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POSE (2018)
Plot Summary:
A dance musical that explores the juxtaposition of several segments of 1980s life and society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe and the downtown social and literary scene
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, female impersonator, transsexual, transgender, lgbtqi, desire for fame, dance school, success, socialite, showgirl, fashion, aids, dance, black, black history, black lives matter, social differences, society, cultural difference, lifestyle, social relations, sex, lesbian
The Queen's Gambit (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s, a young girl discovers an astonishing talent for chess while struggling with addiction
Duration: 397 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 525000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: chess, addiction, genius, female protagonist, child prodigy, prodigy, champion, competition, coming of age, girl, girl power, adoptive mother, female friendship, adoption, orphanage, mathematics, championship, friend, obsession, rags to riches, alcohol abuse, autism, storytelling, mental health, feminism
The New Batman Adventures (1997)
Plot Summary:
The New Batman Adventures is a continuation of the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series. Stories in this series tend to give more focus to Batman's supporting cast, which include fellow crimefighters Robin, Nightwing, and Batgirl, among others. The show also features guest stars such as Supergirl, Etrigan, and The Creeper; characters who would later appear with Batman in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, double life, superpower, heroes, batman, super powers, villain, multiverse, vigilante, superman, dual identity, ward, violence, warrior, tough guy, invention, vigilantism, butler, flying, gadget, surrealism, femme fatale, fighting crime, irony of fate, car
DAVE (2020)
Plot Summary:
A suburban neurotic man in his late 20s has convinced himself that he’s destined to be one of the best rappers of all time. Now he must convince his closest friends, because with their help, he might actually convince the world
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Plot tags: rap, popularity, heroes, career, fame, youth, friends, family relations, rivalry, bipolar disorder, stoner, humour, satire, entertainment industry, rapper, manager, white rapper, rise to the top, aspiring singer, isolation, entertainment, show, trailer, rapping, scrapbook
The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two centuries after Snow White and Cinderella had their adventures, the Nine Kingdoms ready themselves for the coronation of Prince Wendel, Snow White's grandson, to the throne of the Fourth Kingdom. But an evil once-queen has freed herself from prison, and turns the prince into a golden retriever. Wendel, by means of a magic mirror, escapes into a hitherto-unknown Tenth Kingdom (modern day New York City) and meets Virginia and her father Tony. Pursued by trolls, cops, and a wolf in man's form, the three blunder back into the Nine Kingdoms and begin their adventures to restore Wendel to his human form and throne, and find the magic mirror that will take Tony and Virginia back home, all the while unknowing that Virginia already has a connection to the Nine Kingdoms that may prove deadly before we reach Happily Ever After
Duration: 417 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Plot tags: magical, magic, good versus evil, fairy, journey, imaginary kingdom, fantasy world, friendship, imaginary, supernatural, parallel universe, supernatural ability, parallel world, escapades, beautiful scenery, friends, parents and children, danger, encounter, magical mirror, curses spells and rituals, creature, prince, mythology, time
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020)
Plot Summary:
After an unusual event, Zoey Clarke, a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco, suddenly starts to hear the innermost wants, thoughts and desires of the people around her through popular songs
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Plot tags: psychic power, nerd, earthquake, musical performance, lgbt, career, spoken inner thoughts, singing, friendship, paranormal phenomena, father daughter relationship, young girl, terminal illness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love interest, extrasensory perception, workplace situations, life turned upside down, love, teenager, strong female lead, women, family relations, theater, occupation
The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016)
Plot Summary:
How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern-day Seoul? Shim Chung is a mermaid who finds herself transplanted to modern times. She is caught by Heo Joon Jae, a charming but cold con artist who is the doppelgänger for Kim Moon, the son of a nobleman from the Joseon Dynasty. But in the present time, Joon Jae works with Jo Nam Doo, a skilled conman who guides Joon Jae to become a genius scammer. But Joon Jae’s friend, Cha Shi Ah, who works as a researcher at KAIST, may be Chung’s only hope for surviving in her strange new world
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: mermaid, past life, erased memory, embezzler, sea, rebirth, supernatural, star crossed lovers, love, destiny, relationships, male female relationship, magical creature, rich and poor, love and romance, supernatural being, creature, social relations, reincarnation, underwater, first love, couples, evil stepmother, hidden identity, interspecies romance
I May Destroy You (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great friends, a boyfriend in Italy, and a burgeoning writing career. But when her drink is spiked, she must question and rebuild every element of her life
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: rape, dating, black, women, writers, female writer, feminism, brutality, feminist, danger, lgbtq, gay interest, lgbtqi, black lives matter, career, social problems, female protagonist, secret, writer's life, drug, sex, distopia, lgbt, illness, sexual abuse
The King: Eternal Monarch (2020)
Plot Summary:
When a gateway opens to a parallel universe in modern-day Korea, a king must step into another world in search of answers to a long-unanswered mystery
Duration: 70 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: alternate reality, female detective, time travel, monarch, fall in love, in love, supernatural power, time warp, uncover truth, investigation, supernatural, puzzle, happy ending, love affair, parallel universe, parallel world, danger, male female relationship, love story, love interest, star crossed lovers, female police detective, couple relations, time, spy
The Pillars of the Earth (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Pillars of the Earth is an eight-part 2010 TV miniseries, adapted from Ken Follett's novel of the same name
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Canada, UK, Hungary
Plot tags: medieval, king, power struggle, ambition, state affairs, catholic church, throne, heir, cathedral, religions or cults, culture clash, world politics, storytelling, society, manipulation, rivals, power relations, ancient, british history, british royal family, greed, royal family, queen, british monarchy, royalty
High Fidelity (2020)
Plot Summary:
Rob Brooks, a female record store owner in the rapidly gentrified neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn revisit past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: music, musician's life, introspection, love affair, couple relations, friendship, female protagonist, music fan, ex lover, hopes, black, lgbtq, coming of age, romantic obsession, mishap, follow your dream, women, lgbt, black cast, fear, girl, pain, girl power, fear of commitment, slice of life
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
Carlos the Jackal (2010)
Plot Summary:
The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police
Duration: 334 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Plot tags: terrorism, revolutionary, murderer, terrorist, gunfight, biopic, politics, revolution, mossad, character study, mission, danger, radical, wanted, politician, negotiation, cruelty, notoriety, capitalism, cold war, civil war, nudity, mafia, spy, islam
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
Tokyo Ghoul: Root A (2015)
Plot Summary:
Tokyo Ghoul: Root A
Duration: 24 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: college, survival, monster, revenge, fight, heroes, supernatural, violence, hunting, youth, death, murder, killings, friends, predator, gunfight, rescue, supernatural ability, evil, fear, escapades, rivalry, mission, society, victim
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
Love 101 (2020)
Plot Summary:
While trying to make their teacher fall for a basketball coach, four misfits and a model student find friendship, love and the courage to be themselves
Duration: 40 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: teenager, school, friendship, first love, schoolgirl, high school sweetheart, love, student, love and romance, drunk, male female relationship, unlikely friendships, relationships, friends, teachers and students, outcast, couples, high school life, love affair, escapades, school teacher, group of friends, help, love story, unlikely couple
P-Valley (2020)
Plot Summary:
An unapologetic look at the lives of strip-club dancers working down in the Dirty Delta
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: strip club, stripper, nude girl, black lgbt, pole dancer, woman in danger, striptease, black, haunted by the past, dancing, twists and turns, women, seduction, life is a bitch, dancehall girl, dancer, mother daughter relationship, rivalry, social problems, female protagonist, exotic dancer, money problems, abusive boyfriend, dance club, rapper
Love & Anarchy (2020)
Plot Summary:
A married consultant and a young IT tech kick off a flirty game that challenges societal norms — and leads them to re-evaluate their entire lives
Duration: 30 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Plot tags: horny wife, affair, female masturbation, older woman younger man sex, cheating wife, unfaithful wife, publishing house, sexually dissatisfied wife, sex scene, mother, bare breasts, sexual awakening, love and romance, infidelity, father daughter relationship, sex, game, marketing, family relations, parents and children, husband wife relationship, marriage, women, adultery, anarchist
The Undoing (2020)
Plot Summary:
Grace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted. Overnight a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and her family
Duration: 337 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: adultery, murder, life turned upside down, murder investigation, lie, mysterious disappearance, affair, lawyer, family relations, murder mystery, extramarital affair, therapist, secret, psychologist, doctor, mother son relationship, aspiring writer, riddles and clues, father son relationship, twists and turns, betrayal, infidelity, criminal, legal, suspicion of murder
Bridgerton (2020)
Plot Summary:
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 161000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: love, aristocracy, society, love and romance, love story, marriage, eligible bachelor, intrigue, sex scene, couple relations, relationships, class differences, beefcake, interracial romance, opposites attract, black man white woman relationship, virgin, brother sister relationship, alternate history, sister sister relationship, serial killer, women, ancient, napoleonic wars, propaganda
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
Industry (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends
Duration: 50 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: finance, banking, drug, competition, rivalry, friendship, dealer, twenty something, business, merchant, employer employee relationship, money, youth, office worker, deal, workplace, distopia, business and finance, wall street, entrepreneur, power, entrepreneurship, gay couple, gay interest, drug use
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
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
Shadowhunters (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world
Duration: 42 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: supernatural, vampire, magic, demon, female protagonist, supernatural being, gay, werewolf, supernatural power, good versus evil, friendship, family secret, clan, vampire human love, strong female character, teenage girl, supernatural ability, sword, lgbt, erased memory, gay couple, heroine, fantasy world, shapeshifting, prejudice
Cursed (2020)
Plot Summary:
In this fresh take on the Arthurian legend, teenager Nimue joins forces with mercenary Arthur on a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Plot tags: sword and sorcery, magic, adaptation, camelot, father daughter relationship, good versus evil, fantasy world, magical sword, twists and turns, battles, sword fight, teenage girl, multiple storylines, knight, arthurian legend, superhero, witch, demon, supernatural, religion, witchcraft, ancient, myth, feminist, woman