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Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1980's & 90's Bombay, Scam 1992 follows the life of Harshad Mehta - a stockbroker who single-handedly took the stock market to dizzying heights & his catastrophic downfall. Being directed by National Award-winning filmmaker Hansal Mehta, the series is based on journalist Debashis Basu & Sucheta Dalal's book "The Scam"
Duration: 54 min
IMDB Rating: 9.3/10
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: finance, insider trading, financial crisis, stock exchange, stock broker, newspaper office, embezzler, caper, financier, cons and scams, money, con artists, criminal, deception, con trick, fraud, historical figure, escapades, financial problem, historical character, motivation, wall street, corruption, mission, innovation
Ted Lasso (2020)
Plot Summary:
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
Duration: 1453 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 323000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: soccer, soccer coach, american abroad, male male relationship, football player, football team, football, professional sports, coach, career change, athlete and trainer, rivalry, contests and competitions, professional rivalry, save the day, revenge, divorce, teamwork, ambition, sport team, cultural difference, lifestyle change, rivals, athlete's life, moving
All Creatures Great & Small (2020)
Plot Summary:
The heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s. A remake of the 1978 series
Duration:
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Plot tags: veterinarian, village life, countryside, english countryside, human animal relationship, friendship, scotsman, following a dream, veterinary clinic, animal, job, animal life, workplace, workplace situations, animal human communication, love, medical, horse, rural setting, golden retriever, dog, cow, pig, chicken, rooster
It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected—a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them
Duration: 80 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: anti social, mental health, psychiatric ward, psychological trauma, friendship, hospital, death, eccentric woman, countryside, male nurse, sibling relationship, caregiver, madhouse, mental patient, mental institution, female writer, childhood trauma, post traumatic stress disorder, writers, friends, faith, couples, asian, strong female character, storytelling
The Queen's Gambit (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s, a young girl discovers an astonishing talent for chess while struggling with addiction
Duration: 397 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 525000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: chess, addiction, genius, female protagonist, child prodigy, prodigy, champion, competition, coming of age, girl, girl power, adoptive mother, female friendship, adoption, orphanage, mathematics, championship, friend, obsession, rags to riches, alcohol abuse, autism, storytelling, mental health, feminism
Staged (2020)
Plot Summary:
David Tennant and Michael Sheen (playing themselves) were due to star in a production of 'Six Characters in Search of an Author' in the West End. The pandemic has put paid to that, but their director (Simon Evans) is determined not to let the opportunity pass him by
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Plot tags: supportive friend, quarantine, friendship between men, cynic, fame, actor's life, stage actor, irony, rehearsal, movie actor, self involved, unlikely friendships, writers, theater, gay couple, marriage, pandemic, stage play, male male relationship, love hate relationship, bromance, merger, writing, webcam
Ethos (2020)
Plot Summary:
A group of unique characters from dramatically different socio-cultural backgrounds meeting in startling circumstances in the vibrant and colorful city of Istanbul, - some by chance and some by force of will
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: muslim, city, confrontation, social differences, society, social problems, chance meeting, cultural difference, social relations, culture clash, cross cultural relations, rape, betrayal, suicide, family relations, psychiatrist, feminist, chaos, kurd, visceral, father daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, brother sister relationship, husband wife relationship, mentally unstable woman
Julie and the Phantoms (2020)
Plot Summary:
Teenage Julie finds her passion for music and life while helping the Phantoms -- a trio of ghostly guys -- become the band they were never able to be
Duration:
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Plot tags: teenager, pop star, schoolgirl, musician's life, first love, love and romance, teenage girl, friendship, music band, celebrity, female protagonist, teenage life, talented, teenage protagonist, music, youth, friends, pop music, high school, lgbt, lgbtq, rivalry, fame, famous, lifestyle
Normal People (2020)
Plot Summary:
Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other’s lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved. Adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel
Duration: 339 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Plot tags: star crossed lovers, coming of age, university, love story, secret relationship, school, sex scene, social misfits, couple relations, relationships, feminist, social differences, small town, college, nude, male nudity, love, sex, teenager, serial killer, passion, femininity, friends, couples, choice
Itaewon Class (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a colorful Seoul neighborhood, an ex-con and his friends fight a mighty foe to make their ambitious dreams for their street bar a reality
Duration: 70 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: rags to riches, revenge, restaurant, faithfulness, love, inheritance, friendship, asian, lgbtq, business, vengeance, family business, co worker co worker relationship, workplace, restaurant owner, faith, entrepreneurship, couples, female protagonist, entertainment, strong female character, storytelling, youth, social media, professional
The Great (2020)
Plot Summary:
A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia
Duration: 1594 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Plot tags: monarch, royal court, royal family, king, empress, queen, female nudity, imperial russia, russian empire, palace intrigue, intrigue, rivalry, military, betrayal, political intrigue, coronation, state affairs, ambition, serial killer, fashion, women, ancient, feminist, team, woman
Caliphate (2020)
Plot Summary:
National Security agent Fatima receives a tip that a terrorist attack against Sweden is in the planning stage. Meanwhile Sulle, a teenage girl in Stockholm, gets interested in her student assistent who opens doors to a new and fascinating world - the true path. Kalifat is a thriller about the intermingled fates of five young women who get caught up in the seducing and destroying force of religious fundamentalism
Duration: 46 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Plot tags: isis, terrorist, hijab, islamic terrorism, suicide bomber, islam, terrorism, police, conspiracy, female protagonist, intelligence agency, muslim, rape, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, terrorist plot, escape plan, murder, husband wife relationship, woman in danger, death, war on terror, female terrorist, swedish, criminal
The Frog (2020)
Plot Summary:
Ramin plans a robbery on his childhood classmate Noori who has become a mysterious rich man and that's just a beginning of a brutal journey
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iran
Plot tags: iranian, criminal, lie, burglar, betrayal, betrayal by friend, traitor, robbery, frog, police, flashback, persian, mystery
Gangs of London (2020)
Plot Summary:
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, volatile and impulsive Sean Wallace to restore control and find those responsible for killing his father
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: mafia, gang war, organized crime, violence, father son relationship, crime family, murder, bandit, blood, mercenary, gangster, gang, criminal, gunfight, danger, mobster, revenge, superhero, distopia, investigation, villain, irish mob, hustler, brotherhood, torture
I Know This Much Is True (2020)
Plot Summary:
The parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th century America
Duration: 378 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: brother brother relationship, family relations, brotherhood, mysterious past, life is a bitch, loss of child, psychology, psychiatry, disorder, mental health, schizophrenic, child abuse, dysfunctional family, twin brother, breast cancer, stepfather stepson relationship, tragedy, sacrifice, childhood trauma, monkey, twins, male nudity, waterfall, aspiring actor, flashback
The New Pope (2020)
Plot Summary:
As Pope Pius XIII hangs between life and death in a coma, charming and sophisticated moderate English aristocrat Sir John Brannox is placed on the papal throne and adopts the name John Paul III. A sequel series to “The Young Pope.”
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain, USA, UK
Plot tags: vatican, catholic church, religion, politics, strongman, catholic priest, pope, secrets, conspiracy, power, intrigue, lord, cardinal the priest, twins, christian, satire, gay couple, religious, power struggle, church, controversy, male nudity, serial killer, coma, female nudity
I May Destroy You (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great friends, a boyfriend in Italy, and a burgeoning writing career. But when her drink is spiked, she must question and rebuild every element of her life
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: rape, dating, black, women, writers, female writer, feminism, brutality, feminist, danger, lgbtq, gay interest, lgbtqi, black lives matter, career, social problems, female protagonist, secret, writer's life, drug, sex, distopia, lgbt, illness, sexual abuse
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020)
Plot Summary:
After an unusual event, Zoey Clarke, a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco, suddenly starts to hear the innermost wants, thoughts and desires of the people around her through popular songs
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Plot tags: psychic power, nerd, earthquake, musical performance, lgbt, career, spoken inner thoughts, singing, friendship, paranormal phenomena, father daughter relationship, young girl, terminal illness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love interest, extrasensory perception, workplace situations, life turned upside down, love, teenager, strong female lead, women, family relations, theater, occupation
Paranormal (2020)
Plot Summary:
After a sceptical haematologist is plunged into a series of inexplicable events, he unwillingly becomes the go-to-guy for paranormal investigations
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Plot tags: religion and supernatural, fear, supernatural, murder, pandemic, mummy, demon, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, paranormal, science, haunted house, paranormal investigation, chase, nightmare, love, death, doctor, family relations, father daughter relationship, evil, professor, haunted, exorcism, peril
Unorthodox (2020)
Plot Summary:
A Hasidic Jewish woman in Brooklyn flees to Berlin from an arranged marriage and is taken in by a group of musicians -- until her past comes calling
Duration: 53 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Plot tags: judaism, jewish family, orthodox jew, escape, women, jewish woman, female protagonist, feminist, new life, follow your dream, husband wife relationship, musician, sex, serial killer, strong female lead, religion, nightclub, atheism, rave, woman, expose, lgbtq, vicious, religious, mother daughter relationship
Trying (2020)
Plot Summary:
All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can’t have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they’re ready to be parents?
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Plot tags: infertility, parenthood, children, family life, parenting, new life, husband wife relationship, responsibility, bureaucracy, parents and children, irresponsible, long term relationship, adoption, domestic drama, family drama, british humour, apple
True Beauty (2020)
Plot Summary:
Lim Ju-kyung is a high school student. Since she was little, she has had a complex about her appearance. To hide her bare face, Ju-kyung always wears make-up. Her excellent make-up skills make her pretty and she hides her bare face in front of others. She gets involved with 2 men; Lee Su-ho and Han Seo-jun
Duration: 70 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: makeup artist, love triangle, friendship, bullying, fame, ugly duckling, teenage love, teen romance, teenage life, love, betrayal, opposites attract, high school hunk, beauty, makeover, hidden identity, couples, asian, entertainment, strong female character, youth, insecurity, unlikely relationship, high school, secret
Love, Victor (2020)
Plot Summary:
Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him navigate the ups and downs of high school
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: lgbt, gay, high school, gay lead character, friendship, gay teenager, closeted gay, homosexual, gay relationship, homosexuality, lgbt teen, male homosexuality, love and romance, friends, love affair, teenager, gay son, gay latino, love, relationships, high school sweetheart, closeted homosexual, friendship between teens, classmate classmate relationship, lgbtq
Start-Up (2020)
Plot Summary:
Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry
Duration: 80 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: computer genius, pen pal, computers and web, rags to riches, ambition, love, youth, first love, rise to the top, creator, faithfulness, mentor, rivalry, lifestyle, creativity, social relations, life philosophy, white lie, corporate world, character study, unrequited love, friends, couples, heartwarming, love triangle
Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020)
Plot Summary:
Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and shapes the course of history for centuries
Duration: 44 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Documentary, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Plot tags: sultan, muslim, conquering, turk, roman empire, battles, medieval, women, ancient, strength, leadership, talk show, world history, history lesson, sword, castle, christian, dream, war, harem, prince, historian, costume, hindi, storyteller
Mrs. America (2020)
Plot Summary:
The true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, aka “the sweetheart of the silent majority.”
Duration: 458 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Plot tags: feminism, feminist, conservative, activist, politics, lesbian, women, fighting the system, society, female protagonist, sexism, strong female presence, protest, strong female character, employer employee relationship, labor union, workplace, corporate world, workplace situations, supportive coworker, friendship, justice, injustice, factory, ambition
Never Have I Ever (2020)
Plot Summary:
After a traumatic year, all an Indian-American teen wants is to go from pariah to popular -- but friends, family and feeling won't make it easy on her
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: popularity, teenager, school, teenage girl, grownups, friendship, social misfits, coming of age, girl, teenage protagonist, family relations, mother daughter relationship, teenage life, first love, adolescence, lifestyle, loss of father, lgbt, high school, women, pandemic, grief, girl power, black, lgbtq
Defending Jacob (2020)
Plot Summary:
A family’s lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate
Duration: 402 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: murder investigation, police investigation, husband wife relationship, false accusation of murder, death, parents and children, murder, bullying, investigation, family relations, father son relationship, suspect, boy, assistant district attorney, uncover truth, lawyer, mysterious villain, chase, legal, doubt, criminal, corruption, mature, coming of age, teenage boy
Miss Scarlet and the Duke (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Eliza Scarlet’s father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner... step forward a detective known as the Duke. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880’s London
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: female detective, detective agency, female police detective, victorian england, private detective, crime investigation, investigation, murder investigation, forensics, humour, murder, love and romance, woman with a gun, policewoman, love, intelligence agency, steampunk, ancient, woman, father daughter relationship, housekeeper, police detective, cousin cousin relationship, detective inspector, female protagonist
Devs (2020)
Plot Summary:
Young computer engineer Lily Chan investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend
Duration: 409 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: murder investigation, virtual reality, hacker, quantum physics, cold blooded murder, conspiracy, robot, artificial intelligence, investigation, technology, computer, murder mystery, puzzle, creator, hi-tech, computer hacker, secret, uncover truth, cyberpunk, forest, supernatural, hunting, religion, entrepreneur, parallel universe