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Plot Summary:
TV series centering on Marvel Cinematic Universe characters Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 246000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 300 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, epic, political, spectacular, buddy comedy
Best tv shows and movies like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021):
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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 Incredible Hulk (1977)
Plot Summary:
The Incredible Hulk is an American television series based on the Marvel Comics character, the Hulk. The series aired on the CBS television network and starred Bill Bixby as David Banner, Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk, and Jack Colvin as Jack McGee. In the TV series, Dr. David Banner, a widowed physician and scientist, who is presumed dead, travels across America under assumed names, and finds himself in positions where he helps others in need despite his terrible secret: in times of extreme anger, he transforms into a huge, incredibly strong green creature, who has been given the name "The Hulk”. In his travels, Banner earns money by working temporary jobs while searching for a way to control his condition. The series was originally broadcast by CBS from 1978 to 1982, with 82 episodes over five seasons. The two-hour pilot movie, which established the Hulk's origins, aired on November 4, 1977. It was developed and produced by Kenneth Johnson, who also wrote or directed some episodes. After the series ended, the fate of David Banner was a cliffhanger until 1988. The franchise was purchased from CBS by rival NBC. They produced three made-for-television films: The Incredible Hulk Returns, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk and The Death of the Incredible Hulk. Since its debut, The Incredible Hulk series has garnered a worldwide fan base.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, serious, sentimental, tense, retro, epic, saga, vintage
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The Protector (2018)
Plot Summary:
The epic adventure of Hakan, a young shopkeeper whose modern world gets turned upside down when he learns he’s connected to a secret, ancient order, tasked with protecting Istanbul.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: exciting, enigmatic, captivating, tense
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Mashin Sentai Kiramager (2020)
Plot Summary:
A princess from the Land of Jewels comes to Earth with the Kirama Stones to find individuals with strong "shining spirits" known as Kiramental to become the Kiramagers and fight the threat of the Yodon, an imperial army of darkness.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, mecha, humorous, fun
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Uchu Sentai Kyuranger (2017)
Plot Summary:
Earth has been taken over by invaders. With the universe under their thrall, the tears of the people awaken the nine ultimate saviors, chosen by the KyuTama, and they are here for the galaxy's salvation. Nine different people with strong personas. The most powerful warriors arrive here and now!.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha
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Ultraman X (2015)
Plot Summary:
A solar flare has awakened Spark Dolls from the depths of the earth and the ocean! Fifteen years later, Daichi Ozora transforms into Ultraman X to battle threats from both aliens and monsters. He is also a member of Xio, a team created to battle the monstrous threats.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, super sentai, anime
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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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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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DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016)
Plot Summary:
When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: captivating, humorous, exciting, sad, absurd, entertaining, stylized, queer cinema, campy
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Marvel Studios: Legends (2021)
Plot Summary:
Revisit the epic heroes, villains and moments from across the MCU in preparation for the stories still to come. Each dynamic segment feeds directly into the upcoming series — setting the stage for future events. This series weaves together the many threads that constitute the unparalleled Marvel Cinematic Universe.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Short, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 7 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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Cloak & Dagger (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two teenagers from very different backgrounds awaken to newly acquired superpowers which mysteriously link them to one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, bleak, anime
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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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Amazon Riders (2016)
Plot Summary:
The series revolves around a race of genetically-engineered mutants known as Amazons, around four thousand of which are set loose into a city after a mysterious lab accident. Though normally able to mimic humans and live peaceful lives, the Amazons transform into ravenous flesh-eating monsters when the medicinal suppressant within their armlets runs out after two to three years.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, scary, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, contemplative, anime, psychological
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Black Lightning (2017)
Plot Summary:
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, neo noir, humorous, queer cinema
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Luke Cage (2016)
Plot Summary:
Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, captivating, psychotronic, bleak, cliffhanger, sexy, political
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Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (2012)
Plot Summary:
New A.D. 2012. VAGLASS aims to threaten the city by stealing the Enetron which is a new power source supporting people’s life. GO-BUSTERS will protect the city with their partners, Buddy Roids.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, humorous, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha, detective
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Black Widow (2021)
Plot Summary:
Natasha Romanoff, on the run from the government following her disobedience to the Sokovia Accords and for aiding Steve Rogers, finds herself on her own and is forced to deal with some of the red in her ledger.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 415000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: suspense, epic, anamorphic, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, entertaining, sad
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Ultraman R/B (2018)
Plot Summary:
The two main characters, Katsumi and Isami Minato, are brothers who live with their younger sister and father who runs a specialty store. One day, they found the R/B Gyro and R/B Crystals, which transforms Katsumi into Ultraman Rosso and Isami into Ultraman Blu.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, disturbing, buddy comedy
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Titans (2018)
Plot Summary:
A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, captivating, action adventure, suspenseful, anime, bleak, sad, teen, spectacular
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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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Kamen Rider Zi-O (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the fall of 2018, a time machine appears before a hero born in the year 2000. The hero has always dreamed of becoming a king. A mysterious girl appears from the time machine, telling the hero “I come from the year 2068, a world without hope where the king of demons reigns supreme.” The girl has come from the future in a desperate effort to change her own time. The girl then gives the hero an ominous warning “You will become Kamen Rider Zi-O, King of Time, the demon destined to rule the world.” Can this really be the hero’s fate? This is the story of a Kamen Rider who would be king, who will fight to save the past, present, and future, encountering the various Heisei Kamen Riders throughout space-time.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, super sentai
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Ressha Sentai ToQger (2014)
Plot Summary:
The evil empire, Shadow Line appeared to cover the world in darkness. Five childhood friends who have a great Imagination were selected as ToQger to fight the Shadow Line.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha, humorous, fun
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Kamen Rider Gaim (2013)
Plot Summary:
Zawame-city is a company town where the Yggdrasil Corporation. In the city, young street-dancers divide up into a few groups. They enjoy dance battle and a sport that fighting between small animals summoned from a different world, but monsters also come after a while. A former street-dancer, Kouta Kazuraba gets a gadget that can him to make a Kamen Rider, wants to protect people against monsters.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, super sentai, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Ultraman Orb: The Origin Saga (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story chronicles upon the past of Gai Kurenai and Jugglus Juggler, the original series' main protagonist and antagonist, who were once heroes fighting on the side of light, facing Dr. Psychi and his army of Bezelbs.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, super sentai
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Kamen Rider Build (2017)
Plot Summary:
Kamen Rider Build: Transformation Lessons ~The Laws Of Transformation Are Set!~ is a web-exclusive series of Kamen Rider Build, which is released on Bandai JP's official YouTube channel, accompanying the airing of the main series' episode.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, contemplative, super sentai
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Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger (2016)
Plot Summary:
The human world is attacked by the space outlaw group “Dethgalien” who have chosen the Earth to be the site of their 100th Blood Game. One human and 4 anthropomorphic animal race “Zyuman” awaken their instincts to become ZYUOHGER and fight to protect all living things.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha, wild
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Ultraman Geed (2017)
Plot Summary:
After escaping from the raid of giant monster Skull Gomora, Riku Asakura and his partner Pega stumbled upon a secret base lied 500 m underground. Given the Geed Riser and Ultra Capsules by operating system Rem, he transforms into Ultraman Geed and becomes a hero that his childhood inspired.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, super sentai
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Ultraman Orb (2016)
Plot Summary:
Ultraman Orb, a warrior of light, battles monsters and aliens threatening Earth.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, super sentai, anime
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Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Deboth Army who invaded the Earth in the time of the dinosaurs has revived. Wise God Torin selects 5 brave individuals who can defeat their respective Zyudenryu and give the powers to become the “People of the Strong Dragons”, KYORYUGER.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha
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Peacemaker (2022)
Plot Summary:
The continuing story of Peacemaker – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it – in the aftermath of the events of “The Suicide Squad.”.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, anime, funny, epic, tense, humorous, suspense, exciting, captivating, queer cinema