Best tv shows like The Hardy Boys
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Plot Summary:
When the Hardy boys, Frank and Joe and their father, Fenton arrive in Bridgeport they set out to uncover the truth behind the recent tragedy that has changed their lives, and in doing so, uncover something much more sinister.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, period piece, period drama
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The Last Wave (2019)
Plot Summary:
In this supernatural thriller, an ominous cloud meets a supersized wave during a surfing competition, engulfing the participants in one fell swoop. When the cloud dissipates and the water settles, the surfers are nowhere to be seen. Five hours later, they reappear safe and sound - but with no recollection of their disappearance. One by one, the returning surfers discover they each possess inexplicable powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Dinosapien (2007)
Plot Summary:
Dinosapien is a British/Canadian children's television program produced jointly by BBC Worldwide and Cambium Catalyst International with SEVEN24 Films. Overall 15 episodes were made, each 21 and half minutes long. The series is filmed in Bragg Creek, Alberta. The program made its debut on March 24, 2007 on Discovery Kids and CBBC. The series ended on June 30, 2007. Each program contains around six minutes of CGI. Brittney Wilson stars as Lauren Slayton, Suzanna Hamilton as Dr. Slayton and James Coombes as the villain, Dr. Aikens. Because of the Native Americans role in the series, the show could possibly be loosely based on Turok. Sci-fi veteran David Winning directed the pilot and first three episodes and Brendan Sheppard, known for his work on Doctor Who DVDs, directed five episodes. Marc Lougee, veteran of several award-winning animated series directed CG animation and Visual Effects/2nd unit for the series prior to filming The Pit and the Pendulum, a stop motion animated adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale. The Pit and the Pendulum was executive produced by animation icon Mr. Ray Harryhausen, joined by DINOSAPIEN producer Pete Denomme and Fred Fuchs.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating
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Fantasy Island (2021)
Plot Summary:
This contemporary version of the classic drama series delves into the “what if” questions that keep us awake at night. Each episode tells emotional, provocative stories about people who walk in with a desire, but end up reborn to themselves through the magical realism of Fantasy Island.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, melancholic, talky, semi serious
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Foreign Exchange (2004)
Plot Summary:
Foreign Exchange is an Australian fantastic's television programme broadcast by Southern Star during 2004. It starred Lynn Styles as Hannah O'Flaherty, a feisty Irish girl, and Zachary Garred as Brett Miller, a sun-drenched Australian boy. The pair are brought together from opposite sides of the world, due to a transfer portal. The series of 26 episodes was created by the Australian John Rapsey and directed by Annie Murtagh-Monks and Gillian Reynolos.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia, Ireland
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, captivating, semi serious
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Eagles and Youngster (2018)
Plot Summary:
The main character begins a dangerous journey of human against nature to find an antidote to save his master Shifu by traveling to a faraway land where he makes friends with a few key characters. ~~ Adapted from the novel written by Tian Xia Ba Chang following the rivalry of two hunting clans at the end of the 80s.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, tense, enigmatic, captivating, period piece
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Paradise (2021)
Plot Summary:
At the end of the summer of 1992, three 15-year-old girls, Sandra, Eva and Malena disappear without a trace from a nightclub in a coastal town. When the police investigation appears to be taking the wrong direction, Javi, Sandra’s younger brother, takes the matter into his own hands. Along with the help of his friends, they discover something not of this world.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 662
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, mystical
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Alive and Kicking (2021)
Plot Summary:
'Los Espabilados' tells the story of Mickey L'Angelo, Guada, Yeray, Lucas and Samuel, a group of extraordinary young people who escape from a psychiatric center in search of their place in the world. Despite their clinical diagnoses, these boys face life with humor and courage because inside they are clear that it is society that is sick and not them. The boys will go on a journey through Europe to find the brother of one of them, while they are facing their daily medical conditions. In this series we will enjoy their adventures, their search for acceptance while making the most of their lives. This group of friends suffers from mental illness, but above all they are clever boys and they will show it in each episode when they have to overcome obstacles in this adventure of life. The series exudes positivity and humor, while addressing the taboos around the universe of children and the rejection that mental illness causes. A series full of tenderness and humor, the Espinosa world trademark.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, tense, light, humorous, contemplative
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Just One Look (2017)
Plot Summary:
What if your whole life was just a lie? If the man you married fifteen years ago wasn't who you thought he was? For Eva Beaufils, it took just one look at an old photo to turn her whole world upside down. Suddenly, her husband Bastien disappears. Eva has only one thing left in mind: find him at all costs. Even if it reawakens old wounds and puts their children at risk, Eva knows that this is the only search that can give her the answer... Can love overcome distrust?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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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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The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim (2021)
Plot Summary:
18-year-old Ga Doo Shim who wishes to live as a typical high schooler but is born with the undesired fate of becoming a shaman. She is a brave and strong character who will fight evil spirits as she works on solving mysterious cases. Na Woo Soo, a nearly perfect high schooler with a wealthy background, handsome looks, and outstanding grades. When Ga Doo Shim suddenly appears in his life, he gains the ability to see evil spirits, and the two get entangled in mysterious cases together.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Fantasy, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: mystical, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Immortality (2021)
Plot Summary:
The story is set in a tumultuous era where the world is facing a probable invasion by the demon world due to a rift in the heavens. The world's most powerful cultivator Chu Wanning did not forget his original intention of joining the world to help the Dao cultivation and sets out on a mission to protect the beings of the world. He uses his abilities to prevent the heavens from splitting and at the same time, his compassion and love influences his misguided disciple Mo Ran to return to the righteous path he has strayed from. Chu Wanning also successfully imparts the value of putting the greater good before personal desires to Mo Ran. In the end, the pair of teacher and disciple dedicate their lives and work together with the rest of the cultivating heroes to stop the villains' conspiracy and protect the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: xianxia, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, tear jerker, costume drama, tearjerker
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Beautiful World (2019)
Plot Summary:
This drama tells the story of a boy who becomes critically injured due to an incident of school violence and his family who seeks the truth and fights for justice in his name.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019)
Plot Summary:
This three-part, self-contained limited series is about the newest member of the Midnight Society, her first scary tale, and what happens to the group when the terrifying events of her story start to actually happen in their small town.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: captivating, anthology, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fairy tale, spooky, serious, bleak
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Solomon's Perjury (2016)
Plot Summary:
A male student's body is found at school. Authorities assume that the student killed himself in a fall. Other students at the school hold a trial to uncover the truth behind his death.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
Plot Summary:
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as amateur sleuth brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, respectively, and Pamela Sue Martin as girl detective Nancy Drew. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was unusual in that it often dealt with the characters individually, in an almost anthological style. That is, some episodes featured only the Hardy Boys and others only Nancy Drew.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, feel good, serious, realistic, suspenseful, vintage
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Open Heart (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of her father's disappearance, 16-year-old Dylan Blake falls in with the wrong crowd, gets arrested, and earns court-ordered community service volunteering at Open Heart Memorial, the hospital where her mother and sister are doctors, where her grandparents are board members and benefactors and where her father was last seen the day he vanished.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous
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House of Anubis (2009)
Plot Summary:
Das Haus Anubis is a children's television series produced jointly by Belgian broadcaster Studio 100 and Nickelodeon and the first remake of Het Huis Anubis aired in The Netherlands and Belgium. Another English remake called House of Anubis aired in 2011. With a seven-figure production budget, it is one of Nickelodeon's largest in-house productions, and the first German daily soap opera specifically aimed at children. From 29 September 2009 to 4 May 2012, the show had been running both on children's channel Nick, and season 1 on music channel VIVA. Das Haus Anubis is aimed at children twelve years old and above, and is the German remake of the successful Dutch television programme, Het Huis Anubis. This 2006/2009 series was one of the most successful children's series in the Benelux countries.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Secrets of Sulphur Springs (2021)
Plot Summary:
12-year-old Griffin Campbell and his family move to the small town of Sulphur Springs and take ownership of an abandoned hotel rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a girl who disappeared decades ago. Griffin befriends Harper, a bright-eyed, mystery-obsessed classmate and together, they uncover a secret portal that allows them to travel back in time. In the past, they’ll attempt to uncover the key to solving this unsolved mystery, a mystery that affects everyone close to them.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: captivating, mystical, atmospheric, tense, spooky
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The Baby-Sitters Club (2020)
Plot Summary:
In this contemporary take on the beloved book series, five best friends launch a baby-sitting business that's big on fun and adventure.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, captivating, children's program, contemplative, teen comedy
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The Irregulars (2021)
Plot Summary:
In Victorian London, a gang of troubled street teens are manipulated into solving crimes for the sinister Doctor Watson and his mysterious business partner, the elusive Sherlock Holmes. As the crimes take on a horrifying supernatural edge and a dark power emerges, it'll be up to the Irregulars to come together to save not only London but the entire world.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, mysterious, detective, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, costume drama, period drama
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The Order (2019)
Plot Summary:
Out to avenge his mother's death, a college student pledges a secret order and lands in a war between werewolves and practitioners of dark magic.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, mythical, supernatural thriller, spooky, teen horror, urban fantasy
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Hunter Street (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sleuthy foster siblings Max, Tess, Sal, Anika, and Daniel Hunter find new quests, more mysteries, and even new Hunter sibs!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, humorous, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Riverdale (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, tense, biting, surprise ending, suspense, dramatic, intense, enigmatic, bleak
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Anne with an E (2017)
Plot Summary:
A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890’s, who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly woman and her aging brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform their lives and eventually the small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: compassionate, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional, costume drama, period piece, sad, historical drama, period drama
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The Stranded (2019)
Plot Summary:
Trapped on an island destroyed by a tsunami, the students of an elite school try to hold on to hope. But mysterious forces seem to work against them.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Beyond (2016)
Plot Summary:
Holden wakes up from a coma after 12 years and discovers new abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, bleak, captivating, tense
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The Girl in the Woods (2021)
Plot Summary:
Carrie is a mysterious warrior who escaped from a cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 984
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, queer cinema
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Locke & Key (2020)
Plot Summary:
Three siblings who move into their ancestral estate after their father's gruesome murder discover their new home's magical keys, which must be used in their stand against an evil creature who wants the keys and their powers.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, atmospheric, spooky, teen horror, supernatural thriller
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Nancy Drew (2019)
Plot Summary:
Young Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college after high school graduation, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: captivating, enigmatic, tense, slasher, spooky, bleak, neo noir, suspense, detective, non-linear
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Stranger Things (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 13000000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, sincere, disturbing, thought provoking, epic, psychological thriller, retro, spectacular