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Chernobyl (2019)
Plot Summary:
A dramatization of the true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster
Duration: 330 min
IMDB Rating: 9.3/10
IMDB Votes: 835000
Genere: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: radiation, nuclear holocaust, radiation poisoning, nuclear power plant, nuclear reactor, save the day, nuclear explosion, salvation, scientist, nuclear radiation, nuclear threat, disaster, abandoned city, evacuation, accident, heroic mission, cold war, save the world, society, post nuclear, nuclear power, propaganda, government coverup, government official, nuclear
When They See Us (2019)
Plot Summary:
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park
Duration: 296 min
IMDB Rating: 8.9/10
IMDB Votes: 134000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Plot tags: investigation, legal, social injustice, black, black lives matter, black cast, racial injustice, black history, lgbtq, criminal justice, suspect, false accusation, social problems, fight for justice, social issues, false accusation of rape, falsely accused, racial issues, social justice, law and order, courtroom, accusation, guilty verdict, framed for a crime, blaxploitation
Vinland Saga (2019)
Plot Summary:
For a thousand years, the Vikings have made quite a name and reputation for themselves as the strongest families with a thirst for violence. Thorfinn, the son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, spends his boyhood in a battlefield enhancing his skills in his adventure to redeem his most-desired revenge after his father was murdered
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Plot tags: power struggle, viking, intrigue, danger, battles, courage, norse mythology, war, sea battle, warrior, vandalism, revenge, legends and myths, violence, mutilation, parents and children, leader, gore, massacre, folk hero, tough heroes, exploration, propaganda, adaptation, white supremacy
The Boys (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 611000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, murder, society, dark humor, super speed, vengeance, superhuman, superhero team, gore, superheroine, corruption, supernatural power, rivalry, investigation, blood, violence, super powers, revenge, brutality, nudity, supernatural, sex scene, corporation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, name calling
Primal (2019)
Plot Summary:
A caveman forms a bond with a dinosaur as they struggle to survive in a hostile world
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, France
Plot tags: dinosaur, caveman, survival, violence, danger, hunter, barbarian, gore, eaten alive, revenge, life is a bitch, unlikely friendships, survivalist, sword and sorcery, extreme violence, decapitation, violent, wound, one man army, wounded, trauma, anti hero, fantasy world, hunting, predator
ImMATURE (2019)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age story about the many first adventures in a young man's life. Dhruv is 16, and in a hurry to grow up. With a little help from his school friends, the wannabe bad-boy Kabir, and the color-blind but doesn't know it Susu, Dhruv sets out to woo the first crush of his life, the feisty, out-of-his-league class topper, Chhavi. Venturing out of their childhood, in their last years of school, the trio find their first drink, pick their first fight and mend their first broken hearts
Duration: 25 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: friendship, teenager, teenage life, lifestyle, teenage love, relationships, friends, grownups, adolescence, satire, couple relations, heartwarming, science, hindi
After Life (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 149000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Plot tags: bereavement, death of wife, dog, starting over, death wish, death, journalism, life, depression, suicide, grief, newspaper office, changing lives, newspaper reporter, character change, cancer, life is a bitch, relationship problems, family problems, lifestyle change, gross out humor, change of heart, complex characters, drastic change of life, serial killer
Warrior (2019)
Plot Summary:
A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Plot tags: martial arts, gang war, rivalry, business, fistfight, corporation, hand to hand combat, sex scene, gang member, fight, gang, criminal, smuggling, master warrior, showdown, outlaw gang, lgbt, hitman, warrior, ancient, parents, organized crime, interracial romance, violent, nudity
Brassic (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in northern suburbia. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, on the brink of adulthood, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Plot tags: unemployed, friendship, youth, gang, scheme, marijuana, bipolar disorder, lifestyle, money, escapades, psychiatrist, friend, girlfriend, unemployment, socially awkward, violence, friends, dark humor, career criminal, town, working class, social awkwardness, crimes
Euphoria (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 225000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: mental illness, teenager, drug addict, high school, addiction, sex, coming of age, youth, sexuality, lgbt, teenage life, friends, school, strong sexual content, sex scene, lesbian, transsexual, parents and children, transgender, drug abuse, lgbtq, rehabilitation, teenage sexuality, first love, lesbian love
Why Women Kill (2019)
Plot Summary:
Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the '60s, a socialite in the '80s and a lawyer in 2018, deal with infidelity in their marriages
Duration: 984 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: marriage, women, open marriage, crumbling marriage, family in crisis, society, housewife, female protagonist, male female relationship, character change, changing lives, up and down relationship, adultery, interracial couple, strong female lead, older woman younger man relationship, jealousy, closeted homosexual, marriage crisis, extramarital affair, older woman younger man sex, betrayal, infidelity, scandal, troubled marriage
Sex Education (2019)
Plot Summary:
Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school
Duration: 1755 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 339000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Plot tags: lgbt, gay, lgbt teen, teenage sexuality, sex education, youth, classmate, school, teenage life, sex therapy, teenage sex, couples, love triangle, first sex, family relations, coming of age, gay teenager, teenager, sexual humor, therapist, sex therapist, society, dark humor, gay son, female nudity
Kingdom (2019)
Plot Summary:
In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty, a crown prince is sent on a suicide mission to investigate a mysterious outbreak
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: zombie, medieval, epidemic, royal family, rivalry, zombie apocalypse, living dead, twists and turns, walking dead, joseon dynasty, dead man, illness, family secret, back from the dead, political unrest, uncover truth, virus, undead, new year, apocalypse, demon, cannibal, winter, supernatural, kingdom
Years and Years (2019)
Plot Summary:
As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the Lyons family converge on one crucial night in 2019. Over the next 15 years, the twists and turns of their everyday lives are explored as we find out if this ordinary family could change the world
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: family relations, political activism, female politician, society, politics, political satire, dystopia, rebel, lgbt, lifestyle, lgbtqi, distopia, politician, political intrigue, social relations, political candidate, lgbtq, political campaign, strong female lead, female protagonist, american politics, political conspiracy, political leader, political conflict, political unrest
Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tracks the Wu-Tang Clan's formation, a vision of Bobby Diggs, who strives to unite a dozen young, black men that are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories
Duration: 49 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Plot tags: rapper, urban ghetto life, medieval, hip hop, hip hop culture, music, ambition, musician's life, artists and showbiz, artist, friends, life is a bitch, rise to the top, society, social problems, lifestyle, celebrity culture, black cast, black, entertainment industry, black lives matter, female nudity, entertainment, show
Unbelievable (2019)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Marie, a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the two female detectives who followed a twisting path to arrive at the truth
Duration: 385 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: investigation, rape, rape victim, female protagonist, sexual abuse, female detective, psychopath, teenage rape, violence, murder mystery, police officer, police, criminal, true crime, women, feminist, police investigation, nobody believes, serial killer, graphic violence, danger, adaptation, dishonesty, sex, killer
Exit (2019)
Plot Summary:
Exit are based on the true stories of four men in their mid-30s who all made became multi millionaires before the age of thirty an. Attempting to escape from their obligations, expectations and families, they employ drugs, prostitutes, and their very own set of morals
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Plot tags: drug abuse, finance, narcissism, rivalry, businessman, marriage, friendship, erection, friends, society, love, danger, sociopath, family relations, disorder, investor, sex party, gambling, nudity, female nudity, infidelity, group of friends, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional marriage, suicide attempt
Gentleman Jack (2019)
Plot Summary:
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family - by taking a wife
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: lgbt, lesbian, lgbtq, strongman, lesbian love, discrimination, society, social relations, private vs public, rivalry, female protagonist, love and romance, lesbian relationship, british history, lesbian sex, lesbian seduction, sapphic, gay, feminist, lgbtqi, lgbt history, heroes, strong female lead, relationships, family relations
The Promised Neverland (2019)
Plot Summary:
The one adored as the mother is not the real parent. The people living here together are not actual siblings. The Gracefield House is where orphaned children live. An irreplaceable home where 38 siblings and Mom live happy lives, even with no blood relations. However, their everyday life suddenly came to an abrupt end one day
Duration: 23 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: friendship, murder, hopes, death, betrayal, survival, scheming, danger, dishonesty, broken leg, livestock, vengeance, runaway, demon, society, mutilation, violence, mentor, children, mind game, escapades, strategy, revenge, cyberpunk, darkness
Watchmen (2019)
Plot Summary:
Television series based on the comic-book 'Watchmen', which was published by DC Comics in 1986 - 1987
Duration: 527 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 131000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, villain, anti hero, vigilantism, team, black, heroes, police officer, racial slur, racial tension, fight, racial discrimination, lgbtqi, superhero team, murder, alternate history, time travel, intelligence agency, supernatural, fbi, friends, house, hip hop culture, justice league, couples
Made in Heaven (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story of two wedding planners in Delhi, where tradition jostles with modern aspirations against the backdrop of big fat Indian weddings revealing many secrets and lies
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: high society, wedding, wedding planner, gay, lgbtq, marriage, wedding planning, society, social relations, tradition versus modernity, lgbtqi, traditional versus modern, relationships, family relations, wedding preparations and rituals, tradition, arranged marriage, lifestyle, family tradition, couple relations, lgbt, homosexuality, gay lead character, gay man straight woman relationship, gay straight relations
The Morning Show (2019)
Plot Summary:
A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the men and women who carry out this daily televised ritual
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: women, television, career woman, journalist, scandal, job, protest, journalism, feminism, co worker co worker relationship, workplace situations, female protagonist, lifestyle, employer employee relationship, news report, betrayal, society, nothing goes right, workplace, talk show host, lesbian, stephen king, lgbt, power, lesbian teen
Undone (2019)
Plot Summary:
After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death
Duration: 23 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, car accident, women, investigation, family relations, mental illness, secrets, wedding, female protagonist, flashback, superhero, time, medicine, alternate reality, voodoo, robbery, consciousness, waking up, space, superpower, girlhood, father daughter relationship, deaf, sister sister relationship, death
Hotel Del Luna (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Hotel Del Luna, located in Seoul, is not like any other hotel: its client are all ghosts. Jang Man-Wol, stuck in the hotel for the past millennium, meets Koo Chan-Sung, the new manager
Duration: 80 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: man-woman relation, hotel, ghost, past life, supernatural, betrayal, danger, destiny, hostess, curse, multiple storylines, serial killer, meeting, evil spirit, afterlife, supernatural ability, business manager, immortal, revenge, hotel manager, justice, haunted by the past, help, demon, life after death
ZeroZeroZero (2019)
Plot Summary:
Based on the book of the same name by bestselling author Roberto Saviano, ZeroZeroZero is an unforgettable exploration of the inner workings of the global cocaine trade
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Plot tags: italian mafia, mafia, cartel, drug cartel, cocaine, drug dealer, drug trade, drug dealing, drug smuggler, drug, brutality, gunfight, shooting, organized crime, apocalypse, stephen king, spy, ghetto, gang, obsession, criminal, addiction, conflict, african, nypd
The Righteous Gemstones (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story of a world-famous televangelist family with a history of deviance, greed and, yes, charitable work, all in the name of Jesus
Duration: 36 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: religion, greed, family relations, religious fanaticism, cover-up, parents and children, society, patriarch, secrets, stoner, religious fanatic, religious, wealth, televangelist, male protagonist, wealthy family, gay interest, evangelist, dark humor, charity, dysfunctional family, warrior, church service, show
For All Mankind (2019)
Plot Summary:
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
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: space program, astronaut, nasa, space race, space travel, lesbian, mining, moon, u.s. president, moon landing, lgbt, ice, space shuttle, outer space, space, scientist, historical event, rivalry, strong female character, moon base, hacker, stephen king, distopia, women, president
Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Plot Summary:
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: gang leader, mafia, crime boss, gang, gang war, mobster, violence, black cast, danger, street gang, organized crime, vengeance, rivalry, power struggle, black, showdown, criminal gang, gang of outlaws, murder, criminal, destiny, society, ambition, life philosophy, fight for supremacy
Ramy (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ramy, the son of Egyptian immigrants, is on a spiritually conflicting journey in his New Jersey neighborhood, pulled between his Muslim community that thinks life is a constant test, his millennial friends who think life is full of endless possibilities, and a God who's always watching
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: dating, family relations, society, introspection, prejudice, coming of age, culture clash, friendship, racism, philosophy, respect, wisdom of life, disorder, distopia, humour, satire, city life, quadriplegic, young heroes, ptsd, spiritual journey, father son relationship, stereotypes, uncle, flashback
The Witcher (2019)
Plot Summary:
The witcher Geralt, a mutated monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. Based on Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher Saga
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 558000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Poland, Hungary, USA, UK
Plot tags: medieval, supernatural, fantasy world, monster, magic, anti heroine, deadly creature, elf, sorceress, destiny, prophecy, supernatural ability, one man army, violence, mutant, imaginary, mutation, female nudity, massacre, colonialism, monster hunter, one against many, princess, superhero, last stand