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Plot Summary:
Mysterious frozen lakes filled with bones, mummified bodies hanging from inside a glacier, and a 30,000-year-old virus frozen in ice brought back to life in a laboratory. In an all new Science Channel series, SECRETS IN THE ICE, experts and scientists are exposing dark secrets, forgotten treasures and lost relics from some of the coldest places on Earth. Using state of the art archaeological technologies and cutting-edge CGI animation, SECRETS IN THE ICE spotlights the mysteries that have been locked away in icy tombs all over the world for centuries. At the base of a massive glacier in Southern Greenland, Danish archeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient stone hut. Was this site the home to a Viking seer practicing black magic? In Siberia, archeologists have excavated a mummy with fantastical tattoos against the many warnings of locals. Have they uncovered buried treasure, or unleashed an ancient curse?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic
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The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016)
Plot Summary:
Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Documentary, Adventure, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: philosophical, thought provoking, mind bending, clever, captivating, realistic, talky, serious, inspirational, novela
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America Unearthed (2012)
Plot Summary:
Forensic geologist Scott Wolter explores mysteries, artifacts and relics to reveal a history of the North American continent not taught in school.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Documentary, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, captivating
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Expedition Unknown: Hunt for the Yeti (2016)
Plot Summary:
Josh Gates sets off on a quest to find the Yeti, a legendary man-ape living in the high altitude of the Himalayas.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, entertaining
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Expedition Bigfoot (2019)
Plot Summary:
An elite team of Sasquatch specialists journey into the unforgiving Oregon wilderness in search of Bigfoot. The three-week expedition, based on science and expertise, may finally pull the elusive beast out of the pages of legend and lore and into reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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500 Nations (1995)
Plot Summary:
500 Nations is a documentary which explores the history of the indigenous peoples of North and Central America, from pre-Colombian times, through the period of European contact and colonization, to the end of the 19th century and the subjugation of the Plains Indians of North America. 500 Nations relies on historical texts, eyewitnesses accounts, pictorial sources and computer graphic reconstructions to explore the magnificent civilizations which flourished prior to contact with Western civilization, and to tell the dramatic and tragic story of the Native American nations' desperate attempts to retain their way of life against overwhelming odds.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: History
Country: USA
Duration: 374 min
Plot tags: informative, profound, thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, contemplative
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Ancient Black Ops (2014)
Plot Summary:
From Ancient Greece to the frozen North, rulers have always needed their elite troops – men trained to perfection, skilled with a devastating array of weaponry – men who will track down their leader’s enemies and kill them. All assassination teams faced one big problem: getting close enough to kill. No one in the ancient world had sniper rifles. As a result even the most formidable Japanese Ninjas got captured and tortured. This series brings some of the most dramatic tales of antiquity to life with a mixture of dramatic reconstruction, documentary filming and expert testimony. Each episode details the intricate complexity of the elite troops who performed the assassination missions and how they worked. It shows what they had to do to achieve elite status, how they could dress, and the weapons they got to use when they completed their first mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, rough
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Seven Deadly Sins (2008)
Plot Summary:
The series traces the history of the seven deadly sins, how they became part of religious doctrine, and looks at historical figures who have been the worst perpetrators of each. Each of the seven sins is explored, from their origins and nature, their opposing virtue, and their corresponding punishment.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: History
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic
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Egypt's Unexplained Files (2019)
Plot Summary:
Experts dive deep into the secrets of Ancient Egypt, and use cutting-edge archaeological technology to reveal the hidden truths that could potentially answer questions that have befuddled Egyptologists for generations.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: History
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating
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How We Got Here (2015)
Plot Summary:
A series examining entrepreneurship and technological advances in the U.S.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: History
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, clever
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Sam Has 7 Friends (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sam Has 7 Friends was a 2006 web television series drama created, produced, and funded by the production company Big Fantastic and subsequently bought and distributed by the web TV studio Vuguru. The series appeared on YouTube, Revver, iTunes and its own web site. The show revolved around its tagline, "Samantha Breslow has seven friends. On December 15, 2006, one of them will kill her," with each episode bringing Sam one day closer to her death.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend (2005)
Plot Summary:
She's an avid mystery lover and bookseller, for whom crime has been comfortably confined to the pages of her favorite novels-until a real-life murder turns a weekend of fun and games into a chilling whodunit.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, mind bending
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Unfair (2006)
Plot Summary:
A no-nonsense detective with a reputation for pushing limits investigates a rash of brutal murders connected by a series of cryptic short stories.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: clever, serious, suspenseful, stylized, detective, realistic
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Mystery Woman: Snapshot (2005)
Plot Summary:
Amateur sleuth Samantha Kinsey's latest case has her trying to figure out who killed her best friend Barbara after she was left out of her family's will and every one of the family members become suspects.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, mind bending, realistic, stylized
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Bonekickers (2008)
Plot Summary:
Bonekickers was a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University. It made its début on 8 July 2008 and ran for one series. It was written by Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes creators Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah. It was produced by Michele Buck and Damien Timmer of Mammoth Screen Ltd and co-produced with Monastic Productions. Archaeologist and Bristol University academic Mark Horton acted as the series' archaeological consultant. Adrian Lester has described the programme as "CSI meets Indiana Jones [...] There's an element of the crime procedural show, there's science, conspiracy theories – and there's a big underlying mystery that goes through the whole six-episode series." Much of the series was filmed in the City of Bath, Somerset, with locations including the University of Bath campus. Additional locations included Brean Down Fort and Kings Weston House, Chavenage House for episodes 5 & 6 and Sheldon Manor. On 21 November 2008 Broadcast magazine revealed the show would not be returning for a second series.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 942
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
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Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder (2005)
Plot Summary:
Murder is something to sing about when Mystery Woman Samantha Kinsey-an expert in pulp fiction, and increasingly proficient when it comes to real-life crime-untangles a record-breaking murder. Mystery Woman bookshop owner, Samantha Kinsey, has offered to host a charity concert for a once-famous folk-rock trio out to recapture their old fame flame. But sweet success hits the ultimate sour note when the band's promoter is found murdered in his hotel room. Sam and her partner in crime, Philby, investigate, digging up deadly secrets of private indiscretions, professional greed, and personal vengeance that put a twisted spin on fame and fortune-and bring a whole new meaning to a Top Ten hit.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, mind bending
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Seven Deadly Sins (2010)
Plot Summary:
After losing her status as queen bee to Kaia (Rachel Melvin), a new transfer student, Harper (Dreama Walker) battles her catty high school frenemies in a dangerous game involving sex, deception and revenge, which leads to a mysterious death and disturbing revelations. An adaptation of Robin Wasserman's best-selling book series, this teen-drama miniseries offers a contemporary look at the seven deadly sins.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, realistic
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Lenin: Revolution Chronicles (2017)
Plot Summary:
The events unfold in 1915-1917. Marxist theoretician and publicist Alexander Parvus, who fled to Germany from a Russian exile, during the First World War has been successfully negotiating with German Foreign Minister Gottlieb von Jagow. As a result of negotiations, the German government allocates money to Parvus personally for organizing a revolution in the belligerent Russian empire. On the funds received Parvus finances and remotely stimulates protest actions of the popular masses in St. Petersburg, which leads to the abdication of the power of Emperor Nicholas II and the overthrow of the monarchy in the Russian Empire. Then Parvus organizes the return to Russia of the emigration of the leader of the Bolsheviks, Vladimir Lenin, with a group of his associates. Parvus' actions are being resisted by the head of the Russian imperial counterintelligence, Prince Vasily Turkestanov, and counterintelligence officer Alexei Mezentsev.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: History
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, realistic
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Mystery Woman (2003)
Plot Summary:
A famous writer is found hanged in his office. At first, all police investigations conclude that it was suicide, but when Samantha Kinsey, owner of Seller 'Mystery Woman' starts his own investigation, he discovers that there is chance that has been committed murder. The film is the first in a long series of American TV movies called" Mystery Woman", in which Samantha Kinsey, the owner of a bookshop specializing in thrillers and suspense is involved in the resolution of real cases.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin) has a gift for finding rare treasures hidden in garage sales that she can resell at her consignment store, Rags to Riches, and for get her involved in the criminal investigations that happen at the very second-hand sales she frequents. When her friend Martin (Michael Kopsa) turns up murdered just hours after auctioning off an abandoned storage unit full of unique items to Jennifer, she is immediately pulled on the case as a key eyewitness. Working with Detective Lynwood (Kevin O'Grady), Jennifer helps single out a disgruntled customer as the prime suspect, while she and her business partner, Danielle (Sarah Strange), sift through boxes from the auction. As her husband Jason (Steve Bacic) worries about her safety, she starts to get over her head when there is a break-in at her store and a run-in with Martin's angry wife. They must race to save a life and put their own on the line. Will they succeed before times runs out?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, tense, realistic, suspenseful
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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012)
Plot Summary:
Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit. Leaving a trail of admirers in her wake, our thoroughly modern heroine makes sure she enjoys every moment of her lucky life. Based on author Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher Murder Mystery novels.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, serious, clever, detective, crime drama, dramatic, period piece, historical drama, costume drama
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Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room (2015)
Plot Summary:
A sleuthing garage sale maven suspects foul play when her friend dies in an old house with a cursed reputation. Even though police evidence - and even webcam footage of the death – point to natural causes – this mysterious death in a cursed” home poised for multi-million dollar sale seems too coincidental. Putting her keen instincts to work, she examines a few key suspects. As she digs into this deadly mystery, she uncovers clues that bring her closer to the truth, and even put her own life in danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, enigmatic, captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful
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Presidents at War (2019)
Plot Summary:
Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. This is the story of how their war experiences change them, how they emerge from conflict as leaders and how the crucible of war shapes the decisions they make when they reach the White House.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: History
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic
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Man, Moment, Machine (2005)
Plot Summary:
Man, Moment, Machine was a television series which aired on The History Channel and was hosted by Hunter Ellis. It documented an important event in history and went into detail about, as the title suggests, the man and his background, the machine and how it was made, and the outcome.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Biography, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, thought provoking, captivating, entertaining
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37 Days (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story of what happened in the few weeks immediately preceding World War I.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: political thriller, realistic, serious, captivating, period piece, period drama
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Show Me a Hero (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers' worst crisis when federal courts ordered public housing built in the white, middle class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 358 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, rough, thought provoking, captivating, political, realistic, social, saga, clever
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Deception (2018)
Plot Summary:
Cameron Black is the world's greatest illusionist. At least, that's what people used to call him—before his greatest secret was exposed and his career destroyed. Even worse, Cameron has good reason to believe this was no accident.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: captivating, feel good, entertaining, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, detective
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Strange Angel (2018)
Plot Summary:
The story of the mysterious and brilliant Jack Parsons in 1940s Los Angeles as by day he helps birth the discipline of American rocketry and by night is a performer of sex magick rituals and a disciple to occultist Aleister Crowley.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
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The Challenger (2013)
Plot Summary:
Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle Challenger's 1986 explosion.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, sincere, serious, realistic, intellectual, contemplative, microfilm
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Oppenheimer (1980)
Plot Summary:
Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s because of his increasing ambivalence about the effect of his life's work.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 420 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing
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Einstein and Eddington (2008)
Plot Summary:
A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to understand his ideas.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: clever, serious, realistic, christian film, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing, inspirational