Best tv shows like Cowboy Bebop
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Plot Summary:
A ragtag crew of bounty hunters chases down the galaxy's most dangerous criminals. They'll save the world... for the right price.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: neo noir, anime, captivating, contemplative, exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, epic
Best tv shows and movies like Cowboy Bebop (2021):
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The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
Plot Summary:
Legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand must navigate the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 180000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 38 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, saga, anime, spaghetti western, postmodern, stylized
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Harley Quinn (2015)
Plot Summary:
With Batman and The Joker mysteriously missing from Gotham, Harleen Quinzel struggles to keep her alternate personality Harley Quinn suppressed as she is determined to find her "Mistah J". Meanwhile a new villain looks to take over the Gotham streets in The Jokers absence.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Wild Boys (2011)
Plot Summary:
Wild Boys is an Australian television period drama series that began airing on the Seven Network on 4 September 2011. It is produced by Julie McGauran and Sarah Smith from Southern Star and John Holmes. The series is set in and around the fictional town of Hopetoun and principally filmed in Wilberforce on the Hawkesbury, Nelson, and Glenworth Valley on the New South Wales Central Coast.The series premiered in the UK on TCM UK on 3 March 2013. The series was not renewed after the first season of 13 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Crusade (1999)
Plot Summary:
Crusade is an American spin-off TV show from J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5. Its plot is set in AD 2267, five years after the events of Babylon 5, and just after the movie A Call to Arms. The Drakh have released a nanovirus plague on Earth, which will destroy all life on Earth within five years if it is not stopped. To that end, the Victory class destroyer Excalibur has been sent out to look for anything that could help the search for a cure.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, thrilling, futuristic, exciting, tense, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, gloomy
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Ultraman Ginga (2013)
Plot Summary:
All of the Ultramen and monsters have been turned into figures known as Spark Dolls and became scattered throughout the universe. A young man named Hikaru Raido finds an item called the Ginga Spark which not only allows him to become Ultraman Ginga, but also allows him to Ultraive with the figures to change them to their rightful size and become one with them.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Uchu Sentai Kyuranger (2017)
Plot Summary:
Earth has been taken over by invaders. With the universe under their thrall, the tears of the people awaken the nine ultimate saviors, chosen by the KyuTama, and they are here for the galaxy's salvation. Nine different people with strong personas. The most powerful warriors arrive here and now!.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha
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Ultraman X (2015)
Plot Summary:
A solar flare has awakened Spark Dolls from the depths of the earth and the ocean! Fifteen years later, Daichi Ozora transforms into Ultraman X to battle threats from both aliens and monsters. He is also a member of Xio, a team created to battle the monstrous threats.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, super sentai, anime
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Reprisal (2019)
Plot Summary:
A hyper-noir story that follows a relentless femme fatale who, after being left for dead, sets out to take revenge against her brother and his bombastic gang of gear-heads.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, bloody, captivating, disturbing, exciting, anime
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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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Tribes of Europa (2021)
Plot Summary:
2074. In the wake of a mysterious global disaster, war rages between the Tribes that have emerged from the wreckage of Europe. Three siblings from the peaceful Origine tribe are separated and forced to forge their own paths in an action-packed fight for the future of this new Europa.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting, tense, suspense, disturbing, contemplative
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Farscape (1999)
Plot Summary:
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: futuristic, serious, exciting, bleak, cliffhanger, funny, retro, uplifting, mysterious, apocalyptic
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Firefly (2002)
Plot Summary:
Firefly is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 278000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 616 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, witty, futuristic, neo western, clever, epic, apocalyptic, cult classic, cliffhanger
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Stargate Atlantis (2004)
Plot Summary:
With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to contact Earth, but their explorations unexpectedly reawaken the Ancients' deadly enemies, The Wraith, who hunger for this new prey. Now with the help of newfound local allies like Teyla Emmagan, the Atlantis Team sets about to uncover their new home's secrets even as their war of survival against the Wraith begins.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, epic, action adventure, funny, saga, thrilling, serious, suspenseful
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Amazon Riders (2016)
Plot Summary:
The series revolves around a race of genetically-engineered mutants known as Amazons, around four thousand of which are set loose into a city after a mysterious lab accident. Though normally able to mimic humans and live peaceful lives, the Amazons transform into ravenous flesh-eating monsters when the medicinal suppressant within their armlets runs out after two to three years.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, scary, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, contemplative, anime, psychological
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Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (2012)
Plot Summary:
New A.D. 2012. VAGLASS aims to threaten the city by stealing the Enetron which is a new power source supporting people’s life. GO-BUSTERS will protect the city with their partners, Buddy Roids.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, humorous, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha, detective
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The Punisher (2017)
Plot Summary:
A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 258000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: brutal, exciting, tense, disturbing, suspense, harsh, intense, suspenseful, bloody, humorous
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Into the Badlands (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a land controlled by feudal barons, a great warrior and a young boy embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment. A genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, stylized, suspenseful, apocalyptic, scenic, action packed, action adventure, mind blowing
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The Mandalorian (2019)
Plot Summary:
Plot under wraps.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 570000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, action adventure, suspenseful, enigmatic, retro, atmospheric, epic, serious, saga
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Kamen Rider Zi-O (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the fall of 2018, a time machine appears before a hero born in the year 2000. The hero has always dreamed of becoming a king. A mysterious girl appears from the time machine, telling the hero “I come from the year 2068, a world without hope where the king of demons reigns supreme.” The girl has come from the future in a desperate effort to change her own time. The girl then gives the hero an ominous warning “You will become Kamen Rider Zi-O, King of Time, the demon destined to rule the world.” Can this really be the hero’s fate? This is the story of a Kamen Rider who would be king, who will fight to save the past, present, and future, encountering the various Heisei Kamen Riders throughout space-time.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, super sentai
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Ressha Sentai ToQger (2014)
Plot Summary:
The evil empire, Shadow Line appeared to cover the world in darkness. Five childhood friends who have a great Imagination were selected as ToQger to fight the Shadow Line.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha, humorous, fun
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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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Ultraman Z (2020)
Plot Summary:
The newest Ultra Hero is Ultraman Zett, the disciple of Ultraman Zero, who is now celebrating his tenth anniversary! An admirer of Zero, Zett worked hard to become a member of the “Inter Galactic Defense Force.” With a passion inherited from his teacher Zero, Zett is an Ultraman who always looks forward and forges ahead.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, super sentai, mecha
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Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger vs Keisatsu Sentai Patranger (2018)
Plot Summary:
The Lupin Collection, a vast ensemble of dangerous items acquired by the legendary gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, was stolen by an interdimensional crime syndicate known as Gangler. The Gangler receive opposition from two Super Sentai teams: one being the Lupinrangers who aim to steal back the collection to not only live up their namesake's reputation but also wish back those they have lost. The other team are Patrangers, tasked to uphold justice by retrieving the collection and taking down the members of Gangler. Both teams fight not only the Gangler, but each other, in order to collect the pieces of the Lupin Collection.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha
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Kamen Rider Build (2017)
Plot Summary:
Kamen Rider Build: Transformation Lessons ~The Laws Of Transformation Are Set!~ is a web-exclusive series of Kamen Rider Build, which is released on Bandai JP's official YouTube channel, accompanying the airing of the main series' episode.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, contemplative, super sentai
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Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger (2016)
Plot Summary:
The human world is attacked by the space outlaw group “Dethgalien” who have chosen the Earth to be the site of their 100th Blood Game. One human and 4 anthropomorphic animal race “Zyuman” awaken their instincts to become ZYUOHGER and fight to protect all living things.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha, wild
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Shuriken Sentai Ninninger (2015)
Plot Summary:
The evil warload Gengetsu Kibaoni was defeated 444 years ago by the Last Ninja, the head of the Igasaki Family. In 2015, Kibaoni Army start building up the empire again and try to revive him. 5 Ninjas transform into NINNINGER and fight to prevent the revival of Gengetsu Kibaoni.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha
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Ultraman Geed (2017)
Plot Summary:
After escaping from the raid of giant monster Skull Gomora, Riku Asakura and his partner Pega stumbled upon a secret base lied 500 m underground. Given the Geed Riser and Ultra Capsules by operating system Rem, he transforms into Ultraman Geed and becomes a hero that his childhood inspired.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, super sentai
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Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Deboth Army who invaded the Earth in the time of the dinosaurs has revived. Wise God Torin selects 5 brave individuals who can defeat their respective Zyudenryu and give the powers to become the “People of the Strong Dragons”, KYORYUGER.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha
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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
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Peacemaker (2022)
Plot Summary:
The continuing story of Peacemaker – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it – in the aftermath of the events of “The Suicide Squad.”.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, anime, funny, epic, tense, humorous, suspense, exciting, captivating, queer cinema