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Plot Summary:
Two teenagers from very different backgrounds awaken to newly acquired superpowers which mysteriously link them to one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, bleak, anime
Best tv shows and movies like Cloak & Dagger (2018):
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Impulse (2018)
Plot Summary:
Follow 16-year-old Henrietta, aka Henry, who discovers she has the ability to teleport. The first time she realizes this, she is in a truck with her high school’s Golden Boy, who tries to rape her.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sexual, sexy, captivating, lyrical, suspense, bleak, controversial, ambiguous ending
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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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Marvel's Inhumans (2017)
Plot Summary:
After the Royal Family of Inhumans is splintered by a military coup, they barely escape to Hawaii where their surprising interactions with the lush world and humanity around them may prove to not only save them, but Earth itself.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, entertaining, saga, tense
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The Bionic Woman (1976)
Plot Summary:
After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, retro, captivating, suspense, vintage
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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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The Thundermans (2013)
Plot Summary:
Meet The Thundermans, a typical suburban family that happens to have astounding superpowers. At the center of the action are the 14-year-old Thunderman twins, who share the same bathroom, the same school, and the same annoying little siblings. Their only difference? The sister is a super student with a super sunny disposition who super looks forward to being a superhero someday, and her twin brother is a super villain.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, humorous, sitcom, exciting, captivating, semi serious, sincere, teen comedy, nostalgic
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Smallville (2001)
Plot Summary:
Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. It is based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series follows the adventures of Clark Kent, who resides in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas, during the years before he becomes Superman. The first four seasons focus on Clark and his friends' high school years. After season five, the show ventured into more adult settings, eventually focusing on his career at the Daily Planet, as well as introducing other DC comic book superheroes and villains.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 136000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, entertaining, exciting, captivating, epic, bad ending, saga, juvenile, teen, sensitive
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Agent Carter (2015)
Plot Summary:
It's 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Howard Stark all while trying to navigate life as a single woman in America, in the wake of losing the love of her life - Steve Rogers.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: semi serious, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, saga, detective, period piece, deep, fast
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Batwoman (2019)
Plot Summary:
Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate Kane soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city’s criminal resurgence. But don’t call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: non-linear, tense, humorous, anime, action adventure, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir, black cinema
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Marvel's Runaways (2017)
Plot Summary:
Every teenager thinks their parents are evil. What if you found out they actually were? Six diverse teenagers who can barely stand each other must unite against a common foe – their parents.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, tense, futuristic, queer cinema
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Raising Dion (2019)
Plot Summary:
A widowed mom sets out to solve the mystery surrounding her young son's emerging superpowers while keeping his extraordinary gifts under wraps.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, atmospheric, scenic, colorful, children's program, colourful
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DC's Stargirl (2020)
Plot Summary:
Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 566 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, light, talky, anime
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DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016)
Plot Summary:
When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: captivating, humorous, exciting, sad, absurd, entertaining, stylized, queer cinema, campy
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Krypton (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, non-linear, anime, talky, interesting
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Supergirl (2015)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, humorous, sad, saga, emotional, serious, entertaining, light
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Helstrom (2020)
Plot Summary:
Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity — each with their attitude and skills.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: suspense, dark, suspenseful, semi serious, anime
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Ms. Marvel (2022)
Plot Summary:
A great student, avid gamer, and voracious fan-fic scribe, Kamala Khan has a special affinity for Super Heroes, particularly Captain Marvel. However, she struggles to fit in at home and at school — that is, until she gets super powers like the heroes she’s always looked up to. Life is easier with super powers, right?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 271 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, contemplative, teen comedy
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The Tomorrow People (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, teen
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Wynonna Earp (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based on the IDW Comic, Wynonna Earp follows Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter as she battles demons and other creatures. With her unique abilities, and a posse of dysfunctional allies, she's the only thing that can bring the paranormal to justice.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, enigmatic, deep, dark, neo western, supernatural thriller, not serious, dark fantasy, wild
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The Gifted (2017)
Plot Summary:
A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, stylized, spiritual, anime
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Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015)
Plot Summary:
After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 224000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, neo noir, realistic, semi serious, stylized, bleak, detective, psychological thriller, sexy
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Powers (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, are assigned to investigate cases involving people with superhuman abilities, referred to as “Powers.” Set amidst today’s paparazzi culture, Powers asks the questions, what if the world was full of superheroes who aren't actually heroic at all? What if all that power was just one more excuse for mischief, mayhem, murder, and endorsement deals?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, scenic, detective, serious, suspenseful
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Jupiter's Legacy (2021)
Plot Summary:
As the world's first generation of superheroes (who received their powers in the 1930s) become the revered elder guard in the present, their superpowered children struggle to live up to the legendary feats of their parents.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, tense, captivating, anime, psychological, epic
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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
Plot Summary:
Jennifer Walters navigates the complicated life of a single, 30-something attorney who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered hulk.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 186000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 289 min
Plot tags: captivating, humorous, entertaining, tense, anime, campy
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Titans (2018)
Plot Summary:
A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, captivating, action adventure, suspenseful, anime, bleak, sad, teen, spectacular
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Birds of Prey (2002)
Plot Summary:
Huntress, Dinah, Oracle are determined to carry on Batman's fight for justice against the ruthless criminals of New Gotham City.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, exciting, epic, neo noir, heroic, anime, thrilling, black comedy
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
Plot Summary:
TV series centering on Marvel Cinematic Universe characters Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 246000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 300 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, epic, political, spectacular, buddy comedy
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The Flash (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen guardian angel. Though initially excited by his newfound powers, Barry is shocked to discover he is not the only "meta-human" who was created in the wake of the accelerator explosion -- and not everyone is using their new powers for good. Barry partners with S.T.A.R. Labs and dedicates his life to protect the innocent. For now, only a few close friends and associates know that Barry is literally the fastest man alive, but it won't be long before the world learns what Barry Allen has become...The Flash.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 365000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, thought provoking, humorous, epic, saga, action adventure, fast, serious, surprise ending
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WandaVision (2021)
Plot Summary:
Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 360000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 350 min
Plot tags: sitcom, exciting, funny, epic, captivating, entertaining, atmospheric, satirical, saga, surreal
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The Umbrella Academy (2019)
Plot Summary:
A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 268000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, anime, disturbing, funny, atmospheric, offbeat, feel good