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Plot Summary:
Beyond Reality is a Canadian/American science fiction television series which originally aired between October 4, 1991 and March 20, 1993. The series is about two university parapsychologists who investigate reports of paranormal phenomena that occur in ordinary people's lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, mind bending, serious, captivating, suspenseful
Best tv shows and movies like Beyond Reality (1991):
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They Come Back (2007)
Plot Summary:
A psychologist's 10-year-old patient claims she's being menaced by unseen forces after her parents were killed in a car accident. What's more bizarre? The psychologist has seen these symptoms before, in a former patient who mysteriously disappeared. And the shrink worries that if she can't unravel the workings of the 10-year-old's psyche (and soon!), this little girl is destined for the same unknown fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, offbeat
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The Long Walk (2019)
Plot Summary:
An old Laotian hermit discovers that the ghost of a road accident victim can transport him back in time fifty years to the moment of his mother's painful death.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Laos
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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The Holzer Files (2019)
Plot Summary:
Paranormal investigator Dave Schrader, psychic medium Cindy Kaza, equipment expert Shane Pittman and researcher Gabe Roth investigate terrifyingly true hauntings from the recently discovered case files of America's first ghost hunter, Dr. Hans Holzer.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, bleak, disturbing, tense, suspense, suspenseful, creepy
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Proof (2015)
Plot Summary:
A brilliant surgeon searches for proof of life after death.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: psychological, enigmatic, tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, mystical
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Past Life (2010)
Plot Summary:
Past Life is an American crime drama television series which aired on Fox from February 9 to June 4, 2010. The series premiered on Tuesday, February 9 at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central. After the premiere, subsequent airings were broadcast on Thursdays beginning February 11, during the 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central timeslot. The series was created by David Hudgins and inspired by the book The Reincarnationist, a crime thriller by M. J. Rose, whose main character, Josh Ryder, solves a 21st-century crime with memories and clues from his past life in ancient Rome. Although seven episodes were produced, the series was canceled after three episodes aired due to rapidly declining ratings. The network announced plans to air the remaining episodes on successive Friday nights from May 28 to June 4, 2010. On June 8, Fox announced that they would not air the final two episodes.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 438
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: emotional, surreal, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, detective, mind bending, offbeat, gloomy
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Voodoo Possession (2014)
Plot Summary:
Imagine an insatiable demon that feeds on blood, thrives on pain, and reaches from beyond the grave to torment the living...and the dead. For believers and skeptics alike, there is nothing in this world or the next to rival the relentless evil of a Voodoo Possession. Burdened since childhood with a gnawing sense of guilt, cynical Aiden Chase journeys to a Haitian insane asylum in search of his missing brother. Upon arriving, he discovers all the inmates and the hospital administrator (Danny Trejo, Machete) are seemingly possessed by a bloodthirsty voodoo spirit. Now, Aiden must abandon reality and descend into a terrifying spirit world to try to rescue his brother - or they will both be damned for eternity.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 707
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, demonic, captivating, psychotronic
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Temporarily Dead (2014)
Plot Summary:
Follows the life of five interns in a hospital, who trys to find out what happens in the after life. The five makes an experiments. They drive themselves into a clinical death and bring themselves back to life. After the Experiment, they realize that they opened a door to the next life, which gave them supernatural abilities.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful
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Tatau (2015)
Plot Summary:
Tatau follows Kyle and Budgie, two twenty-something friends from London that set off to travel the world. Ahead of the journey, Kyle gets a Maori-style tattoo to celebrate their eventual destination: the Cook Islands. When snorkeling in a lagoon, Kyle finds the dead body of a local girl, Aumea, tied up underwater. Returning to the lagoon with the police, Kyle finds her corpse has disappeared. But Kyle knows what he saw. Desperate to uncover what happened, Kyle and Budgie find themselves sucked deeper and deeper into a world of Maori myths, symbols, and hallucinatory visions... until finally the full meaning of Kyle’s tattoo is revealed.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 622
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: mind bending, clever, serious, captivating, suspenseful
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Unsolved Mysteries (1987)
Plot Summary:
Unsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack from 1987 until 2002 and later by Dennis Farina starting in 2008. In addition, TV presenter Keely Shaye Smith and actress Virginia Madsen contributed greatly to its success. Keely Shaye played the role of a reporter from the confines of an office interacting with Stack and responding to questions for further information. In this capacity, she was a welcomed addition to the cast and revered tremendously by Stack, who would "cut to" her for more detailed information. Academy-award-winning actress Virginia Madsen's contribution to the show included performing in Stack's role as announcer for several years. It was broadcast first as specials in 1987, then as a regular series on NBC, CBS, Lifetime and Spike. Lifetime once again airs the revived version of the series, but only in reruns. Although the show is not in current production, Cosgrove-Meurer Productions maintains a website for the show, featuring popular accounts and still unsolved crimes, with a link to an online form should a viewer have information on an unsolved crime.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Documentary, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: scary, mind bending, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, creepy, game show, spooky, thrilling
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FreakyLinks (2000)
Plot Summary:
FreakyLinks is an American television show that combined elements of horror, mystery, and comedy. It aired on the Fox Network from October 2000 until June 2001, for a total run of 13 episodes. The feel of the show closely modeled that of The X-Files and other supernatural-themed shows that were popular at the time. In 2008, the series began airing on Universal's horror network Chiller. It can also be seen on the Canadian ONE channel.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: scary, mind bending, serious, suspenseful
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Mysterious Ways (2000)
Plot Summary:
Declan Dunn has a fascination with mystical phenomena that began when he was buried under an avalanche and given up for dead. After he miraculously survived, he committed his life to investigating miracles and the absolute proof of their existence. Now a professor of Anthropology at a leading Oregon university, Declan has the training, support staff and the opportunity to study the uncanny, inexplicable phenomena people call "miracles". With the help of Peggy, a skeptical psychiatrist, and Miranda, a research student, the three embark on a quest to explain what science cannot.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 945
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, serious, suspenseful, spiritual
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Bedlam (2011)
Plot Summary:
Bedlam was a British supernatural drama television series created by David Allison, Neil Jones and Chris Parker. It first aired on 7 February 2011 on Sky Living and Sky Living HD. The series finale was aired on 15 March 2011. In December 2011, it was announced that a second series had been commissioned for airing in Spring 2012 with an updated cast. Series 2 began airing in June 2012 with Lacey Turner taking the lead as a suspended paramedic who can see dead people. On 13 November 2012 Jack Roth who plays Max in the series revealed that Bedlam may return for Series 3 and that a decision on the shows future is to be made around Christmas 2012. On 11 March 2013 Roth announced on Twitter that Bedlam would not be returning for a third series.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, captivating, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, scary, crime drama, serious, stylized
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SurrealEstate (2021)
Plot Summary:
Supernaturally trained realtor Nick Roman and his elite team of specialists go above and beyond to sell homes no one else wants to come near. The team works together to research, investigate and, hopefully, “fix” haunted and possessed homes (with often horrific results).
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark comedy, mystical
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Raines (2007)
Plot Summary:
Raines is a crime drama television series that ran from March 15, 2007 to April 27, 2007 on NBC in the United States. The show premiered as a mid-season replacement, as well as airing on CH in Canada, TV3 in Ireland, ITV3 in the UK, and on Network Ten in Australia. The series focused on Michael Raines, a 'mentally haunted' LAPD detective, who interacts with imaginary manifestations of dead crime victims in order to solve criminal cases. Raines must deal with his unique, unintentional method, as it causes problems with his co-workers and in his personal life. The first two episodes aired on Thursday nights at 10:00 PM Eastern Time during the time slot normally occupied by ER. The third episode aired eight days later, taking up its regular Friday at 9:00 PM time slot. On May 14, 2007, NBC announced its schedule for the 2007-2008 television season. Raines was left off this list, and was officially cancelled.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, detective, offbeat, gloomy
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Afterlife (2005)
Plot Summary:
University lecturer Robert Bridge becomes involved in a series of supernatural events surrounding medium Alison Mundy.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, suspense, mind bending, psychological horror
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Missing (2003)
Plot Summary:
Missing is a Canadian-American crime drama television series based on the 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU book series by Meg Cabot. The series aired on the A network and W Network in Canada, and on Lifetime in the United States from August 2003 to February 2006.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, crime drama
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The Whispers (2015)
Plot Summary:
We love to play games with our children. But what happens when someone else starts to play with them too? Someone we don't know. Can't see. Can't hear. In The Whispers, someone or something -- is manipulating the ones we love most to accomplish the unthinkable. An unseen alien force has figured this human weakness out. They have invaded earth and are using our most unlikely resource to achieve world domination – our children.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, bleak, apocalyptic
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Cult (2013)
Plot Summary:
After a rash of disappearances and a likely murder, an inquisitive, young female production assistant on a wildly popular television show called Cult joins a journalist blogger in investigating the rabid fans of the series who might be re-creating crimes seen on the program, in real life.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, exciting, surreal, detective
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Amazing Stories (1985)
Plot Summary:
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anthology, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, retro, dark, twist ending, sitcom, dark fairy tale
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The Dead Zone (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone was an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma. The show, credited as "based on characters" from Stephen King's 1979 novel of the same name, first aired in 2002, and was produced by Lionsgate Television and CBS Paramount Network Television for the USA Network. The show was originally commissioned for UPN, but the network later dropped the show and it was picked up instead by USA. The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for its first five seasons. The sixth and last season was billed as "The season that changes everything" and production was moved to Montreal. The Dead Zone was expected to be renewed for a seventh season, however due to low ratings and high production cost the series was canceled in December 2007, without a proper series finale. Some rumors spread that Syfy would pick up the series after it was canceled by USA, but it did not happen. Rumors of a made for TV movie have all but faded with time.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, atmospheric, scary, bad ending, gloomy, suspenseful
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Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)
Plot Summary:
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is an American television anthology series created by Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired by the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. Each episode featured five stories, all of which appeared to defy logic, and some of which were allegedly based on actual events. The viewer was offered the challenge of determining which are true and which are false. At the end of the show, it was revealed to the viewer whether the tales were true or works of fiction. The series was hosted by James Brolin in season one and later by Jonathan Frakes for the remainder of the series. The show was narrated by Don LaFontaine for the first three seasons and by Campbell Lane for the fourth and final season.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, mindfuck, mind bending, clever, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, gloomy
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Kingdom Hospital (2004)
Plot Summary:
Stephen King's take on the masterpiece series by Lars von Trier. The story takes place in a hospital in Lewiston, Maine, built on the site of a Civil War-era mill fire in which many children died.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 608 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, medical horror, anthology, cult classic, mind bending, offbeat, serious
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Archive 81 (2022)
Plot Summary:
An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: mystical, mysterious, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, lovecraft, scary, psychological
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Wayward Pines (2015)
Plot Summary:
Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, mind bending, serious, captivating, psychological thriller, exciting, retro, surprise ending, thought provoking, mysterious
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Ju-On: Origins (2020)
Plot Summary:
A paranormal researcher searches obsessively for a cursed home where something terrible happened to a mother and her child long ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fantasy
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Hausen (2020)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his mother, 16-year-old Juri and his father Jaschek move into a rundown housing complex on the city outskirts. While Jaschek tries to establish a new life for himself and his son, as caretaker of the building, Juri gradually discovers that the house has a vicious life of its own and feeds on the suffering of its inhabitants.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Millennium (1996)
Plot Summary:
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scary, serious, suspenseful, tense, detective, cliffhanger, dark, neo noir, vintage
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The Twilight Zone (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Twilight Zone is a 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone. It aired for one season on the UPN network, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host. The series was produced by New Line Television, which since 2008 is a division of Warner Bros., which released Twilight Zone: The Movie.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: anthology, atmospheric, serious, mind bending, stylized, surprise ending, offbeat, psychological, intellectual, dark
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Night Stalker (2005)
Plot Summary:
Carl Kolchak and his partner Perri investigate the mysterious death of Kolchak's wife and the paranormal phenomena plaguing their city.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, captivating, detective, exciting, psychological, retro, mythical, spooky
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The Twilight Zone (1985)
Plot Summary:
The Twilight Zone is the first of two revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, anthology, psychological, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, intellectual, dark, mysterious, tripping