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Plot Summary:
A peace that has lasted over 10 000 years - between humans, Yashou and Dixing - is under threat when a series of events start to unfold on the planet of Haixing. Dixing people, who normally lives underground, suddenly start causing trouble on the surface with their special abilities. This is all somehow connected to four ancient holy tools. Zhao Yunlan is the unruly director of the Special Investigation Department (SID) who is put in charge of investigating these unusual cases. When things start happening at the local university a calm and gentle professor by the name of Shen Wei becomes involved with helping SID solve these cases. Not only does Shen Wei agree to help, repeatedly, but he also seems to know more about everything than he lets on. Also working with SID is a leaders from Dixing, the Black Cloaked Envoy, who upholds justice and helps keeping the peace. Although, when a formidable enemy starts moving behind the scenes it becomes harder and harder for SID and their allies to.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, visually appealing, detective, urban fantasy
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Animorphs (1998)
Plot Summary:
Animorphs is a 26-episode television adaptation made by Nickelodeon of the Scholastic book series of the same name. The series was broadcast from September 1998 to March 2000 in the United States and Canada, and in May 2013, reruns began airing on Qubo. The episodes lasted about 30 minutes, had stereo sound, and closed captions.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, epic fantasy
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Vampire Prosecutor (2011)
Plot Summary:
Min Tae Yeon isn't your typical vampire or your typical prosecutor. Rather than drinking blood from innocent strangers, he opts for blood sold on the black market in the posh bars of Seoul. He also has the uncanny ability to tell where the victim of his cases died, and how they died based on their blood's smell and taste. The only person who knows of his secret ability is Detective Hwang Soon Bum. They end up working together in a new joint department between police and prosecutors solving murder cases. They are joined by rookie prosecutor Yoo Jung In, and intern Cho Dong Man. Together, they solve murder cases, and Tae Yeon must use his "powers" to find leads on seemingly unsolvable cases. The one mystery he can't solve is: who was the vampire/serial killer that changed him seven years ago?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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Children of A Lesser God (2018)
Plot Summary:
Kim Dan, a detective who can feel someone’s feelings, past memories and even their deepest secrets, partners with a genius detective Cheon Je-in to investigate a murder case.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, detective series
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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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Alice (2020)
Plot Summary:
It’s the year 2050 and time travel exists thanks to Alice, the mechanism through which the intriguing practice is made possible. But a rumor based on a prophecy beings to spread about time travel coming to an end. When You Min Hyuk and Yoon Tae Yi are sent to the year 1992 to find out about the prophecy, Tae Yi realizes she’s pregnant and decides to stay in the past by herself. She changes her name to Park Sun Young and eventually gives birth to a beautiful son named Park Jin Gyeom, whose mental health suffers due to radiation exposure. Fast forward to the year 2010, and Sun Young is murdered by someone. 10 years after her death, her son Jin Gyeom is on a mission to find who is responsible for his mother’s death. But while searching, he runs into Yoon Tae Yi, a physics professor who looks exactly like this mother. What will become of these individuals caught tragically between time and space?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, tense, intellectual, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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Invisible City (2021)
Plot Summary:
An underground world is inhabited by mythical creatures evolved from a deep lineage of Brazilian folklore. One detective who finds himself caught in a murder investigation that puts him in the middle of a battle between these two worlds.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: awful
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Black (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story of a grim reaper who gets erased from the memories of the world for breaking the rules of heaven and falling in love with a mortal woman after inhabiting a human body.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: gothic, dorama, scary, bleak, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Solomon's Perjury (2016)
Plot Summary:
A male student's body is found at school. Authorities assume that the student killed himself in a fall. Other students at the school hold a trial to uncover the truth behind his death.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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Slasher (2016)
Plot Summary:
Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, anthology, suspenseful, perverse, spooky, suspense, slasher horror, rough, serious
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The Long Night (2020)
Plot Summary:
It was an open shut case with hundred of witnesses seeing the murder suspect trying to dispose of a body and a signed confession from the suspect himself. And yet when the case was ready for court, the prosecutor discovered that the case was not as it appeared. The murder was but a cover for another more shocking injustice. He spent ten years trying to uncover the truth, toiling away his youth, his career, his reputation, his family, and even his life.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 900
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Happy Town (2010)
Plot Summary:
The residents of Haplin, Minnesota - also known as "Happy Town" - have enjoyed an uneasy peace while haunted by a number of unsolved kidnappings. Now facing a disturbing new crime that brings unresolved fears to the surface, Haplin's most prominent citizens come under scrutiny as their own secrets are revealed.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, detective, sweet, offbeat
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The Untamed (2019)
Plot Summary:
In a land dominated by the mighty Wen clan, a young man named Wei Wuxian strikes up an unconventional friendship with justice-loving Lan Wangji. When the duo unexpectedly stumbles across evidence implicating the Wen clan’s chief in a plot to bring mayhem to the inhabitants of their land, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji decide to intervene. However, the pair’s attempts to foil the Wen clan boss’s wicked plans go wrong. In the confusion that follows, Wei Wuxian disappears – with many fearing the worst for him. Sixteen years later, Wei Wuxian returns out of the blue. He is soon reunited with Lan Wangji, just as a spate of mysterious murders has broken out. The duo joins forces once more to investigate, determined not to fail this time… Can the pair get to the bottom of the intrigue? Will they solve the murder cases? And just who is the dastardly secret figure pulling the strings behind the evildoings now blighting the land?.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: yaoi, xianxia, captivating, unusual plot structure, suspense, dorama, visually appealing, queer cinema
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Dublin Murders (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, detective, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense, crime drama, enigmatic, disturbing, psychological thriller
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Chambers (2019)
Plot Summary:
Consumed by the mystery surrounding the donor heart that saved her life, a young patient starts taking on sinister characteristics of the deceased.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, scary, intellectual, cult horror, spooky, teen horror, psychological horror
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Signal (2016)
Plot Summary:
Detectives from the present and a detective from the past communicate via walkie-talkie to solve a long-time unsolved case.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: captivating, detective, touching, suspenseful, dorama, serious, non-linear, romantic drama, suspense, dark
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Frequency (2016)
Plot Summary:
Detective Raimy Sullivan is stunned when a voice suddenly crackles through her father’s old, long-broken ham radio – it’s Frank Sullivan, somehow transmitting over the airwaves and through the decades from 1996. Separated by twenty years, father and daughter have reunited on a frequency only they can hear, but can they rewrite the story of their lives without risking everyone they love?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, detective, suspense, atmospheric, spiritual, sitcom
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Sense8 (2015)
Plot Summary:
One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other's lives, each other's secrets, and in terrible danger. Ordinary people suddenly reborn as "Sensates.".
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 161000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, stylized, serious, erotic, thought provoking, spiritual, inspirational, sexy, intellectual
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Project Blue Book (2019)
Plot Summary:
A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known as “Project Blue Book.”.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, thought provoking, anthology, historical drama, corny
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Torchwood (2006)
Plot Summary:
Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from the 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. Torchwood follows the exploits of a small team of alien hunters, who make up the Cardiff branch of the fictional Torchwood Institute, which deals mainly with incidents involving extraterrestrials.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, captivating, detective, sexy, apocalyptic, thrilling, exciting, odd
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The 4400 (2004)
Plot Summary:
4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained healing touch. A government agency is formed to track the 4400 people after one of them commits a murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, exciting, atmospheric, bad ending, anthology, apocalyptic, spooky
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Manifest (2018)
Plot Summary:
After landing from a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers of Montego Air Flight 828 discover five years have passed in what seemed like a few hours. As their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: mysterious, suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, intense, psychological, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, serious
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Haven (2010)
Plot Summary:
FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, stylized, detective, suspenseful, supernatural thriller, bleak, scary, mystic, grindhouse, spooky
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Heroes (2006)
Plot Summary:
Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 249000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, psychological thriller, intellectual, bad ending, saga, dramatic, apocalyptic, anime, mythical
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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 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
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The Society (2019)
Plot Summary:
When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: suspense, ambiguous ending, mysterious, captivating, emotional, apocalyptic, sitcom, anime, teen, queer cinema
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Fringe (2008)
Plot Summary:
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 254000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, surreal, detective, thrilling, exciting, dramatic, psychological thriller, inspirational
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Forever (2014)
Plot Summary:
Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable immortality. This long life has given Henry remarkable observation skills which impresses his new partner, Detective Jo Martinez. Each week, a new case and their budding friendship will reveal layers of Henry’s long and colorful past. Only his best friend and confidant, Abe knows Henry’s secret.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, captivating, tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, exciting, sad, anime, smart
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Supernatural (2005)
Plot Summary:
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 473000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, serious, rough, dark fantasy, suspense, gothic horror, spooky, funny, romantic
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Stranger Things (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 13000000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, sincere, disturbing, thought provoking, epic, psychological thriller, retro, spectacular