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Plot Summary:
The Secrets of Isis is the syndicated title of a live action CBS television series produced by Filmation in the 1970s originally titled Isis that appeared during the Saturday morning cartoon lineup. The show was also aired in various countries around the world. As indicated on commentary in the 2007 DVD release of the series, and supported by examining broadcast premiere dates, The Secrets of Isis was the first weekly American live-action television series whose lead character was a female superhero, debuting September 6, 1975 and predating the weekly debuts of both The Bionic Woman and Wonder Woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, serious, weird
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The Ghost Busters (1975)
Plot Summary:
The Ghost Busters was a live-action children's television series that ran in 1975, about a team of bumbling detectives who would investigate ghostly occurrences. Only 15 episodes were created. This series reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch in roles similar to their characters in F Troop. Tucker played Jake Kong, and Storch played zoot suit-wearing Eddie Spencer. The third member of the trio was Tracy the Gorilla, played by actor Bob Burns. The series was unrelated to the 1984 film Ghostbusters.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, detective, offbeat, humorous, not serious, slapstick, slapstick comedy
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The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Plot Summary:
The chronicles of teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: epic, humorous, semi serious
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Power Rangers Zeo (1996)
Plot Summary:
Tommy, Billy, Adam, Rocky, Kat and Tanya are turned back to their teenage forms thanks to the Zeo Crystal. The Command Center is gone but the crystal leads them to the new Power Chamber and all but Billy take on new Zeo powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, Japan
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: epic, saga, exciting, serious, fast, super sentai
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Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999)
Plot Summary:
Power-Packed Adventure! Action-Packed Fun! A time in the future. The space colony Terra Venture journeys beyond Earth in search of new worlds. Peace reigns throughout the cosmos...or does it? Far away, in a strange galaxy, the evil Scorpius attacks an innocent planet. Five courageous teens from Terra Venture rush to defend it and discover they've been "chosen" to be protectors of the universe. An all-new team of POWER RANGERS is born! Do they have what it takes? Can they defeat Scorpius even with the help of their mighty Galactazords? Take a quantum leap into the future as POWER RANGERS LOST GALAXY blasts you beyond time and space!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious
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Power Rangers Operation Overdrive (2007)
Plot Summary:
Five teenagers must locate and secure ancient relics with unbelievable power, while at the same time stop a demonic corporation who want the relics for their power.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, New Zealand, Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating, stylized, fast, super sentai
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Power Rangers Dino Charge (2015)
Plot Summary:
On prehistoric Earth, an alien entrusted powerful Energems to 10 dinosaurs, but when the dinosaurs went extinct, the Energems were lost. Now an intergalactic bounty hunter is determined to reclaim the Energems and destroy our planet. A new team of Power Rangers must find the lost Energems and use their Dino Chargers to power up an arsenal of dino-fueled battle gear, Zords and Megazords to save the world. Will the Power Rangers be able to save our planet?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: exciting, super sentai, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, semi serious, suspense, cult classic, serious
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Sheena (2000)
Plot Summary:
Sheena is an American action-adventure/fantasy television series which was produced for first-run syndication from 2000 to 2002. Based upon the comic book character Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, which previously spawned a popular 1950s TV series of the same title, the 2000s series updated the character to the 21st century. There were two seasons, containing 22 and 13 episodes. It starred Gena Lee Nolin and John Allen Nelson and was developed for television by Douglas Schwartz and Steven L. Sears. In this version Sheena was given the mystical ability to transform into almost any jungle animal. Several episodes from the first season are available to view for free in Minisode format on Crackle, as well as on Hulu. Sheena's parents were archaeologists who died in the jungle when she was about six years old, leaving their daughter Shirley Hamilton. She was taken in by Kali, a local Shamaness of a tribe who brought her up, and five years ago she was taught how to morph into animals and birds, acquiring their abilities, even flight. Further, she became a mythical creature called "The Darachna" who relies on people' fear of the unknown. For this she covers herself in a dark liquid mud which allows her to be largely unseen in the low light of the jungle, and with more than normal strength, agility and speed, and armed with a pair of gloves with bone claws, she is a formidable one woman fighting force. She does kill sometimes.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, sexy, wild
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Power Rangers Mega Force (2013)
Plot Summary:
When the evil Warstar aliens attack Earth, the supernatural guardian Gosei and his faithful robot assistant Tensou recruit five teenagers with attitude to combat the invading forces. Equipped with powers that grant them mastery over martial arts and other forms of combat, the teenagers transform into the latest champions of good: The Power Rangers Megaforce!.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, light, captivating, serious, contemplative
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Power Rangers Wild Force (2002)
Plot Summary:
Power Rangers Wild Force takes place in a city known as Turtle Lake, where evil creatures of the past called The Orgs have returned from their long slumber to cause havoc on earth! As The Orgs return, Princess Shayla of the floating sky island, Animarium, summons forth a group of young adults to call forth the powers of - Power Rangers Wild Force! Together, the Rangers and their Zords must save the planet from Master Org and his minions.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Netherlands, Japan, France
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, epic, saga, mecha, fast, super sentai
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H.R. Pufnstuf (1969)
Plot Summary:
H.R. Pufnstuf is a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-size puppet program. The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast from September 6, 1969 to December 27, 1969. The broadcasts were successful enough that NBC kept it on the Saturday morning schedule until August 1972. The show was shot in Paramount Studios and its opening was shot in Big Bear Lake, California. Reruns of the show aired on ABC Saturday morning from September 2, 1972 to September 8, 1973 and on Sunday mornings in some markets from September 16, 1973 to September 8, 1974. It was syndicated by itself from 1974 to 1978 and in a package with six other Kroft series under the banner Kroft Superstars from 1978 to 1985. In 2004 and 2007, H.R. Pufnstuf was ranked #22 and #27 on TV Guide's Top Cult Shows Ever.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, fairy tale, humorous, stylized, semi serious, weird, campy, cult film
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The Evermoor Chronicles (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young girl and her blended family move to the small cottage town of Evermoor. All is well until sinister things start to happen, magic tapestries, an enchanted typewriter. Only a few of the strange things found in the town of Evermoor.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 848
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, serious, suspenseful, humorous, captivating, light, nostalgic
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Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ben tenison is back in this all new Comedy Central, Movie, Based on the current Alien Force story. Alien swarm picks up with Ben 10 as a full fledged plumber but he's about to leave the ranks to do what he believes is right.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, stylized, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic
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Wolfblood (2012)
Plot Summary:
Being a teenager is hard enough. Being a Wolfblood teenager is ten times more complicated. 14 year old Maddy loves her abilities - heightened senses, being faster, stronger and more graceful - but hates the secrets that come with them.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak
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Power Rangers Samurai (2011)
Plot Summary:
A new generation of Power Rangers must master the mystical and ancient Samurai Symbols of Power which give them control over the elements of Fire, Water, Sky, Forest, and Earth. Under the guidance of their all-knowing mentor and the aid of their devoted animal Zords, they battle the dark forces of the Netherworld and a mysterious Warrior bent on destruction.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, super sentai, humorous, captivating, fast
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Power Rangers Jungle Fury (2008)
Plot Summary:
Casey, Theo and Lily are at a loss when Camille, Dai Shi's second in command, employs the powerful Pangolin to launch an assault against the city in preparation for the resurrection of Carnisoar, the Sky Overlord. When they realize that the only way to defeat the Pangolin is to use the Jungle Mace, the Rangers seek out its possessor, the former Pai Zhua teacher turned hermit Master Phant.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, super sentai, fast
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Power Rangers DinoThunder (2004)
Plot Summary:
An eccentric scientist and his partner, veteran Power Ranger Dr. Tommy Oliver, have created Dinosaur like robots called Bio Zords. After their laboratory is attacked by the evil Mesogog, Tommy narrowly escapes and retreats to the nearby city of Reefside where he lives a quiet life as a high school science teacher. But when Mesogog returns and starts causing havoc, Tommy recruits an athlete, a computer nerd and a musician to become the Dino Thunder Power Rangers to combat Mesogog and his monster armies.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, super sentai, mecha
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The Bionic Woman (1976)
Plot Summary:
After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, retro, captivating, suspense, vintage
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Power Rangers Mystic Force (2006)
Plot Summary:
Years ago, a powerful spell sealed the evil forces within the Underworld. However, in the present day, when an earthquake jolts the Earth and sets them free, five teenagers try to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, super sentai, fast
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Big Bad Beetleborgs (1996)
Plot Summary:
A trio of preteens are dared by two snobby brothers into going into a haunted house that is occupied by a trio of monsters. The kids accidentally free a genie that is trapped in a pipe organ. The genie offers to grant the kids one wish. The kids decide they want to become their favorite comic book heroes "BeetleBorgs". The genie grants the kids' wish but also accidentally unleashes the villains from the comics. Now the kids must use their new powers to get the villains back into the comics.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: family comedy, children's program, exciting, humorous, semi serious, slapstick comedy, epic fantasy
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Wonder Woman (1975)
Plot Summary:
Wonder Woman is an American television series based on the DC Comics comic book superheroine of the same name. Starring Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince and Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor (both Sr. & Jr.), the show originally aired from 1975 to 1979. The series was first introduced to audiences in 1975 with a TV movie (the pilot) as "The New, Original Wonder Woman." Two subsequent "specials" followed, which would be the next two episodes in the series' run ("Wonder Woman Meets Baroness Von Gunther" & "Fausta, The Nazi Wonder Woman"). ABC ordered the remaining 10 episodes to finish out what would be season one. ABC canceled the show after one season, but CBS picked it up for seasons 2 and 3. Revamped to modern day 1977, the show began season 2 retitled "The New Adventures of Wonder Woman," and showcased Diana returning to the U.S. 35 years after she'd first left Paradise Island. Lynda's Wonder Woman costume was altered a bit by original designer Donfeld, Diana would now be employed by the I.A.D.C. (Inter-Agency Defense Command), and her boss would be the son of Steve Trevor, Sr., from Diana's first foray to the U.S. in 1942. The show was canceled in 1979, the last true episode being "The Man Who Could Not Die." This episode began with Diana moving into a new house in L.A. (working at the west coast headquarters of the I.A.D.C.), Lyle Waggoner having left the show altogether (and out of the opening credits). Often aired out of order, though, the show's last two episodes (including Waggoner) are sometimes run as "The Phantom of the Roller Coaster" Parts 1 & 2.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, retro, captivating, exciting, touching, epic, saga, fast, vintage
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Superboy (1988)
Plot Summary:
Superboy is a half-hour live-action television series based on the fictional DC Comics comic book character Kal-El's early years as Superboy. The show ran from 1988–1992 in syndication. It was renamed The Adventures of Superboy at the start of the third season.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: epic, saga, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious
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Witchblade (2001)
Plot Summary:
Witchblade is an American television series that aired on TNT from 2001 to 2002. The series is based on the Witchblade comic book series, and followed a pilot film which debuted in August 2000. Some of the episodes were written by Ralph Hemecker, Marc Silvestri and J.D. Zeik. Yancy Butler starred as Sara Pezzini, Anthony Cistaro as Kenneth Irons, David Chokachi as Jake McCartey, Eric Etebari as Ian Nottingham, Will Yun Lee as Danny Woo, Conrad Dunn as Tommy Gallo, Kenneth Welsh as Joe Siri, and John Hensley as Gabriel Bowman, among others. Although critically acclaimed and popular with audiences, the show was canceled in September 2002; there was speculation that the cancellation was connected to Butler's entering rehab for alcoholism. The series ran for two seasons on TNT, for a total of 24 episodes. The first episode aired June 12, 2001; the last episode aired August 26, 2002. In spite of its cancellation, Witchblade was ranked seventh in the Top 10 Basic Cable Dramas for 2002. According to Top Cow editor Matt Hawkins the Witchblade TV series was cancelled because the lead actress Yancy Butler was an alcoholic and went into rehab – it was and remains the highest rated TV series to be cancelled.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, detective
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Mutant X (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Avi Arad, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects in a series of covert government experiments. The mission of Mutant X is to seek out and protect their fellow New Mutants. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Even though the series had high ratings and was meant to be renewed for a fourth season, it was abruptly canceled in 2004 after the dismantling of Fireworks Entertainment, one of the show's production companies, ending the show on a cliffhanger.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, anime, fast, serious, suspenseful, telenovela
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DC's Stargirl (2020)
Plot Summary:
Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 566 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, light, talky, anime
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Supergirl (2015)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, humorous, sad, saga, emotional, serious, entertaining, light
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Ms. Marvel (2022)
Plot Summary:
A great student, avid gamer, and voracious fan-fic scribe, Kamala Khan has a special affinity for Super Heroes, particularly Captain Marvel. However, she struggles to fit in at home and at school — that is, until she gets super powers like the heroes she’s always looked up to. Life is easier with super powers, right?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 271 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, contemplative, teen comedy
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Iron Fist (2017)
Plot Summary:
Danny Rand resurfaces 15 years after being presumed dead. Now, with the power of the Iron Fist, he seeks to reclaim his past and fulfill his destiny.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, realistic, saga, suspenseful, stylized, serious, cliffhanger, anime, independent film
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The Defenders (2017)
Plot Summary:
Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces to take on common enemies as a sinister conspiracy threatens New York City.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, bleak, suspenseful, saga, anime
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Birds of Prey (2002)
Plot Summary:
Huntress, Dinah, Oracle are determined to carry on Batman's fight for justice against the ruthless criminals of New Gotham City.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, exciting, epic, neo noir, heroic, anime, thrilling, black comedy
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The Flash (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen guardian angel. Though initially excited by his newfound powers, Barry is shocked to discover he is not the only "meta-human" who was created in the wake of the accelerator explosion -- and not everyone is using their new powers for good. Barry partners with S.T.A.R. Labs and dedicates his life to protect the innocent. For now, only a few close friends and associates know that Barry is literally the fastest man alive, but it won't be long before the world learns what Barry Allen has become...The Flash.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 365000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, thought provoking, humorous, epic, saga, action adventure, fast, serious, surprise ending