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Attack on Titan (2013)
Plot Summary:
Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by Titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest Titans. Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a Titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a Colossal Titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller Titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single Titan and take revenge for all of mankind
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 9.1/10
IMDB Votes: 479000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Plot tags: giant, giant monster, life turned upside down, tragedy, friendship, transformation, danger, chaos and mayhem, direction and purpose, eaten alive, titan, death, friends, army, military, survival, extinction, rivalry, dystopia, destruction, life is a bitch, threat, against the odds, tragic event, fate of humanity
The Last of Us (2023)
Plot Summary:
Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 475000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: post apocalypse, epidemic, infection, apocalypse, survival, pandemic, end of the world, survivor, violence, zombie violence, survival horror, danger, death, monster, vestiges of humanity, gunfight, murder, virus, supernatural, young girl, infected, characters in danger, blood, chase, evil
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
Samurai Champloo (2004)
Plot Summary:
Mugen is a ferocious, animalistic warrior with a fighting style inspired by break-dancing. Jin is a ronin samurai who wanders the countryside alone. They may not be friends, but their paths continually cross. And when ditzy waitress Fuu gets them out of hot water with the local magistrate, they agree to join her search for the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: samurai, pride and honor, martial arts, sword fight, friendship, master warrior, heroes, danger, katana, breakdance, on the road, road trip, journey, obsessive quest, hip hop, mature, ethnic humor, love, superhero, lucifer, stoner, moving, acid, outlaw, ninja
Justice League (2001)
Plot Summary:
Justice League is an American animated television series which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. It is part of the DC animated universe. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It is based on the Justice League of America and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics. After the second season, the series was renamed Justice League Unlimited, and aired for an additional three seasons
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, superman, justice league, green lantern, superpower, team, super powers, destruction, vigilantism, escapades, disguise, master villain, wonder woman, superheroine, outer space, batman, christmas, new year, winter, multiverse, girl power, black superhero, comic book, badass, space
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
The Bear (2022)
Plot Summary:
Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, a young chef from the fine dining world, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop after a heartbreaking death. As Carmy fights to transform the restaurant and himself, his rough-around-the-edges kitchen crew ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 171000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: chef, restaurant, family business, food, business, art, workplace, gastronomy, brother sister relationship, cousin cousin relationship, suicide, community, grief, small business, death of brother, teenager, job, getting home, store, cooking, sandwich, domestic drama, chief, family drama, restaurant kitchen
Dopesick (2021)
Plot Summary:
The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of "one percenter" Big Pharma Manhattan
Duration: 492 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: addiction, medical, pharmaceutical company, sick, crime investigation, drug, drug addiction, crisis, health, opium, investigation, conspiracy, corporation, lawyer, politics, illness, president, mental illness, legal, news, political conspiracy, high school, sister, courtroom, economist
Cobra Kai (2018)
Plot Summary:
This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the successful Daniel LaRusso, who has been working to maintain the balance in his life without mentor Mr. Miyagi
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 200000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: karate, martial arts, dojo, martial arts training, master apprentice relationship, fight, starting over, middle aged man, teenager, martial artist, father son relationship, father figure, rivalry, bullying, father daughter relationship, coming of age, battles, contests and competitions, showdown, professional rivalry, lgbt, youth, pandemic, love affair, hardship
House of the Dragon (2022)
Plot Summary:
The prequel series finds the Targaryen dynasty at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires—real and imagined—crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins almost 193 years before the events of Game of Thrones, when King Viserys Targaryen breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 350000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: dragon, knight, kingdom, female nudity, king, legend, medieval, serial killer, sword and sorcery, queen, incest, revenge, women, evil, strength, gay couple, interracial romance, adaptation, wizard, sorcery, dysfunctional family, sexually dissatisfied wife, gay husband, female pubic hair, giant monster
Ozark (2017)
Plot Summary:
A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 337000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: money laundering, drug cartel, danger, family relations, rivalry, murder, investigation, drug, teenage girl, mafia, organized crime, violence, law enforcement, cheating wife, mind game, finance, gang, teenage boy, chase, couples, escapades, dishonesty, survival, money, apocalypse
Warrior (2019)
Plot Summary:
A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Plot tags: martial arts, gang war, rivalry, business, fistfight, corporation, hand to hand combat, sex scene, gang member, fight, gang, criminal, smuggling, master warrior, showdown, outlaw gang, lgbt, hitman, warrior, ancient, parents, organized crime, interracial romance, violent, nudity
Maid (2021)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the powerful New York Times best-selling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land, Maid will chronicle a single mother who turns to housekeeping to - barely - make ends meet as she battles against poverty, homelessness, and bureaucracy
Duration: 545 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: single mother, homelessness, memories, life, children, custody, poor family, job, life is a bitch, domestic violence, social problems, family problems, single parent, money problems, lesbian, women, medicine, sexual abuse, motherhood, feminist, hardship, choice, disease, social injustice, coming of age
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
Loki (2021)
Plot Summary:
The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief following the events of "Avengers: Endgame"
Duration: 586 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 396000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, multiverse, time traveler, super villain, superhero, supernatural power, outer space, good versus evil, norse mythology, alternate timeline, sorcerer, fantasy world, alien, magic, god, magician, demi god, evil alien, space travel, heroes, superhuman powers, super powers, magical power, time machine, alien planet
Tulsa King (2022)
Plot Summary:
Just after he is released from prison after 25 years, New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi is unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a “crew” from a group of unlikely characters, to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet
Duration: 40 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: mafia, mobster, fish out of water, sicilian mafia, prison, hacker, criminal, mafioso, weed, chauffeur, city, organized crime, boss, team, strategy, ex convict, gangster, bandit, mob, italian american, american midwest, protection racket, show, parking lot, general
Claymore (2007)
Plot Summary:
In a world rife with deadly creatures called "youma", a young silver eyed woman, Clare, works on behalf of an organization that trains female youma halfbreeds into warriors with the ability to destroy these creatures. Considered a rogue for picking up a stray child and almost losing herself to her youma side by "Awakening", she is constantly assigned rather dangerous missions
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Plot tags: good versus evil, supernatural ability, monster, beast, female warrior, heroic mission, imaginary, supernatural, suffering, heroes, gore, obsession, death, danger, battles, medieval, mature, society, master warrior, unlikely partners, imaginary kingdom, tragedy, sword and sorcery, distopia, sorcery
The Terminal List (2022)
Plot Summary:
Navy SEAL Commander James Reece turns to vengeance as he investigates the mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon. Free from the military’s command structure, Reece applies the lessons he’s learned from nearly two decades of warfare to hunt down the people responsible
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: navy seal, military, investigation, death, tough guy, gunfight, conspiracy, memory, political conspiracy, soldier, die hard, war veteran, government conspiracy, revenge, supernatural, criminal, shooter, mental health, cop, violence, murder, veteran, vengeance, heroes, female nudity
Mayans M.C. (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: motorcycle gang, street gang, latinos, organized crime, motorcycle, biker, drug traffic, gang war, power struggle, rivalry, lifestyle, threat, outlaw, mafia, dark humor, family relations, arms dealing, rebellion, police corruption, husband wife relationship, woman with a gun, bike, drug cartel, gang, female nudity
Titans (2018)
Plot Summary:
A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils
Duration: 45 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, superhero team, friendship, secret identity, supernatural ability, murder, danger, blood, self discovery, villain, superheroine, brutality, coming of age, life is a bitch, chase, multiverse, fight scenes, batman, heroes, female alien, superpower, road trip, escape, lifestyle, vengeance
Jackie Chan Adventures (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Chan Adventures is an American animated television series chronicling the adventures of a fictionalized version of action film star Jackie Chan. Many of the episodes contain references to Chan's actual works. This series ran on Kids' WB! from September 9, 2000 to July 8, 2005 for a total of 95 episodes, or 5 seasons. During its run, it was also shown on Cartoon Network, and afterwards, its reruns landed on Disney XD. An Arabic translation has been airing on MBC 3 since early 2006 and a Tamil translation has been airing on Chutti TV since its launch. It also used to air on Cartoon Network in Urdu. There have been several toys and video games based on the series. Its main character designer is Jeff Matsuda
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Plot tags: good versus evil, curses spells and rituals, martial arts, heroic mission, rivalry, archaeologist, heroes, save the day, danger, escapades, chaos and mayhem, chase, werewolf, tough girl, agent, dark humor, mascot, ethnicity, based on real people, badass, wizards and magicians, chases and races, imaginary, righting the wronged, villain turns good
Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011)
Plot Summary:
Shao Kahn and Shang Tsung are obsessed with reigning over various realms (parallel universes) and the winners of Mortal Kombat competitions are granted supreme control over these worlds. The Earthrealm (Earth) is an unconscious participant in this competition and only a few select humans understand the consequences of losing Mortal Kombat and what it will mean to Earth
Duration: 10 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Short, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Plot tags: martial arts, supernatural, fight for supremacy, rivalry, danger, championship, opponent, master warrior, wing chun, superhero, kung fu, love, apocalypse, hacker, ninja, fight, technology, computer, utopia, street fighter, drug, super villain, combat, video game, heroes
21 Jump Street (1987)
Plot Summary:
21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network and in first run syndication from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools, colleges, and other teenage venues. It was originally going to be titled Jump Street Chapel, after the deconsecrated church building in which the unit has its headquarters, but was changed at Fox's request so as not to mislead viewers into thinking it was a religious program. Created by Patrick Hasburgh and Stephen J. Cannell, the series was produced by Patrick Hasburgh Productions and Stephen J. Cannell Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Executive Producers included Hasburgh, Cannell, Steve Beers and Bill Nuss. The show was an early hit for the fledgling Fox Network, and was created to attract a younger audience. The final season aired in first-run syndication mainly on local Fox affiliates. It was later rerun on the FX cable network from 1996 to 1998. The series provided a spark to Johnny Depp's nascent acting career, garnering him national recognition as a teen idol. Depp found this status irritating, but he continued on the series under his contract and was paid $45,000 per episode. Eventually he was released from his contract after the fourth season. A spin-off series, Booker, was produced for the character of Dennis Booker; it ran one season, from September 1989 to June 1990. A film adaptation starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum was released on March 16, 2012
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: youth, police, undercover, teenage life, hidden identity, undercover agent, teenager, police officer, team, chase, society, investigation, criminal, city, undercover cop, high school, love, intelligence agency, education, coming of age, cop, high school gang, youth gang, police procedural, juvenile delinquency
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
Plot Summary:
TV series centering on Marvel Cinematic Universe characters Falcon and The Winter Soldier
Duration: 300 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 246000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, superhero team, heroes, friends, society, save the world, super powers, multiverse, buddy, violence, cyborgs, tough guy, spy, friendship, good versus evil, comic book, youth, battles, miraculous event, justice, rescue, courage, chase, heroism, escapades