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Plot Summary:
Chuck is an American action-comedy/spy-drama television series created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central Intelligence Agency; the message embeds the only remaining copy of a software program containing the United States' greatest spy secrets into Chuck's brain.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, semi serious, captivating, sweet, offbeat, sitcom, spoof, comedy drama, witty
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Secretly Greatly (2013)
Plot Summary:
As a North Korean sleeper cell agent, Ryu-han infiltrates the South and assumes the role of a village idiot in a rural town. He observes the townsfolk and waits patiently for his mission. One day, after 2 years of playing the role of the village idiot, fellow elite spies Hae-rang, posed as a rock star and Hae-jin, posed as an ordinary student, are dispatched to the same town as Ryu-han. He helps the other two spies settle in and teach them how to adjust in the South. There is a sudden drastic political power shift in the North and all three spies receive an urgent and ultimate mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, captivating, dorama, realistic
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Spy (2011)
Plot Summary:
Spy is a British comedy series created and written by Simeon Goulden. The first series aired on 14 October 2011 on Sky1 in the UK, as well as on the online video service Hulu in the United States. A second series began airing on 19 October 2012, ending with a Christmas Special on 26 December 2012. On 1 March 2013, Darren Boyd announced that the show would not be returning for a third series.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, realistic, light, captivating, sitcom, detective, spoof, dark comedy, not serious
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Jack of All Trades (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jack of All Trades is a half-hour long syndicated action-comedy television series which ran for two seasons in 2000. With Cleopatra 2525, it formed the Back2Back Action Hour and both shows were notable for being the first American non-animated action series to be produced in the half-hour format since the 1970s. The show was canceled in the middle of its second season. The program is set at the turn of the 19th century on the fictional French-controlled island of Pulau-Pulau in the East Indies. Jack Stiles is an American secret agent sent there by President Jefferson. While there, he meets his British contact and love interest, English spy Emilia Rothschild. Together, the two work to stop Napoleon and various other threats to the United States. To the public, Jack is seen as Emilia's attaché, but when the need arises, he transforms into a masked hero: The Daring Dragoon. The show contained many on-going gags, such as deliberate historical inaccuracies, Jack being responsible for many important historical events but not receiving credit, Emilia inventing a miraculous invention in an obvious deus ex machina, sexual puns and innuendos, and Jack and Emilia's ongoing romantic tension.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, parody, detective, realistic, stylized, spoof, slapstick comedy
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My Girlfriend Is an Agent (2009)
Plot Summary:
Disguised as a travel agent, “Su-ji” is a government spy with six years’ experience who can’t reveal her career to her boyfriend “Jae-joon.” After she lies again, her boyfriend breaks up with her and leaves without notice, leaving her struggling alone with her sadness. Three years later, while chasing an industrial spy in disguise as a cleaning lady, she happens to run into Jae-joon. He’s become an international certified accountant, and seeing him throws her feelings into doubt.Lying is part of the job, secrecy is the name of the game in "My Girlfriend is an Agent".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, spy comedy, romantic, romantic comedy, stylized
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I Spy (1965)
Plot Summary:
I Spy is an American television secret-agent adventure series. It ran for three seasons on NBC from 1965 to 1968 and teamed Robert Culp as international tennis player Kelly Robinson with Bill Cosby as his trainer, Alexander Scott. The characters' travels as ostensible "tennis bums", Robinson playing talented tennis as an amateur with the wealthy in return for food and lodging, and Scott tagging along, provided a cover story concealing their roles as top agents for the Pentagon. Their real work usually kept them busy chasing villains, spies, and beautiful women. The creative forces behind the show were writers David Friedkin and Morton Fine and cinematographer Fouad Said. Together they formed Three F Productions under the aegis of Desilu Studios where the show was produced. Fine and Friedkin were co-producers and head writers, and wrote the scripts for 16 episodes, one of which Friedkin directed. Friedkin also dabbled in acting and appeared in two episodes in the first season. Actor-producer Sheldon Leonard, best known for playing gangster roles in the 1940s and '50s, was the executive producer. He also played a gangster-villain role in two episodes and appeared in a third show as himself in a humorous cameo. In addition, he directed one episode and served as occasional second-unit director throughout the series.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical, stylized, semi serious
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Sledge Hammer! (1986)
Plot Summary:
Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, detective, sitcom, humorous, not serious, witty, feel good, light, hilarious
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She Spies (2002)
Plot Summary:
She Spies is an action-adventure television show that ran from September 9, 2002 until May 17, 2004, in two seasons. The show was sold into syndication but the first four episodes premiered on the NBC network, whose syndication arm was one of the producers. Disappointing ratings during the show's second season led to its cancellation after season two ended. She Spies bore noticeable production and directive similarities with Charlie's Angels.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, fast, campy
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Undercovers (2010)
Plot Summary:
Five years after leaving the CIA to open a catering company, Steven and Samantha Bloom are recruited back into the agency by Carlton Shaw. They take on special missions the average agent cannot handle. Having made a pact to never discuss their pasts with each other, the Blooms find surprising new things about their spouse in the course of each mission.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, humorous, semi serious, sexy, fast
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Starved (2005)
Plot Summary:
Starved is an FX Network television situation comedy that aired for one season of seven episodes in 2005. The series was about four friends who each suffer from eating disorders, who met at a "shame-based" support group called Belt Tighteners. Its characters included those with bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating disorder. Eric Schaeffer created the show as well as writing, starring in and directing it, based upon his own struggle with eating disorders. In addition to his own life experiences, Schaeffer also drew upon the experiences of the other members of the principal cast, each of whom coincidentally had struggled with food issues of their own. Starved was the lead-in of FX's hour-long "Other Side of Comedy" block with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. FX executives wanted to use the two series to begin building comedy programming and broaden the network's demographic. The series debuted on August 4, 2005 to poor critical reviews and was cancelled in October 2005, when FX picked Sunny over Starved for renewal.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, light, captivating, entertaining, clever, offbeat, realistic, witty, controversial
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Whiskey Cavalier (2019)
Plot Summary:
A pair of CIA agents embark on missions to save the world, but have to put up with each other first.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining, humorous, detective, action adventure
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Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control (2008)
Plot Summary:
Bumbling R&D inventors Bruce and Lloyd get out of the lab and into the field as they search to locate their latest invention - which has somehow gone missing. When you're used to spending your day inventing the most cutting edge spy equipment known to man, adapting the stealth and guile needed to become a true secret agent doesn't come naturally. Unfortunately the invisibility cloak that the pair recently collaborated on has disappeared, and in order to ensure that it doesn't fall into the hands of KAOS they will have to master the skills of a true spy. But how exactly does one find an object that's invisible to begin with? As the search gets underway, these brainy inventors are given an eye-opening crash course in high-level espionage.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, humorous, captivating, spy comedy, tense, parody, action comedy, fast, buddy comedy
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The Invisible Man (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Invisible Man is a Sci-Fi American television series starring Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Shannon Kenny and Michael McCafferty. Somewhat more successful than previous television series involving invisible secret agents, it aired from June 9, 2000 to February 1, 2002, lasting two seasons. The plot revolves around Darien Fawkes, a thief facing life imprisonment who was recruited by a low-rent spy organization and given the power of invisibility via implantation of a special "Quicksilver gland" in his head. The gland allows Fawkes to secrete a light-bending substance called "Quicksilver" from his pores and follicles. The substance quickly coats his skin, hair, nails and clothes and renders him invisible. He can consciously release the Quicksilver, which then flakes off and disintegrates. However, the Quicksilver gland was sabotaged at its creation by scientist Arnaud DeFehrn to release a neurotoxin that accumulates in the bloodstream and causes intense pain, followed by antisocial behavior and psychosis. The host requires regular doses of "counteragent" to keep him sane and healthy, which is controlled by said government agency. This series lasted for two seasons, before being cancelled due to cost issues and internal bickering between the Sci Fi Channel and its then-parent company, USA Networks. The show's first season ran concurrently in first-run syndication as well as on Sci Fi.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, tense, captivating, humorous
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K.C. Undercover (2015)
Plot Summary:
K.C. Cooper, a high school math whiz and karate black-belt, learns that her parents are spies when they recruit her to join them in the secret government agency, The Organization. While she now has the latest spy gadgets at her disposal, K.C. has a lot to learn about being a spy, including keeping her new gig a secret from her best friend Marisa. Together, K.C. and her parents, Craig and Kira, and her younger siblings, Ernie and Judy (a humanoid robot), try to balance everyday family life while on undercover missions, near and far, to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic
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The Suite Life on Deck (2008)
Plot Summary:
The series follows twin brothers Zack and Cody Martin and hotel heiress London Tipton in a new setting, the SS Tipton, where they attend classes at "Seven Seas High" and meet Bailey Pickett while Mr. Moseby manages the ship. The ship travels around the world to nations such as Italy, Greece, India, Sweden and the United Kingdom where the characters experience different cultures, adventures, and situations.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, nostalgic
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Covert Affairs (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as a field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that her CIA bosses are really after. Auggie Anderson is a CIA military intelligence agent who was blinded while on assignment and is Annie's guide in this world of bureaucracy, excitement and intrigue.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, heroic, detective, crime drama, political drama
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Community (2009)
Plot Summary:
Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 286000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, not serious, witty, funny, humorous, parody, offbeat, light, hilarious, feel good
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The Cape (2011)
Plot Summary:
"The Cape" is a drama series following Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife Dana and son, Trip. Fueled by a desire to reunite with his family and to battle the criminal forces that have overtaken Palm City, Vince Faraday becomes "The Cape" - his son's favorite comic book superhero - and takes the law into his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic
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The War Next Door (2000)
Plot Summary:
Ex-CIA agent Kennedy Smith is ready to live a normal live with his family in the suburbs. Unfortunately, Kreigman, his evil nemesis refuses to let him get away so easily and moves in next door.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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No Ordinary Family (2010)
Plot Summary:
After their plane crashes into the Amazon River, each member of the Powell family starts to show signs of new, unique and distinct super powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, humorous, enigmatic, sweet, bad ending, anime, nostalgic
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Witchblade (2001)
Plot Summary:
Witchblade is an American television series that aired on TNT from 2001 to 2002. The series is based on the Witchblade comic book series, and followed a pilot film which debuted in August 2000. Some of the episodes were written by Ralph Hemecker, Marc Silvestri and J.D. Zeik. Yancy Butler starred as Sara Pezzini, Anthony Cistaro as Kenneth Irons, David Chokachi as Jake McCartey, Eric Etebari as Ian Nottingham, Will Yun Lee as Danny Woo, Conrad Dunn as Tommy Gallo, Kenneth Welsh as Joe Siri, and John Hensley as Gabriel Bowman, among others. Although critically acclaimed and popular with audiences, the show was canceled in September 2002; there was speculation that the cancellation was connected to Butler's entering rehab for alcoholism. The series ran for two seasons on TNT, for a total of 24 episodes. The first episode aired June 12, 2001; the last episode aired August 26, 2002. In spite of its cancellation, Witchblade was ranked seventh in the Top 10 Basic Cable Dramas for 2002. According to Top Cow editor Matt Hawkins the Witchblade TV series was cancelled because the lead actress Yancy Butler was an alcoholic and went into rehab – it was and remains the highest rated TV series to be cancelled.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, detective
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Alphas (2011)
Plot Summary:
Five ordinary people with superhuman physical and mental abilities are brought together to form one extraordinary team of Alphas. Operating within the U.S. Department of Defense, the team investigates cases that point to others with Alpha abilities.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, cliffhanger, detective, action adventure, thrilling
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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.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 200000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: light, exciting, motivational, epic, captivating, spectacular, semi serious, humorous, teen comedy
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
Plot Summary:
Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 224000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, intellectual, epic, saga, teen, serious, heroic
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Alias (2001)
Plot Summary:
Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, cliffhanger, heroic, detective, action thriller, action adventure, thrilling, stylized
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Burn Notice (2007)
Plot Summary:
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, detective, political, anime, grindhouse, crime drama
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iZombie (2015)
Plot Summary:
A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve their deaths with help from the Medical examiner and a police detective.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: witty, semi serious, suspenseful, detective, humorous, supernatural thriller, captivating, neo noir, sitcom, horror comedy
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Knight and Day (2010)
Plot Summary:
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 208000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic, exciting, entertaining, funny, light, sexy, action comedy, not serious, absurd, intense
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Get Smart (2008)
Plot Summary:
When the identities of secret agents from Control are compromised, the Chief promotes hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart and teams him with stylish, capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the evil plans of KAOS and its crafty operative?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 226000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, spoof, action comedy, exciting, not serious, hilarious, feel good, spy comedy
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, serious, intense, suspense, entertaining, action adventure, action thriller, clever, political thriller
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Arrow (2012)
Plot Summary:
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 443000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, realistic, stylized, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, spiritual, humorous, epic