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Narcos (2015)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels
Duration: 49 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 458000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Plot tags: drug cartel, gangster, drug dealer, cartel, drug dealing, rise to the top, drug lord, illegal drugs, cia agent, dea, master criminal, ambition, hitman, criminal heroes, drug, organized crime, smuggling, politics, mafia, terrorism, cocaine, kidnapping, cold war, president, hidden money
Rome (2005)
Plot Summary:
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic
Duration: 1193 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 182000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: roman empire, ancient history, ancient rome, historical character, power struggle, emperor, antiquity, warrior, intrigue, roman soldier, female nudity, betrayal, political unrest, italian history, political conspiracy, julius caesar, incest, treason, rivalry, seduction, ruler, sex, ancient egypt, peplum, ambition
Fleabag (2016)
Plot Summary:
As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, sleeping with anyone who dares to stand too close, squeezing money from wherever she can, rejecting anyone who tries to help her, and keeping up her bravado throughout
Duration: 27 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Plot tags: sister sister relationship, sexuality, sexual humor, female friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, promiscuity, female protagonist, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, women, british, dark humor, promiscuous woman, serial killer, feminist, women power, priest, strong female lead, lgbt, femininity, father, adultery, moving, couples, humour, mission
Downton Abbey (2010)
Plot Summary:
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy
Duration: 3110 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 220000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Plot tags: aristocracy, estate, traditional versus modern, relatives, manners, countryside, high society, butler, servant, family life, country estate, aristocrat, master and servant, family relations, couple relations, love and romance, upscale, social differences, staff, heir, domestic servant, parents and children, untimely death, class differences, social climbing
Skam (2015)
Plot Summary:
The story of a young teenager group, born 1999, and a pupil on Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and her friends and their life, troubles, scandals and every day life. Which of the members represented changes per season
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Plot tags: lgbt, gay, teenage sexuality, friendship, gay relationship, teenage protagonist, teenage boy, teenager, high school student, high school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship between girls, teenage girl, gay teenager, teenage sex, high school hunk, homosexual, friendship between boys, interracial relations, teen angst, muslim, parent child relationship, muslim girl, family relations, dating
Sons of Anarchy (2008)
Plot Summary:
An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. The MC must confront threats from drug dealers, corporate developers, and overzealous law officers. Behind the MC’s familial lifestyle and legally thriving automotive shop is a ruthless and illegal arms business driven by the seduction of money, power, and blood
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 317000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: biker, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, prison, gang, organized crime, power struggle, group of criminals, young man, arms dealing, criminal, friends, family relations, police corruption, street gang, outlaw, small town, aryan brotherhood, mafia, dirty cop, violent, gangster, tattoo, ira, subculture
Wentworth (2013)
Plot Summary:
Bea Smith is locked up while awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband and must learn how life works in prison. A modern adaptation and sequel of the iconic Prisoner series
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Plot tags: prison, lesbian, women in prison, prison life, women's prison, power struggle, protest, lesbian relationship, life is a bitch, danger, government facility, survival, sadism, convict, lgbtq, warden, female prisoner, lawyer, lgbt, smuggling, racial issues, anti hero, confined, blood, arrest
My Brilliant Friend (2018)
Plot Summary:
When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Plot tags: life is a bitch, friendship, children, hopes, parents and children, brutality, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, friends, girlfriend, father daughter relationship, feminist, relationship problems, life, high school friend, pain, traumatic childhood, urban, social injustice, coming of age, girl, violence, wedding, seaside, hand job, friend
Sacred Games (2018)
Plot Summary:
A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Plot tags: investigation, sikh, politics, criminal underworld, police, conspiracy, brutality, arrest, police officer, torture, terrorist, race against time, justice, fear, danger, terrorist attack, threat, negotiation, media, money, mafia, time, mature, punjabi, mental health
Kingdom (2014)
Plot Summary:
A raw family drama set against the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Venice, California. Alvey Kulina owns Navy St. MMA with the help of his girlfriend Lisa Prince. He is willing to go through extraordinary means to make sure his fighters are taken care of, but all of this responsibility comes at a steep price. He has complicated relationships with both of his sons, Jay and Nate, who are both struggling with their own identities and places within Alvey’s life and gym
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: athlete's life, mixed martial arts, ex convict, brother brother relationship, martial arts, gym, drug addiction, father son relationship, competition, sibling relationship, family problems, training, drug abuse, gay, parents and children, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, brutality, friends, estrangement, blind ambition, lgbt, villain, lgbtq
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Plot Summary:
Ten years of Marianne and Johan's relationship are presented. We first meet them ten years into their marriage. He is a college professor, she a divorce lawyer. They say that they are happily married - unlike their friends Katarina and Peter who openly fight, especially when under the influence of alcohol - but there is a certain detached aloofness in the way they treat each other. In the next ten years, as they contemplate or embark upon divorce and/or known extramarital affairs, they come to differing understandings at each phase of their relationship of what they truly mean to each other. Regardless of if it's love or hate - between which there is a fine line - they also come to certain understandings of how they can best relate to each other, whether that be as husband and wife, friends, lovers or none of the above
Duration: 283 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Plot tags: divorce, marriage, couples, infidelity, dysfunctional family, relationships, crumbling marriage, loneliness, adultery, art, minimalism, manipulation, conversation, extramarital affair, selfishness, retreat, slice of life, modernism, failed relationship, crazy love, nordic, breakup, lawyer, unrequited love, adulterous husband
Queer as Folk (2000)
Plot Summary:
Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this original series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA. The show offers an unapologetic look at modern, urban gay and lesbian lives while addressing the most critical health and political issues affecting the community. Sometimes racy, sometimes sensitive and always straight to the heart
Duration: 47 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: lgbt, gay, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, homosexual, gay love, friendship, homosexuality, lesbian, lifestyle, gay lead character, sexual activity, age difference, gender, homoeroticism, discrimination, unrequited love, gay sex, thirtysomething life, gay teenager, friends, sex, gay slur, casual sex, lgbtq
The Expanse (2015)
Plot Summary:
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
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 168000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: outer space, space travel, space opera, human in outer space, spacecraft, space station, investigation, space colony, alien life-form, spaceship, space wars, conspiracy, space exploration, society, space and aliens, rivalry, galaxy, space, space battle, alien technology, survival, transformation, danger, solar system, uncover truth
Spartacus (2010)
Plot Summary:
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
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 253000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: ancient rome, ancient history, roman empire, gladiator, sword fight, rebellion, battles, rebel, slavery, ambition, sex, swords and armor, friendship between men, self sacrifice, revolution, strong sexual content, warrior, rebelliousness, gory, power struggle, intrigue, arena, contests and competitions, female nudity, sword and shield
Narcos: Mexico (2018)
Plot Summary:
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: drug cartel, cartel, organized crime, marijuana, undercover agent, business, corruption, drug lord, gang, criminal, drug, drug dealing, cocaine, mafia, outlaw, drug dealer, dea, mariachi, investigation, crime boss, gangster, bandit, heroin, gang leader, criminal gang
Entourage (2004)
Plot Summary:
Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent
Duration: 28 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 175000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: producer, wealth, filmmaking, actor, friendship, fame, lifestyle, actor's life, ambition, rising to stardom, showbiz, young man, stupidity, deal, artists and showbiz, hollywood, eccentricity, friendship between men, sex, dancing, business, ancient, brothers, film industry, group of friends
Banshee (2013)
Plot Summary:
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: ex convict, sheriff, tough heroes, female nudity, organized crime, shooting, cop, sexual activity, small town, thief, gory, social relations, double life, nudity, cons and scams, mysterious past, law enforcement, mob boss, small town life, corruption, machismo, hacker, hidden identity, villain, one man army
The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 253000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: rape, sexism, surrogate mother, infertility, protest, dystopia, totalitarianism, slavery, tyranny, religion, belief, women's rights, violence, kidnapping, violence against women, torture, society, distopia, soldier, misogyny, coup d'etat, lesbian, alternate reality, alternate world, feminist
Outlander (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 175000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, fall in love, couples, love affair, true love, danger, life turned upside down, love and romance, battles, fish out of water, escapades, rivalry, friendship, couple relations, love triangle, nurse, scotsman, imaginary, soldier, time traveler, sex scene, magic, uninhibited rivalry, medieval, back in time
Carnivàle (2003)
Plot Summary:
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: prophecy, circus, healing power, god or devil, psychic, surrealism, evil, supernatural, self discovery, clergy, good versus evil, carnival, freak, supernatural ability, psychic power, dark secret, secret, dwarf, healing, talented, religions or cults, chosen one, creature, priest, great depression
The Inbetweeners (2008)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to a world of futile crushes, sibling brawls, getting drunk too quickly and casting constant aspersions about your friends' sexuality
Duration: 25 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, North Korea, Russia, China
Plot tags: looking for sex, sexual humor, teenage life, clumsiness, high school, youth, friendship between men, friendship, innocence lost, bully, popularity, lifestyle, social problems, socially awkward, group of friends, practical joke, frustration, teenager, teenage boy, party, adolescence vs adulthood, sex, stoner, humour, pop culture
Big Little Lies (2017)
Plot Summary:
Subversive, darkly comedic drama Big Little Lies tells the tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder
Duration: 356 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 219000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: domestic violence, female friendship, feminist, murder mystery, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, marriage, murder, secret, infidelity, rape, female protagonist, housewife, family life, intrigue, feminism, gossip and rumors, mother, crumbling marriage, parent child relationship, violence against women, adultery, single mother, twists and turns, ex husband
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
Treme (2010)
Plot Summary:
Tremé takes its name from a neighborhood of New Orleans and portrays life in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane. Beginning three months after Hurricane Katrina, the residents of New Orleans, including musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians, and other New Orleanians struggle to rebuild their lives, their homes and their unique culture
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Plot tags: musician, jazz, social problems, hurricane katrina, starting over, musician's life, survival, lifestyle, tragic event, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, poverty, destruction, society, talented, struggle, human nature, disappearance, social relations, artists and showbiz, black, interracial relations, city life, dancing, music
The Young Pope (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American Pope in the history of the Church, must establish his new papacy and navigate the power struggles of the closed, secretive Vatican
Duration: 546 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain, UK, USA
Plot tags: pope, religion, vatican, satire, god, catholic church, betrayal, infidelity, scandal, intrigue, nun, conspiracy, orphan, kangaroo, abuse of power, male nudity, faith, life philosophy, celibacy, sex scene, best friend, religious, female nudity, saint, gay
Ray Donovan (2013)
Plot Summary:
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: identity crisis, hollywood, family secret, nudity, power relations, teamwork, blackmail, relatives, family feud, family problems, trauma, family relations, intrigue, businessman, rivalry, ambition, siblings relations, health situation, expert, fbi, violence, millionaire, violent content, graphic violence, die hard
Californication (2007)
Plot Summary:
A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions
Duration: 28 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 187000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: womanizer, lifestyle, writers, writer's life, lust, dark humor, sexual relations, family life, couples, sexual activity, strong sexual content, addiction, female nudity, nudity, creative block, family problems, alcoholism, sex addict, hollywood, sex, perversion, father daughter relationship, family relations, erotica, badass
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (2021)
Plot Summary:
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 a baby named Rudeus, he decides that this time, he’ll live a life he won’t regret!
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Plot tags: reincarnation, starting over, new life, magic, magical, peril, second chance, impersonation, harem, unlikely partners, obsessive quest, life turned upside down, parallel world, fantasy world, showdown, mythical creature, isekai, parallel universe, fictional reality, polygamy, wizard, wizards and magicians, alternate reality, magical power, time loop
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