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True Detective (2014)
Plot Summary:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 8.9/10
IMDB Votes: 618000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: serial killer, police investigation, investigation, murder, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, drinking problem, partners against crime, insomnia, antisocial behavior, troubled, female nudity, graphic violence, uncover truth, haunted by the past, violence, partner, corrupt cop, mysterious man, buddy cop, sexual content, evidence, cruelty
Over the Garden Wall (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers find themselves lost in a mysterious land and try to find their way home
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 68000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: folk horror, siblings relations, beast, getting home, forest, danger, brother brother relationship, child protagonist, children, imaginary, brothers, travel, lost in the woods, lost, halloween, moving, darkness, life & death, trippy, hipster, woods, dream, frog, forest ranger, male protagonist
Inside No. 9 (2014)
Plot Summary:
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: supernatural, surprising revelation, surrealism, dark humor, hotel room, plot twist, macabre, halloween, illness, mental illness, mission, aspiration, impostor, satire, locked in a room, storytelling, sketch, cognitive science, sketch show, ghost, murder, criminal, intrigue, haunted house, under the surface
The Leftovers (2014)
Plot Summary:
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. The drama series 'The Leftovers' is the story of the people who didn't make the cut. Based on the bestselling novel by Tom Perrotta, 'The Leftovers' follows Kevin Garvey, a father of two and the chief of police in a small New York suburb, as he tries to maintain some semblance of normalcy when the notion no longer applies
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: life turned upside down, society, disappearance, haunted by the past, apocalypse, missing person, depression, small town sheriff, chief of police, worldwide chaos, post apocalypse, chaos, belief, hopes, life changing experience, religions or cults, twists and turns, small town, miraculous event, grief, fear, sex, magic, epidemic, criminal
24: The Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jack Bauer comes out of hiding in London to head off a massive terrorist attack while being hunted down by American forces dispatched by President James Heller
Duration: 46 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: hacker, terrorism, terrorist, cia, president, treason, shooting, international relations, save the day, characters in danger, life risking, killings, on the run, interrogation, government facility, espionage, die hard, programmer, fugitives, counter terrorism, submarine, spy, supernatural, criminal, star wars
The Missing (2014)
Plot Summary:
A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Plot tags: investigation, missing child, missing person, police detective, twists and turns, abduction, pedophile, police, child abuse, family relations, journalist, child abduction, parents and children, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, haunted by the past, grief, spy, police officer, murder mystery, reporter, aspiration, police investigation, storytelling, police procedural
Forever (2014)
Plot Summary:
Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable immortality. This long life has given Henry remarkable observation skills which impresses his new partner, Detective Jo Martinez. Each week, a new case and their budding friendship will reveal layers of Henry’s long and colorful past. Only his best friend and confidant, Abe knows Henry’s secret
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: immortality, supernatural, investigation, friendship, law enforcement, immortal, supernatural ability, crime scene, friends, murder investigation, female detective, deduction, morgue, laboratory, police partner, buddies, medical examiner, female police detective, hidden identity, murder, doctors and patients, curses spells and rituals, police, coroner, medical examination
How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
Plot Summary:
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 163000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: murder mystery, legal, defense attorney, hotshot lawyer, lawyer, law student, murder, court case, attorney, college, courtroom, lgbt, teachers and students, murder suspect, courtroom drama, manipulation, female professor, student life, rivalry, student, sex, strong female lead, woman, lesbian, affair
Grantchester (2014)
Plot Summary:
Drama series set in 1953, against the backdrop of the real hamlet of Grantchester. The drama focuses upon the life of Sidney Chambers, a charismatic, charming clergyman who turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious circumstances
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Plot tags: investigation, murder, murder mystery, partners against crime, priest, village, police detective, village life, amateur detective, friendship, clergy, haunted by the past, murder investigation, whodunit, who done it, detective inspector, gay, partner, law enforcement, ancient, lady, post war, historical event, resistance, abbey
Gotham (2014)
Plot Summary:
Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM. Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?
Duration: 42 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 239000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: batman, police, superhero, corruption, police corruption, super villain, police station, mafia, friendship, police detective, gang war, organized crime, orphan, couple relations, crime boss, twists and turns, justice, first love, superpower, city, supernatural, multiverse, exodus, teen superhero, good versus evil
Terror in Resonance (2014)
Plot Summary:
In an alternate version of the present, Tokyo has been decimated by a shocking terrorist attack, and the only hint to the identity of the culprit is a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to stop the paranoia spreading across the population. While the world searches for a criminal mastermind to blame for this tragedy, two mysterious children - children who shouldn't even exist - masterfully carry out their heinous plan. Cursed to walk through this world with the names Nine and Twelve, the two combine to form "Sphinx," a clandestine entity determine to wake the people from their slumber - and pull the trigger on this world
Duration: 23 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: terrorist bombing, terrorism, conspiracy, orphan, tragic hero, puzzle, hacker, childhood friend, police, tragedy, human experiment, death of protagonist, terrorist, anti hero, desperation, fear, destruction, computer cracker, computer, dysfunctional family, hidden identity, secret identity, paranoia, crime investigation, terrorist attack
The 100 (2014)
Plot Summary:
Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 270000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: survival, post apocalypse, danger, fate of humanity, human existence, leadership, youth, nuclear holocaust, space station, outer space, rivalry, society, survivor, friendship, young heroes, betrayal, rebellion, apocalypse, struggle, escapades, against the rules, vestiges of humanity, nuclear war, conflict, lost
Bitten (2014)
Plot Summary:
Elena Micheals thought she left the world of supernatural behind when she left Stonehaven behind 'for good this time' she thought. Until the night she got the mysterious call from her pack leader asking her to come back. So now she is heading back, leaving her life as a normal photographer in Toronto for the moment to re-enter the world of werewolves, rules about protect the pack and a man she has spent years trying to get out of her system. Oh and did she mention she was the only living female werewolf in existence?
Duration: 44 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Plot tags: werewolf, supernatural, danger, wolf, rivalry, double life, transformation, female protagonist, self defense, strong female character, female werewolf, blood, secret identity, secret society, wolf pack, imaginary, bodies, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, twists and turns, forest, love, witch, ancient, paranormal, supernatural ability
The Mysteries of Laura (2014)
Plot Summary:
Laura Diamond, a brilliant NYPD homicide detective balances her “Columbo” day job with a crazy family life that includes two unruly twin boys and a soon-to-be ex-husband — also a cop — who just can't seem to sign the divorce papers. Between cleaning up after her boys and cleaning up the streets, she’d be the first to admit she has her “hot mess” moments in this hilariously authentic look at what it really means to be a “working mom” today. Somehow, she makes it all work with the help of her sexy and understanding partner, and things becomes even more complicated when her husband, ironically, becomes her boss at the precinct. For Laura, every day is a high-wire balancing act
Duration: 42 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: female detective, mischievous children, female protagonist, female police detective, ex husband, police investigation, policewoman, family relations, homicide detective, murder investigation, crime solving, single parent, ex husband ex wife relationship, partner, police detective, parents and children, disorder, twins, single mother, police station, mother son relationship, love, investigation, emergency, colleague
NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
Plot Summary:
A drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence
Duration: 42 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: investigation, military, danger, government agency, partner, state affairs, undercover, die hard, swat team, legal, crime investigation, spy, army investigation, friendship, betrayal, propaganda, business, terrorist, batman, intelligence agency, police, criminal, muslim, conspiracy, boat
Helix (2014)
Plot Summary:
Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation...or total annihilation
Duration: 40 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: scientist, deadly virus, virus, pandemic, zombie, survival, dna, danger, quarantine, save the day, immortality, epidemic, secret place, supernatural, infection, arctic, plague, research, infected, apocalypse, alien, post apocalypse, distopia, sect, crisis
Flowers in the Attic (2014)
Plot Summary:
After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: brother sister incest, incest, mansion, attic, child abuse, brother sister sex, family relations, abusive mother, domestic disturbance, locked in a room, captive, widow, incestuous sex, children, corporal punishment, life is a bitch, molestation, inbreeding, family life, family problems, confined, father daughter relationship, heiress, loss of father, second marriage