Best tv shows like Wolf 2039
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Plot Summary:
Second series of the WOLF franchise starts 25 years after the first outing. As alliances wear thin, and notions of global order are shattered, the world of 2039 is on the brink of total war. Dangerous technologies that exceed the grasp of humanity’s control threaten a frayed social fabric. The action-packed story will examine security and war in this near future world.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing
Best tv shows and movies like Wolf 2039 (2021):
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Robot World (2015)
Plot Summary:
50 years from now, a pilot (Ian Rowe) is sent 60 light years across the galaxy through a new device capable of crossing the extra spatial dimensions. His mission is to orbit and reconnoiter the planet then return home. The planet is known to be populated by intelligent life. Once at his destination the pilot has to perform an emergency landing and becomes marooned on the alien planet, and soon discovers the planets only inhabitants are predatory machines.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, disturbing, independent film
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Wolf (2018)
Plot Summary:
Tasked with risky missions across Turkey, members of a special-operations police unit confront danger and tragedy both on the field and at home.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Thriller, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
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Interstellar Civil War: Shadows of the Empire (2017)
Plot Summary:
The Imperial Empire is attacked by an Alliance of rebels led by fanatical mystics. The ruler, Empress Nobu, the 8th generation of her family, wants to execute a bold plan to rescue a cyborg, Leah C6, trapped on the battle ravaged planet Endor. The Empress believes Leah C6 holds the secret to destroying the Alliance of Rebels before their insurgency can kill millions of citizens of the Empire. She recruits her heroic fleet commander, Lord General Luka Raan and asks him to gather a team from the Empire's elite soldiers, the Galactic Rangers. Raan assembles the team in the ruins of Endor which was attacked by depraved Rebels and outlaws led by, Kindo-Ker, a fanatical mystic in Dark Energy. The Galactic Rangers begin a desperate search to find and rescue Leah C6 before the Alliance Rebels can.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic
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Kira & El Gen (2022)
Plot Summary:
The movie focuses on the fury state that was among the people in synchronization with the main event in Egypt: The Egyptian revolution "1919" which unites the fates of Kira and El Gin to participate in the struggle against the English occupation.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets (2015)
Plot Summary:
During the Great Titan War, a race of giants called Titans nearly wiped out humanity. The survivors built three concentric walls tall enough to keep the Titans out, but a century into that era of peace, the Colossal Titan suddenly appeared and kicked a hole through the Outer Wall, allowing other Titans to surge through. Forced to retreat behind the Middle Wall, humanity begins planning its retaliation.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 34 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, anime, entertaining
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Designation Forever (2011)
Plot Summary:
Li Chishui is a Militia Captain. In an unexpected delaying action, he goes to the front line and becomes the captain of the battalion in his county. In order to be a good captain, Li Chishui tries everything from enhancing trainings to recruiting new members. Thanks to his efforts, his battalion gradually develops. When Japanese army sweeps the Northern China area, Li Chishui's battalion is assigned to delay an elite troop of over 30,000 Japanese soldiers at all costs so that the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army will have time to transfer. Before he accepts this essential task, Li Chishui makes a request: he wants an official designation for his battalion. After making this request, Li Chishui leads his battalion to the front, devoting their lives to this task. The battalion sticks to the battlefield for several days until they all have nothing to fight with and die in the battle. One month later, the CPC cadre who assigns this task to Li Chishui's battalion returns to this battlefield. Facing the tombs of all the soldiers, he fulfills his promise to Li Chishui and grants Li Chishui's battalion a designation. He says, "They defend the dignity of The Eighth Route Army with their lives. Today, I award them this designation which will last forever! For China, we will fight any enemy until we drain every drop of our blood.".
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: War
Country: China
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Wolf Pack (2019)
Plot Summary:
"The Wolf Pack" are on a mission to reach Kafr Cenneh. On the way there the 9 commandos must face the enemy which outnumbers them by far.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Action, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Drawing Sword (2005)
Plot Summary:
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chen Geng is the commander of the 386th brigade, part of the 129th division of the Eighth Route Army. Subordinate to Chen is Li Yun Long, who leads his regiment for the fight against the Japanese invaders. Although rash and rough in personality, Li Yun Long possesses brilliant military skills, which he carries with him from the war against the Japanese to the Chinese Civil War.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Action
Country: China
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Valley of Tears (2020)
Plot Summary:
On October 6th 1973, the Middle East was shaken by the biggest war it had ever seen. A war that should have been the last one, and that forever changed the region.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline (2021)
Plot Summary:
In 2061, Japan is under a state of occupation by multiple states. The world, including Japan, has been consolidated under the rule of four trade blocs. The entire archipelago is now the frontline of conflict. The Japanese people live under a state of constant occupation and oppression, with humanoid war machines called AMAIM patrolling its streets. A young introverted boy named Amō Shiiba has a chance meeting with the autonomous AI Gai, and his acquisition of the AMAIM Kenbu begins a story that will see him attempting to take back Japan. Gashin Tezuka is a reticent and frank 16-year-old member of the Japanese resistance who pilots the AMAIM Ghost to avenge his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: mecha, anime, exciting, tense, captivating
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The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014)
Plot Summary:
Twelve-episode (13 counting the prologue "Episode 0") live action PATLABOR film/TV series, set a decade after the end of Mamoru Oshii's original OVA and films, and centered around the often comical adventures of the new Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Special Vehicles Unit 2.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: mecha, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, disturbing, anime
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Transfers (2017)
Plot Summary:
Thanks to science, after five years of coma, Florian has his mind transferred into another's body. Now he has to hide his identity, living as an officer with BATI, the anti-transfers unit.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 988
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, futuristic
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Street Fighter: Resurrection (2016)
Plot Summary:
Taking place ten years after Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist, Resurrection serves as a prequel to the Street Fighter V video game, featuring Ryu and Ken encountering several characters from the game as they attempt to track down the truth behind the resurrection of Charlie Nash, a previous ally who was presumed dead but has returned and is attacking other fighters.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Iru Mugan (2016)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced RAW agent Akilan (Vikram) is recalled by the agency to track down a crazy scientist and a cross dresser Love (also Vikram), who has discovered a deadly new drug ‘Speed inhaler’.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Eternal Code (2019)
Plot Summary:
A researcher's family is kidnapped after she leads efforts to withdraw her company from a collaboration. With everything on the line, only her teenage daughter can save the family with help from a suicidal veteran and a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Awakener: The Series (2019)
Plot Summary:
TV show adapted from the controversial comic book about a trained agent who crusades against Brazil's endemic corruption and its figures, on the verge of presidential elections.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Malazgirt 1071 (2022)
Plot Summary:
Malazgirt 1071 tells the story of the Battle of Manzikert, which opened the doors of Anatolia to Turks.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, islamic
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Victorious Mehmets (2018)
Plot Summary:
During World War I, a group of determined soldiers fights to defend Ottoman territory against English invasion.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, islamic
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Alparslan: The Great Seljuks (2021)
Plot Summary:
This series about a Sultan of the Great Seltuks. His name is Alparslan. He is the second sultan of the Seltuk dynasty. The serious will mainly explain the key moments of the life of Alparslan.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Foxhole (2021)
Plot Summary:
Unfolding over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars – The American Civil War, World War I, and Iraq – FOXHOLE follows five soldiers confined in a foxhole as they grapple with morality, futility, and an increasingly volatile combat situation. Casting the same five actors in each episode, the film depicts the shifting roles of race and gender over time against the backdrop of the seemingly endless human struggle for power and domination. (Olivia Belluck).
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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1971: Beyond Borders (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set against the backdrop of 1971 Indo-Pak war, the movie is inspired by real incidents and the protagonists are inspired by Param Vir Chakra recipients. The movie shows what consequences of war are on the lives of soldiers on either side of the border.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, War
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Fortress: Sniper's Eye (2022)
Plot Summary:
Weeks after the deadly assault on Fortress Camp, Robert makes a daring rescue to save Sasha, the widow of his old nemesis Balzary. But back in the camp's command bunker, it appears Sasha may have devious plans of her own. As a new attack breaks out, Robert is confronted with a familiar face he thought he'd never see again….
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Rocket Hunter (2020)
Plot Summary:
In one of the most dangerous missions of the war, an American B-17 pilot volunteers to fly a surrendered Messerschmitt 109 on a daring flight through the heart of Germany to try to prevent the people of London from being terrorized by the V-2 rockets. "Rocket Hunter" tells the story of an amazing pilot and his bombardier brother from the time they are teenagers dreaming of taking to the skies to the dark days of January 1945.
IMDB Rating: 1.4
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Legend of the Patriots (2010)
Plot Summary:
Legend of the Patriots is a remake of the 1975 South Korean drama Comrades. Its production was spawned to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. The story centers around the lives of eleven Korean soldiers fighting in the Korean War. Director Kim Sang-hwi remarked that the series is not about the ideologies of South and North Korea, but rather focuses on the struggles of ordinary people who lived through the war.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Misja Afganistan (2012)
Plot Summary:
Story about soldiers of the II platoon of the first company of the mechanized infantry from Wedrzyn, under the command of a junior officer - lieutenant Pawel Konaszewicz.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Action, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set against the backdrop of a UNSC military academy, a group of highborn cadets are training to be the next generation of soldiers in the UNSC’s ongoing war with insurrectionists in the outer colonial planets. Among these cadets, Thomas Lasky struggles with his doubts about this war, and with the burden of expectations he may not be able to carry. As Lasky comes to terms with his potential as a military leader, the terrifying alien alliance known as the Covenant arrives and turns his world upside down. Inspired by the Master Chief, he must decide what it means to be a hero.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: futuristic, stylized, suspenseful, serious, enigmatic, talky, saga, brutal, exciting, light
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Vilangu (2022)
Plot Summary:
Paridhi, a cop undergoing a stressful personal situation, must solve a mysterious murder case that has put the police department on its toes.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Pedal to Metal (2022)
Plot Summary:
After a race they drive in ends fatally, friends Kike and Noche flee to Mexico City to hide, rebuild their lives and escape danger ... or at least try.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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High & Low: The Story of S.W.O.R.D. (2015)
Plot Summary:
A town once dominated by Mugen has been split into 5 districts dominated by S.W.O.R.D., the 5 gangs: Sannoh Rengokai, White Rascals, Oya Kohkoh, Rude Boys and Daruma Ikka. Mugen's grip on the town ended after the legendary Amamiya Brothers refused to submit to their will. The 5 gangs fight for their pride and glory, but the mysterious Mighty Warriors appear.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Suzhal - The Vortex (2022)
Plot Summary:
A minor girl goes missing in a small town in Tamilnadu and an investigation follows. A sub inspector investigating a missing girl's case in a uncovers some shocking revelations and dirty truths those threaten to shake up the cultural societal fabric.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing