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Plot Summary:
Growing up a superhero is hard enough, but it's even harder with a super dad and a super sister.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful
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Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire (2019)
Plot Summary:
Inferno’s powers are stolen by a young and powerful villain and it’s up to the Secret Warriors to defeat their new foe and help their friend. But does Inferno even WANT his powers back? Meanwhile, America Chavez learns a lesson about friendship and family from teammate Ms. Marvel.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining
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Super Drags (2018)
Plot Summary:
In this adult animated series, three gay co-workers lead double lives as drag queen superheroes, saving the LGBTQ community from evil nemeses.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: adult animation, adult cartoon, exciting, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, ironic, controversial, queer cinema
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Scar on the Praeter (2021)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of a rebellion in the Akatsuki Special Ward of Tokyo, agents known as the Scard rise up to become the protectors of peace. With Divine Tattoos that each possess unique powers, they’ll have to fight to preserve their own definitions of justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure
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The Spine of Night (2021)
Plot Summary:
In this ultra-violent, fantasy epic, ancient dark magic falls into sinister hands and unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. A group of heroes from different eras and cultures must band together in order to defeat it at all costs.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: adult animation, suspense, exciting, tense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, epic fantasy, weird
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Spy Kids: Mission Critical (2018)
Plot Summary:
In this animated spinoff series, Juni and Carmen Cortez must battle the evil organization S.W.A.M.P. -- without the help of their super-spy parents.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, feel good, humorous, disturbing
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Powerbirds (2020)
Plot Summary:
Ace and Polly are just your ordinary pet birds by day and amazing superheroes, well, also by day! Join them as they go on epic adventures to save their city from the wackiest animal bad guys!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: tense, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, suspenseful
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The Adventures of Kid Danger (2018)
Plot Summary:
Henry Hart is a regular kid in the eighth grade who has a not-so-regular, part-time gig as Kid Danger. Kid Danger and his sidekick-in-training Captain Man embark on new adventures as they battle bizarre criminals and super villains.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, tense, light, captivating, entertaining, anime
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Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] I. presage flower (2017)
Plot Summary:
Shiro Emiya is a young magus who attends Homurahara Academy in Fuyuki City. One day after cleaning the Archery Dojo in his school, he catches a glimpse of a fight between superhuman beings, and he gets involved in the Holy Grail War, a ritual where magi called Masters fight each other with their Servants to win the Holy Grail. Shiro joins the battle to stop an evildoer from winning the Grail and to save innocent people, but everything goes wrong when a mysterious "Shadow" begins to indiscriminately kill people in Fuyuki.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, suspense, contemplative
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ThunderCats Roar (2020)
Plot Summary:
Lion-O and the ThunderCats — Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara, Wilykat and Wilykit — barely escape the sudden destruction of their home world, Thundera, only to crash land on the mysterious and exotic planet of Third Earth. Lion-O, the newly appointed Lord of the ThunderCats, attempts to lead the team as they make this planet their new home. A bizarre host of creatures and villains stand in their way, including the evil Mumm-Ra, Third Earth’s wicked ruler who will let nothing, including the ThunderCats, stop his tyrannical reign over the planet.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, feel good, humorous, captivating
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Atomic Puppet (2016)
Plot Summary:
Superhero Captain Atomic suffers a setback as he is shaking hands with Joey, a 12-year-old fan, when his disgruntled sidekick transforms him into a powerless puppet. The suddenly not-so-super superhero quickly realizes that the only way he can regain his former powers is to team up with the boy -- which is a dream come true for Joey but not so much for Captain Atomic. Together, the two form an unlikely and awkward partnership that allows them to become the city's newest superhero duo--known as Atomic Puppet.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, France
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (2014)
Plot Summary:
The heroes of 'Tiger & Bunny' are back in an all-new feature-length film! Picking up after the events of the Maverick incident, Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, a.k.k Wild Tiger, and Barnaby Brooks Jr. resume their careers as heroes fighting crime in Hero TV's Second League. Their partnership comes to a sudden end when Apollon Media's new owner Mark Schneider fires Kotetsu and moves Barnaby back into the First League, pairing him up with Golden Ryan, a new hero with awesome powers and a huge ego to match. When the heroes are sent to investigate a string of strange incidents tied closely to the city's Goddess Legend, they discover three super powered NEXTs plotting to bring terror and destruction to Stern Bild. With the lives of millions hanging in the balance, Barnaby and Goden Ryan must overcome their differences to contain the approaching doom, while a jobless Kotetsu's resolve as a hero is put to the test as he struggles to help his fellow heroes from the sidelines.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure
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Max Steel: Team Turbo (2016)
Plot Summary:
Max and Steel face their greatest challenge ever. When Max's greatest enemies unite to take down N-Tek and conquer Copper Canyon, Max and Steel realize that they can't save the day on their own.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, anime
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Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set on an alternative Earth, Superheroes are celebrities and a high rating TV show rates their achievements, awarding them points until an annual King of Heroes is crowned. Old-school hero Wild Tiger is assigned a new partner with very different views on the heroes role in society but soon a vigilante criminal presents them with a serious problem.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, compilation film
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Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)
Plot Summary:
Bruce Wayne faces a deadly menace from his past, with the help of three former classmates: world-renowned martial artists Richard Dragon, Ben Turner and Lady Shiva.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, psychological, captivating, suspense, perverse, period piece, unusual plot structure
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021)
Plot Summary:
Mighty teen Adam and his heroic squad of misfits discover the legendary power of Grayskull — and their destiny to defend Eternia from sinister Skeletor.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, 3d animation, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, computer animated
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Justice Society: World War II (2021)
Plot Summary:
While speeding off to help in an impromptu battle, The Flash blazes and rips through time, only to find himself dropped into the middle of World War II. It’s here that The Flash meets Wonder Woman and her top secret team, known as the Justice Society of America. Amidst the raging tides of war, gripping combat and the velocity of valor, The Flash must fight to return to his own timeline.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, disturbing, contemplative, perverse, unusual plot structure
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Avengers: United They Stand (1999)
Plot Summary:
The Avengers: United They Stand is an animated series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team The Avengers. It consists of 13 episodes, which originally premiered on October 30, 1999, and was produced by Avi Arad and distributed by 20th Century Fox Television. It was later canceled on February 26, 2000. The series features a team based on the roster for the 1984 The West Coast Avengers, composed of Ant-Man, the Wasp, Wonder Man, Tigra, Hawkeye, the Vision, and Scarlet Witch. All 13 episode are streamed on Marvel.com.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Marvel Knights: Inhumans (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Inhumans have always been one of Marvel’s most enduring oddities. A race of genetic freaks, they live secluded in their island kingdom of Attilan, preferring not to mix with the outside world. Even stranger, their genetic mutations are self-endowed; each Inhuman, as a coming-of-age ritual, endures exposure to the Terrigan Mists, a strange substance that imparts unearthly powers, some extraordinary, some monstrous. But now the kingdom of Attilan is under attack from without and within. Can the Royal Family, led by Black Bolt (who cannot speak for his voice carries the destructive power of an atom bomb) repel the foreign invaders who blast at their outer defense, as well as the internal threat of Black Bolt's brother, Maximus the Mad?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 438
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Hot Streets (2016)
Plot Summary:
An FBI agent, his partner, his niece and her cowardly dog investigate supernatural phenomena.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 10 min
Plot tags: adult animation, exciting, feel good, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Bad Days (2012)
Plot Summary:
Even heroes wake up on the wrong side of the bed. This show features our greatest heroes and their greatest failures.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining
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Freedom Fighters: The Ray (2017)
Plot Summary:
Reporter Raymond "Ray" Terrill is investigating a group of government scientists who are developing a weapon using light, when he is attacked with a "genetic light bomb" that ends up bestowing him with light-based super powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 6 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, anime, unusual plot structure
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Chakra the Invincible (2013)
Plot Summary:
The movie features Raju Rai, a young Indian boy living in Mumbai, India. Raju's mentor, the scientist Dr. Singh, develops a technological suit that weaponizes all the Chakras in the body. Raju uses its powers to be a superhero and vows to use the suit to protect and serve Mumbai as he battles super-villains. The Invincible fights new enemies and makes a new mysterious friend Mighty Girl. But, who exactly is Mighty Girl, where did she came from and how is she going to change Chakra’s life?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Action
Country: India, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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X-Ray and Vav (2014)
Plot Summary:
Dimwits Ray and Gavin become superheroes X-Ray and Vav!.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Concrete Revolutio (2015)
Plot Summary:
The stage is set in "another Japan" as a banquet of diverse superhumans unfolds... In an imaginary "age of gods" about 20 years after the war, Japan has grown and developed by leaps and bounds. What if all the superhumans ever written about in fictional stories existed at the same time? Superhumans who came into existence through different circumstances, and who are special in different ways—Titans from outer space, lifeforms from a mystical world, phantoms and goblins from ancient times, cyborgs created by scientists, relics that rose out of the ruins of ancient civilizations, and the list goes on. One segment of these superhumans makes no secret of their existence and has gained popularity in society. Others cloak their identities and fight in secrecy. There are enemies of superhumans as well, organizations that operate in the shadows. The Japanese government has taken many measures to secure peace and order. One is the establishment of an organization under the Ministry of Health and Welfare—the Overpopulation Research Laboratory, a.k.a. the Superhuman Bureau. Their mission is to identify and approach superhumans, then oversee and safeguard them. One member of the Superhuman Bureau, Jirou Hitoyoshi, is protagonist of this series.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, feel good, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, mecha, super sentai, unusual plot structure
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Stan Lee's Mighty 7 (2014)
Plot Summary:
When seven aliens crash land in the desert night, Stan Lee discovers that they are being chased by a top-secret military force led by Mr. Cross and his Chinese technical assistant, Lily. Stan hides the distressed aliens in his Malibu beach house, but when the evil reptilian Taegons invade Planet Earth days later, Stan needs to act quick! He teaches the seven aliens how to become superheroes, and in a climactic battle, Stan and the Mighty 7 defeat the Taegon invaders.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Overlord: The Undead King (2017)
Plot Summary:
The first recap film of season 1 of the anime TV series Overlord, covering episodes 1 to 7. In the year 2138, the popular online VR game Yggdrasil is quietly shut down one day. However, the player Momonga decides to not log out and is transformed into a powerful skeletal wizard upon shutdown. The game world continues to change, with non-player characters beginning to feel emotions. Confronted with this abnormal situation, Momonga and his loyal followers strive to investigate and take over the new world the game has become.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, manga, unusual plot structure
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Vixen (2015)
Plot Summary:
Originally from Africa, Mari McGabe's parents were killed by local greed, corruption and wanton violence.But the orphaned Marl refuses to succumb to the terrors surrounding her. Inheriting her family's Tantu Totem, Mari can access the powers of animals - anything from the super-strength of a gorilla to the speed of a cheetah. As Vixen she fights valiantly to protect the world from threats like those that claimed her family.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, anime
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Max Steel Team Turbo: Fusion Tek (2016)
Plot Summary:
Max and Steel face their greatest challenge ever. When Max's greatest enemies unite to take down N-Tek and conquer Copper Canyon, Max and Steel realize that they can't save the day on their own. It's time to form a new team of heroes with Tempestra, La Fiera, and C.Y.T.R.O. - TEAM TURBO.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, anime
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Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons (2020)
Plot Summary:
Ten years ago, Slade Wilson-aka the super-assassin called Deathstroke-made a tragic mistake and his wife and son paid a terrible price. Now, a decade later, Wilson's family is threatened once again by the murderous Jackal and the terrorists of H.IV.E. Can Deathstroke atone for the sins of the past-or will his family pay the ultimate price?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, adult animation, anime
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Invincible (2021)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of the American Comic Book of the same name by Robert Kirkman.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 182000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: adult animation, exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, adult cartoon, psychological, contemplative, manga, anime