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Plot Summary:
A strange geometric shape in a field becomes the key to a young woman's dark family past.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags:
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Circle (2017)
Plot Summary:
After Aliens arrive, the story takes place in two time streams: 2017 and 2037. In twenty years, and by 2037, the world has been divided into a “Smart Earth” where artificial intelligence has created a utopian environment in which no diseases or crimes exist, and an “Ordinary Earth” where people still suffer from rampant plague and lawlessness.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 510
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspense, non-linear, exciting, futuristic, surprise ending, dystopian
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The Avignon Prophecy (2007)
Plot Summary:
A series of mysterious murders, break-ins and other events in Avignon all have to do with the papal palace and a prophecy legend has to be contained in it. Centuries old family and organized legacies, even the murderous secret Judas brotherhood, are obsessed by it. Cops from various agencies have totally different methods and attitudes. The criminal hustle complicates several romantic affairs, whether true or manipulative. All ends seem to meet in the Esperanza family and the papal palace itself. - Written by KGF Vissers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, Belgium
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags:
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Alternative 3 (1977)
Plot Summary:
Purporting to be an investigation into the UK's contemporary "brain drain", Alternative 3 uncovered a plan to make the Moon and Mars habitable in the event of climate change and a terminal environmental catastrophe on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, fake documentary
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Alien Exorcism (2011)
Plot Summary:
A brave scientist has been studying thousands of cases related to alien abductions. By placing abductees under hypnosis, he arrives at the unsettling discovery that for thousands of years, a variety of extra-terrestrial races have been installing their active memories in abducted people's brains. These alien races exploit a powerful source of energy that only humans have: the Soul.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, rough
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The Gone (2023)
Plot Summary:
It follows Theo Richter, an Irish detective who teams with Kiwi cop Diana Huia to find a young Irish couple vanish from an infamous rural North Island New Zealand town. Amidst the search and a race against time, the pair have to contend with a community’s growing disquiet that the disappearances may be linked to a series of historical murders.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: New Zealand, Ireland
Duration:
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Beyond Reality (1991)
Plot Summary:
Beyond Reality is a Canadian/American science fiction television series which originally aired between October 4, 1991 and March 20, 1993. The series is about two university parapsychologists who investigate reports of paranormal phenomena that occur in ordinary people's lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, mind bending, serious, captivating, suspenseful
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Ordem Paranormal (2020)
Plot Summary:
Paranormal Order is a table RPG with a paranormal investigation theme, created by Brazilian streamer Cellbit, shown on Twitch.
IMDB Rating: 9.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags:
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The Chronicle (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Chronicle is the name of a science fiction television series on the Sci Fi Channel. The series is based on the "News from the Edge" series of novels by Mark Sumner, a St. Louis, Missouri based author. The show was originally sold to NBC, which shot the pilot, then later found a home with The Sci-Fi Channel.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, scary, offbeat, semi serious
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The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997)
Plot Summary:
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes is a Canadian mystery TV series that originally aired from 1997 to 2000. The show was created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher who had produced a successful series of books with Harper Collins, teaming up with Credo and Forefront to develop the TV series. Filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the series follows the life of Shirley Holmes, the great grand-niece of Sherlock Holmes who, with the help of ex-gang member Bo Sawchuk, tackles a variety of mysteries in and around the fictional Canadian city of Redington. On some occasions, she found herself matching wits with archnemesis Molly Hardy. The show has been broadcast in over 80 countries and has been dubbed in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Norwegian, Polish and Turkish. Her performance in the show led to actress Meredith Henderson being nominated for a Gemini Award in 1998 and winning one in 1999. The show itself was twice nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Children's or Youth Program or Series" in 1998 and eventually won it in 1999. In the spring of 1998 Susin Nielsen won a Gemini Award in the category "Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program" for her screenplay of the episode "The Case of the Burning Building". In the same year, Elizabeth Stewart won a WGC Award from the Writers Guild of Canada for her writing of the episode "The Case of the Maestro's Ghost".
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Family, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: detective
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Dark Encounter (2019)
Plot Summary:
A year after the mysterious disappearance of an 8 year-old girl, we meet her grieving family as they return home from her memorial service in their small town. Later that evening, strange lights appear in the nearby forest and the family is exposed to an inexplicably strange phenomenon that rattles them to the core. The origin of the lights appear to be visitors from another world that seemingly terrorize the family. What they don't realize is that these 'beings' will lead the family to the truth behind the little girl's disturbing disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychedelic
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Shadow Island Mysteries: Wedding for One (2010)
Plot Summary:
TV Movie directed by Gary Yates. Claire is hosting her best friend's wedding. Guests arrive, old family conflicts resurface and the night before the wedding, the Groom goes missing. Only Claire knows of Danny's disappearance and she is determined to find him and bring him back before her best friend finds out.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Mysteries of the Unexplained (2017)
Plot Summary:
A look at strange paranormal events.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Keigo Higashino Mysteries (2012)
Plot Summary:
11 mysteries, 11 actors. Japan's favorite mystery author, the world of Higashino Keigo comes to life on screen through an assortment of short stories.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspense, stylized
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Death Cash (2016)
Plot Summary:
Yuka Minami is a university student who has the ability to see other people's deaths. One day, her friend suddenly dies. There are 10,000 yen bills littered around her friend’s dead body. There's also black stains on the 10,000 yen bills. Since then, more people around Yuka die mysteriously. Yuka and Detective Takeshi Wakamoto chase the mysterious deaths together.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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People of Earth (2016)
Plot Summary:
Skeptical journalist Ozzie Graham investigates a support group for alien abductees to write about the members' supposed encounters. The more he digs into their oddball claims, the more he realizes there is truth in their stories and possibly even signs that point to his own alien abduction.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: semi serious, funny, captivating, ironic, satirical, horror comedy, hilarious
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Tatau (2015)
Plot Summary:
Tatau follows Kyle and Budgie, two twenty-something friends from London that set off to travel the world. Ahead of the journey, Kyle gets a Maori-style tattoo to celebrate their eventual destination: the Cook Islands. When snorkeling in a lagoon, Kyle finds the dead body of a local girl, Aumea, tied up underwater. Returning to the lagoon with the police, Kyle finds her corpse has disappeared. But Kyle knows what he saw. Desperate to uncover what happened, Kyle and Budgie find themselves sucked deeper and deeper into a world of Maori myths, symbols, and hallucinatory visions... until finally the full meaning of Kyle’s tattoo is revealed.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 622
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: mind bending, clever, serious, captivating, suspenseful
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FreakyLinks (2000)
Plot Summary:
FreakyLinks is an American television show that combined elements of horror, mystery, and comedy. It aired on the Fox Network from October 2000 until June 2001, for a total run of 13 episodes. The feel of the show closely modeled that of The X-Files and other supernatural-themed shows that were popular at the time. In 2008, the series began airing on Universal's horror network Chiller. It can also be seen on the Canadian ONE channel.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: scary, mind bending, serious, suspenseful
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The Omega Factor (1979)
Plot Summary:
The Omega Factor is a British television series produced by BBC Scotland in 1979. It was created by Jack Gerson and produced by George Gallaccio, and transmitted in ten weekly episodes between 13 June and 15 August.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: spooky
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Ghosted (2017)
Plot Summary:
A skeptic is forced to work with a firm believer of the paranormal on unexplained occurrences in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: detective, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, funny, hilarious, spoof, horror comedy, parody
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Intruders (1992)
Plot Summary:
All over the world, people report they've been visited by aliens, taken aboard spaceships and medically examined. The authorities appear to know all about these visits but won't acknowledge it publicly. This film focuses on two 'victims' who struggle to live normal lives, but the aliens keep coming back. All is explained.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: slasher, semi serious
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The Phoenix Incident (2015)
Plot Summary:
A number of 'missing person' cases are reported in Phoenix, Arizona when an unexplained light appears in the sky one night in 1997.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, mockumentary, captivating, suspense, psychotronic, fake documentary
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Taken (2002)
Plot Summary:
Taken spans five decades and four generations, centering on three families: the Keys, Crawfords, and Clarkes. World War II veteran Russell Keys is plagued by nightmares of his abduction by aliens during the war; the Roswell incident transforms Owen Crawford from ambitious Air Force captain to evil shadow government conspirator; the unhappily married Sally Clarke is impregnated by an alien visitor. As the decades go by, the heirs of each are affected by the machinations of the aliens, culminating with the birth of Allie Keys, who is the final product of the aliens' experimentation and holds the key to their future.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 877 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, psychological, sentimental, atmospheric, stylized, depressing, thrilling, epic
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Charlie Jade (2005)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Jade is a science fiction television program filmed mainly in Cape Town, South Africa. It stars Jeffrey Pierce in the title role, as a detective from a parallel universe who finds himself trapped in our universe. This is a Canadian and South African co-production filmed in conjunction with CHUM Television and the South African Industrial Development Corporation. The special effects were produced by the Montreal-based company Cinegroupe led by Michel Lemire. The show started in 2004 and was aired on the Canadian Space Channel. It premiered on the Space Channel April 16, 2005 and aired in Eastern Europe, France, Italy, on SABC 3 in South Africa, on Fox Japan, and on AXN in Hong Kong. The show began airing in the United Kingdom in October 2007, on FX. The Sci Fi Channel in the United States premiered the show on June 6, 2008, but after 2 episodes on Friday prime-time, moved it to overnight Mon/Tue.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: South Africa, Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, cyber, detective, neo noir, tech noir
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Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)
Plot Summary:
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is an American television anthology series created by Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired by the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. Each episode featured five stories, all of which appeared to defy logic, and some of which were allegedly based on actual events. The viewer was offered the challenge of determining which are true and which are false. At the end of the show, it was revealed to the viewer whether the tales were true or works of fiction. The series was hosted by James Brolin in season one and later by Jonathan Frakes for the remainder of the series. The show was narrated by Don LaFontaine for the first three seasons and by Campbell Lane for the fourth and final season.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, mindfuck, mind bending, clever, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, gloomy
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Oddbhuturey (2019)
Plot Summary:
A series of seven stories - tied together by a common thread - FEAR. How will the real and the supernatural collide?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Abduct (2016)
Plot Summary:
A Texan paranormal radio host, Ridley Kay leads a fairly ordinary existence, until a strange orphan with a tragic past comes crashing into his life. Convinced other-worldly forces are after her, Kay attempts to protect the young girl from an onslaught of deadly alien and extra-terrestrial phenomena. However, as the strange lights continue to stalk her, he discovers the world of the paranormal might be far more sinister than anyone has possibly imagined.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Passage (2019)
Plot Summary:
Passage is an episodic paranormal sci-fi drama centered around Janus Agent Ali Prader. This queer mom is a top paranormal operative for a secret division called Caelus within the government. Ali is able to balance her professional and personal life – that is until she starts to unravel a thread that opens the door to a new crucial shift in power.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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War of the Worlds (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in contemporary Europe, the reimagining follows the pockets of humanity left on earth following an apocalyptic extra-terrestrial strike.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting, tense, captivating
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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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Last One Standing (2019)
Plot Summary:
Luo Ran has been investigating the death of his wife with his best friend Ning Yu. They end up getting onto a train headed for C City in order to chase female suspect Jiang Xue. The train suddenly derails mid-journey, and the hundred or so survivors find themselves transported to a ruined city with no living soul in sight, cut off from the rest of the world. The city is filled with dangers on all sides and supplies are dwindling. The survivors start dying off or disappearing one by one—a brutal game of survival begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative