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Plot Summary:
A group of unique characters from dramatically different socio-cultural backgrounds meeting in startling circumstances in the vibrant and colorful city of Istanbul, - some by chance and some by force of will.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating
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Container (2021)
Plot Summary:
Sasha makes her living as a professional surrogate mother. Contrary to the usual practice, she moves in with her new customers until the baby is born. She finds herself in a different world - in the house of rich government official Vadim and his wife Marina. For them, Sasha is merely a "container" - their new toy. But what was intended as a safe way of caring for the future child turns out to be a test for everyone involved. Behind the luxurious facade of the elite hides unsightly secrets. And Sasha has a secret of her own. Container was selected by 2021 MIP Drama Awards, the annual premium drama showcase offering international buyers an exclusive first-look at a curated selection of the most anticipated series in production around the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: captivating, cynical, suspense, ambiguous ending, twist ending
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Istanbul Tales (2005)
Plot Summary:
Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, touching, serious, captivating, anthology, art house, offbeat, realistic
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The Little Nyonya (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1930s, the drama spans across several generations of a wealthy Straits-born Chinese family in Malacca, and revolves around the feuds surrounding it. Yue Niang, a strong-willed Nyonya refuses to be consigned to her lowborn status in life and sets out to change her destiny, eventually succeeding as a businesswoman.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Rose and the Thorn (2004)
Plot Summary:
Events occurred in Turkey in late seventies and early eighties.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, saga
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Apple Tree Yard (2017)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Yvonne Carmichael has a high-flying career, a beautiful home, and a loving family. But appearances can be deceptive, and when she is approached by a charismatic stranger, she soon finds herself taking risks that she had never dreamt of before.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 223 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, touching, captivating, psychological thriller, art house
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We Are the Wave (2019)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious classmate leads four idealistic teens in a revolt against a rising tide of nationalistic fervor, but their movement takes a dark turn.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, intellectual
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Baron noir (2016)
Plot Summary:
In a tale of epic scale, French politician Philippe Rickwaert thirsts for revenge against his political enemies. Philippe’s political career is in shambles after he is sacrificed by the presidential candidate from the Left, Francis Laugier, in order to save his election. Step by step, Philippe plots against him and forges an alliance with his closest advisor, Amélie Dorendeu.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: political, psychological, serious, suspense, realistic
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A Lifelong Journey (2022)
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IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, political
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Hollington Drive (2021)
Plot Summary:
A four-part thriller that focuses on the lives of sisters Theresa and Helen after a kid in their neighbourhood goes missing.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Clique (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the first year of uni, childhood best friends Holly and Georgia find themselves drawn to an elite clique. When Holly begins to suspect darkness lurks beneath the glamour, she will do anything to save her soulmate.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological thriller, psychological
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Overcoming heartbreak (2020)
Plot Summary:
Four women of different ages and social strata are forced to live together under the same roof. At first, the coexistence between them is complicated and tense due to their different visions and ways of facing life, but little by little the sisterhood and solidarity prevail when realizing the peculiar bond that exists between them: each one has suffered, in one or otherwise, the absence and abandonment of their respective partners.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, soap opera, telenovela
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Drama Special (2010)
Plot Summary:
Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Wounded Birds (2019)
Plot Summary:
A Story of a brother, sister and her love, protecting them from every evil. Every character have wounded feeling. How life give them suffering and the solution itself.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Secrets She Keeps (2020)
Plot Summary:
In an affluent Sydney suburb, two women have a chance encounter in a supermarket. They are the same age, both heavily pregnant and due at the same time. Meghan is a glamorous influencer on the rise, with an ambitious television sports reporter husband Jack, while Agatha works in the supermarket as a shelf stacker. Although they live near each other, the two women’s lives could not be more different…Both women have secrets. And both will risk everything to conceal the truth. But their worlds are about to collide in one shocking act that cannot be undone.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing, complex
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A Mother's Son (2012)
Plot Summary:
A mother suspects that her son could be the killer of a recently found dead girl, and becomes caught in a torturous dilemma of whether to denounce him, or protect him and hide the act.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspense, psychological, captivating, gloomy, psychological thriller
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New World (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in the city of Beiping during the 22 days before the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 is a story about the drastic changes in the lives of three brothers Jin Hai, Tie Lin, and Xu Tian as well as a romance between Xu Tian and Tian Dan. In investigating the murder that claimed the life of his fiancee, policeman Xu Tian starts on a trail that will eventually lead to his involvement in the liberation of Beiping. Jin Hai, Tie Lin, and Xu Tian are three friends who are as close as brothers. In the face of historic changes and conflicting beliefs, they make choices that take them on diverging paths. Xu Tian and communist member Tian Dan meet during their lowest moments and find a common goal that brings them together.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Inhuman Resources (2020)
Plot Summary:
Alain Delambre, unemployed and 57, is lured by an attractive job opening. But things get ugly when he realizes he’s a pawn in a cruel corporate game.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, intellectual
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Phoenixsee (2016)
Plot Summary:
At Phoenixsee, an artificial lake in the southern part of Dortmunds, two worlds collide between modern apartments for the rich while the old-established working class is living just a few blocks away. The newly-rich Hansmann family just moved here from Düsseldorf while the Neuraths have been living in Dortmund for their whole life. As their children are attending the same school and play in the same soccer team, the families and their problems become entangled.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Undercover (2021)
Plot Summary:
“Undercover” depicts the story of Han Jung Hyun, who has been hiding his identity for a long time, and Choi Yeon Soo, a human rights lawyer who becomes the first head of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to fight for justice.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Ordinary World (2015)
Plot Summary:
A TV serialization of the classic Chinese novel 'Ordinary World'.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating
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The Londoners (2008)
Plot Summary:
Londyńczycy is a Polish TV drama series about Polish immigrants in London, aired on TVP 1 since late 2008. It is currently aired on Community Channel. The title music for the series is the Robbie Williams song "Supreme".
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, soap opera
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I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kaseifu no Mita is a 2011 Japanese television drama series. The story revolves around a family who is grieving over their mother's recent suicide. They hired Mita as a housekeeper to upkeep the house, which has been thrown into disarray. Mita, who is played by actress Nanako Matsushima, will do anything that her employer orders her to do, except smiling or revealing her past.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Second Avenue (2007)
Plot Summary:
Andra Avenyn was a Swedish drama series and soap opera, produced by SVT and broadcast from 2007 to 2010.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, soap opera
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A Family Story (2019)
Plot Summary:
Four people born on the same day. All four are about to live the most important day of their lives. While Cem is preparing to celebrate his birthday with his wife, Reyhan, Reyhan's birth pains begin. Even though there is a risky birth, they believe that everything will go well until the last moment and that they will take their babies. But life has a different plan for them. For five years, Berk has been the advertising face of a big brand. He finally gets a chance to play in a good movie, but can't get permission from his producer. Now there is an important way of separation. Either everything will continue as before, or Berk will choose the freedom and pay the price. Living in peace with his wife and children, Mahur has a secret. He's been trying to find his biological father for a while. He will get the good news on his birthday. But the fact that he meets his father when he meets will greatly disappoint him. Beste, who has been in trouble with her kilos since her childhood, makes a new decision on her thirty-fifth birthday. To date, life has not gone as hoped and it is time to take on the reins. She will weaken at any cost. Nothing can hold her in the way. No matter what happens to these five people, there is something they know; Beauty will save the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Kuzey Guney (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kuzey Güney is a spin-off Turkish television drama series of 1976 American television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man. The scenarists are Ece Yörenç and Melek Gençoğlu. The series stars Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as Kuzey Tekinoğlu, a restless son of an Istanbul baker, who comes back from prison four years after he admits to a crime his brother, Güney, committed. The series is broadcast in the Turkey on the popular Kanal D channel, and is produced by Ay Yapım. It premiered on September 7, 2011 and was among Turkey's four most popular TV shows, after Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Adını Feriha Koydum, Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki and Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? being the most successful one. Kuzey Güney has been aired every Wednesday evening at 8 pm on Kanal D. But starting from Episode 61, airs on the same day at 10 pm. After two long seasons and 80 episodes Kuzey Güney came to an end on 26 June.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, tense, surprise ending
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Jin (2013)
Plot Summary:
A bitter conflict has raged between guerrillas and the army in Turkey's Kurdish regions for over 30 years. Large expanses have now become war zones. Countless young people have lost their lives to the conflict. This dangerous but incredibly beautiful mountainous country is home to 17-year-old Jîn. But she is no longer safe since she secretly stole away from a group of rebels with whom she was fighting. Now she wanders the picturesque landscape alone, caught between two fronts. All of a sudden, the sound of gunfire and explosions rend the air above the untouched natural scenery. Attack is threatened from all sides. Desperate to find peace, Jîn decides to escape to another part of the country – an impossible plan, since the military is omnipresent and there are road blocks everywhere. As a Kurd without identity papers she risks arrest at every turn. In addition, as a woman with no family to shield her, many men will see her as fair game. But her courage is unbroken.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The return of Lucas (2016)
Plot Summary:
The return of Lucas tells the story of a well-off family who loses his eldest son, Lucas, 4 years old on the beach. Elena, his mother, is obsessed with finding him because he feels he is alive and never stops looking for him, neglecting his other children, Catalina and Juan, and her husband, Reynaldo, who took charge of the family and the company. After 20 years of the disappearance of Lucas, a photo of his son arrives at the mother's hands. A new track to follow that renews Elena's hopes of finding her son. Until one day, a young man shows up at the house of the Diaz Ayala family claiming to be Lucas. Will he be his lost son?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Peru
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, telenovela
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Bloodline (2015)
Plot Summary:
A dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of their Florida Keys community. But when the black sheep son comes home for the 45th anniversary of his parents' hotel, he threatens to expose the Rayburns' dark secrets and shameful past, pushing his siblings to the limits of family loyalty.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, psychological, serious, tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir
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Fatma (2021)
Plot Summary:
Reeling from tragedy, a nondescript house cleaner embarks on a murderous streak as she searches for her missing husband and reckons with old wounds.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Good and Evil (2009)
Plot Summary:
Il bene e il male is an Italian television series.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, poliziottesco