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The Mandalorian (2019)
Plot Summary:
Plot under wraps
Duration: 40 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 570000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: star wars, outer space, space travel, space opera, bounty hunter, space and aliens, warrior, one man army, loner, alien civilization, gunslinger, tough guy, space exploration, androids and robots, giant animal, gunfight, space, spacecraft, galaxy, baby, heroism, male protagonist, star trek, child in peril, man with no name
The Boys (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 611000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, murder, society, dark humor, super speed, vengeance, superhuman, superhero team, gore, superheroine, corruption, supernatural power, rivalry, investigation, blood, violence, super powers, revenge, brutality, nudity, supernatural, sex scene, corporation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, name calling
Harley Quinn (2019)
Plot Summary:
Harley Quinn has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker and attempts to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City
Duration: 23 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, villain, female protagonist, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, super villain, eccentricity, anti heroine, superheroine, female warrior, tough girl, villainess, henchman, super villainess, female assassin, batman, supernatural ability, power relations, gotham city, violence, lgbt, bisexual, bisexual woman, organized crime, crime boss, bounty hunter
Years and Years (2019)
Plot Summary:
As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the Lyons family converge on one crucial night in 2019. Over the next 15 years, the twists and turns of their everyday lives are explored as we find out if this ordinary family could change the world
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: family relations, political activism, female politician, society, politics, political satire, dystopia, rebel, lgbt, lifestyle, lgbtqi, distopia, politician, political intrigue, social relations, political candidate, lgbtq, political campaign, strong female lead, female protagonist, american politics, political conspiracy, political leader, political conflict, political unrest
The Promised Neverland (2019)
Plot Summary:
The one adored as the mother is not the real parent. The people living here together are not actual siblings. The Gracefield House is where orphaned children live. An irreplaceable home where 38 siblings and Mom live happy lives, even with no blood relations. However, their everyday life suddenly came to an abrupt end one day
Duration: 23 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: friendship, murder, hopes, death, betrayal, survival, scheming, danger, dishonesty, broken leg, livestock, vengeance, runaway, demon, society, mutilation, violence, mentor, children, mind game, escapades, strategy, revenge, cyberpunk, darkness
Watchmen (2019)
Plot Summary:
Television series based on the comic-book 'Watchmen', which was published by DC Comics in 1986 - 1987
Duration: 527 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 131000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, villain, anti hero, vigilantism, team, black, heroes, police officer, racial slur, racial tension, fight, racial discrimination, lgbtqi, superhero team, murder, alternate history, time travel, intelligence agency, supernatural, fbi, friends, house, hip hop culture, justice league, couples
Dr. Stone (2019)
Plot Summary:
One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he's not alone! His science-loving friend Senku's been up and running for a few months and he's got a grand plan in mind, to kickstart civilization with the power of science!
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Plot tags: friendship, science, teamwork, mad scientist, scientist, survival, disaster, heroic mission, apocalypse, love, post apocalypse, society, save the world, rebirth, environmentalism, humanity, problem solving, salvation, escapades, unfulfilled love, fate of humanity, distopia, adaptation, badass, village
For All Mankind (2019)
Plot Summary:
Explore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: space program, astronaut, nasa, space race, space travel, lesbian, mining, moon, u.s. president, moon landing, lgbt, ice, space shuttle, outer space, space, scientist, historical event, rivalry, strong female character, moon base, hacker, stephen king, distopia, women, president
The Umbrella Academy (2019)
Plot Summary:
A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 268000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, time travel, heroes, team, apocalypse, time traveler, danger, fight, fantasy world, alternate history, academy, life is a bitch, death, gay, superpower, lgbtq, stopped time, dysfunctional family, teenager, university, power, heroine, supernatural, family relations, childhood
Beforeigners (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the near future a new phenomenon starts happening all over the world with powerful flashes of light occurring in the ocean and people from the past mysteriously reappearing. Called “beforeigners,” these people come from three separate time periods: the Stone Age, the Viking era and late 19th century. A couple of years later, Alfhildr – who comes from the Viking Age – has to partner up with a burned-out police officer, Lars Haaland, to investigate the murder of a beforeigner. The pair begins to unravel a larger conspiracy behind the origin of the mysterious mass arrivals
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Norway
Plot tags: time travel, viking, police detective, imaginary, time traveler, mentor, culture clash, police, social relations, parent child relationship, unsupportive coworkers, drug, time, police officer, forensic, forensics, working class, nordic, female nudity, father daughter relationship, drug addiction, murder mystery, migration, fish out of water, identity
Doom Patrol (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, superhero team, outcast, tragedy, talking robot, tragic event, villain, androids and robots, split personality, multiverse, supernatural, wheelchair bound, superheroine, heroes, misfit, gay, fantasy world, transsexual, justice league, supernatural power, existentialism, body horror, gay couple, storytelling, buddy
See (2019)
Plot Summary:
A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: survival, post apocalypse, blindness, clan, blind character, tribe, distopia, warrior, blind man, lesbian, medieval, loss of eyesight, blindness and impaired vision, apocalypse, humanity, heretic, eyesight, human existence, post apocalyptic, forest, chaos, fate of humanity, vestiges of humanity, escape, end of the world
Project Blue Book (2019)
Plot Summary:
A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known as “Project Blue Book.”
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: ufo, alien, physicist, political conspiracy, investigation, state affairs, alien abduction, space and aliens, paranormal activity, alien technology, alien contact, scientific research, abduction, alien conspiracy, explorer, alien encounter, conspiracy, cold war, doctor, government agency, uncover truth, female friendship, false friend, twists and turns, partner
Swamp Thing (2019)
Plot Summary:
CDC researcher Abby Arcane returns to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus. There, she develops a surprising bond with scientist Alec Holland — only to have him tragically taken from her. But as powerful forces descend on Houma, intent on exploiting the swamp’s mysterious properties for their own purposes, Abby will discover that the swamp holds mystical secrets, both horrifying and wondrous — and the potential love of her life may not be dead after all
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: monster, swamp, superhero, villain, cold blooded murder, danger, supernatural, multiverse, family secret, female sheriff, female scientist, love interest, virus, creature, body horror, transformation, creature feature, mad scientist, vengeance, teenager, demon, epidemic, forest, justice league, woman with a gun
The Hot Zone (2019)
Plot Summary:
Heroic U.S. Army scientist Dr. Nancy Jaax, working with a secret military specialized team, puts her life on the line to head off an Ebola outbreak before it spread to the human population
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, History, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: virus, military, infection, research, scientist, disease, laboratory, female protagonist, death, doctor, blood, army, epidemic, quarantine, fear, apocalypse, pandemic, survival, women, gladiator, supernatural, plague, criminal, medical, subculture
Living with Yourself (2019)
Plot Summary:
Burned out on life, Miles undergoes a strange procedure at a strip mall spa -- and wakes to find he's been replaced by a better version of himself
Duration: 26 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: cloning, psychology, escapades, family problems, workplace problem, new life, misfit, male protagonist, nothing goes right, clone, depression, choice, mission, mental health, married couple, buddy, metaphysics, human clone, success, burnout, treatment, spa, life changing, waking up, doppelganger
The Passage (2019)
Plot Summary:
A post-apocalyptic story about a botched U.S. government experiment that turns a group of death row inmates into highly infectious vampires, and an orphan girl who might be the only person able to stop the ensuing crisis
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: vampire, post apocalypse, supernatural, government conspiracy, dystopic future, protector, scientific experiment, child in peril, dystopia, vaccine, epidemic, escape, experiment, illness, human experiment, supernatural ability, medical experiment, supernatural power, vampirism, fighting illness, experimenting, trial, apocalypse, survival, stephen king
To the Lake (2019)
Plot Summary:
Mini-series in which an unknown virus turns Moscow into a city of the dead. There is no electricity, money has lost all value and those who are still not infected, are desperately fighting for food and fuel. The main character, Sergei, lives outside the city with the woman he loves and her autistic son. It's still safe there. In spite of that he rushes to Moscow to save his ex-wife and their son, although she hates Sergei . These people, who never believed they'd be under the same roof again, have to put the past behind them and set off on a long, dangerous journey north to find an isolated hunting lodge on a deserted island. The Outbreak is a family drama in the midst of a global disaster
Duration: 48 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Plot tags: epidemic, virus, apocalypse, survival, panic, post apocalypse, extinction, infection, dystopia, snow, family in danger, disease, zombie, fear, disaster, society, chaos, danger, cold, ice, illness, road trip, trip, distopia, post-apocalyptic future
Raising Dion (2019)
Plot Summary:
A widowed mom sets out to solve the mystery surrounding her young son's emerging superpowers while keeping his extraordinary gifts under wraps
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, boy, school, racial discrimination, friendship, african american, single mother, society, black, black cast, comic book, superpower, afrofuturism, heroes, dysfunctional family, super villain, supernatural power, mother son relationship, mysterious character, afro, hindi, apple, mystery, supervillain, adventure
The Society (2019)
Plot Summary:
When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive
Duration: 58 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: teenager, murder, small town, society, death, friendship, survival, trapped, gay, separation, fantasy world, relationships, apocalypse, lgbt, coming of age, dystopia, confusion, twists and turns, grudge, post apocalypse, epidemic, supernatural, sex scene, evil, high school
Daybreak (2019)
Plot Summary:
Living his best life in post-apocalyptic LA, a slacker strives to find the girl of his dreams while outwitting mindless ghouls and cliquish gangs
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: teenager, high school, zombie, dystopia, violence, male protagonist, bully, friendship, misfit, outcast, post apocalypse, lgbt, african american, danger, journey, psychopath, storytelling, apocalypse, gay, survival, superhero, distopia, epidemic, halloween, infected
War of the Worlds (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in contemporary Europe, the reimagining follows the pockets of humanity left on earth following an apocalyptic extra-terrestrial strike
Duration: 49 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, France, USA
Plot tags: survival horror, post apocalypse, survival, alien contact, alien abduction, scientist, end of the world, interracial relations, alien attack, ex husband ex wife relationship, love interest, bonding, apocalypse, supernatural, disaster, struggle for survival, evil alien, space, dystopia, fight, space and aliens, alien technology, alien encounter, love, distopia
Roswell, New Mexico (2019)
Plot Summary:
After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer: He’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: alien, love and romance, gay, alien invasion, supernatural, fugitives, lgbt, space and aliens, supernatural power, danger, secrets, small town, superpower, couple relations, heroes, hunting, friendship, youth, death, fantasy world, parallel universe, runaway, imaginary, evil alien, good versus evil
V-Wars (2019)
Plot Summary:
After a mysterious disease begins transforming people into vampires, Dr. Luther Swann is pitted against his best friend, now a powerful vampire leader
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: vampire, supernatural, epidemic, pandemic, apocalypse, survival, monster, friendship, danger, good versus evil, brotherhood, catastrophe, society, supernatural power, supernatural horror, dystopian future, immortality, fight, vampirism, zombie, end of the world, post apocalypse, demon, distopia, predator
The Twilight Zone (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tales of science fiction, fantasy and the occult, exploring humanity's hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways. Next stop ahead The Twilight Zone
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: mysticism, secrets, survival, social problems, psychology, life, social relations, interracial, stephen king, murder, parallel universe, darkness, mind game, black, future shock, afrofuturism, propaganda, surrealism, supernatural horror, magic realism, lgbt, isolation, live action, tv show
Another Life (2019)
Plot Summary:
After a massive alien artifact lands on Earth, Niko Breckinridge leads an interstellar mission to track down its source and make first contact
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 5.3/10
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: outer space, space mission, space travel, space, shemale, alien, astronaut, space shuttle, survival, spacecraft, danger, space exploration, heroic mission, cosmonaut, teamwork, space station, guilty conscience, team, female protagonist, human in outer space, military, star wars, future war, space program, extraterrestrial
The War of the Worlds (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in Edwardian England, George and his partner Amy attempt to defy the prejudices of society and start a life together, all the while swerving the ongoing chaos of an alien invasion
Duration: 48 min
IMDB Rating: 5.2/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, History, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Plot tags: alien invasion, apocalypse, alien attack, end of the world, alien, post apocalypse, ufo, alien race, martian, survival, fight, evil alien, alien robot, struggle for survival, alien encounter, showdown, fate of humanity, distopia, epidemic, invasion, puzzle, space program, propaganda, space, dystopia
The I-Land (2019)
Plot Summary:
Wiped clean of memories and thrown together, a group of strangers fight to survive harsh realities -- and the island that traps them
Duration: 281 min
IMDB Rating: 4.7/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: fantasy world, cyberpunk, survival, island, prison warden, ocean, virtual reality, virtual world, prison, memory loss, danger, uncover truth, investigation, violence, murder, beach, brutality, virtuality, fistfight, released from prison, survivor, dystopia, plot twist, trapped in a room, escape room
Batwoman (2019)
Plot Summary:
Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate Kane soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city’s criminal resurgence. But don’t call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 3.6/10
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: lesbian, superhero, female protagonist, superheroine, secret identity, comic book, lgbt, brutality, tough girl, heroes, martial arts training, gotham city, love, multiverse, feminist, woman with a gun, military, strong female lead, female superhero, policewoman, women, villain, justice league, supernatural power, interracial romance