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Stranger Things (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl
Duration: 51 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 13000000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: supernatural, monster, telekinesis, small town, parallel universe, experiment, parallel world, friendship, supernatural power, super powers, government conspiracy, missing person, boy, parents and children, group of friends, fear, middle school, teenage boy, investigation, missing child, alternate dimension, paranormal phenomena, teenager, single mother, secret experiment
Westworld (2016)
Plot Summary:
A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged
Duration: 62 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 525000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: artificial intelligence, robot, androids, consciousness, moral dilemma, murder, technology gone awry, man versus machine, scientist, escapades, human android relationship, wild west, cyberpunk, stalking, imaginary, love, female protagonist, role playing, using others, danger, workplace intrigue, workplace, androids and robots, immorality, hacker
ERASED (2016)
Plot Summary:
Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo
Duration: 264 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: time travel, childhood, serial killer, murder, child abuse, dysfunctional family, friendship, death, abusive mother, kidnapping, mystery killer, disappearance, framed for murder, supernatural, abuse, love, police, parents and children, mature, countryside, groundhog day, abused child, children, teacher, tragedy
The Night Of (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder
Duration: 525 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 167000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: murder, murder investigation, investigation, courtroom, lawyer, jail, murder mystery, drug, legal, vengeance, catastrophe, twists and turns, relationships, addiction, brutality, corruption, runaway, district attorney, love story, culture clash, life philosophy, moral ambiguity, justice, plot twist, dedicated lawyer
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016)
Plot Summary:
A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, clue, private detective, murder investigation, unstoppable, hallucination, investigation, strange person, superpower, government agent, magic, supernatural, occult, crime investigation, partner, detective agency, absurd humor, absurdism, superhero, psychopath, police, beast, psychic, friends, myth
The Good Place (2016)
Plot Summary:
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 183000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: afterlife, karma, ethics, paradise, heaven, self sacrifice, utopia, hell, death, female protagonist, plot twist, deception, community, architect, twists and turns, neighborhood, morality, philosophy, torture, soul mate, mistaken identity, strong female lead, life after death, serial killer, slice of life
Insider (2016)
Plot Summary:
Even though two brothers are completely separated from each other after the imprisoning of their father and the kidnapping of their twin brother, they meet by coincidence years after when both choose to enter the police academy
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: brother brother relationship, police officer, death, sting operation, twists and turns, family relations, fall in love, marriage, mafia, hostage, chase, interrogation, arrest, danger, drug, showdown, tough guy, child, prison, spy, revenge, lawyer, fight, scuffle, heroes
11.22.63 (2016)
Plot Summary:
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, assassination, stephen king, time, time traveler, changing the past or future, altering history, kennedy assassination, murder, love, surveillance, conspiracy theory, danger, historical event, conspiracy, changing the future, time jump, twists and turns, imaginary, time loop, destiny, back in time, love story, adaptation, save the day
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (2016)
Plot Summary:
Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world. As he's lost and confused in a new world where he doesn't even know left from right, the only person to reach out to him was a beautiful girl with silver hair. Determined to repay her somehow for saving him from his own despair, Subaru agrees to help the girl find something she's looking for
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: magic, death, alternate world, parallel world, isekai, murder, angst, time loop, tragedy, time travel, medieval, rescue, supernatural, fantasy world, supernatural ability, supernatural power, fight, battles, time traveler, good versus evil, showdown, butterfly effect, parallel universe, alternate timeline, groundhog day
The Night Manager (2016)
Plot Summary:
Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal
Duration: 358 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: espionage, spy, arms dealer, undercover, secret service, corruption, working undercover, arms dealing, british secret service, violent, betrayal, murder, violence, british, moral ambiguity, twists and turns, british intelligence, hotel, mind game, storytelling, undercover agent, manager, investigation, intrigue, revenge
Travelers (2016)
Plot Summary:
Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: time travel, time traveler, artificial intelligence, time machine, police detective, consciousness, time paradox, changing the future, sent to the past, post apocalypse, teamwork, alternate timeline, mind control, hopes, legend, undercover, supernatural, existence paradox, superhero, apocalypse, survival, time, psychopath, paradox, political conspiracy
Good Behavior (2016)
Plot Summary:
Letty Dobesh is a thief and con artist fresh out of prison whose life is always one wrong turn and bad decision from implosions — just how she likes it. But when she overhears a hitman being hired to kill a man’s wife, she sets out to derail the job, launching her on a collision course with the killer, entangling them in a dangerous and seductive relationship
Duration: 959 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: male female relationship, partners in crime, chase, female protagonist, murderer, escapades, killer, criminal, organized crime, ex convict, thief, femme fatale, swindle, cons and scams, seduction, seductress, seductive woman, disorder, attempted seduction, apocalypse, women, villain, lust, storytelling, con artists
Medici (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of the Medici family of Florence, their ascent from simple merchants to power brokers sparking an economic and cultural revolution. Along the way, they also accrue a long list of powerful enemies
Duration: 1314 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK, France
Plot tags: renaissance, wealth, medieval, aristocracy, husband wife relationship, european history, politics, betrayal, ambition, secret, political unrest, rise to power, exile, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, italian history, dead father, banker, ancient rome, gay, women, ancient, villain, tragedy, savage
The Exorcist (2016)
Plot Summary:
Follow the lives of two very different priests tackling one family’s case of terrifying demonic possession
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: demonic possession, supernatural, priest, exorcist, possessed woman, exorcism, possession, catholic priest, macabre, danger, apocalypse, ghost, religion, halloween, paranormal, terror, religious, apparition, lesbian, lgbt, bisexual, evil spirit, male protagonist, possessed girl, burned alive
Preacher (2016)
Plot Summary:
A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world. With his best friend Cassidy, an alcoholic Irish vampire, his love Tulip, a red blooded gun towing Texan, and the power of genesis, an unholy child born from an angel and a devil, Jesse gives up everything to set the world straight with its creator
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Plot tags: preacher, supernatural, vampire, god, supernatural power, dark humor, twists and turns, angel, heaven and hell, sin, anti hero, dark hero, supernatural ability, superhero, supernatural being, cult leader, creature, mysticism, human existence, psychopath, religion, evil being, fallen angel, viking, devil
The OA (2016)
Plot Summary:
Prairie Johnson, blind as a child, comes home to the community she grew up in with her sight restored. Some hail her a miracle, others a dangerous mystery, but Prairie won’t talk with the FBI or her parents about the seven years she went missing
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: disappearance, parallel universe, alternate dimension, captive, ritual, mysticism, alternate reality, blindness, mysterious disappearance, experiment, healing, near death experience, abduction, female protagonist, surrealism, supernatural, forbidden love, high school student, villain, road trip, investigation, kidnapping, friendship, maniac, blind man
Chance (2016)
Plot Summary:
San Francisco-based forensic neuropsychiatrist Eldon Chance reluctantly gets sucked into a violent and dangerous world of mistaken identity, police corruption and mental illness
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: mistaken identity, investigation, mental illness, police corruption, divorce, stalking, father daughter relationship, vengeance, love interest, psychiatrist, danger, murder, medicine, mentally unstable, thrill ride, drug, cop, corruption, gay, domestic violence, retribution, male protagonist, abuse, mental health, buddy
Berlin Station (2016)
Plot Summary:
A contemporary spy series that follows Daniel Miller, an undercover agent at the CIA station in Berlin, Germany
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Plot tags: spy, secret service, cia, whistleblower, undercover, espionage, terrorism, partner, government official, partners against crime, twists and turns, strong female lead, gunfight, politician, law enforcement, terrorist plot, tough heroes, terrorist, agent, investigation, intelligence, 007, conflict, terrorist attack, syrian war
Bordertown (2016)
Plot Summary:
Peculiar detective Kari Sorjonen escapes the hustle and bustle of big city to a small border town
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland, France
Plot tags: border, crime investigation, small town, nordic, police detective, police, family relations, teenage girl, corruption, eccentricity, serial killer, forensic, danger, friendship, society, police officer, stephen king, spy, killer, forest, investigation, supernatural, criminal, murder mystery, forensics
Search Party (2016)
Plot Summary:
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: missing person, search party, best friend, disappearance, social relations, twists and turns, friendship, depression, youth, friends, female friendship, leader, teenage life, popularity, female protagonist, secret, depressed woman, dark secret, parents, coming of age, gay couple, interracial friendship, lgbtqi, young heroes, millennial
Designated Survivor (2016)
Plot Summary:
Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: politics, usa president, counter terrorism, president, investigation, terrorism, american politics, spy, die hard, danger, marriage, first lady, catastrophe, twists and turns, fbi, justice, chases and races, legal, exodus, family relations, dialogue, hopes, usa politics, apocalypse, stephen king
The Five (2016)
Plot Summary:
When they were twelve years old, Mark, Pru, Danny and Slade were out together in the park. Mark’s five-year-old brother, Jesse, was annoying them. They were mean – told him to get lost. Jesse ran away. He was gone. Never seen again. Twenty years later, Danny – now a detective – learns some shocking news. Jesse’s DNA has been found at a murder scene. He is alive and out there. Somewhere
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Plot tags: crime solving, childhood friend, murder, missing person, investigation, crime investigation, police detective, twists and turns, sleuth, murder mystery, forensics, secret, crime scene, murder investigation, puzzle, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, brother, unsolved crime, relationships, mysterious villain, uncover truth, family problems, dna, police investigation
Frequency (2016)
Plot Summary:
Detective Raimy Sullivan is stunned when a voice suddenly crackles through her father’s old, long-broken ham radio – it’s Frank Sullivan, somehow transmitting over the airwaves and through the decades from 1996. Separated by twenty years, father and daughter have reunited on a frequency only they can hear, but can they rewrite the story of their lives without risking everyone they love?
Duration: 42 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, changing the past or future, investigation, destiny, danger, police detective, redemption, father daughter relationship, murder, serial killer, twists and turns, time, multiple storylines, flashback, alternate timeline, police officer, science, paradox, exodus, fantasy life, cop, race against time, paranormal phenomena, time traveler, future shock
Marcella (2016)
Plot Summary:
Marcella is shocked to the core of her being when her husband Jason leaves her unexpectedly, confessing he no longer loves her. Heartbroken, Marcella returns to the Met’s Murder Squad. Ten years ago Marcella gave up her fast-tracked police career to marry and devote her life to her family. With the abrupt end to her marriage and isolated from her 13 year old daughter and 10 year old son, Marcella throws herself into work to stop herself from falling apart
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Plot tags: female protagonist, serial killer, female detective, police, murder, british police, murder investigation, homicide detective, female police detective, female police officer, investigation, ex husband ex wife relationship, husband leaves wife, plastic bag over head, police investigation, husband wife conflict, female nudity, killer, strong female lead, danger, couples, rivalry, psychopath, relationships, police officer
Wynonna Earp (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based on the IDW Comic, Wynonna Earp follows Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter as she battles demons and other creatures. With her unique abilities, and a posse of dysfunctional allies, she's the only thing that can bring the paranormal to justice
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: lgbt, supernatural, lesbian, paranormal, family relations, save the world, lesbian relationship, gunslinger, demon, sibling relationship, sister sister relationship, blood, saving a life, sapphic, justice, lgbtq, battles, women, supernatural ability, pop culture, legend, superhero, gay, strong female lead, multiverse
Channel Zero (2016)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by Brian Russell’s Creepypasta tale, Channel Zero: No-End House tells the story of a young woman named Margot Sleator, who visits the No End House, a bizarre house of horrors that consists of a series of increasingly disturbing rooms. When she returns home, Margot realizes everything has changed
Duration: 44 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: supernatural, missing person, small town, kidnapping, child in peril, abduction, mysterious disappearance, private investigation, paranormal investigation, mysticism, investigation, crime investigation, disappearance, getting home, family problems, magical, occult, killer clown, nightmare, urban legend, coming of age, terror, woman with a gun, cosmic horror, futuristic technology
Maigret (2016)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer strikes in post-war France and it's up to Jules Maigret, a dedicated police commissioner, to hunt the murderer down
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Hungary
Plot tags: murder of a prostitute, serial killer, police investigation, police detective, undercover, police inspector, suspect, murder suspect, false confession, prostitute, justice, police officer, murderer, hunter, secret service, post war, murder mystery, ghost hunter, french police, artist, police, orphan, policewoman, reporter, widower
Slasher (2016)
Plot Summary:
Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Plot tags: murder, investigation, serial killer, friendship, survival, teenager, fight, forest, blood, pursuit, maniac, killer, psychopath, supernatural, woman with a gun, violent, nudity, lesbian, gay, revenge, lgbt, snow, female nudity, summer camp, father daughter relationship
Paranoid (2016)
Plot Summary:
The murder of a female GP in a rural playground in front of numerous witnesses draws a group of detectives into an ever-darkening mystery that takes them across Europe, aided by mysterious notes sent by the "Ghost Detective"
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: police detective, police, murder, police investigation, murder investigation, conspiracy, obsessive compulsive disorder, police officer, criminal, forensic, forensics, mental health, nordic, suicide, schizophrenia, partner, cop, hoodie, kiss, playground, netflix
24: Legacy (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of military hero Eric Carter’s return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him back – compelling him to ask CTU for help in saving his life, and stopping what potentially could be one of the largest-scale terror attacks on American soil
Duration: 41 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: terrorism, secret service, terrorist plot, one man army, investigation, danger, workplace, government agency, save the day, tough heroes, special agent, twists and turns, daring rescue, financial driven terrorism, life risking, die hard, doubts and hesitations, spy, criminal, conspiracy, espionage, 007, disaster, shakespeare, political conspiracy