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Plot Summary:
A suburban family that takes in a mysterious teen naive to the world around him. As Kyle begins to show signs of brilliance, solving the mystery of his origin and potential abilities becomes the family's mission.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, entertaining, suspenseful, atmospheric, intellectual, teen, thrilling, serious, spiritual
Best tv shows and movies like Kyle XY (2006):
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Riley Rewind (2013)
Plot Summary:
A high school girl named Riley has the ability to travel back in time and uses this power to save her friend who commits suicide.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, offbeat
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The Boarding School (2007)
Plot Summary:
El Internado Laguna Negra was a Spanish television drama-thriller focusing on the students of a fictional boarding school in a forest, where teenagers are sent by their parents to study. The boarding school is situated in a forest far from the city, on the outskirts on which macabre events occur. The series debut on 24 May 2007, and is a production of Antena 3. Although the show is recorded and produced in HD, it is only broadcast in SD. However, an HD Blu-ray Disc release has been announced.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, bleak, detective, telenovela
Similar in 77%
Wicked Science (2004)
Plot Summary:
Toby Johnson is a regular easy-going student struggling with homework and girls. Elizabeth Hawke is the teacher's pet and nobody at school likes her. One day they get hit by a ray - a unique magnetic pulse that changes every thing. Suddenly they are both scientific geniuses! Elizabeth revels in her new found power and want to dominate the school. She decides she must eliminate Toby.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, offbeat, humorous, nostalgic
Similar in 75%
John Doe (2002)
Plot Summary:
John Doe is an American science fiction drama television series that aired on Fox during the 2002–2003 TV season.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, detective, mind bending
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The Pretender (1996)
Plot Summary:
The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with the ability to become anyone he wants to be, i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work. Patrick Bauchau and Andrea Parker co-starred as Sydney, Jarod's childhood teacher and mentor, and Miss Parker, a childhood friend. They are both operatives for a mysterious organization called "The Centre", which took Jarod from his parents as a child and developed his special talents with the intention of making him one of their agents, while also using his brilliant intellect for their own evil purposes. After escaping from their custody, Jarod begins traveling the country, searching for clues to his true identity while posing as a doctor, police officer, attorney, or some other character who helps those in trouble. The Centre's directors are determined to return Jarod to The Centre to further their mysterious plan. A team of operatives, led by Miss Parker, attempts to find and capture The Pretender. Jarod's extreme intelligence combined with his childlike innocence create a memorable and endearing character that was popular with viewers.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, serious, disturbing, bleak, suspense, detective, action adventure, suspenseful, vintage
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Split (2009)
Plot Summary:
Follows Ella Rosen who discovers her identity, as a half-vampire, half-human, when she starts at Green High whose principal is secretly the head of 'The Order of the Blood' an order which is devoted to cleansing the world of vampires.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, captivating
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Roswell, New Mexico (2019)
Plot Summary:
After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer: He’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, romantic, serious, entertaining, futuristic, suspenseful, romantic drama, enigmatic, mysterious
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Star-Crossed (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Emery was 6 years old, an alien spacecraft crash-landed in her small town. Whether they came in peace or with more sinister intentions didn't matter: a fierce battle erupted as humans fought for control over their new rivals, an alien species called the Atrians. In the midst of the conflict, Roman, a 6-year-old Atrian boy, found his way to a shed behind Emery's house, where she temporarily protected him from harm, bringing him food, comfort - and friendship. Ten years later, the Atrians have been acclimated to life on Earth, but they are interned in a heavily-guarded camp known as the Sector to keep them separate from humans. Now, for the first time, a group of Atrian teens will enroll in a suburban human high school, with the goal of testing the feasibility of human/alien integration. Emery and Roman find each other again in a school and a society that distrusts everything about the Atrians. While the world around them rages with anger and prejudice, their bond becomes increasingly strong and increasingly dangerous.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, exciting, sentimental, serious
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The Lying Game (2011)
Plot Summary:
Emma, a kind-hearted foster kid who can't catch a break, finds out she has an identical twin sister, Sutton, who - unlike Emma - was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks Emma into stepping into her life for a few days while she pursues a lead on their birth mother. Initially excited to do this favor for her sister, Emma soon learns that Sutton has gone missing and could be in trouble. Now, Emma must decide whether to come clean to Sutton's family and risk her own safety in the hope of uncovering her twin sister's true whereabouts, along with the truth about why they were separated in the first place.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, teen, serious
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Unnatural History (2010)
Plot Summary:
Teenager Henry Griffin acquired many skills through years of travelling the world with his anthropologist parents. Sent to live with his uncle and cousin in Washington DC, and with the help of his cousin Jasper and friend Maggie, he must now use those skills to solve the modern mysteries of high school.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, suspenseful
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Tower Prep (2010)
Plot Summary:
Ian Archer wakes up one morning to find himself at a mysterious academy for teens with special abilities. Unable to find answers to his questions from the school’s faculty and cut off from any kind of outside contact or means of escape, Ian forms a secret group with fellow suspicious students.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, serious, heroic, stylized
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The Secret Circle (2011)
Plot Summary:
After her mother dies in a fire, Cassie Blake moves in with her grandmother in the beautiful small town of Chance Harbor, Washington. As Cassie gets to know her high school classmates, including sweet-natured Diana and her boyfriend Adam, brooding loner Nick, mean-girl Faye and her sidekick Melissa, strange and frightening things begin to happen. They are all descended from powerful witches, and they've been waiting for Cassie to join them and complete a new generation of the Secret Circle. What Cassie and the others don't yet know is that darker powers are at play, powers that might be linked to the adults in the town - and that Cassie's mother's death might not have been an accident.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, mysterious, enigmatic, supernatural thriller, exciting, dark, juvenile, teen, serious, nostalgic
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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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The O.C. (2003)
Plot Summary:
The series centers on Ryan Atwood, a troubled youth from a broken home who is adopted by the wealthy and philanthropic Sandy and Kirsten Cohen. Ryan and his surrogate brother Seth, a socially awkward yet quick-witted teenager, deal with life as outsiders in the high-class world of Newport Beach. Ryan and Seth spend much time navigating their relationships with girl-next-door Marissa Cooper, Seth's childhood crush Summer Roberts, and the fast-talking loner Taylor Townsend. Story lines deal with the culture clash between the idealistic Cohen family and the shallow, materialistic, and closed-minded community in which they reside. The series includes elements of postmodernism, and functions as a mixture of melodrama and comedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: touching, soap opera, witty, teen, exciting, entertaining, sad, anime, serious, realistic
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Second Chance (2016)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced, 75-year-old ex-sheriff, whose life ends at the hands of corrupt cops, is brought back to life and given a second chance by a pair of young tech scientists, as a 35-year-old with unpredictable near-superhuman abilities.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, exciting, serious, futuristic, cliffhanger, detective
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The Dead Zone (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone was an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma. The show, credited as "based on characters" from Stephen King's 1979 novel of the same name, first aired in 2002, and was produced by Lionsgate Television and CBS Paramount Network Television for the USA Network. The show was originally commissioned for UPN, but the network later dropped the show and it was picked up instead by USA. The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for its first five seasons. The sixth and last season was billed as "The season that changes everything" and production was moved to Montreal. The Dead Zone was expected to be renewed for a seventh season, however due to low ratings and high production cost the series was canceled in December 2007, without a proper series finale. Some rumors spread that Syfy would pick up the series after it was canceled by USA, but it did not happen. Rumors of a made for TV movie have all but faded with time.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, atmospheric, scary, bad ending, gloomy, suspenseful
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Smallville (2001)
Plot Summary:
Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. It is based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series follows the adventures of Clark Kent, who resides in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas, during the years before he becomes Superman. The first four seasons focus on Clark and his friends' high school years. After season five, the show ventured into more adult settings, eventually focusing on his career at the Daily Planet, as well as introducing other DC comic book superheroes and villains.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 136000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, entertaining, exciting, captivating, epic, bad ending, saga, juvenile, teen, sensitive
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The Tomorrow People (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, teen
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Chronicle (2012)
Plot Summary:
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 261000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: bad ending, psychological, entertaining, suspense, stylized, intense, suspenseful, clever, mockumentary, dark
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Misfits (2009)
Plot Summary:
When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, witty, cynical, humorous, semi serious, surreal, feel good, social, sitcom, erotic
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Dark Angel (2000)
Plot Summary:
Super soldier Max Guevera tries to live a normal life in post-apocalyptic Seattle while eluding capture by government agents from the covert biotech facility she escaped from as a child and searching for her genetically-enhanced brothers and sisters who have dispersed after escape.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic, cyber, bleak, heroic, action thriller, action adventure
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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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The Nine Lives of Chloe King (2011)
Plot Summary:
Chloe King is looking forward to celebrating her birthday with her friends and single mother, just like every other year... that is until she starts developing heightened abilities and discovers she's being pursued by a mysterious figure. Chloe soon learns she's part of an ancient race which has been hunted by human assassins for millennia —and that she may be their only hope for ultimate survival.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 441 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, exciting, enigmatic, teen, serious, cliffhanger, anime, fast
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Roswell (1999)
Plot Summary:
Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques of clever, angst-filled classmates, the two form a bond that threatens the survival of a secret universe involving superhuman powers, a yen for hot sauce and an alien gene pool.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, semi serious, suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, cult classic, teen, offbeat, humorous
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The Vampire Diaries (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 343000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: romantic, suspenseful, stylized, teen, gothic, sexy, bloody, disturbing, serious, humorous
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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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Charmed (1998)
Plot Summary:
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: feel good, enigmatic, exciting, humorous, supernatural thriller, colorful, erotic, fairy tale, gothic, heroic
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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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Teen Wolf (2011)
Plot Summary:
Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day teenage life. The following characters are instrumental to his struggle: Stiles, his best friend; Allison, his love interest who comes from a family of werewolf hunters; and Derek, a mysterious werewolf with a dark past. Throughout the series, he strives to keep his loved ones safe while maintaining normal relationships with them.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: touching, suspenseful, serious, humorous, atmospheric, semi serious, teen, supernatural thriller, dread, juvenile
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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