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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
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
BoJack Horseman (2014)
Plot Summary:
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit TV show "Horsin' Around," but today he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful sweaters
Duration: 1982 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 181000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: existentialism, depression, cynicism, down on your luck, sadness, anthropomorphism, hollywood, addiction, anthropomorphic animal, talking animal, mature, showbiz, satire, adult humor, nothing goes right, life is a bitch, mental illness, life philosophy, asexual, lesbian, serial killer, psychology, women, illness, moving
Over the Garden Wall (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers find themselves lost in a mysterious land and try to find their way home
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.8/10
IMDB Votes: 68000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: folk horror, siblings relations, beast, getting home, forest, danger, brother brother relationship, child protagonist, children, imaginary, brothers, travel, lost in the woods, lost, halloween, moving, darkness, life & death, trippy, hipster, woods, dream, frog, forest ranger, male protagonist
Haikyu!! (2014)
Plot Summary:
Shōyō Hinata began playing volleyball after seeing the "small giants" who played the sport when he was in elementary school. He suffers a crushing defeat in his first and last tournament in middle school at the hands of his rival Tobio Kageyama. So, Hinata joins Kurasuno High School's volleyball team, vowing revenge against Kageyama. However, Kageyama is also on Kurasuno's team. The former rivals form a legendary combo with Hinata's mobility and Kageyama's precision ball-handling. Together, they take on the local tournaments and vow to meet Kurasuno's fated rival school in the nationals
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Plot tags: volleyball, friendship, stubbornness, friends, youth, prodigy, rivalry, against the odds, follow your dream, sport team, athlete's life, contests and competitions, hopes, high school, ambition, power relations, revenge, lgbtq, adaptation, competition, teamwork, tournament, training, slice of life, bromance
Detectorists (2014)
Plot Summary:
The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Plot tags: treasure hunt, friendship, archaeologist, buddies, obsessive quest, english countryside, treasure, partner, escapades, odd couple, fortune, golddigger, rivalry, hidden treasure, excavation, adventurer, greed, absurd humor, satire, money problems, hunter, landscape, marriage, conversation, friends
Your Lie in April (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kousei Arima was a genius pianist until his mother's sudden death took away his ability to play. Each day was dull for Kousei. But, then he meets a violinist named Kaori Miyazono who has an eccentric playing style. Can the heartfelt sounds of the girl's violin lead the boy to play the piano again?
Duration: 23 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Plot tags: friendship, pianist, piano, classical music, death of mother, violinist, contests and competitions, music, depression, love and romance, school, tragedy, trauma, mature, slice of life, heartwarming, childhood friend, high school life, rivalry, middle school, football player, child prodigy, mental disorder, parent child relationship, schoolboy
Gomorrah (2014)
Plot Summary:
Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of the clan's godfather, Pietro Savastano
Duration: 55 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Plot tags: mafia, mob boss, drug lord, gang war, camorra, social decay, society, life is a bitch, gangster, urban, strong violent content, criminal heroes, rivalry, urban ghetto life, gang, italian mafia, violence spree, poverty, juvenile delinquency, organized crime, multiple storylines, mobster, social problems, outlaw gang, gory
Inside No. 9 (2014)
Plot Summary:
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: supernatural, surprising revelation, surrealism, dark humor, hotel room, plot twist, macabre, halloween, illness, mental illness, mission, aspiration, impostor, satire, locked in a room, storytelling, sketch, cognitive science, sketch show, ghost, murder, criminal, intrigue, haunted house, under the surface
Happy Valley (2014)
Plot Summary:
Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild
Duration: 58 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: policewoman, police, police investigation, investigator, kidnapping, police protagonist, investigation, british police, whodunit, law enforcement, criminal, drug dealer, police station, loss of daughter, revenge, crime investigation, drug lord, ransom, rapist, sister sister relationship, unsolved crime, sergeant, rape, police officer, police procedural
Healer (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kim Moon Ho is a successful reporter at a mainstream news station, but when he stumbles upon a 10-year-old mystery, he's forced to dive into a subversive underground news agency. On his journey to break open the case, Moon Ho teams up with Chae Young Shin, a second rate tabloid writer, and Healer, a mysterious internet-based journalist. With his career and his safety on the line, who can Moon Ho trust in a world full of unreliable sources?
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: reporter, hidden identity, investigation, hacker, false accusation, masked hero, rescue, dating, lost child, journalist, tragic event, self sacrifice, protective male, parkour, corruption, political intrigue, saving a life, damsel in distress, journalism, media, adopted daughter, father daughter relationship, disguise, media industry, tragic villain
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
Kingdom (2014)
Plot Summary:
A raw family drama set against the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Venice, California. Alvey Kulina owns Navy St. MMA with the help of his girlfriend Lisa Prince. He is willing to go through extraordinary means to make sure his fighters are taken care of, but all of this responsibility comes at a steep price. He has complicated relationships with both of his sons, Jay and Nate, who are both struggling with their own identities and places within Alvey’s life and gym
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: athlete's life, mixed martial arts, ex convict, brother brother relationship, martial arts, gym, drug addiction, father son relationship, competition, sibling relationship, family problems, training, drug abuse, gay, parents and children, rivalry, ambition, contests and competitions, brutality, friends, estrangement, blind ambition, lgbt, villain, lgbtq
The Knick (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in downtown New York in 1900, 'The Knick' is centered on the Knickerbocker Hospital and the groundbreaking surgeons, nurses and staff who work there, pushing the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics. John Thackery is a brilliant surgeon pioneering new methods in the field, despite his secret addiction to cocaine. He leads a team of doctors including his protégé Dr. Everett Gallinger; the young Dr. Bertie Chickering Jr. and Dr. Algernon Edwards, a promising surgeon who's been recently thrust upon him. The lively cast of characters at the hospital also includes Cornelia Robertson, the daughter of its benefactor, Captain August Robertson; surly ambulance driver Tom Cleary; Lucy Elkins; a fresh-faced nurse from the country; the crooked hospital administrator Herman Barrow; and Sister Harriet, a nun who isn't afraid to speak her mind
Duration: 58 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: USA
Plot tags: medicine, life is a bitch, addiction, hospital, doctor, workplace situations, surgeon, doctors and patients, nun, medical, realism, society, drug, power relations, surgery, gory, violent, nurse, escapades, gilded age, world war one, supernatural, ancient, villain, darkness
Silicon Valley (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley is an American sitcom that centers around six programmers who are living together and trying to make it big in the Silicon Valley
Duration: 28 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 162000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Plot tags: computer, geek, programmer, ambition, computers and web, computer genius, workplace, workplace situations, startup, businessman, computer system, ambitious, materialism, greed, millionaire, young man, money raising, computer nerd, hacker, inventions and discoveries, business rivalry, entrepreneurship, friends, business, silicon valley
Outlander (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 175000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, fall in love, couples, love affair, true love, danger, life turned upside down, love and romance, battles, fish out of water, escapades, rivalry, friendship, couple relations, love triangle, nurse, scotsman, imaginary, soldier, time traveler, sex scene, magic, uninhibited rivalry, medieval, back in time
Halt and Catch Fire (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in the early 1980s, and about a fictional visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations confronts the corporate behemoths of the time. Their personal and professional partnership will be challenged by greed and ego while charting the changing culture in Texas' Silicon Prairie
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: computer, programmer, inventions and discoveries, computers and web, businessman, existentialism, computer system, family relations, marriage, hacker, supportive spouse, workplace situations, geek, rivalry, partner, ego clash, dishonesty, relationship vs career, identity crisis, gay interest, secret past, financial problem, workplace intrigue, blind ambition, couple relations
Broad City (2014)
Plot Summary:
Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Plot tags: sexual activity, lifestyle, best friend, slacker, women, twenty something, free spirit, lesbian, strong female lead, young adult, lgbt, girl power, lgbtq, urban, city life, twentysomething life, female friendship, rape, stoner, feminist, humour, resistance, trippy, joke, satire
Parasyte: The Maxim (2014)
Plot Summary:
Shinichi Izumi is a normal high school boy whose right hand has become infected with an alien parasite that names itself "Migi" ("right"). Migi is the first parasite to develop a symbiotic relationship with its host, as he and Shinichi slowly develop a grudging friendship. Migi isn't the only Parasite on earth, however, and as cases of Parasites killing humans begin to emerge, humans seek to kill off Parasites. Shinichi and Migi find themselves caught in between these two sides of the struggle over planet earth
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: body horror, rivalry, danger, mind control, alien, fight scenes, murder, gore, violence, survival, parasite, supernatural ability, supernatural power, tragedy, humanity, high school, massacre, family relations, macabre, mature, lone hero, beast, psychic, evil, mind game
Olive Kitteridge (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story focuses on a middle-school math teacher Olive and her relationship with Henry which spans 25 years over the four parts. It is based on Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
Duration: 239 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: small town life, family problems, maturity, dysfunctional family, parents and children, elderly, couples, couple relations, family relations, psychology, complex characters, relationships, teacher, parents, mental illness, life philosophy, resistance, slice of life, cathartic, depression, social relations, under the surface, strong female presence, sex scene, father son relationship
The Leftovers (2014)
Plot Summary:
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. The drama series 'The Leftovers' is the story of the people who didn't make the cut. Based on the bestselling novel by Tom Perrotta, 'The Leftovers' follows Kevin Garvey, a father of two and the chief of police in a small New York suburb, as he tries to maintain some semblance of normalcy when the notion no longer applies
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: life turned upside down, society, disappearance, haunted by the past, apocalypse, missing person, depression, small town sheriff, chief of police, worldwide chaos, post apocalypse, chaos, belief, hopes, life changing experience, religions or cults, twists and turns, small town, miraculous event, grief, fear, sex, magic, epidemic, criminal
24: The Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jack Bauer comes out of hiding in London to head off a massive terrorist attack while being hunted down by American forces dispatched by President James Heller
Duration: 46 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: hacker, terrorism, terrorist, cia, president, treason, shooting, international relations, save the day, characters in danger, life risking, killings, on the run, interrogation, government facility, espionage, die hard, programmer, fugitives, counter terrorism, submarine, spy, supernatural, criminal, star wars
Black Sails (2014)
Plot Summary:
The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality
Duration: 56 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Plot tags: pirate, captain, pirate ship, swashbuckler, twists and turns, island, treasure, treasure hunt, gold, ship, graphic violence, danger, mistrust, colonial america, killings, power struggle, sea, survival, medieval, escapades, seduction, adventurer, lgbt, bare breasts, sword fight
Forever (2014)
Plot Summary:
Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable immortality. This long life has given Henry remarkable observation skills which impresses his new partner, Detective Jo Martinez. Each week, a new case and their budding friendship will reveal layers of Henry’s long and colorful past. Only his best friend and confidant, Abe knows Henry’s secret
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: immortality, supernatural, investigation, friendship, law enforcement, immortal, supernatural ability, crime scene, friends, murder investigation, female detective, deduction, morgue, laboratory, police partner, buddies, medical examiner, female police detective, hidden identity, murder, doctors and patients, curses spells and rituals, police, coroner, medical examination
Looking (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three friends in San Francisco who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: gay, gay couple, gay relationship, lgbt, gays and lesbians, gay latino, group of friends, homosexuality, gay sex, friendship, gay slur, direction and purpose, friendship between men, gay interest, gay lead character, looking for love, everyday life, businessman, career, business venture, buddies, gay erotica, city life, gay love, lgbtqi
Penny Dreadful (2014)
Plot Summary:
Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: supernatural, witch, vampire, werewolf, deadly creature, mysterious character, psychotherapy, fear, imaginary, supernatural ability, lycanthropy, frankenstein's monster, victorian england, black magic, sex scene, scientist, secret, haunted by the past, dracula, danger, hunt down, mental illness, assistant, mind game, gay
The Missing (2014)
Plot Summary:
A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Plot tags: investigation, missing child, missing person, police detective, twists and turns, abduction, pedophile, police, child abuse, family relations, journalist, child abduction, parents and children, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, haunted by the past, grief, spy, police officer, murder mystery, reporter, aspiration, police investigation, storytelling, police procedural
Star Wars: Rebels (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set between the events of Star Wars: Episodes III and IV, the story unfolds during a dark time when the evil Galactic Empire is tightening its grip of power on the galaxy. Imperial forces have occupied a remote planet and are ruining the lives of its people. The motley but clever crew of the starship Ghost — cowboy Jedi Kanan, ace pilot Hera, street-smart teenager Ezra, the “muscle” Zeb, warrior firebrand Sabine, and cantankerous old astromech droid Chopper — is among a select few who are brave enough to stand against the Empire. Together, they will face threatening new villains, encounter colorful adversaries, embark on thrilling adventures, and become heroes with the power to ignite a rebellion
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: star wars, space opera, good versus evil, space travel, heroes, jedi, space battle, robot, battles, chases and races, master warrior, escapades, warrior, spacecraft, rebellion, villain, rebel, female alien, space wars, space and aliens, galaxy, insurgent, lightsaber, talking robot, evil empire
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Plot Summary:
A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond
Duration: 43 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: police, law enforcement, cop, crime investigation, policewoman, victim, police detective, gang, shooting, sergeant, murder, partner, abduction, fbi, die hard, drug, swat team, revenge, investigation, legal, exodus, lawyer, fear, coworker, prison
Mozart in the Jungle (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians. From her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall to the Broadway pits of "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," Blair Tindall has played with some of the biggest names in classical music for twenty-five years. Now in "Mozart in the Jungle," Tindall exposes the scandalous rock and roll lifestyles of the musicians, conductors, and administrators who inhabit the insular world of classical music
Duration: 29 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Plot tags: classical music, musician's life, orchestra, hotshot, prodigy, artists and showbiz, teacher, career, rivalry, rehearsal, ego clash, musician, sex, orchestra conductor, dancing, women, forgiveness, mission, slice of life, ambition, music, music band, flirting, casual sex, sexual content