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Endeavour (2012)
Plot Summary:
The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Plot tags: police, police detective, investigator, murderer, talented, police investigation, coworker, british, oxford, murder, intelligence, bodies, police procedural, law enforcement, investigation, whodunit, police protagonist, justice, murder mystery, who done it, uncover truth, mafia, pride and honor, boss, victim
Mr. Robot (2015)
Plot Summary:
A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot will find himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America
Duration: 49 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 410000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: hacker, computer hacker, hacking, computers and web, fighting the system, conspiracy, psychotherapy, split personality, paranoia, conspiracy theory, secret society, introvert, society, hallucination, schizophrenia, drug addict, social anxiety disorder, rebellion, friendship, childhood trauma, psychotherapist, revolution, brother sister relationship, murder, multiple personality disorder
Feud: Bette and Joan (2017)
Plot Summary:
Anthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford which began early on their careers, climaxed on the set of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and evolved into an Oscar vendetta
Duration: 406 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: hollywood, filmmaking, feud, movie star, actress, jealousy, glory, aging, woman, family problems, workplace problem, loneliness, frustration, women, strong female lead, alzheimer's disease, drinking problem, designer, actor, feminist, film industry, backstage, resistance, human rights, girl power
Violet Evergarden (2018)
Plot Summary:
The war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Plot tags: female protagonist, love, letter, self discovery, war, loss of loved one, child soldier, travel, relationships, slice of life, war veteran, weapons, orphan, post war, steampunk, trauma, fictional country, first love, male female relationship, new job, introspection, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, new life, autism, adaptation
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
Halt and Catch Fire (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in the early 1980s, and about a fictional visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations confronts the corporate behemoths of the time. Their personal and professional partnership will be challenged by greed and ego while charting the changing culture in Texas' Silicon Prairie
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: computer, programmer, inventions and discoveries, computers and web, businessman, existentialism, computer system, family relations, marriage, hacker, supportive spouse, workplace situations, geek, rivalry, partner, ego clash, dishonesty, relationship vs career, identity crisis, gay interest, secret past, financial problem, workplace intrigue, blind ambition, couple relations
Steven Universe (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers
Duration: 11 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: supernatural ability, gem, goodhearted, danger, intergalactic, youth, heroes, save the world, supernatural, imaginary, alien, escapades, child protagonist, outer space, beach, training, father son relationship, child, island, boy, single parent, autistic, coming of age, strong female lead, supernatural power
The Deuce (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: sex, prostitution, sleaze, porn industry, female nudity, bare breasts, porn actor, bare butt, society, sex scene, rivalry, obsession, party, gross out humor, nudity, porn, time machine, villain, african american, voodoo, sexuality, hooker, nude women, prostitute, male nudity
Sneaky Pete (2015)
Plot Summary:
A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: investigation, gambling, family relations, dishonesty, family problems, danger, escapades, con man, thief, greed, adaptation, twists and turns, prison, viking, poker, caper, criminal, espionage, confidence, grief, siblings, confidence artist, female nudity, anti hero, friendship
Outnumbered (2007)
Plot Summary:
Partly-improvised sitcom looking at the trials and tribulations of bringing up three young children - a regal five-year-old girl with a talent for interrogation, a seven-year-old boy who could fib for Britain and an 11-year-old who is gearing up for his scary first day at secondary school
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Plot tags: precocious child, parents and children, family life, couples, parenthood, everyday life, couple relations, adhd, youth, family relations, sketch, women, resistance, sketch show, parenting, household, teacher, alzheimer's disease, boss, suburbs, disorder, improv, responsibility, grandparent and grandchild, british humour
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2000)
Plot Summary:
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law features ex-superhero Harvey T. Birdman of Birdman and the Galaxy Trio as an attorney working for a law firm alongside other cartoon stars from 1960s and 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoon series. Similarly, Harvey's clients are also primarily composed of characters taken from Hanna-Barbera cartoon series of the same era. Many of Birdman's nemeses featured in his former cartoon series also became attorneys, often representing the opposing side of a given case
Duration: 15 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, law firm, jury, courtroom, lawyer, judge, lawsuit, anti hero, injustice, confession, disorder, workplace, dishonesty, superhuman powers, stoner, mature, heroes, bird, attorney, surrealism, satire, adult humor, legal, legal action, misfit
Counterpart (2017)
Plot Summary:
Howard Silk is a lowly cog in a bureaucratic UN agency who is turning the last corner of a life filled with regret when he discovers the agency he works for is guarding a secret: a crossing to a parallel dimension
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: parallel universe, espionage, spy, parallel world, secret service, twists and turns, doppelganger, time travel, deception, betrayal, murder, blackmail, murderer, gunfight, danger, nudity, survival, hacker, travel, time, revenge, supernatural, house, conspiracy, alternate reality
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Plot Summary:
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates
Duration: 59 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 316000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: lesbian, lgbt, strong female character, prison, prison life, lesbian relationship, life turned upside down, lesbian love, women's prison, women in prison, lesbian interest, gender, lesbian romance, confined, suicide, lesbianism, hot and sexy, convict, african american, lesbian sex, lgbtq, first lesbian experience, violence, fish out of water, racial issues
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
Plot Summary:
An Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure across the universe with a known fugitive. Based on the book by Douglas Adams, the dialog follows the book closely. This was originally a 6-part series from the BBC
Duration: 152 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Plot tags: benign alien, time travel, alien, space travel, ufo, imaginary, mysterious planet, space, satire, spacecraft, outer space, fantasy world, robot, danger, alien encounter, fish out of water, spaceship, space opera, exploding planet, end of the world, androids and robots, british, magic, friendship, star wars
The Fosters (2013)
Plot Summary:
Stef Foster, a dedicated police officer, and her partner Lena Adams, a school vice principal, have built a close-knit, loving family with Stef's biological son from a previous marriage, Brandon, and their adopted twins, Mariana and Jesus. Their lives are disrupted in unexpected ways when Lena meets Callie, a hardened teen with an abusive past who has spent her life in and out of foster homes. Lena and Stef welcome Callie and her brother, Jude, into their home thinking it's just for a few weeks, until a more permanent placement can be found. But life has something else in store for the Fosters
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: lesbian, adoption, teenage life, foster child, foster home, gay, gays and lesbians, troubled teen, siblings relations, teenage girl, lesbian mother, family life, family problems, supportive parent, step siblings, adolescence, blended family, parenthood, mother daughter relationship, lesbian couple, family relations, lgbtq, teenager, high school student, teenage boy
Looking for Alaska (2019)
Plot Summary:
A new arrival at a boarding school falls in love with a beguiling female student
Duration: 426 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: teenager, friendship, youth, fall in love, boarding school, car accident, love, love affair, destiny, twists and turns, hopes, couple relations, riddles and clues, coming of age, couples, uncover truth, disorder, secret, choice, high school, adaptation, young adult, trauma, roommate, group of friends
River (2015)
Plot Summary:
John River, a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault-line is the fragility of his mind - a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Plot tags: twists and turns, police detective, police, police investigation, hallucination, haunted by the past, murder investigation, loneliness, police procedural, able to see the dead, investigation, partner, nordic, murder, law enforcement, police officer, psychology, criminal, illness, afterlife, mental illness, forensic, forensics, grief, cat and mouse
A Million Little Things (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friend dies unexpectedly
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: friendship, grief, suicide, extramarital affair, love, family problems, adultery, group of friends, infidelity, lgbt, friend, relationships, friends, relationship problems, lifestyle change, marital problem, changing lives, family values, male female relationship, conversation, couple relations, gay, obsession, addiction, legal
The Sinner (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young mother kills in a fit of unexplainable rage a seemingly stranger. An inquisitive detective obsesses over the case, attempting to get to the bottom of the true motive behind the act
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 136000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: murder, murder investigation, psychological trauma, investigation, past coming back to haunt, crime investigation, memory loss, amnesia, drug, manslaughter, forensics, sister sister relationship, mind game, legal, family problems, violence, domestic violence, child abuse, social problems, serial killer, psychology, psychopath, forest, supernatural, religion
Escape at Dannemora (2018)
Plot Summary:
The stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015, which spawned a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers who were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee with whom they both became sexually entangled
Duration: 440 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: prison escape, prison life, prison, love triangle, escape, true crime, prisoner, deception, twists and turns, love affair, travel, stephen king, organized crime, jail, prison break, prison guard, cheating wife, sex scene, male nudity, unhappy marriage, older woman younger man sex, imprisonment, biopic, jail cell, sexually dissatisfied wife
In the Flesh (2013)
Plot Summary:
Thousands of dead people have risen from their graves and nearly destroyed Britain. A cure has been found - but can the treated zombies be rehabilitated back into living society?
Duration: 56 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Plot tags: epidemic, gay lead character, zombie, suicide, small town, society, infected, undead, gay, family reunited, cemetery, teenager, zombie apocalypse, survival, brother sister relationship, fighting the system, discrimination, family relations, back from the dead, friendship, lgbtq, supernatural, rehabilitation, love, politics
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
Plot Summary:
The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: orphan, children, steampunk, life is a bitch, danger, breaking the fourth wall, storytelling, coming of age, cynicism, escapades, obsession, dishonesty, hopes, love, new year, winter, supernatural, fantasy world, parallel universe, adoption, darkness, child protagonist, pop culture, strong female character, damsel in distress
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is an American animated television series created by Thurop Van Orman for Cartoon Network that premiered on June 5, 2008, and ended on August 30, 2010. On April 20, 2012, this series returned to Cartoon Network to show re-runs on the revived block, "Cartoon Planet"
Duration: 11 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, South Korea
Plot tags: pirate, human animal relationship, friendship, mischievous children, youth, disorder, young heroes, island, family relations, parents and children, family life, captain, animal life, imaginary, talking animal, dark humor, deja vu, child hero, surrealism, harbor, magical, heroes, friends, escapades, rivalry
Seven Seconds (2018)
Plot Summary:
Tensions run high between African American citizens and Caucasian cops in Jersey City when a teenage African American boy is critically injured by a cop
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: bullying, black lives matter, teenager, murder investigation, drug dealer, heroin addict, loss of faith, murder, court, justice, twists and turns, gang, society, dirty cop, police corruption, black, hospital, family relations, frame up, danger, storytelling, circumstantial evidence, police officer, supernatural, addiction
Home for Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tired of the constant comments on her relationship status, perpetually single Johanne starts a 24-day hunt for a boyfriend to bring home for Christmas
Duration: 29 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Plot tags: christmas, 30 year old, love, fall in love, couples, new year's eve, couple relations, family relations, dialogue, new year, lesbian, holiday, mission, nordic, feeling, xmas, sex scene, male nudity, single woman, older woman younger man relationship, male female relationship, young man, female protagonist, looking for love, older woman younger man sex
Big Love (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story of Bill Henrickson and his life in suburban Salt Lake City, balancing the needs of his three wives -- Barb, Nicki and Margene-- their seven kids, three new houses and the opening of his newest hardware store. When disturbing news arrives about Bill's father, he is forced to reconnect with his polygamist parents who live on a fundamentalist compound in rural Utah
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: polygamy, mormon, husband wife relationship, marriage, couples, double life, housewife, religion, eccentric family, family relations, society, working class, sister sister relationship, parents and children, couple relations, religions or cults, sex, pregnancy, feminist, polyamory, prison, lgbt, open relationship, triad, atheism
Manhattan (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists and their families attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Plot tags: atomic bomb, world war two, laboratory, scientist, ambition, inventions and discoveries, military, race against time, workplace, relationship vs career, power relations, top secret, unhappy wife, rivalry, husband wife relationship, outer space, end of the world, women, journalism, strength, mission, grief, lgbtq, marriage, world war
Wuthering Heights (2009)
Plot Summary:
Foundling Heathcliff is raised by the wealthy Earnshaws in Yorkshire but in later life launches a vendetta against the family
Duration: 142 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Plot tags: obsession, unfulfilled love, love affair, forbidden love, estate, family relations, love triangle, social differences, revenge, society, punishment, fall in love, corporal punishment, destructive relationship, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, couples, psychology, wuthering heights, love, incest, world war one, supernatural, feminist, parents
Dirty John (2018)
Plot Summary:
Anthology series in which each season is based on a true crime story featuring an epic tale of love gone wrong
Duration: 44 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: single woman, criminal, businessman, deception, male female relationship, psychology, lie, tragic love, real life, manipulation, relationship problems, dishonesty, relationships, violence, forbidden love, parents and children, life is a bitch, secret, love story, love interest, dark secret, marital problem, apocalypse, women, bad guy
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007)
Plot Summary:
It's her business doing pleasure with you. A witty and provocative series based on the real-life adventures of a high-class escort. Juggling her own reality with her clients' fantasies can be difficult, but this savvy sweetheart knows every trick in the book, and she's doing it in style
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Plot tags: prostitute, diary, sex, sex scene, sexuality, female protagonist, lifestyle, secret life, undercover, society, success, sexual relations, social differences, secret identity, sex worker, teenager, erotica, porn, female nudity, prostitution, escort, human trafficking, disability, pop culture, making love