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Plot Summary:
A 17-year-old boy, known only as HIM, caught in the limbo between childhood and adulthood is also trapped in a limbo between the two homes of his divorced parents, each now remarried with new families. Like most boys he finds it hard to process his feelings so tends to “act out”. But his behaviour is also triggered by something else - his primal struggle to contain the terrifying secret of a supernatural power he inherited from his grandfather. A power that only his ageing grandmother understands, who urges him to use his gift only for ‘good’ for she knows if he doesn’t it could end in tragedy. .
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 675
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Age Before Beauty (2018)
Plot Summary:
Bel, after spending the past 18 years as a homemaker, steps in to save the family business in a failing family run beauty salon in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Family feuds and bitter rivalries, professional and personal, escalate in the salon amongst the Botox, fillers and facelifts.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags:
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The Days (2004)
Plot Summary:
The Days is a 2004 ABC television series. Each episode chronicles 24 hours in the lives of the members of the fictional Day family. The series was produced for ABC by MindShare Worldwide, a GroupM media agency within WPP Group that financed the series in exchange for ABC advertising time.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 81%
Life (2020)
Plot Summary:
Follow the lives and woes of the residents of a Manchester house divided into four different flats. Gemma Foster's neighbour, Emma, now goes by the name of Belle, looking to start a new life. Three other interconnected stories tell a tale of love, loss, birth, death, the ordinary, the extraordinary, and everything in between.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 355 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, lyrical, non-linear
Similar in 77%
Father's Day (2019)
Plot Summary:
The miniseries follows the battle between two parents, Dimo and Kalina, for custody of their son Bobby. The story reveals the trauma that family problems and divorce cause to children.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, suspense
Similar in 76%
The Protected: The Return (2021)
Plot Summary:
It's been ten years since the Castillo Rey family had a happy ending. But life goes on and time, destiny and an unknown event tore them apart. Now, a serious threat is on them, which will lead them to a new mission and a unforgettable reunion.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
Similar in 89%
Zac & Mia (2017)
Plot Summary:
"Zac and Mia", based on the novel by A.J. Betts, about 2 teens battling cancer in the same hospital. In the real world, Zac and Mia would have pretty much nothing in common, but in the hospital, where they're the only 2 teens on the ward, they develop an unbreakable bond. If cancer is the variable that changed everything, the only constant is their ever-deepening need for one another.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 87%
Weirdsister College (2001)
Plot Summary:
As a follow-up to The Worst Witch serial, we follow Mildred Hubble in her first year at Weirdsister College, a university for students of magic. Similar to her adventures at Cackle's, Mildred usually messes up, but saves the day in the end. The series has a darker side than The Worst Witch, with evil creatures and a possible doomsday.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 318 min
Plot tags: captivating
Similar in 88%
The Others (2019)
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
Similar in 76%
We Were Tomorrow (2024)
Plot Summary:
How many lifetimes will alter tomorrow? In attempt to salvage humanity, alchemists relocate a small group to an alternative world and grant them three lifetimes to restart the population. Now, after only a few centuries, those in the new world face annihilation faster than those in the world they left behind. Tattooed with the key to escape, twin siblings Noah and Evelyn, battle through three vastly alternate lifetimes, to reconnect with their matches William and Siena, before time, an immortal hunter Cain, or the world, robs them of their last chance.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, contemplative
Similar in 86%
The Ghosts of Adly Allam (2017)
Plot Summary:
The series revolves around Adly Allam, an employee in the National Library, he loves reading and culture, and lives with his grumpy wife Hayat, and her brother Araby under one roof. A demon called Sala appears to him , asking him to be in his life in exchange of changing his life for the better.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 87%
Diary of a Night Watchman (2014)
Plot Summary:
Being able to see ghosts and other supernatural spirits is a heavy responsibility. Prince Lee Rin (Jung Il Woo), like his father before him, discovers that he has the ability to see ghosts and other supernatural beings. Armed with his newfound abilities, Lee Rin becomes the leader of a group of night watchmen who patrol the streets from dusk to dawn to protect the people of the Chosun Dynasty against evil spirits. Moo Seok (Jung Yun Ho) is the best swordsman in the land who is the prince’s trusty bodyguard. But their loyalties will be tested when they both fall in love with the same woman – Do Ha (Go Sung Hee), the successor of the Ma Go tribe who seeks their help to protect the Baek Do mountain’s spirits. But Park Soo Ryun (Seo Ye Ji), the daughter of a court officer, will stop at nothing to marry Prince Lee Rin. “The Night Watchman,” also known as "Diary of a Night Watchman,".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
Similar in 79%
Double Life (2010)
Plot Summary:
Amanda and Alex have a fling going on as they find out that their parents are getting a divorce. To complicate things, Amanda's father has met a new woman and that woman is... Alex's mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating
Similar in 85%
Night and Day (2001)
Plot Summary:
Night and Day is a British soap opera which was produced by Granada Television for LWT and ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. Its theme-song, "Always & Forever", was sung by Kylie Minogue.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: sitcom, psychological, sincere, captivating, soap opera
Similar in 88%
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
Similar in 79%
A Christmas Carol (2019)
Plot Summary:
London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, sincere, serious, captivating, suspenseful, anthology, fairy tale, psychological, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 90%
Siren (2018)
Plot Summary:
The coastal town of Bristol Cove is known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival of a mysterious girl proves this folklore all too true, the battle between man and sea takes a very vicious turn as these predatory beings return to reclaim their right to the ocean.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, grindhouse, bleak, queer cinema
Similar in 85%
32 Brinkburn Street (2011)
Plot Summary:
Drama moving between the lives, loves and lies of two generations of the same family who live at 32 Brinkburn Street in 1931 and 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, serious, sentimental, suspense, period drama
Similar in 89%
Vampire High (2001)
Plot Summary:
Vampire High is a Canadian TV series which originally aired from 2001 to 2002. The show centered on a group of young vampires subjected to a daring experiment by the "Elders": taken in by a boarding school that also housed mortal teenagers, with the intent of civilizing the vampires. Many problems faced the students on both the day and night curriculum, including typical teen issues of love, friends and enemies. Professor Murdoch was on hand to help them along with their school work, but he too had problems that could put the lives of the teens in mortal danger. During YTV airs episode fourteen, "Odd Man Out", the series made its debut in the USA on The WB Television Network on January 7, 2002 with the episode "Rules Are Rules", and ended on May 27, 2002 with the hour-long special, "Both Sides Now / Sunrise".
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, touching, gothic, slasher
Similar in 84%
The Light in Your Eyes (2019)
Plot Summary:
Time manipulation comes with a steep price for a young woman, who becomes 78 years old overnight after using a mysterious watch.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, dorama
Similar in 88%
Eastwick (2009)
Plot Summary:
Eastwick is a 2009 television series based on John Updike's novel The Witches of Eastwick. The series was developed by Maggie Friedman, and starred Paul Gross as the infamous Darryl Van Horne, alongside Jaime Ray Newman, Lindsay Price, and Rebecca Romijn as the eponymous witches.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, captivating, semi serious, bad ending, offbeat, humorous
Similar in 90%
The Little House (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Little House is a drama series based on the novel by Philippa Gregory. The drama follows the story of Ruth, who is married to career minded Patrick and is pushed towards the limits of her own sanity when she becomes entangled in the lives of her wealthy but interfering in-laws Elizabeth and Frederick. After falling unexpectedly pregnant, Ruth finds herself swept along on a tide of apparently well-intentioned family gestures which leave the previously independent school teacher detached from her former city life and living in ‘the little house’ at the end of her in-laws’ driveway.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: realistic, psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful
Similar in 76%
Being Human (2008)
Plot Summary:
The central premise of Being Human is that various types of supernatural beings exist alongside human beings, with varying degrees of menace; that three of these supernatural beings are opting to live amongst human beings rather than apart from them; and that these three characters are attempting (as much as is possible) to live ordinary human lives despite the pressures and dangers of their situations. They are constantly threatened with exposure or persecution, with pressure from other supernatural creatures, and with problems caused by their attempts to deal with their own natures.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: scary, semi serious, captivating, suspenseful, sexy, gothic, twist ending, spooky, humorous, offbeat
Similar in 80%
Immortals (2018)
Plot Summary:
Driven by revenge, human-turned-vampire Mia sets out to vanquish Dmitry, a ruthless vampire leader who seeks an artifact that grants immortality.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, urban fantasy
Similar in 83%
Believe (2014)
Plot Summary:
Believe is about an unlikely relationship between a gifted young girl and a man sprung from prison who has been tasked with protecting her from the evil elements that hunt her power.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, spooky, stylized
Similar in 89%
The Order (2019)
Plot Summary:
Out to avenge his mother's death, a college student pledges a secret order and lands in a war between werewolves and practitioners of dark magic.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, mythical, supernatural thriller, spooky, teen horror, urban fantasy
Similar in 81%
Butterfly (2018)
Plot Summary:
From a young age, 11-year-old, Max, has identified as a girl and as puberty looms, she begins to present increasing signs of gender variance. When Max was eight, her father, Stephen, left the family home. But as Max’s conviction that she’s in the wrong body intensifies, her distress escalates, and Stephen seizes the opportunity to return to live at the family home and support his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Similar in 80%
Warrior Nun (2020)
Plot Summary:
A 19-year-old orphan named Ava wakes up in a morgue with a new lease on life and a divine artifact embedded in her back. She discovers she is now part of an ancient order that has been tasked with fighting demons on Earth, and powerful forces representing both heaven and hell want to find and control her.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: scenic, unusual plot structure, captivating, exciting, surprise ending, atmospheric, demonic, epic fantasy, twist ending, urban fantasy
Similar in 78%
Ghost Whisperer (2005)
Plot Summary:
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, 'but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing.' Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over. The sentimental drama is 'inspired by the work of medium James Van Praagh.'.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, atmospheric, serious, spiritual, dread, thrilling, suspenseful, whimsical, nostalgic
Similar in 82%
The Listener (2009)
Plot Summary:
Toby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really knew his parents and grew up in foster care, this coupled with his secret, which he shares with no one, has made him a bit of a loner. Until now, Toby has kept his ability hidden, exploring its possibilities only with his long time mentor and confidante Dr. Ray Mercer.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, serious, emotional, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 87%
Midnight, Texas (2017)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to a place where being normal is really quite strange. In a remote Texas town no one is who they seem. From vampires and witches to psychics and hit men, Midnight is a mysterious safe haven for those who are different. As the town members fight off outside pressures from rowdy biker gangs, ever-suspicious cops and their own dangerous pasts, they band together and form a strong and unlikely family.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: mystical, romantic, disturbing, sentimental, captivating, gothic, dark