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Plot Summary:
After waking in a park with total amnesia — and surrounded by dead bodies, all wearing latex gloves — a young woman must fight to uncover her past, and resume her position at the head of Britain’s most secret (supernatural) service before the traitors who stole her memory can finish what they started.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, enigmatic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, urban fantasy
Best tv shows and movies like The Rook (2019):
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Mortel (2019)
Plot Summary:
Sofiane, Victor and Luisa, three seemingly incompatible teenagers find themselves bound together by a supernatural force.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, suspense, disturbing
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Mirage (2020)
Plot Summary:
Claire lost her husband Gabriel during the tsunami in 2004. His body was never found. 15 years later, Claire has a new life with Lukas and her son Zack. After a decade of mourning and professional purgatory, she has just landed a dream job in Abu Dhabi. One night, Claire is having dinner and sees Gabriel's reflection in a window.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, political thriller, realistic, suspenseful
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The Lost Symbol (2021)
Plot Summary:
The early adventures of young Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, who must solve a series of deadly puzzles to save his kidnapped mentor and thwart a chilling global conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: dramatic, enigmatic, exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, serious, captivating, emotional, suspense, disturbing
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Hunters (2016)
Plot Summary:
The disappearance of a decorated FBI agent's wife leads him to a secret government unit assembled to hunt a group of ruthless terrorists - shadowy figures that may or may not be from this world.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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The Rope (2021)
Plot Summary:
A team of scientists face a test of faith and survival when they discover a mysterious rope in the middle of a forest, in this riveting French mini-series.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing
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SurrealEstate (2021)
Plot Summary:
Supernaturally trained realtor Nick Roman and his elite team of specialists go above and beyond to sell homes no one else wants to come near. The team works together to research, investigate and, hopefully, “fix” haunted and possessed homes (with often horrific results).
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark comedy, mystical
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Open Your Eyes (2021)
Plot Summary:
After a tragic accident, an amnesiac teen tries to rebuild her life at a memory disorders center but becomes suspicious of her unconventional treatment.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, tragic
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In Dreams (1999)
Plot Summary:
A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing, intense, serious, atmospheric, spiritual, mystical
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Stay Close (2021)
Plot Summary:
When Carlton Flynn vanishes 17 years to the night after Stewart Green did, it sets off a chain reaction in the lives of people connected to both men.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 375 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, detective, crime drama, powerful
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Happy Town (2010)
Plot Summary:
The residents of Haplin, Minnesota - also known as "Happy Town" - have enjoyed an uneasy peace while haunted by a number of unsolved kidnappings. Now facing a disturbing new crime that brings unresolved fears to the surface, Haplin's most prominent citizens come under scrutiny as their own secrets are revealed.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, detective, sweet, offbeat
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Night Visions (2001)
Plot Summary:
Night Visions is an hour-long, American television horror anthology series, with each episode comprising two half-hour stories dealing with themes of the supernatural or simply the dark side of human nature. Henry Rollins was the uncredited host of the show. The series aired on Fox from July 12 to September 6, 2001, after which it was picked up by the Sci Fi Channel, which reran the series beginning June 14, 2002. Sci Fi later aired the three remaining original episodes that produced for, but unaired, on Fox. One of these, "Cargo / Switch", ran as part of the Night Visions series, while the two other episodes' segments were edited into the Sci Fi Channel film Shadow Realm, minus the Rollins introductions and the Night Visions name. The show's directors included some best known for feature films, including Tobe Hooper and Joe Dante, and others, such as Brian Dennehy, JoBeth Williams, and Bill Pullman, known primarily as actors.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, atmospheric, bleak, suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, dark, detective
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Heroes Reborn (2015)
Plot Summary:
The supernatural phenomenon begins again with a fresh crop of inspiring heroes who take on the ultimate struggle between those with extraordinary abilities and those with nefarious motives to hunt and harness their powers. Epic adventures await these newly empowered allies as they cross paths with some of the original characters, unlocking the mysterious fate of the universe and their place within it.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, saga, cult classic
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Alphas (2011)
Plot Summary:
Five ordinary people with superhuman physical and mental abilities are brought together to form one extraordinary team of Alphas. Operating within the U.S. Department of Defense, the team investigates cases that point to others with Alpha abilities.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, cliffhanger, detective, action adventure, thrilling
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Emergence (2019)
Plot Summary:
A police chief takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, enigmatic, suspense, colorful, exciting, detective, colourful
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A Good Man (2020)
Plot Summary:
Who and What is “A Good Man”? This is the central question in this original drama series from Konstantin Bogomolov, agent provocateur of Russian cinema. Based on a true story, inspired by the capture of Russia’s most prolific and brutal serial killer “the maniac of Angarsk”. "A Good Man" looks at everyday violence in quiet suburbia. The protagonist is a police officer and a security guard, keen to uphold the law, protect people and his town. His methods are deadly. It takes almost a decade to reveal him as a mass murderer, who preyed on over 80 young women in and around Angarsk.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, disturbing, suspenseful, detective, suspense
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Dublin Murders (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, detective, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense, crime drama, enigmatic, disturbing, psychological thriller
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Signal (2016)
Plot Summary:
Detectives from the present and a detective from the past communicate via walkie-talkie to solve a long-time unsolved case.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: captivating, detective, touching, suspenseful, dorama, serious, non-linear, romantic drama, suspense, dark
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Frequency (2016)
Plot Summary:
Detective Raimy Sullivan is stunned when a voice suddenly crackles through her father’s old, long-broken ham radio – it’s Frank Sullivan, somehow transmitting over the airwaves and through the decades from 1996. Separated by twenty years, father and daughter have reunited on a frequency only they can hear, but can they rewrite the story of their lives without risking everyone they love?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, detective, suspense, atmospheric, spiritual, sitcom
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The 12 from Oldenheim (2017)
Plot Summary:
Follow the lives of the inhabitants of Oldenheim, an ancient Dutch village where families have lived for generations. The terror is great when the inhabitants of the village are confronted with a series of mysterious disappearances.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, crime drama, thrilling
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Hemlock Grove (2013)
Plot Summary:
One cannot quench his all-consuming thirst. The other cannot tame the beast clawing its way out. In the sleepy Pennsylvania village of Hemlock Grove, two young men struggle to accept painful truths: about family, themselves, the mystery of the White Tower - and a terrifying new threat so powerful it will turn them from predators into prey.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, scary, erotic, bloody, avant garde, grindhouse, spooky
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The Twilight Zone (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Twilight Zone is a 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone. It aired for one season on the UPN network, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host. The series was produced by New Line Television, which since 2008 is a division of Warner Bros., which released Twilight Zone: The Movie.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: anthology, atmospheric, serious, mind bending, stylized, surprise ending, offbeat, psychological, intellectual, dark
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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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Manifest (2018)
Plot Summary:
After landing from a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers of Montego Air Flight 828 discover five years have passed in what seemed like a few hours. As their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: mysterious, suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, intense, psychological, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, serious
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Ghost Whisperer (2005)
Plot Summary:
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, 'but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing.' Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over. The sentimental drama is 'inspired by the work of medium James Van Praagh.'.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, atmospheric, serious, spiritual, dread, thrilling, suspenseful, whimsical, nostalgic
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Castle Rock (2018)
Plot Summary:
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, enigmatic, anthology, rough, supernatural thriller, suspense, spooky, psychological, psychological thriller
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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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The OA (2016)
Plot Summary:
Prairie Johnson, blind as a child, comes home to the community she grew up in with her sight restored. Some hail her a miracle, others a dangerous mystery, but Prairie won’t talk with the FBI or her parents about the seven years she went missing.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, bleak, suspense, mysterious, spiritual, twist ending, esoteric, erotic, psychological thriller, atmospheric
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Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution over 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, sad, anime, deep, supernatural thriller, entertaining, mystical, ironic, whimsical
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The Gifted (2017)
Plot Summary:
A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, stylized, spiritual, anime
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Erased (2017)
Plot Summary:
After finding his mom killed, Satoru's time-traveling ability takes him back 18 years for a chance to prevent her death and those of three classmates.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspense, exciting, sad, manga, sitcom, psychological thriller