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Breaking Bad (2008)
Plot Summary:
When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime
Duration: 3030 min
IMDB Rating: 9.5/10
IMDB Votes: 21000000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: criminal, cancer, peril, life turned upside down, drug dealing, drug cartel, unlikely partners, drug lord, master criminal, family problems, life is a bitch, drug, ambition, meth lab, desperation, double life, success, anti hero, hidden identity, lifestyle change, cartel, methamphetamine, chemistry, drug dealer, outlaw
The Sopranos (1999)
Plot Summary:
The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 9.2/10
IMDB Votes: 450000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: organized crime, mafia, killings, dark humor, mob boss, criminal heroes, gangster, family life, violence, dysfunctional family, family relations, ambition, cosa nostra, parents and children, introspection, psychiatrist, criminal, death, crime boss, mobster, italian gangster, racial slur, mob hit, rise to the top, midlife crisis
Better Call Saul (2015)
Plot Summary:
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Erhmantraut. The series will track Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer"
Duration: 3154 min
IMDB Rating: 9.0/10
IMDB Votes: 620000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: lawyer, workplace situations, legal, hotshot lawyer, criminal lawyer, family relations, dishonesty, dark humor, moral dilemma, anti hero, lawyer client relationship, cons and scams, organized crime, private investigator, drug cartel, psychosomatic illness, brother brother relationship, ambition, employer employee relationship, mental illness, drug trade, dysfunctional family, criminal underworld, foreshadowing, tragic hero
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Plot Summary:
Batman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. The series was widely praised for its thematic complexity, dark tone, artistic quality, and faithfulness to its title character's crime-fighting origins
Duration: 23 min
IMDB Rating: 9.0/10
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, double life, villain, heroes, good versus evil, guilt, disguise, vigilantism, superpower, undercover, evil, danger, imaginary, mysterious character, heroic mission, multiverse, werewolf, comic book, batman, gotham city, partner, christmas, immortal, moving, organized crime
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
Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Plot Summary:
In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters (also referred to as "Cowboys") chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward
Duration: 650 min
IMDB Rating: 8.9/10
IMDB Votes: 134000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Canada
Plot tags: bounty hunter, friendship, jazz, outer space, buddies, unlikely partners, space travel, chases and races, spaceship, fighting crime, dark past, cyberpunk, escapades, anti hero, hacker, space, machismo, space opera, dystopian future, cowboy, fight, betrayal, ex cop, mysterious past, gangster
Fargo (2014)
Plot Summary:
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota
Duration: 53 min
IMDB Rating: 8.9/10
IMDB Votes: 398000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: dark humor, psychopath, small town, police investigation, law enforcement, policewoman, cop, snow, killings, small town life, social relations, dishonesty, killer, female police officer, scheme, sheriff, police officer, winter, gory, shooting, blackmail, victim, crime gone awry, gangster, family relations
Black Sun (2017)
Plot Summary:
A historical fiction drama and thriller set in the turbulent period of the late 1930s in the Balkans as a place where high politics, local interests, capital and crime all merge together
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.9/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Plot tags: secret society, conspiracy, police detective, law enforcement, secret movement, criminal, murder investigation, undercover, politician, partner, dishonesty, female nudity, political intrigue, political conspiracy, geopolitics, interwar period, female pubic hair, nudity, gangster, police, nude, female full frontal nudity, nudity (full frontal - brief), crime, crimes
Twin Peaks (1990)
Plot Summary:
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul
Duration: 1505 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 211000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: serial killer, small town, surrealism, murder, nightmare, supernatural, investigation, secret, hallucination, mysterious death, mysterious villain, small town life, double life, under the surface, murder investigation, mysterious place, hotel, who done it, evil spirit, parapsychology, small town sheriff, death, another dimension, riddles and clues, coffee
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
Plot Summary:
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded by a TV movie, which also acted as the de facto series finale. The series was originally based on David Simon's book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. Many of the characters and stories used throughout the show were based on events depicted in the book, which was also part of the basis for Simon's own series, The Wire on HBO. Although Homicide featured an ensemble cast, Andre Braugher emerged as the series' breakout star through his portrayal of Frank Pembleton. The show won Television Critics Association Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Drama in 1996, 1997, and 1998. It also became the first drama ever to win three Peabody Awards for best drama in 1993, 1995, and 1997. In 1997, the episode "Prison Riot" was ranked No. 32 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2007, it was listed as one of Time magazine's "Best TV Shows of All-TIME." In 1996 TV Guide named the series 'The Best Show You're Not Watching'. The show placed #46 on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: police detective, police, murder, justice, homicide detective, cop, police protagonist, team, fighting crime, police investigation, fbi, african american, workplace, partners against crime, tough law enforcer, police officer, police procedural, investigation, die hard, swat team, serial killer, legal, punishment, black, law and order
Justified (2010)
Plot Summary:
A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father
Duration: 3400 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Plot tags: drug lord, u.s. marshal, lone wolves, justice, fighting crime, officer, white trash, tough law enforcer, ex convict, family feud, crime family, rivals, shooting, conflict, machismo, gunfight, dirty cop, criminal, afghanistan veteran, arrest, dumb criminal, police officer, police, murder mystery, cop
Daredevil (2015)
Plot Summary:
Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil
Duration: 54 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 466000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, heroes, secret identity, vigilante, heroic mission, one against many, lawyer, blind man, hand to hand combat, daredevil, ninja, male protagonist, one man army, good versus evil, blood, vigilantism, danger, corruption, fighting crime, super powers, superhuman powers, crime boss, blind character, fistfight, prison fight
Bosch (2014)
Plot Summary:
Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to remain loyal to his personal code: “Everybody counts or nobody counts.”
Duration: 51 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: police, determination, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, police investigation, murder, suspicion, coworker, homicide detective, father daughter relationship, lapd, danger, cop, police procedural, evidence, superior officer, riddles and clues, murder trial, legal, criminal, murder mystery, whodunit, stephen king, swat team
Terriers (2010)
Plot Summary:
Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a distinct town, with Dolworth having once been a member of the fictional Ocean Beach Police Department
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: investigation, team, murder, private investigator, private detective, partner, suspicion, investigator, teamwork, buddies, lawyer, spy, friendship, murder mystery, ex-cop, recovering alcoholic, dog, friends, girlfriend, ex husband, coworker, resourceful, scheme, peril, bonding
The Americans (2013)
Plot Summary:
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent
Duration: 44 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: cold war, espionage, spy, undercover, kgb, mole, surveillance, double life, working undercover, investigation, parents and children, double agent, fbi, top secret, family relations, couple relations, government agency, neighbor, secret agent, intrigue, marriage, soviet spy, cold war era, mission, shooting
Babylon Berlin (2017)
Plot Summary:
Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Plot tags: social problems, political intrigue, espionage, german history, interwar period, conspiracy, european history, police investigation, police, national socialism, world war two, political scandal, police detective, investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, fighting crime, adaptation, communism, society, unsolved crime, social relations, homicide detective, social realism, crime solving
Veronica Mars (2004)
Plot Summary:
The series is set in the fictional town of Neptune, California, and stars Kristen Bell as the title character, a student who progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father. In each episode, Veronica solves a different stand-alone case while working to solve a more complex mystery. The first two seasons of the series each had a season-long mystery arc, introduced in the first episode of the season and solved in the season finale. The third season took a different format, focusing on smaller mystery arcs that would last the course of several episodes
Duration: 44 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: investigation, private investigator, amateur detective, female detective, youth, friendship, student, teenage life, female protagonist, private detective, danger, parents and children, spy, teacher, ex couple relations, high school, teenager, father daughter relationship, evidence, strong female lead, couples, young adult, wealth, peer pressure, loss of friend
The Killing (2011)
Plot Summary:
The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: police detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, multiple suspects, murder, police investigation, female detective, crime investigation, female protagonist, murderer, who done it, strong female character, street kid, policewoman, strong female lead, dealing with death, riddles and clues, death of child, female police officer, parents and children, victim, suspicion, corruption, politician, heroine
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
Wonderfalls (2004)
Plot Summary:
Wonderfalls is a comedy-drama television series that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004. The show centers on Jaye Tyler, a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop. Jaye is the reluctant participant in conversations with various animal figurines — a wax lion, brass monkey, stuffed bear, and mounted fish, among others — which direct her via oblique instructions to help people in need. TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon"
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: supernatural, supernatural ability, good deed, niagara falls, disorder, young woman, youth, boss, heroine, imaginary, love and romance, fall in love, young man, human relationship, unfulfilled love, friendship, animate object, psychic power, superhero, lgbt, occult, super powers, coming of age, siblings, narration
Baccano! (2007)
Plot Summary:
During the early 1930s in Chicago, the transcontinental train, Flying Pussyfoot, is starting its legendary journey that will leave a trail of blood all over the country. At the same time in New York, the ambitious scientist Szilard and his unwilling aide Ennis are looking for missing bottles of the immortality elixir. In addition, a war between the mafia groups is getting worse. On board the Advena Avis, in 1711, alchemists are about to learn the price of immortality
Duration: 384 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: paranoia, rivalry, gore, heroes, vengeance, murder, violence, uncontrollable, imaginary, immortality, mafia, dark humor, gunfight, elixir, anti hero, thief, steampunk, mature, mental illness, superhero, police, gangster, killer, child abuse, screaming
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Plot Summary:
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim and its production innovations influenced many subsequent dramatic television series produced in North America
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: police, law enforcement, police station, partner, fighting crime, workplace, police detective, partners against crime, workplace situations, cop, police officer, urban, policewoman, ex husband ex wife relationship, police protagonist, team, gambling, swat team, lgbt, investigation, car chase, bad guy, justice, city, poor
The Rockford Files (1974)
Plot Summary:
The Rockford Files is an American television drama series starring James Garner that aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974 and January 10, 1980, and has remained in syndication to the present day. Garner portrays Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford with Noah Beery, Jr. in the supporting role of his father, a retired truck driver nicknamed "Rocky." The show was created by Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell. Huggins created the television show Maverick, which starred Garner, and he wanted to recapture that magic in a "modern day" detective setting. He teamed with Cannell, who had written for Jack Webb productions such as Adam-12 and Chase, to create The Rockford Files. The show was credited as "A Public Arts/Roy Huggins Production" along with Universal Studios and in association with Cherokee Productions. Cherokee was owned by Garner, with partners Meta Rosenberg and Juanita Bartlett, who doubled as story editor during most of The Rockford Files' run. The series theme by composers Mike Post and Pete Carpenter was released as a single and went to #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining on the chart for 16 weeks. and won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement for 1975
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: private detective, ex convict, trailer home, beach, father son relationship, private investigator, police, cop, intelligence agency, car chase, villain, gentleman, driver, taxi, parents, inspector, adulthood, police detective, investigation, dishonesty, customer, taxi driver, socialite, police officer, answering machine
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
Gargoyles (1994)
Plot Summary:
Gargoyles is an American cartoon series produced by Disney Television Animation and Buena Vista Television, and originally aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997. The series is credited for its relatively dark tone, complex story arcs, and melodrama; character arcs were heavily employed throughout the series, as were Shakespearean themes. A Gargoyles video game adaptation and a spin-off comic series were also created in 1995. The show's storyline continued from 2006–2009 in a comic book series of the same name, written by Greg Weisman and produced by Slave Labor Graphics
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Plot tags: monster, gargoyle, superhero, heroes, urban, werewolf, good versus evil, creature, magical, journey, protector, escapades, imaginary, curses spells and rituals, magic, love, dragon, batman, army, childhood, sword and sorcery, haunting, sorcery, dungeons and dragons, families
Quarry (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of Mac Conway, a Marine who returns home to Memphis from Vietnam in 1972 and finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. As he struggles to cope with his experiences at war, Conway is drawn into a network of killing and corruption that spans the length of the Mississippi River
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: teaching the ways of the world, vietnam veteran, working undercover, assassination, corruption, haunted by the past, homecoming, money, murder, sex scene, blackmail, adaptation, sex, spy, organized crime, soldier, undercover, hitman, revenge, cheating wife, military, assassin, female nudity, criminal, broker
Tokyo Vice (2022)
Plot Summary:
A Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: yakuza, journalism, corruption, organized crime, reporter, mafia, writers, journalist, economist, cadet, foreigner in japan, complex characters, killer, agent, police, criminal, sword, job, office, security guard, bus, criminal underworld, enemy, squad, car
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
Trapped (2015)
Plot Summary:
As a ferry carrying 300 passengers from Denmark pulls into an Icelandic town’s small port, heavy snow begins to fall. The ferry can’t leave until the storm passes and the main road into town is impassable. A mutilated and dismembered body washes on the shore, an unidentifiable man murdered only hours ago. The local police chief, Andri Olafssun, whose personal life is in shatters, realizes a killer has descended into his town. As word spreads, order disintegrates into chaos as the ferry’s passengers and the town’s residents realize they are all possible suspects and that a killer is trapped among them
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, UK
Plot tags: murder investigation, police, murder, small town, police officer, coastal town, winter, nordic, investigation, ex wife, danger, voodoo, forensic, serial killer, forest, supernatural, criminal, human trafficking, murder mystery, forensics, judiciary, police investigation, police procedural, thrill ride, instinct
Millennium (1996)
Plot Summary:
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: serial killer, good versus evil, supernatural, investigation, conspiracy, prophecy, secret movement, police detective, fbi, who done it, danger, law enforcement, fighting crime, government agency, paranoia, apocalypse, swat team, killer, virus, demon, police, religion, murder mystery, surrealism, a vision