Top Complex Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Charlie Hunnam

Rami Malek

Christopher Fairbank

Eve Hewson

Papillon (2017)

7.3 2.2K votes

Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama

Country: Czech Republic, Malta

Duration: 134 min.

Audience: R

Story: Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.

Style: shocking, whimsical

Plot: prisoner, based on novel or book, biography, based on true story, guillotine, remake, solitary confinement, wrongful conviction, ...

Place: south america

Cast

David Bowie

Tom Conti

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Takeshi Kitano

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

7.3 527 votes

Genre: Drama, History, War

Country: Japan, New Zealand

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: R

Story: Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.

Plot: based on novel or book, war crimes, prisoner of war, pacific war, court martial, prison camp, meditative, java, ...

Time: world war ii, 1940s

Cast

Natja Brunckhorst

Thomas Haustein

Jens Kuphal

Rainer Woelk

Christiane F. (1981)

7.3 1.4K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Germany

Duration: 131 min.

Audience: R

Story: A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.

Style: intense

Plot: berlin, germany, heroin, junkie, prostitution, illegal drugs, dramatic, critical, ...

Cast

Angelina Jolie

Elle Fanning

Harris Dickinson

Michelle Pfeiffer

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)

7.3 6.5K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

Plot: magic, fairy tale, fairy, sequel, based on fairy tale, live action remake, complicated

Cast

Josh O'Connor

Carol Duarte

Alba Rohrwacher

Isabella Rossellini

La Chimera (2023)

7.3 593 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Country: Italy, France

Duration: 131 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For Arthur, the Chimera looks like the woman he lost, Beniamina. In an adventurous journey between the living and the dead, between forests and cities, between celebrations and solitudes, the intertwined destinies of these characters unfold, all in search of the Chimera.

Plot: magic realism, burlesque, archeology, englishman abroad, complex, playful, tomb raiding, compassionate, ...

Time: 1980s

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Cast

John Krasinski

James Badge Dale

Dominic Fumusa

Max Martini

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

7.3 4.0K votes

Genre: Drama, History, War

Country: United States of America

Duration: 144 min.

Audience: R

Story: An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

Style: provocative, tense

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), based on novel or book, libya, assault rifle, grave, mercenary, heroism, biography, ...

Cast

Willem Dafoe

Sean Patrick Flanery

Norman Reedus

David Della Rocco

The Boondock Saints (1999)

7.3 2.7K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: R

Story: Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. But Paul Smecker, an eccentric FBI agent, is fast closing in on their blood-soaked trail.

Plot: bratva (russian mafia), boston, massachusetts, detective, irish-american, prologue, shootout, police station, ...

Cast

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Erika Christensen

Iantha Richardson

Jake McLaughlin

Will Trent (2023) TV Show

7.3 195 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 59

Audience: TV-14

Story: Special Agent Will Trent was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta's overwhelmed foster care system. Determined to make sure no one feels as he did, he now has the highest clearance rate.

Style: whimsical

Plot: fbi, sarcasm, georgia, dyslexia, police detective, special agent, police department, chihuahua dog, ...

Cast

Sally Hawkins

Michael Shannon

Richard Jenkins

Octavia Spencer

The Shape of Water (2017)

7.2 12.9K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: R

Story: An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

Plot: government, fairy tale, supernatural, baltimore, usa, laboratory, orphan, scientist, ...

Time: cold war, 1960s

Cast

Mehdi Dehbi

Michelle Monaghan

John Ortiz

Tomer Sisley

Messiah (2020) TV Show

7.2 425 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A wary CIA officer investigates a charismatic man who sparks a spiritual movement and stirs political unrest. Who exactly is he? And what does he want?

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), widow, palestinian-israeli conflict, prophet, reverend, messiah, mysterious, isis (daesh), ...

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones

Samuel L. Jackson

The Sunset Limited (2011)

7.2 518 votes

Genre: Drama, TV Movie

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: A deeply religious black ex-con thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor who tries to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, 'The Sunset Limited.' As the one attempts to connect on a rational, spiritual and emotional level, the other remains steadfast in his hard-earned despair. Locked in a philosophical debate, both passionately defend their personal credos and try to convert the other.

Plot: nihilism, faith, optimism, matter of life and death, based on play or musical, loneliness, debate, self-doubt, ...

Cast

Scott Adkins

Teodora Duhovnikova

Alon Aboutboul

Julian Vergov

Boyka: Undisputed IV (2016)

7.2 1.5K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: Bulgaria, United States of America

Duration: 87 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for. When he finds out the wife of the man he accidentally killed is in trouble, Boyka offers to fight in a series of impossible battles to free her from a life of servitude.

Style: intense

Plot: prison, martial arts, sports, wife, affectation, sequel, accidental death, fighting, ...

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)

7.2 945 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Fourteen years after Third Impact, Shinji Ikari awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, NERV has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have turned against him. Befriending the enigmatic Kaworu Nagisa, Shinji continues the fight against the angels and realizes the fighting is far from over, even when it could be against his former allies. The characters' struggles continue amidst the battles against the angels and each other, spiraling down to what could inevitably be the end of the world.

Style: surreal, philosophical

Plot: depression, sacrifice, post-apocalyptic future, alien, mecha, giant robot, lgbt, military, ...

48 Hours (1988) TV Show

7.2 55 votes

Genre: Crime, Documentary

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 39

Episodes: 1167

Audience: TV-14

Story: This newsmagazine series investigates intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience. Over its long run, the show has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, driven the reopening — and resolution — of cold cases, and changed numerous lives. CBS News correspondents offer an in-depth look into each story, with the emphasis on solving the mystery at its heart.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: biting, true crime, disturbed, angry, magazine show, complex, suspicious, anxious, ...

Cast

Sasha Lane

John Cusack

Ashleigh LaThrop

Dan Byrd

Utopia (2020) TV Show

7.2 480 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A group of young adults who met online are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel.

Style: shocking, philosophical, suspenseful, intense

Plot: cult, psychotic, mysterious, complex, apocalyptic vision, comic book writer, based on tv series, harsh, ...

Cast

Matt Damon

Gwyneth Paltrow

Jude Law

Cate Blanchett

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

7.2 4.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 140 min.

Audience: R

Story: Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

Style: shocking, intense

Plot: new york city, friendship, ship, new love, lovesickness, jealousy, dual identity, double life, ...

Place: italy

Cast

John David Washington

Robert Pattinson

Elizabeth Debicki

Kenneth Branagh

Tenet (2020)

7.2 11.2K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 150 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

Style: intense

Plot: assassin, espionage, spy, time travel, mumbai (bombay), india, arms dealer, terrorism, ...

Feel Good (2020) TV Show

7.2 246 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Recovering addict and comedian Mae tries to control the addictive behaviors and intense romanticism that permeate every facet of their life. Life is further complicated by a new and all-consuming relationship with their new girlfriend George.

Style: irreverent, intimate, witty, romantic

Plot: romcom, lesbian relationship, romance, irreverence, lgbt, complex

Cast

Josephine Langford

Hero Fiennes Tiffin

Dylan Sprouse

Louise Lombard

After We Collided (2020)

7.2 5.5K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: R

Story: Tessa finds herself struggling with her complicated relationship with Hardin; she faces a dilemma that could change their lives forever.

Plot: based on novel or book, sequel, love, teenage crush, angry, complex, grand

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland

Maggie Q

Kal Penn

Adan Canto

Designated Survivor (2016) TV Show

7.1 1.1K votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 53

Audience: TV-14

Story: Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.

Style: philosophical, irreverent, intimate, provocative, suspenseful, ...

Plot: usa president, affectation, politics, president, conspiracy, terrorism, biting, mourning, ...

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