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Fringe (2008)
Plot Summary:
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology
Duration: 46 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 254000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: supernatural, investigation, mad scientist, time travel, parallel universe, fbi, alternate dimension, experiment, top secret, alternate reality, paranormal activity, danger, research, peril, scientist, government facility, alternate universe, creature, killings, mission, disappearance, coworker, mysterious place, laboratory, father son relationship
Murdoch Mysteries (2008)
Plot Summary:
A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings
Duration: 48 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Plot tags: police detective, partners against crime, uncover truth, riddles and clues, police investigation, twists and turns, forensics, unconventional method, murder investigation, who done it, victorian england, morgue, police station, mind game, workplace, boss and employee, whodunit, manipulation, police, murder, investigation, law enforcement, intelligence agency, writers, inventor
Little Dorrit (2008)
Plot Summary:
The series tells the story of Amy Dorrit, who spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father, who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her boss's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked
Duration: 420 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: poverty, young woman, life is a bitch, uncover truth, society, secret, rich and poor, dysfunctional family, social problems, family problems, financial problem, co worker co worker relationship, employer employee relationship, money problems, love and romance, world war one, passion, lady, happy ending, makeover, realism, love story, debt, murderer, family relations
The Mentalist (2008)
Plot Summary:
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 197000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: serial killer, partners against crime, investigation, fighting crime, murder, police investigation, police, law enforcement, danger, talented, justice, outsmarting, vengeance, who done it, psychic, coworker, weirdo, twists and turns, policewoman, deception, investigator, private detective, female detective, murderer, crime solving
Ashes to Ashes (2008)
Plot Summary:
Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: time travel, police, police detective, reluctant partners, female detective, fighting crime, uncover truth, power relations, female protagonist, confined, tough law enforcer, coma, boss, existence paradox, investigation, paradox, female investigator, policewoman, hallucination, police station, sexism, partner, culture clash, fish out of water, mars
True Blood (2008)
Plot Summary:
True Blood is an American television drama series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in northwestern Louisiana. The series centers on the adventures of Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress with an otherworldly quality
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 257000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: vampire, supernatural, couple relations, couples, dangerous attraction, vampire human love, danger, undead, sex, supernatural ability, forbidden love, love affair, immortality, unlikely couple, desire, seduction, young woman, witch, love and romance, beast, lovers, bare breasts, small town life, death, interspecies romance
Leverage (2008)
Plot Summary:
Leverage follows a five-person team: a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, who use their skills to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens
Duration: 42 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: team, thief, hacker, outsmarting, mastermind, society, escapades, teamwork, hidden identity, unconventional method, investigator, partners in crime, surveillance, dishonesty, actress, insurance investigator, greed, hustler, investigation, criminal, female thief, gadget, strong female lead, expert, heist
Wallander (2008)
Plot Summary:
This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling books by Henning Mankell
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden, Germany, USA
Plot tags: police detective, murder investigation, police investigation, police, loneliness, whodunit, depression, life is a bitch, small town, drinking problem, police officer, murder mystery, nordic, investigation, who done it, police procedural, hidden truth, cop, father daughter relationship, alzheimer's disease, british, police station, police inspector, tragic hero, murderer
Life on Mars (2008)
Plot Summary:
Life on Mars is a science fiction crime drama television series which originally aired on ABC from October 9, 2008 to April 1, 2009. It is an adaptation of the BAFTA-winning original UK series of the same name produced by the BBC. The series was co-produced by Kudos Film & Television, 20th Century Fox Television and ABC Studios. The series tells the story of New York City police detective Sam Tyler, who, after being struck by a car in 2008, regains consciousness in 1973. Fringing between multiple genres, including thriller, science fiction and police procedural, the series remained ambiguous regarding its central plot, with the character himself unsure about his situation. The series also starred Harvey Keitel, Jonathan Murphy, Michael Imperioli, and Gretchen Mol. Life on Mars garnered critical praise for its premise, acting, and depiction of the 1970s but suffered from a declining viewership after its premiere and a two-month hiatus. ABC announced on March 2, 2009 that it would not be ordering a second season. A DVD set of the complete series was released on September 29, 2009
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: police detective, police investigation, police, law enforcement, fighting crime, disorder, fish out of water, uncover truth, power relations, time travel, danger, police station, partner, police brutality, investigation, cop, whodunit, time loop, criminal, crime investigation, existence paradox, stephen king, magic, paradox, woman with a gun
In Plain Sight (2008)
Plot Summary:
In Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series on USA Network. The series revolves around Mary Shannon, a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, NM, office of the Federal Witness Security Program, more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program. Shannon must find ways to balance her professional life of protecting witnesses, her professional relationship with her partner, Marshall Mann, and her problematic personal life. The show was filmed on location in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On May 4, 2012, In Plain Sight concluded its fifth and final season
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: policewoman, u.s. marshal, law enforcement, danger, testimony, baseball, parents and children, chases and races, dysfunctional family, partner, workplace, partners against crime, cop witness relations, police officer, police, investigation, criminal, legal, team, occupation, nypd, witness, law and order, courtroom drama, woman with a gun
Sanctuary (2008)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals - a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. Magnus seeks to protect this threatened phenomena as well as unlock the mysteries behind their existence
Duration: 44 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Plot tags: supernatural, secret organization, werewolf, vampire, experiment, female scientist, research, scientist, team, monster, mutant, transformation, fate of humanity, teleportation, doctor, characters in danger, magic, laboratory, imaginary, investigation, rescue, psychiatrist, jack the ripper, psychic, porn
The Andromeda Strain (2008)
Plot Summary:
A U.S. satellite crash-lands near a small town in Utah, unleashing a deadly plague that kills virtually everyone except two survivors, who may provide clues to immunizing the population. As the military attempts to quarantine the area, a team of highly specialized scientists is assembled to find a cure and stop the spread of the alien pathogen, code-named Andromeda
Duration: 174 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: virus, laboratory, catastrophe, pandemic, disease, plague, bacteria, biohazard, infection, time travel, danger, cure, deadly virus, disaster, survival, epidemic, evil alien, apocalypse, distopia, happy ending, adaptation, military, post apocalypse, satellite, dystopia
Knight Rider (2008)
Plot Summary:
On the heels of NBC's hit movie, the iconic 1980s television classic comes roaring back to life as a reinvented, updated and super-charged action series showcasing the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand). Absolutely the coolest car ever created, KITT is equipped with an "AI" (artificial intelligence) that is capable of hacking almost any system. Its weapons systems match that of a jet fighter, and its body is capable of actually transforming into other vehicles and using sophisticated holographic imagery to elude villains
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: talking car, artificial intelligence, car chase, fighting crime, car, friendship, partner, gunfight, working undercover, heroic mission, fight scenes, batman, badass, female scientist, undercover, superhero, hacker, heroes, profanity, chases and races, escapades, debt, danger, law enforcement, imaginary