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Plot Summary:
Todd McFarlane's Spawn is an animated television series which aired on HBO from 1997 through 1999. It is also released on DVD as a film series. It is based on the Spawn comic series from Image Comics, and was nominated for and won an Emmy in 1999 for Outstanding Animation Program (longer than one hour).
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation
Best tv shows and movies like Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997):
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Gen 13 (1998)
Plot Summary:
Caitlin Fairchild, a teenager offered a place in an institute for gifted children. She soon learns that the school isn't really a school, but rather a military project to turn children with a special genetic structure into super soldiers. After developing incredibly enhanced abilities, Caitlin rebels against the program that created her.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, stylized, semi serious, anime, independent film
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2013)
Plot Summary:
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing fifty-five-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl, but does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: gothic, bleak, suspense, dark, suspenseful, psychotronic, anime
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Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)
Plot Summary:
In an alternative Victorian Age Gotham City, Batman begins his war on crime while he investigates a new series of murders by Jack the Ripper.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: gothic, anime, adult animation, psychotronic, exciting, bleak, serious, suspense, dark, stylized
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Batman: Death in the Family (2020)
Plot Summary:
Tragedy strikes the Batman's life again when Robin Jason Todd tracks down his birth mother only to run afoul of the Joker. An adaptation of the 1988 comic book storyline of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, gothic, bleak, suspense, dark, psychotronic, interactive
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Final Inferno (1989)
Plot Summary:
As the Overfiend slumbers, the mad emperor Caesar rises to power, enslaving a new race of demon beasts.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: anime, grindhouse, splatter
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Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)
Plot Summary:
A folklore professor becomes unwittingly possessed by the ancient Japanese demons of Thunder and Lightning. But when The Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense dispatches a team of agents to investigate, a cursed samurai sword sends Hellboy to a supernatural dimension of ghosts, monsters, and feudal mayhem. Now while pyrokinetic Liz Sherman and fishboy Abe Sapien battle one very pissed-off dragon, a lost and cranky Hellboy must find his way home.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, anime, captivating, cult classic, adult animation
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Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021)
Plot Summary:
Following a brutal series of murders taking place on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, Gotham City's young vigilante known as the Batman sets out to pursue the mysterious serial killer alongside police officer James Gordon and district attorney Harvey Dent.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, perverse, adult animation, colorful, 2d animation, colourful
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Iron Man and Captain America: Heroes United (2014)
Plot Summary:
Iron Man and Captain America battle to keep the Red Skull and his triggerman, Taskmaster, from unleashing an army of Hydra Brutes on the world! Sequel to the film "Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United" and feature Iron Man teaming up with Captain America, it comes to accompany the live-action film "Captain America: The Winter Soldier".
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, 3d animation, entertaining
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Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (1980)
Plot Summary:
In contemporary Boston, Dracula gatecrashes a Satanic ritual and makes off with the intended sacrifice, Delores. Overcome with love for her, he's unable to drink her blood and instead settles down with her and fathers a child, Janus. But Dracula's enemies are massing against him - a team of vampire hunters, including the wheelchair-bound Hans Harker, crossbow wielding and new recruit Frank Drake, a descendant of Dracula, are closing in. And Dracula has been stripped of his vampire powers by Satan and he desperately needs another vampire to restore his powers so that he can both see off his pursuers and avenge the death of Janus at the hands of vengeful Satanists.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Animation, Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, psychotronic
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The Maxx (1995)
Plot Summary:
Confused hulking homeless superhero The Maxx tries to protect his social worker and friend Julie from an omniscient serial killer Mr. Gone both in the real world, which may or may not actually be real, and the subconscious fantasy world.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: adult animation, anime, adult cartoon, psychological, exciting, atmospheric, offbeat, bleak, suspenseful, stylized
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Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014)
Plot Summary:
When the Punisher takes out a black-market weapons dealer, he stumbles upon a far-reaching terrorist plot devised by a group known as Leviathan.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, stylized, adult animation, 2d animation
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Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie (2018)
Plot Summary:
A decade after a tragic mistake, family man Chas and occult detective John Constantine set out to cure Chas’s daughter Trish from a mysterious supernatural coma. With the help of the mysterious Nightmare Nurse, the influential Queen of Angels, and brutal Aztec God Mictlantecuhtli, the pair just might have a chance at outsmarting the demon Beroul to save Trish’s soul. In a world of shadows and dark magic, not everything is what it seems, and there’s always a price to pay. The path to redemption is never easy, and if Constantine is to succeed, he must navigate through the dark urban underbelly of Los Angeles, outwit the most cunning spawns of hell, and come face to face with arch-nemesis Nergal – all while battling his own inner demons!.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, depressing, bleak, dark, ironic, suspenseful, cynical
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Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023)
Plot Summary:
Explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashes an ancient evil, and returns to Gotham after being away for two decades. There, Batman battles Lovecraftian supernatural forces and encounters allies and enemies such as Green Arrow, Ra's al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face and James Gordon.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
Plot Summary:
Explore Bruce Wayne's transition from his beginning as a tormented vigilantee to The Dark Knight of a crumbling metropolis with six distinct chapters but intended to be viewed as a whole.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anthology, anime, stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful, intense, epic, exciting, serious, psychotronic
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Spawn (1997)
Plot Summary:
Todd McFarlane's Spawn is an animated television series which aired on HBO from 1997 through 1999. It is also released on DVD as a film series. It is based on the Spawn comic series from Image Comics, and was nominated for and won an Emmy in 1999 for Outstanding Animation Program. An unrelated series titled Spawn: The Animation is in production since 2009, with Keith David reprising his role as the titular character. Like the comic book, the series features graphic violence, sexual scenes, and extensive use of profanity. Todd McFarlane's Spawn was ranked 5th on IGN's list of The Greatest Comic Book Cartoons Of All Time.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, adult animation, serious, adult cartoon, suspense, anime, scary, epic, dark
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Wild C.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams (1994)
Plot Summary:
WildC.A.T.s is a half-hour animated television series based on the comics series of the same name. WildC.A.T.s is about the universal war between two prehistoric alien races. One of the races is the heroic Kherubim while the other is the evil Daemonites.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: adult animation, anime, 2d animation
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Hulk Vs. (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two stories featuring Marvel's anti-hero The Incredible Hulk and his encounters with the X-Man Wolverine and the god known as Thor.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, computer animated, semi serious, anthology, anime, stylized, serious, parody, light, clever
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Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)
Plot Summary:
Based on the hit video game series, Batman must find a bomb planted by the Joker while dealing with a mysterious team of villains called, The Suicide Squad.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: anime, stylized, entertaining, melancholic, witty, intense, exciting, serious, adult animation, perverse
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Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)
Plot Summary:
When Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are assigned to investigate the ghost-infested mansion of a publicity-hound billionaire, they uncover a plot to resurrect a beautiful yet monstrous vampire from Professor Bruttenholm’s past. But before they can stop her bloodbath, Hellboy will have to battle harpies, hellhounds, a giant werewolf, and even the ferocious goddess Hecate herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: adult animation, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, anime, manga, cult classic, fast
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DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection (2010)
Plot Summary:
An anthology of DC Showcase stories consisting of a new Superman/Shazam feature and extended versions of older shorts.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: anthology, anime, captivating, entertaining, 2d animation
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Justice League Dark (2017)
Plot Summary:
Beings with supernatural powers join together to fight against supernatural villains.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, dark fantasy, exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, epic, serious, perverse, dark
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Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017)
Plot Summary:
Tara Markov is a girl who has power over earth and stone; she is also more than she seems. Is the newest Teen Titan an ally or a threat? And what are the mercenary Deathstroke's plans for the Titans?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, entertaining, semi serious, touching, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two (2021)
Plot Summary:
As Gotham City's young vigilante, the Batman, struggles to pursue a brutal serial killer, district attorney Harvey Dent gets caught in a feud involving the criminal family of the Falcones.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, perverse, adult animation, colorful, 2d animation, colourful
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Reign of the Supermen (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of The Death of Superman, the world is still mourning the loss of the Man of Steel following his fatal battle with the monster Doomsday. However, no sooner as his body been laid to rest than do four new bearers of the Superman shield come forward to take on the mantle. The Last Son of Krypton, Superboy, Steel, and the Cyborg Superman all attempt to fill the vacuum left by the world's greatest champion. Meanwhile, Superman's death has also signaled to the universe that Earth is vulnerable. Can these new Supermen and the rest of the heroes prove them wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, exciting, disturbing, anime, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Batman: Hush (2019)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious new villain known only as Hush uses a gallery of villains to destroy Batman's crime-fighting career as well as Bruce Wayne's personal life, which has been further complicated by a relationship with Selina Kyle/Catwoman.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, perverse, adult animation, psychotronic, comic
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Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Justice League faces a powerful new threat — the Fatal Five! Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman seek answers as the time-traveling trio of Mano, Persuader and Tharok terrorize Metropolis in search of budding Green Lantern, Jessica Cruz. With her unwilling help, they aim to free remaining Fatal Five members Emerald Empress and Validus to carry out their sinister plan. But the Justice League has also discovered an ally from another time in the peculiar Star Boy — brimming with volatile power, could he be the key to thwarting the Fatal Five? An epic battle against ultimate evil awaits!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining, 2d animation
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Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons - The Movie (2020)
Plot Summary:
Ten years ago, Slade Wilson-aka the super-assassin called Deathstroke-made a tragic mistake and his wife and son paid a terrible price. Now, a decade later, Wilson's family is threatened once again by the murderous Jackal and the terrorists of H.I.V.E. Can Deathstroke atone for the sins of the past-or will his family pay the ultimate price?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: adult animation, exciting, serious, stylized, intense, psychotronic, anime, absurd
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Son of Batman (2014)
Plot Summary:
Batman learns that he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son with Talia al Ghul named Damian Wayne who is secretly being raised by Ra's al Ghul and the League of Assassins. When Ra's al Ghul apparently dies after a battle with Deathstroke, Batman must work to stop his long-lost son from taking revenge and guiding him to a righteous path, in addition to the chance for the pair to truly acknowledging each other as family.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, serious, anime, entertaining, computer animated, bleak, neo noir, psychotronic, colorful
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Batman vs. Robin (2015)
Plot Summary:
Damian Wayne is having a hard time coping with his father's "no killing" rule. Meanwhile, Gotham is going through hell with threats such as the insane Dollmaker, and the secretive Court of Owls.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, anime, suspense, harsh, tense, futuristic, suspenseful, psychotronic, parody, light
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Invincible (2021)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of the American Comic Book of the same name by Robert Kirkman.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 182000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: adult animation, exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, adult cartoon, psychological, contemplative, manga, anime