conspiracy, amnesia, espionage, on the run, hitman, revenge, assassin, secret agent, tough heroes, dark past ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: russia, europe, berlin germany, manhattan new york city, moscow russia ...
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X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
Style: entertaining, intense, epic, visually stunning, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: superhero, time travel, mutant, heroes, good versus evil, supernatural ability, superhuman powers, changing the past or future, time loop, superhuman, transformation, danger ...
Time: year 2014, future, 2010s, near future, 20th century ...
Place: usa, paris france, china, new york, moscow russia ...
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 7.8
 699K
Drive (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, serious, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, adult
Plot: car chase, heist, mechanic, danger, tough heroes, lone wolves, organized crime, loner, revenge, chases and races, robbery, character study ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, iran, usa
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The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and ...
Style: political, factual, suspense, harsh, psychological ...
Plot: dictatorship, dictator, doctor, politics, polygamy, genocide, atrocity, corruption, biopic, medical, attempted murder, against humanity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2006
Place: africa, uganda, scotland, united kingdom, south africa
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Band of Brothers (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 594 min.
TV show
Story: Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company ...
Style: heroic, epic, captivating, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: world war two, military, combat, war, soldier, battles, courage, american soldier, paratrooper, behind enemy lines, nazi germany, infantry ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, y2k, 2000s
Place: germany, europe, belgium, netherlands, austria ...
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
Style: epic, breathtaking, heroic, entertaining, dark fantasy ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, adult
Plot: dragon, fantasy world, magical, sword fight, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, creature, elf, warrior, wizard ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013
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 7.7
 860K
Gravity (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, scenic, suspense, minimal cast ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: isolation, survival, space travel, space, astronaut, outer space, space station, loneliness, disaster, sole survivor, catastrophe, survivor ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, persia, seattle, houston texas
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The Hour of the Lynx (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Helen, a priest, is approached by scientist Lisbeth with a desperate plea for help. A young man, who has been sent to a high security psychiatric ward after having killed an old couple, has attempted suicide while rambling about God. Having been ...
Style: tense, psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: mental institution, scientific research, winter, psychopath, society, characters in danger, strong female presence, clergy, race against time, danger, woman in danger, peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia, denmark
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Candle in the Tomb: The Lost Caverns (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: A trio of Tomb Raider, Hu Ba Yi, Shirley Yang and Wang Pang Zi explore a mysterious tomb in the Shaanxi region.
Style: entertaining, stylized, intense, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: kick-butt women, artifact, archaeology, expedition, tomb, secret place, ancient, peril, adventurer, escapades, female protagonist, tombs and skeletons ...
Place: china
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Crossing Swords (2020)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Goodhearted hero wannabe Patrick lands his dream job as a squire, only to learn the royal castle is a corrupt hornet’s nest of horny monarchs, crooks and charlatans. War, murder, full frontal nudity—who knew brightly colored peg people led such ...
Style: feel good, adult animation, touching, sweet, parody ...
Plot: mentor, peril, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, family relations, dream, brother sister relationship, parents and children, teen superhero, unlikely friendships, teamwork, loneliness ...
Time: medieval times
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 3.7
 2K
Heks (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: South Africa
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A grieving British girl unravels her murdered mother's secrets connected to a South African witch doctor's curse. She wants to put an end to this haunting hex by traveling to South Africa, but instead it casts her deeper into sinister ...
Style: suspense, scary, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: curses spells and rituals, fear, murder, chase, death, violence, paranormal, evil, deadly creature, peril, supernatural power, paranormal investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south africa
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 5.0
 3K
Lucky (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: May, a self help author with all the answers, suddenly finds herself stalked by a masked man who mysteriously reappears every night. Even when she kills him. May struggles to get help from the people around her as she fights to stay alive. Is this ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, slasher ...
Plot: supernatural, death, chase, fear, violence, paranormal phenomena, evil, peril, rescue, paranormal, deadly creature, supernatural power ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.5
 6K
Army of One (2020)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Out hiking, Special Forces Brenner Baker stumbles onto a Cartel's compound. Her husband's killed and she's left for dead. The Cartel made two mistakes, killed her husband and left her alive. They won't live to make another.
Style: suspense, brutal, suspenseful, intense, cliffhanger ...
Plot: master warrior, female soldier, one woman army, backwoods, one man army, left for dead, tough heroes, danger, behind enemy lines, cruelty, criminal's revenge, fight ...
Place: alabama
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 5.5
 62K
Ava (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: woman with a gun, assassin, female assassin, female agent, one woman army, murder, female spy, woman fights a man, strong female character, female killer, intelligence agency, female protagonist ...
Time: 2020s
Place: saudi arabia, paris france, boston, france
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 7.5
 77K
Outer Banks (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A tight-knit group of teens unearths a long-buried secret, setting off a chain of illicit events that takes them on an adventure they'll never forget.
Style: exciting, entertaining, intellectual, feel good
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: group of friends, treasure map, treasure, treasure hunt, wild ride, friendship, escapades, rivals, search for father, coming of age, love, adventurer ...
Place: north carolina
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 6.9
 3K
Love 911 (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Dr. Mi-Soo misdiagnoses a patient after she meets the woman's husband, whom she assumes to be abusive. With his wife in grave condition, the man sues the hospital. Kang-Il is a widowed firefighter who overhears the situation and when he ...
Style: romantic, touching, captivating, sincere, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: opposites attract, true love, love interest, love story, love and romance, workplace situations, couple relations, relationships, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, east asia, asia
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The Dark Tapes (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A genre-defying mixture of horror, sci-fi, myth, mystery and thrills told as four interlocking tales in one intelligent anthology. Ghosts, spirits, creatures, demons and more from the paranormal world collide with rational curiosity.
Style: dark, suspense, scary, anthology, suspenseful ...
Plot: found footage, paranormal, panic, experiment, evil force, ghost, danger, peril, brutality, cruelty, dark secret, ghost hunter ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s
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 6.2
 6K
Ashfall (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Stagnant since 1903, at an elevation of 9000', a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, action packed
Plot: disaster, volcanic eruption, natural disaster, earthquake, volcano, forces of nature, cataclysm, peril, pregnant wife, self sacrifice, nuclear missile, race against time ...
Time: 1900s
Place: south korea, north korea
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What Lies Beneath (2000)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the while, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, couple relations, adultery, supernatural horror, haunted by the past, losing-it hero, infidelity, supernatural, woman in danger, danger, spiritualism ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: vermont, persia, usa, boston
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Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, colorful, humorous ...
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: pirate, mythology, treasure hunt, sinbad, arabian nights, chase, treasure, swashbuckler, heroes, danger, good versus evil, friendship ...
Time: ancient times, year 2003, medieval times, middle ages, 8th century
Place: mediterranean sea, sicily
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