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The Midnight Gospel (2020)
Plot Summary:
Traversing trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, Clancy the space caster explores existential questions about life, death and everything in between
Duration: 23 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: universe, surrealism, creature, philosophy, interview, shapeshifting, multiverse, parallel universe, adult humor, male protagonist, space travel, space and aliens, space exploration, spirit, occult, crisis, consciousness, magic realism, fantasy world, outer space, waking up, space mission, knowledge, space, dimension
Dorohedoro (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around Kaiman, who does not remember who he was before he was transfigured by a Magic user. This transformation left him with a reptile's head, and a desire to find out the truth about who he really is. Accompanied by Nikaido, his female companion, he tracks down Magic Users in "The Hole" and unceremoniously chomps down on their head, hoping to find out who it was that put him in this state. One by one, they witness this "second man" inside the head of Kaiman, and after pulling them back out of his mouth he asks them all a question... "What did the guy inside my head say?"
Duration: 25 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Plot tags: memory loss, anthropomorphism, violence, magic, fictional city, sorcery, black magic, revenge, partner, supernatural, recovery, hell, steampunk, human experiment, burglar, criminal syndicate, reptile, mushroom, friendship, wizards and magicians, devil, zombie, sorcerer, gang, doctor
Solar Opposites (2020)
Plot Summary:
A family of aliens from a much better world must take refuge in middle America after the destruction of their planet. Their mission: protect the Pupa, a living super computer that will one day evolve into its true form, consume them and terraform the Earth
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: dark humor, alien, science and technology, alien encounter, alien contact, human alien relationship, ufo, new life, love, lgbt, evil, friendship, space and aliens, family relations, refugee, social misfits, mature, adult humor, artificial intelligence, planet, technology, alien on earth, house, midget, benign alien
Upload (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the future where humans are able to “upload” themselves into their preferred choice of afterlife, Nathan meets his early death and is greeted by Nora in his version of heaven. Follow the two as Nathan grows accustomed to life away from his loved ones, and the alive Nora struggles to stay afloat working her job alongside Nathan in the afterlife
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: virtual reality, hi-tech, virtual world, life after death, looking for sex, afterlife, mysterious death, love interest, murder, love and romance, technology, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, uncover truth, friendship, sexual relations, betrayal, love, friends, utopia, existentialism, forbidden love, looking for love, unrequited love, impossible love, couple relations
Close Enough (2020)
Plot Summary:
A surreal take on transitioning from 20-something to 30-something centering on a married couple juggling such everyday challenges as parenthood, friendship, ham theft, stripper clowns and choosing the right day care
Duration: 23 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: marriage, parenthood, family relations, adulthood, flatmate, surrealism, kindergarten, songwriter, divorced couple, slice of life, swearing, stoner, mature, stripper, man child, dysfunctional family, thirty something, adult humor, gay, friendship, mother, father, friendship between men, girl, male female relationship
Alice in Borderland (2020)
Plot Summary:
With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to survive
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: survival, game, fight, mercilessness, game of death, team, danger, quest, violence, psychology, courage, friendship, mission, supernatural, showdown, video game, locked room, wonderland, dystopia, apocalypse, evil, logic, adaptation, paranoia, storytelling
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020)
Plot Summary:
The lives of the support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies
Duration: 25 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: star trek, space travel, space opera, space wars, alien planet, time travel, spacecraft, outer space, female alien, space and aliens, space mission, heroic mission, twists and turns, fight, heroes, pilot, teleportation, doctor, earth, save the world, destiny, teamwork, escapades, vengeance, space station
Devs (2020)
Plot Summary:
Young computer engineer Lily Chan investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend
Duration: 409 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: murder investigation, virtual reality, hacker, quantum physics, cold blooded murder, conspiracy, robot, artificial intelligence, investigation, technology, computer, murder mystery, puzzle, creator, hi-tech, computer hacker, secret, uncover truth, cyberpunk, forest, supernatural, hunting, religion, entrepreneur, parallel universe
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, we follow the now-retired Admiral Picard into the next chapter of his life
Duration: 46 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: star trek, space travel, space, outer space, spacecraft, spaceship, alien, exploration, human in outer space, friendship, space opera, space exploration, male protagonist, mentor, catastrophe, twists and turns, past, gunfight, destiny, danger, help, alien species, hopes, retiring, time travel
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (2020)
Plot Summary:
Six teens attending an adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar must band together to survive when dinosaurs wreak havoc on the island
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: dinosaur, killer animal, dangerous animal, tyrannosaurus rex, monster versus monster, human animal relationship, jurassic park, teenager, amusement park, danger, animal attack, chase, bravery, showdown, lgbt, friends, coming of age, african american, exploration, bisexual woman, bisexual girl, giant monster, survival, lesbian, robot
I Am Not Okay with This (2020)
Plot Summary:
Sydney is a teenage girl navigating the trials and tribulations of high school while dealing with the complexities of her family, her budding sexuality, and mysterious superpowers just beginning to awaken deep within her
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: female protagonist, friendship, adolescence, teenager, youth, telekinesis, lgbt teen, love, high school, small town, lgbt, supernatural power, coming of age, young adult, teenage protagonist, psychokinesis, superhero, anger, closeted lesbian, diary, teenage girl, teenage life, female female relationship, 17 year old, anxiety
Raised by Wolves (2020)
Plot Summary:
After Earth is ravaged by a great religious war, an atheistic android architect sends two of his creations, Mother and Father, to start a peaceful, godless colony on the planet Kepler-22b. Their treacherous task is jeopardized by the arrival of the Mithraic, a deeply devout religious order of surviving humans
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: space colony, androids, distant planet, robot human relationship, survival, war, atheism, post apocalypse, alien creature, vestiges of humanity, religious cult, parents and children, space, protector, loss of child, dystopia, robot, cyborgs, child, new house, outer space, artificial intelligence, monster, supernatural, virtual reality
Tales from the Loop (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story of the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe – making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: supernatural, science, body swapping, time loop, time portal, small town, parents and children, research laboratory, time warp, science gone wrong, mysticism, time traveler, time jump, disappearance, society, multiple storylines, social problems, small town life, time travel, virus, psychopath, psycho, cyborgs, first love, experiment
Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution over 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment
Duration: 42 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: witch, lesbian, lgbt, sorceress, magic, military service, female protagonist, public service, female soldier, supernatural, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, witchcraft, investigation, protection, boot camp, alternate reality, supernatural being, magical, army, military, wizards and magicians, soldier, girlfriend, fight, woman
DC's Stargirl (2020)
Plot Summary:
Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes
Duration: 566 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, superheroine, heroine, heroes, superhero team, good versus evil, masked superhero, multiverse, superhuman powers, bravery, superpower, rescue, danger, teenager, save the world, zombie, villain, justice league, supernatural power, coming of age, adaptation, interracial friendship, comic book, staff, super powers
Lovecraft Country (2020)
Plot Summary:
The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: beast, racism, african american, cosmic horror, imaginary character, supernatural, road trip, female warrior, cthulhu, monster, society, creature, black, lgbtqi, sacrifice, apocalypse, superhero, travel, virus, distopia, time travel, witchcraft, ancient, occult, black cast
Into the Night (2020)
Plot Summary:
When the sun suddenly starts killing everything in its path, passengers on an overnight flight from Brussels attempt to survive by any means necessary
Duration: 35 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Plot tags: apocalypse, sun, end of the world, airplane, survival, hijacking, flying, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, worldwide chaos, airplane trip, sunrise, paranoia, distopia, society, passenger, epidemic, mature, survivor, propaganda, white supremacy, dystopia, dystopian future, pilot, surgery
Brave New World (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution
Duration: 415 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: life is a bitch, distopia, utopia, dystopic future, conspiracy, totalitarianism, genetic engineering, social differences, satire, brainwashing, dystopia, society, dystopian future, psychoanalysis, transhumanism, apocalypse, rescue, paranoia, drug, death of protagonist, propaganda, politics, end of the world, post apocalypse, epidemic
Snowpiercer (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival are questioned in this riveting series
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: train, post apocalypse, rebellion, struggle for survival, inequality, class system, apocalypse, disaster, humanity, forces of nature, distopia, caste system, survival, salvation, humanity in peril, superhero, life & death, class differences, saving a life, classism, hunger, doom, brutality, oppression, violence
Biohackers (2020)
Plot Summary:
Mia goes to medical school to get close to a professor she suspects had a hand in her past family tragedy and gets tangled in the world of biohacking
Duration: 44 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Plot tags: genetics, biologist, secret experiment, revenge, university, vengeance, female student, medical student, university student, medical experiment, student, female professor, genetic engineering, friendship, human experiment, research, crime solving, experimental technology, experiment, puzzle, science, scientific experiment, hi-tech, unsolved crime, experiment gone awry
Utopia (2020)
Plot Summary:
A group of young adults who met online are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: utopia, distopia, apocalypse, twists and turns, family relations, deadly virus, group of friends, mad scientist, evil scientist, master villain, shark, time travel, psychopath, murder, crisis, superhuman, girl power, superhero, internet, comic book, save the world, comic hero, apple, comic violence, cult
Avenue 5 (2020)
Plot Summary:
40 years in the future, space captain Ryan Clark and the crew of the luxury space cruise ship Avenue 5 navigate disgruntled passengers and unexpected events after experiencing technical difficulties onboard
Duration:
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: space travel, tourism, captain, space, desperation, panic, pretending to be someone else, actor, marital argument, space station, space shuttle, humour, space exploration, alien, parents, evil, space program, deep space, satire, space opera, workplace, outer space, spacecraft, bisexual, bisexuality
Away (2020)
Plot Summary:
American astronaut Emma Green must leave her husband and teenage daughter behind to command an international space crew embarking upon a treacherous mission. A series about hope, humanity and how we need one another if we are to achieve impossible things
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: astronaut, female astronaut, mars, outer space, dangerous mission, space colony, separation from family, space, wilderness, loneliness, lesbian, spacecraft, father daughter relationship, supernatural, space program, sister, space opera, disabled character, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, gay couple, daughter, husband, mother, lesbian love
October Faction (2020)
Plot Summary:
Monster hunters Fred and Deloris Allen tangle with evil ... and family drama with their teenage twins. From the comics by Steve Niles and Damien Worm
Duration: 39 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: evil, monster, curses spells and rituals, superhero, gay, investigation, salvation, danger, twists and turns, witch, love, magic, supernatural, ancient, paranormal, gore, black american, interracial family, woman with a gun, superpower, gay teenager, comic book, cyborgs, teenage girl, massacre
The Stand (2020)
Plot Summary:
After the world is decimated by a man-made plague, a battle of literally Biblical proportions ensues between the survivors
Duration: 510 min
IMDB Rating: 5.7/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: post apocalypse, stephen king, deadly virus, god or devil, epidemic, dystopia, end of the world, good versus evil, apocalypse, pandemic, devil, virus, wilderness, supernatural, save the world, laboratory, fighting illness, dystopian future, brutality, escapades, zombie, catastrophe, magic, distopia, writers
The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020)
Plot Summary:
A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 4.5/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: post apocalypse, undead, walking dead, gay, zombie, apocalypse, supernatural, survival, survivor, plague, human existence, chaos, danger, killings, graphic violence, fear, insanity, society, infected, hiding place, peril, human nature, social decay, characters in danger, friendship