Best American TV shows – page 4
246K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
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Spartacus is an American television series inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BCE led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.
Style:
epic, sexy, heroic, sexual, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ancient rome, ancient history, gladiator, sword fight, rebellion, roman empire, battles, slavery, swords and armor, ambition, rebel, intrigue ...
Time:
1st century b.c., ancient times
Place:
ancient greece
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to ...
Style:
sitcom, touching, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
afterlife, karma, ethics, paradise, utopia, self sacrifice, deception, death, female protagonist, heaven, hell, morality ...
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158K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Style:
futuristic, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
space travel, human in outer space, space, spacecraft, space opera, space station, investigation, conspiracy, alien life-form, space wars, space colony, space exploration ...
Time:
future, 24th century, 23rd century
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243K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
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Story:
A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.
Style:
brutal, exciting, disturbing, tense, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, justice, vengeance, revenge, vigilantism, fight scenes, violence, superhero, murder, one man army, violent, suspense ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, afghanistan
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Story:
The Saga continues with the Emmy-winning "Star Wars: Clone Wars." This animated micro-series, directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, captures George Lucas' vision in a dynamic animated style that is a visual delight for all ages. "Star ...
Style:
anime, serious, saga, epic, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
space wars, star wars, villain, rivalry, heroes, fight for supremacy, space station, ruler, escapades, evil empire, intergalactic, apprentice ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell.
Emma Swan is a 28-year-old bail bonds collector ...
Style:
fairy tale, stylized, sentimental, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, adult
Plot:
magic, fantasy world, power of love, true love, hopes, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, magical, prince, fairy, curses spells and rituals, princess ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
maine, seattle, usa, new england, fictional island
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233K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM.
Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, neo noir, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
batman, police, superhero, corruption, super villain, police corruption, police station, mafia, friendship, police detective, gang war, organized crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
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Story:
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
Style:
sitcom, funny, humorous, witty, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mishap, antisocial behavior, lifestyle, misunderstanding, comedian, socially awkward, actor, career, actress, showbiz, everyday life, success ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2010s, 2020s, 2000s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 38 min.
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Story:
Legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand must navigate the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate.
Style:
exciting, stylized, futuristic, suspenseful, anime
Audience:
kids
Plot:
star wars, space, warrior, disney, assassin, female mercenary, power struggle, leadership, spacecraft, bounty hunter, tough guy, good versus evil ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
Four egocentric friends who run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, witty, funny, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
slacker, pub, buddies, stupidity, satire, bartender, alcoholic, friends who hate each other, bad taste humour, misfit, drunkenness, humour ...
Time:
2020s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
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132K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
Plot unknown
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, perverse, exciting ...
Plot:
one man army, police, ex military, corruption, murder, warrior, police officer, vigilante, muscleman, male nudity, tough guy, agent ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, investigation, consciousness, murder, resistance fighter, virtual reality, multiple storylines, twists and turns, body swapping, doppelganger, female nudity ...
Time:
future, distant future
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, epic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
good versus evil, master villain, heroes, superhuman powers, special agents, save the day, hacker, superhero, secret government organization, s.h.i.e.l.d., secret agents, scientist ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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189K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 339 min.
TV show
Story:
Clint Barton trains Kate Bishop to become a "superhero without superpowers."
Style:
anime, disturbing, funny, buddy comedy, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
superhero, archer, archery, heroes, villain, bow and arrow, mentor, holiday, dog, christmas, mentor protege relationship, criminal gang ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york
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65K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Depicting an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant, the series weaves deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.
Style:
futuristic, anime, tense, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
alien invasion, space and aliens, war, evil alien, space, future war, alien, alien encounter, game, superhero, alien monster, heroes ...
Time:
future, distant future
Place:
usa
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116K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
The continuing story of Peacemaker – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it – in the aftermath of the events of “The Suicide Squad.”
Style:
anime, funny, humorous, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
superhero, society, heroes, chase, mission, transformation, race against time, fictional war, revenge, villain, super strength, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
Style:
humorous, witty, clever, sitcom, philosophical
Audience:
kids
Plot:
child prodigy, prodigy, genius, childhood, school, child protagonist, adolescence, parents and children, boy, scientist, kids and family, society ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, year 1989
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
friendship, group of friends, teenage love, cannabis, small town, teenager, couples, couple relations, generation gap, parents and children, basement, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 300 years in the future.
Style:
futuristic, feel good, exciting, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien, space travel, space adventure, space battle, space exploration, space, gay marriage, space and aliens, culture clash, spacecraft, dark humor, robot ...
Time:
future, distant future
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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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, treasure hunt, wild ride, treasure map, friendship, treasure hunter, search for father, escapades, rivals, love, coming of age ...
Place:
north carolina
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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Story:
On a perilous adventure across a post-apocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's half-human and half-deer searches for a new beginning with a gruff protector.
Style:
apocalyptic, dark fantasy, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, hybrid, half human, child, apocalypse, supernatural being, survival, father, baby, boy, cataclysm, virus ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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An animated fantasy-comedy series that follows Luz, a self-assured teenage girl who accidentally stumbles upon a portal to a magical world where she befriends a rebellious witch, Eda, and an adorably tiny warrior, King. Despite not having magical ...
Style:
colourful, atmospheric, entertaining, light, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschoolers
Plot:
witch, magic, portal, friendship, witchcraft, parallel universe, teenager, good versus evil, apprentice, female protagonist, lesbian, wizards ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
dominican republic
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
As her 16th birthday nears, Sabrina must choose between the witch world of her family and the human world of her friends. Based on the Archie comic.
Style:
satanic, atmospheric, dark, stylized, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
witch, witchcraft, high school, half breed, coming of age, teenager, black magic, devil worship, dedication, teenage love, teenage protagonist, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
Two brothers find themselves lost in a mysterious land and try to find their way home.
Style:
dark fantasy, atmospheric, enigmatic, captivating, anime ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, preschoolers, horror for children
Plot:
forest, siblings relations, getting home, beast, brother brother relationship, lost, child protagonist, children, travel, brothers, lost in the woods, life & death ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Explore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families.
Style:
exciting, realistic, disturbing, stylized, thought provoking
Plot:
astronaut, space program, nasa, space race, mining, lesbian, moon, moon landing, space shuttle, space travel, ice, space ...
Time:
year 1969, future, 70s
Place:
usa
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70K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve ...
Style:
witty, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, supernatural, female protagonist, supernatural ability, law enforcement, police detective, couple relations, hidden identity, murder, partners against crime, police investigation, morgue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to ...
Style:
entertaining, light, humorous, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
alien, extraterrestrial, alien race, human alien, alien contact, alien disguised as human, alien space craft, fish out of water, alien on earth, body horror, ufo, humanoid alien ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
colorado, usa
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Friday Night Lights is an American drama television series based around a high school football team situated in Texas. The series takes place in the fictional town of Dillon: a small, close-knit community in rural Texas. Particular focus is given to ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, athlete and trainer, american football, sport team, football, coach, sport, friendship, contests and competitions, cheerleader, small town, teenage boy ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, southern usa, usa
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101K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After crash-landing on an alien planet, the Robinson family fights against all odds to survive and escape. But they're surrounded by hidden dangers.
Style:
exciting, captivating, sincere, tense, futuristic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
spacecraft, robot, space, survival, lost, alien planet, space adventure, alien creature, youth, twists and turns, family relations, space travel ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival are questioned in this riveting ...
Style:
apocalyptic, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, depressing ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
train, struggle for survival, post apocalypse, rebellion, apocalypse, disaster, distopia, humanity, class system, inequality, forces of nature, caste system ...
Time:
future, 2020s
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