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 7.9
 52K
Almost Human (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Almost Human is an American science fiction/crime drama on Fox. In 2048, the uncontrollable evolution of science and technology has caused crime rates to rise an astounding 400%. To combat this, the overwhelmed police force has implemented a new ...
Style: futuristic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cyber ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night
Plot: artificial intelligence, androids and robots, police partner, hi-tech, police detective, fighting crime, buddy cop, law enforcement, cop, haunted by the past, bonding, robot ...
Time: future, 2040s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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The Terminal List (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Navy SEAL Commander James Reece turns to vengeance as he investigates the mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon. Free from the military’s command structure, Reece applies the lessons he’s learned from nearly two decades of ...
Style: dramatic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, harsh ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: navy seal, conspiracy, soldier, government conspiracy, war veteran, veteran, heroes, tough guy, death, gunfight, memory, military ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: san francisco, california, san diego california
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 5.7
 9K
The Cape (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: "The Cape" is a drama series following Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife Dana and son, Trip. Fueled ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic
Audience: teens
Plot: superhero, secret identity, fighting crime, vigilantism, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, undercover, frame up, superpower, circus, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.4
 13K
Legends (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Working for the FBI's Deep Cover Operations division, Martin Odum can transform himself into a different person -- whether it's an assignment as a Serbian extremist, a corrupt Chicago police officer, a British special forces colonel, or a ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: twists and turns, espionage, spy, special agent, state affairs, betrayal, fbi, chases and races, dishonesty, on the run, government agency, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.5
 7K
Kickin' It (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Kickin' It is an American martial arts inspired comedy television series, which debuted on June 13, 2011 on Disney XD. Created and executive produced by Jim O'Doherty, the series is rated TV-Y7 and follows the karate instructor at an ...
Style: cult classic, humorous, slapstick, realistic, not serious
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: karate, martial arts, friends, friendship, teenage life, teenage boy, best friend, buddies, teenage girl, high school, social relations, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 8.3
 116K
Orphan Black (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
Style: serious, suspenseful, mind bending, exciting, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lesbian, strong female character, female protagonist, shooting, family relations, uncover truth, lesbianism, danger, heroine, suicide, supernatural, killings ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, new york
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Gangs of London (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between the intricate web of gangs operating on the streets of the city. Now it’s up to the grieving, ...
Style: rough, exciting, brutal, intellectual, suspense
Plot: mafia, gang war, organized crime, crime family, violence, father son relationship, murder, criminal, danger, bandit, gangster, mobster ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: london
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 7.5
 112K
Titans (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
Style: captivating, tense, exciting, action adventure, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: superhero, superhero team, friendship, secret identity, supernatural ability, danger, murder, blood, self discovery, superheroine, villain, brutality ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco
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Anti-Mafia Squad (2009)
Genre: Action
Country: Italy
TV show
Story: Fighting a modern, fragmented and brutal Mafia, the Sicilian Anti-Mafia Squad seeks to crush the criminal network that holds a death grip on the region. Sophisticated surveillance helps, unless the enemy lies within.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: fighting crime, police investigation, gangster, workplace situations, chases and races, corrupt law enforcer, workplace, law enforcement, cop as target, rivalry, murder, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, italy, sicily
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 7.9
 44K
9-1-1 (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: medicine, firefighter, emergency, 911, misadventure, saving a life, medical, life risking, daring rescue, search and rescue, fire brigade, ambulance ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, california, los angeles
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 8.1
 132K
Killing Eve (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
Style: exciting, tense, dark comedy, suspense, detective ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, psychopath, female protagonist, psycho killer, investigation, woman with a gun, female assassin, peril, odd couple, obsession, lesbian love ...
Time: 2010s, future
Place: london, europe
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 8.4
 92K
Star Trek (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the ...
Style: exciting, futuristic, intellectual, epic, retro ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: star trek, space travel, outer space, space and aliens, heroic mission, friendship, benign alien, spacecraft, alien species, alien planet, space exploration, space ...
Time: 23rd century, future, 20th century
Place: space western, arizona
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Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: 34-year-old virgin loser is kicked out of his home by his family and realized that his life is completely over. As he regrets wasting his life, a truck runs him over and he died. When he wakes up... He’s in a world of sword and sorcery! Reborn as ...
Style: anime, captivating, ecchi, intense, tense ...
Plot: reincarnation, starting over, new life, magic, magical, peril, second chance, impersonation, isekai, harem, unlikely partners, obsessive quest ...
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 7.9
 366K
WandaVision (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 39 min.
TV show
Story: Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
Style: sitcom, exciting, funny, epic, captivating ...
Plot: superhero, superheroine, witch, suburbs, supernatural, magic, supernatural power, magical power, suburban life, witchcraft, comic book, multiverse ...
Time: 1950s, 2020s, 90s, 80s, 70s ...
Place: new jersey
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 8.2
 78K
Godless (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 452 min.
TV show
Story: Frank Griffin, an outlaw terrorizing the 1880s American West, hunts down Roy Goode, his partner turned enemy. Roy hides out at a ranch as Frank's chase leads him to La Belle, New Mexico - a town mysteriously made up entirely of women.
Style: suspense, rough, period piece, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: showdown, mining town, gunslinger, strong female lead, violence, cowboy, lesbian, outlaw, old west, modern western, modern west, wild west ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: new mexico
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 7.7
 10K
WWE Raw (1993)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: WWE Raw is a professional wrestling television program that currently airs live on Monday evenings on the USA Network in the United States. The show debuted on January 11, 1993. WWE Raw moved from the USA Network to TNN in September, 2000 and then ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: wrestling, beefcake, tournament, competition, muscleman, strongman, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, uninhibited rivalry, fight for supremacy, fight ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 8.0
 64K
Chicago Fire (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, sincere, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: firefighter, rescue, fire brigade, fire department, emergency, paramedic, responsibility, danger, life risking, lifesaver, chief, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
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BLUE EYE SAMURAI (2023)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 377 min.
TV show
Story: Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.
Style: adult animation, cliffhanger, period piece, period drama
Plot: revenge, sword, nudity, samurai, warrior, violence, male nudity, blood, master, edo period, sex scene, fight ...
Time: 17th century
Place: japan
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 7.6
 28K
Future Man (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Josh Futturman, a janitor by day/world-ranked gamer by night, is tasked with preventing the extinction of humanity after mysterious visitors from the future proclaim him the key to defeating the imminent super-race invasion.
Style: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, laugh out loud ...
Plot: time travel, murder, chosen one, gamer, dystopic future, sent to the past, dystopia, superhero, save the world, video game, heroes, mature ...
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Jean-Claude Van Johnson (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 187 min.
TV show
Story: Jean-Claude Van Damme is a global martial arts & film sensation, also operating under the simple alias of "Johnson" as the world's best undercover private contractor. Retired for years, a chance encounter with a lost love ...
Style: funny, entertaining, ironic, captivating, intense ...
Plot: washed up star, humour, working undercover, movie star, fighting crime, gang of outlaws, celebrity, private investigation, crime spree, investigation, crime investigation, unsolved crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 8.3
 26K
Key & Peele (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television show. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, both former cast members of MADtv. Each episode of the show consists of several pre-taped sketches starring the two actors, introduced by Key ...
Style: sketch comedy, feel good, not serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: comedian, translator, sketch, african american, black american, artists and showbiz, partner, blacks and whites, racial slur, social problems, friends, society ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 8.7
 504K
The Last of Us (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America.
Style: exciting, suspense, apocalyptic, scary, psychological ...
Plot: epidemic, post apocalypse, apocalypse, infection, survival, pandemic, survival horror, end of the world, survivor, zombie violence, violence, danger ...
Time: 2020s, future
Place: usa
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 8.5
 203K
Cobra Kai (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the ...
Style: light, motivational, exciting, epic, captivating ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: karate, martial arts, dojo, martial arts training, master apprentice relationship, fight, starting over, middle aged man, teenager, martial artist, father figure, father son relationship ...
Time: 2020s, 90s, 2010s
Place: los angeles, thailand, california, southern california
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 7.7
 43K
Torchwood (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from the 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. Torchwood follows the exploits of a small team of alien ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, detective, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, chick flick
Plot: supernatural, gay, paranormal investigation, investigation, doctor who, lgbt, alien, save the world, creature, homosexual, heroic mission, time travel ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: wales, europe, united kingdom, england
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Beginning in a time of relative peace, we follow an ensemble cast of characters as they confront the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of Lindon, to the breathtaking island ...
Style: exciting, atmospheric, thrilling, captivating, fairy tale ...
Plot: sword, middle earth, ancient, magic, power, hobbit, sword and sorcery, bow and arrow, kingdom, good versus evil, lord of the rings, wizard ...
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Masters of the Air (2024)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
TV show
Story: During World War II, airmen risk their lives with the 100th Bomb Group, a brotherhood forged by courage, loss, and triumph.
Style: period drama
Plot: world war two, aerial combat, world war one, war propaganda, bomber, propaganda, aircraft, pow, bombing, commando, military, soldier ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century
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Superman and Lois (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the world's most famous super hero and comic books' most famous journalist as they deal with all the stress, pressures, and complexities that come with being working parents in today's society.
Style: captivating, light, interesting
Plot: superhero, super powers, superman, heroes, flying superhero, superpower, family relations, female journalist, multiverse, parenthood, family life, couples ...
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From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The horror and crime thriller genres collide in this new original series from Robert Rodriguez, based on his cult grindhouse classic about bank-robbing brothers on the run, a lawman bent on bringing them to justice, the devout family caught in the ...
Style: scary, rough, stylized, gothic, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vampire, supernatural, hostage, danger, female vampire, deadly creature, death, murder, violent, family relations, dracula, superpower ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: texas, mexico, usa
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 8.3
 12K
Brigada (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Brigada, also known as Law of the Lawless, is a Russian 15-episode crime mini-series that debuted in 2002. It became very popular, but received mixed reviews due to accusations in aestheticization of violence. The miniseries follows the story of ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Plot: organized crime, russian mafia, crime boss, mob boss, friendship, criminal heroes, gang, mafia, murder, cocaine, buddies, characters in danger ...
Time: 90s
Place: russia, moscow russia
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 7.3
 31K
Covert Affairs (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as a field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, double life, blind man, cia, blindness, female protagonist, secret agent, blind character, female spy, cia agent, undercover, state affairs ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, langley virginia, virginia
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