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Plot Summary:
Thousands of dead people have risen from their graves and nearly destroyed Britain. A cure has been found - but can the treated zombies be rehabilitated back into living society?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: captivating, atmospheric, bleak, melancholic, apocalyptic, anthology, mind blowing, serious, stylized, teen horror
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Merli: Dare to Know (2019)
Plot Summary:
The series is a sequel and spin-off of the Merlí series broadcast by Catalan channel TV3, and revolves around Pol Rubio (Carlos Cuevas), who enters university to follow in the footsteps of his idolized professor at high school, Merlí.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, contemplative, queer cinema
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I'm Fine (2016)
Plot Summary:
Cute, 20-something Nate isn’t hurting for dates. Even his best friend Jeff confesses his feelings in a moment of drunken vulnerability. Nate, though, is still hopelessly obsessed with his ex-boyfriend Joey. Poignant and funny, this brand-new Dekkoo-original series follows Nate as he tries to find closure and break himself out of romantic purgatory.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 10 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, humorous, melancholic, gay cinema
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Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (2017)
Plot Summary:
One day while returning home to stay with his widowed twin sister and her daughter, Kevin Finn, a self-centered man whose life brings him more trouble than he bargained for, is recruited by a celestial being named Yvette, who enlists Kevin with a new purpose in his life, which is to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: funny, sincere, captivating, uplifting, colorful, spiritual, apocalyptic, colourful
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Cucumber (2015)
Plot Summary:
Original drama series from Russell T Davies exploring the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life, beginning with the most disastrous date night in history.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, psychological, emotional, erotic, sensual, serious, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Shed of the Dead (2019)
Plot Summary:
Trevor is 'between jobs'. He spends his days avoiding his nagging heifer of a wife by hiding out in his allotment shed and painting figurines for his wargames with his agoraphobic friend, Graham, and dreaming of his heroic alter-ego, the battle mage Casimir the Destroyer. When Mr Parsons, one of the other allotment tenants, petitions to have Trevor removed from his disgrace of a plot (he's not there to grow stuff!) an argument ensues that leaves Trevor with a corpse to hide. Unfortunately, this untimely accident coincides with the zombie apocalypse and Mr Parsons' return is just the beginnings of Trevor's problems. More pressing is whether or not he should try and save his wife and her beautiful best friend, who both he and Graham have a thing for.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: bleak, captivating, suspenseful, tense, horror comedy, retro, psychotronic
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Zombieworld (2015)
Plot Summary:
There is nowhere to hide...nowhere to run...the Zombie Apocalypse has come, and our world now belongs to the dead! From Ireland, Canada, Australia, Europe and all over the U.S., the bone-chilling news reports tell the same gruesome tale - walking corpses terrorize and devour the living. Only a few desperate humans find the courage to stand and fight for their last chance at survival. But the hordes of undead keep coming, and there's only one thing on the menu - us.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 944
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, anthology, humorous, psychotronic, scary, captivating, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, dark fairy tale
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Reality Z (2020)
Plot Summary:
A zombie apocalypse that imprisons participants and producers of a reality show called Olimpo, The House of the Gods. The studio becomes a shelter for those who seek salvation in Rio de Janeiro where chaos and hopelessness begin to rule.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, apocalyptic
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Zombie World 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Zombies are back in this highly anticipated sequel to 2015’s popular Zombieworld. In the wake of a terrible virus that claimed most of the human population, zombies have risen. As the undead take control of Earth and grow in numbers, the remaining survivors struggle to save themselves and their planet from total annihilation in this unique horror anthology produced by the twisted mind of DreadCentral’s Steve Barton and Miguel Rodriguez. Welcome to Zombieworld!.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, anthology, psychotronic
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The Real O'Neals (2016)
Plot Summary:
A contemporary take on a seemingly perfect Catholic family, whose lives take an unexpected turn when surprising truths are revealed. Instead of ruining their family, the honesty triggers a new, messier chapter where everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, visually appealing, queer cinema
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The Dead 2: India (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Sequel to the Ford brothers The Dead. The action moves to India.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, rough, bleak, scary, atmospheric, apocalyptic
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Love, Victor (2020)
Plot Summary:
Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him navigate the ups and downs of high school.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, captivating, light, saga, sweet, gay cinema, queer cinema, teen comedy
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Hex (2004)
Plot Summary:
Hex is a British television programme developed by Shine Limited and aired on the Sky One satellite channel. The story is set in a remote English boarding school with a mysterious past. Series one explores the supernatural relationship between a Fallen Angel named Azazeal and a student called Cassie who is also a witch. In the second series the story centres around 500 year old anointed one Ella Dee, and Azazeal's son Malachi. Both series of the show are currently available on Region 2 DVD, with the first series released on Region 1 DVD in June 2007. The show was cancelled in April 2006 after the end of the second series. The programme premiered in the United States on BBC America, sometime after, dividing the episodes into two equally long series for American viewers. Series 1 aired in the summer of 2006, while series 2 aired in the summer of 2007.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: satanic, atmospheric, enigmatic, scary, suspenseful, semi serious, biblical, queer cinema, tragic
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Beautiful People (2008)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful People is a British comedy drama television series based on the memoirs of Barneys creative director Simon Doonan. The series takes place in Reading, Berkshire, in 1997, where thirteen-year-old Simon Doonan and his best friend Kylie dream of escaping their dreary suburban surroundings and moving to cosmopolitan London "to live amongst the beautiful people." The first episode aired on BBC Two on 2 October 2008 and recorded overnight ratings of 1.5 million viewers and positive critical reaction. Episodes are self-contained, but do follow a loose story arc throughout the course of each series. The second and final series finished airing on 18 December 2009.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, game show, queer cinema
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It's a Sin (2021)
Plot Summary:
A chronicle of four friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 239 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, humorous, emotional, entertaining, social, sad, saga, anthology, crying
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Queer as Folk (1999)
Plot Summary:
Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T Davies. The first series was re-shown on More 4 between 14 and 18 October 2007, as part of Channel 4's 25th-birthday celebrations. Queer as Folk was produced by the Red Production Company for Channel 4. The title of the programme comes from a dialect expression from some parts of Northern England, "there's nowt so queer as folk", meaning "there's nothing as strange as people"; which is a word play the modern day English synonym of "queer", meaning homosexual. Davies had originally titled the series this, although at the suggestion of Channel 4 executives for a period during its development and pre-production it was known as Queer as Fuck, before it reverted to the former name.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: controversial, sensual, sexual, erotic, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sex comedy
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Banana (2015)
Plot Summary:
Witty, heartfelt and unique interlinked stories covering different aspects of LGBT life, featuring the most exciting emerging talent.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, erotic, controversial, sensual, sincere, touching, serious
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The Bite (2021)
Plot Summary:
During an unexpected, deadly second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, two neighbors, Rachel and Lily, navigate life in quarantine. While Rachel juggles her many telemedicine clients as well as a shaky, passionless marriage, Lily is upstairs just trying to convince her Wall Street clientele that her very specific skillset is still just as valuable over video as it was in person.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative, apocalyptic
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Daybreak (2019)
Plot Summary:
Living his best life in post-apocalyptic LA, a slacker strives to find the girl of his dreams while outwitting mindless ghouls and cliquish gangs.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, absurd, light, colorful, feel good, apocalyptic, horror comedy, action adventure, teen horror, colourful
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Day of the Dead (2021)
Plot Summary:
A group of strangers try to survive the first 24 hours of an undead invasion. This ode to George A. Romero’s famous flesh-eaters reminds us that sometimes all it takes to bring people together is a horde of hungry zombies trying to rip them apart.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, funny, slasher, apocalyptic, spooky
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Extinction: The G.M.O. Chronicles (2011)
Plot Summary:
A Retrovirus, which was conceived as a tool for industrial genetic engineering, has gotten out of control and is spreading rapidly. While it crosses all organisms within our ecological system completely indiscriminately (mixing plant with animal and humans) most plants prove more resistant because of their complex DNA. However, the simple genes of the plants lead humans to become grotesque mutations, in most cases even to death. Within one week, 90% of mankind are either extinct or no longer human. However, a small fraction of the earth?s population remains immune to the virus and must survive in this new and constantly changing ecological system. Tom cellar is one the survivors and on an old military base in the Eifel he has entrenched himself. Further survivors come together and succeed in carving out a life in this new world. But the GMOs - the ?genetically modified organisms? - constantly develop themselves further, and soon the fence of the base offers no more protection.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, scary, bleak, suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting, disaster movie
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Maggie (2015)
Plot Summary:
There's a deadly zombie epidemic threatening humanity, but Wade, a small-town farmer and family man, refuses to accept defeat even when his daughter Maggie becomes infected. As Maggie's condition worsens and the authorities seek to eradicate those with the virus, Wade is pushed to the limits in an effort to protect her. Joely Richardson co-stars in this post-apocalyptic thriller.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, touching, suspenseful, bleak, emotional, atmospheric, heartbreaking, suspense, cult classic, apocalyptic
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The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020)
Plot Summary:
A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, tense, bleak, captivating, apocalyptic, teen horror
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Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 (2015)
Plot Summary:
The web series tells the story of a group of passengers aboard a commercial airplane during the earliest moments of the outbreak. Over the course of the series, the plane and the lives of its passengers are put in jeopardy once they discover an infected traveler.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 1 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, scary, rough, suspense, suspenseful, epic
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Z Nation (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, exciting, absurd, tense, apocalyptic, satirical, serious, spooky, weird
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The Walking Dead: Red Machete (2017)
Plot Summary:
Follow the path of the red-handled weapon used by Rick Grimes to kill Terminus leader Gareth; from its innocent beginnings on a hardware store shelf at the start of the apocalypse into the hands of various survivors, familiar and new.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, serious, captivating, suspenseful, stylized
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Shameless (2011)
Plot Summary:
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 272000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: offbeat, emotional, entertaining, biting, realistic, humorous, sexy, funny, ironic, thought provoking
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Sex Education (2019)
Plot Summary:
Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 339000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 1755 min
Plot tags: sexy, sex comedy, feel good, light, captivating, humorous, uplifting, touching, erotic, funny
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Black Summer (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, disturbing, tense, apocalyptic, spooky, supernatural thriller, dark, bleak
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All of Us Are Dead (2022)
Plot Summary:
A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out — or turn into one of the rabid infected.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, dark fantasy, apocalyptic, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scenic
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The Rain (2018)
Plot Summary:
After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, atmospheric, exciting, apocalyptic, tense, bleak, suspenseful, stylized, compassionate, sitcom