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Cast

Tom Hanks

Robin Wright

Gary Sinise

Sally Field

Forrest Gump (1994)

8.5 30.0K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 142 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

Plot: new year's eve, vietnam veteran, mentally disabled, friendship, usa president, washington dc, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), waitress, ...

Time: vietnam war, 1970s, 1960s

Place: usa, america

Cast

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Alfonso Herrera

Dulce Maru00eda

Christopher Von Uckermann

Rebelde (2004) TV Show

8.4 5.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Mexico

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 440

Audience: TV-14

Story: A group of young adults will spend their adolescence at the Elite Way School, where they will learn about love, life and live their passion for music.

Style: nostalgic

Plot: upper class, mexico city, mexico, private school, high school, teen angst, class differences, teenage romance, ...

Cast

KJ Apa

Lili Reinhart

Camila Mendes

Cole Sprouse

Riverdale (2017) TV Show

8.4 13.7K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 137

Audience: TV-14

Story: 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.

Style: dark, absurd, romantic

Plot: love triangle, casino, witch, killing, small town, amateur detective, magic, manipulation, ...

Cast

Matt Bomer

Jonathan Bailey

Jelani Alladin

Linus Roache

Fellow Travelers (2023) TV Show

8.4 199 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A chronicle of a decades-long volatile romance between two men — from their first meeting during the height of the 1950s Lavender Scare to the AIDS crises of the 1980s.

Plot: aids, based on novel or book, romance, hedonism, lgbt, mccarthyism, political thriller, historical romance, ...

Time: vietnam war

Motorheads (2025) TV Show

8.4 97 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Story: After moving to Ironwood, siblings Caitlyn and Zac Torres are drawn into a thrilling car culture where street racing reigns and high school status is all about your ride. Haunted by their father's dark past, they join forces with loner Curtis and outcast Marcel to rebuild his legendary car.

Style: nostalgic, intimate, suspenseful, romantic

Plot: rust belt, street racing, dramatic, commanding, exhilarated

Cast

Yoo Yeon-seok

Chae Soo-bin

Heo Nam-jun

Jang Gyu-ri

When the Phone Rings (2024) TV Show

8.3 300 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: A rising politician and his mute wife's tense marriage begins to unravel after a call from a kidnapper turns their lives upside down.

Style: bittersweet, romantic

Plot: kidnapping, arranged marriage, romance, opposites attract, hidden identity, sign languages, rich family, loving, ...

Cast

Ann Dowd

Chase Infiniti

Lucy Halliday

Rowan Blanchard

The Testaments (2026) TV Show

8.3 172 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Growing up in Gilead is all they have ever known. As a new generation of young women grapple with the bleak future that awaits them, they will be forced to search for allies, new and old, to help in their fight for freedom.

Plot: based on novel or book, slavery, dystopia, freedom, sequel, alternate history, totalitarianism, dramatic, ...

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (2024) TV Show

8.3 199 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Family

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 39

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: The Camp Cretaceous gang comes together to unravel a mystery when they discover a global conspiracy that brings danger to dinosaurs — and to themselves.

Plot: based on novel or book, chaos theory, sequel, dinosaur, allosaurus, 3d animation, dramatic, assertive, ...

Cast

Regina King

John Witherspoon

Cedric Yarbrough

Jill Talley

The Boondocks (2005) TV Show

8.3 478 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 55

Audience: TV-MA

Story: When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes legal guardian to his two grandsons, he moves from the tough south side of Chicago to the upscale neighborhood of Woodcrest (a.k.a. "The Boondocks") so he can enjoy his golden years in safety and comfort. But with Huey, a 10-year-old leftist revolutionary, and his eight-year-old misfit brother, Riley, suburbia is about to be shaken up.

Style: cynical, witty

Plot: based on comic, racism, adult animation, racial stereotype, candid, colorism, complex, introspective, ...

Maxton Hall – The World Between Us (2024) TV Show

8.3 662 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Germany

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-MA

Story: When Ruby unwittingly witnesses an explosive secret at Maxton Hall private school, the arrogant millionaire heir James Beaufort has to deal with the quick-witted scholarship student for better or worse: He is determined to silence Ruby. Their passionate exchange of words unexpectedly ignites a spark...

Plot: romance, millionaire, bookworm, drama, school setting

Cast

Sam Elliott

Tim McGraw

Faith Hill

Isabel May

1883 (2021) TV Show

8.3 966 votes

Genre: Drama, Western

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.

Plot: frontier, miniseries, family drama, historical, convoy, wild west, indian attack, civil war veteran, ...

Time: 19th century

Place: texas

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Paulette Goddard

Jack Oakie

Reginald Gardiner

The Great Dictator (1940)

8.3 3.7K votes

Genre: Comedy, War

Country: United States of America

Duration: 125 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Plot: amnesia, nazi, hairdresser, propaganda, dictator, jewish ghetto, fascism, national socialism, ...

Time: world war i, world war ii

Cast

Kazuki Ura

Tasuku Kaito

Yuki Ono

Soma Saito

BLUE LOCK (2022) TV Show

8.3 630 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 38

Audience: TV-14

Story: High school soccer players from across Japan gather for a controversial project designed to create the best — and most egoistic — striker in the world.

Plot: world cup, sports, tournament, bromance, football (soccer), based on manga, aggressive, shounen, ...

Cast

Kim So-hyun

Jung Ga-ram

Song Kang

Go Min-si

Love Alarm (2019) TV Show

8.3 2.0K votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 14

Story: Love Alarm is an app that tells you if someone within a 10-meter radius has a crush on you. It quickly becomes a social phenomenon. While everyone talks about it and uses it to test their love and popularity, Jojo is one of the few people who have yet to download the app. However, she soon faces a love triangle situation between Sun-oh whom she starts to have feelings for, and Hye-young, who has had a huge crush on her.

Plot: love triangle, technology, friendship, high school, love, matchmaking, teen drama, based on webcomic or webtoon

Cast

Laura Bailey

Taliesin Jaffe

Ashley Johnson

Liam O'Brien

The Legend of Vox Machina (2022) TV Show

8.2 677 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 48

Audience: TV-MA

Story: They're rowdy, they're ragtag, they're misfits turned mercenaries for hire. Vox Machina is more interested in easy money and cheap ale than actually protecting the realm. But when the kingdom is threatened by evil, this boisterous crew realizes that they are the only ones capable of restoring justice.

Plot: elves, dwarf, magic, vampire, family drama, dragon, demon, unlikely friendship, ...

Cast

Taylour Paige

Jovan Adepo

James Remar

Stephen Rider

IT: Welcome to Derry (2025) TV Show

8.2 1.5K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking. As the kids set out to determine what's really going on, a rising unease prompts several townspeople to work together to restore peace – all while a U.S. military operation seeks to exploit Derry for its own objectives.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: based on novel or book, small town, clown, haunted house, prequel, disappearance, psychotic, dead children, ...

Time: 1960s, 1930s, 1900s

Cast

Haley Lu Richardson

Cole Sprouse

Moisu00e9s Arias

Kimberly Hu00e9bert Gregory

Five Feet Apart (2019)

8.2 5.9K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control — all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.

Plot: forbidden love, terminal illness, hospital, best friend, falling in love, cystic fibrosis, star crossed lovers, first date, ...

Cast

Emma Stone

Viola Davis

Bryce Dallas Howard

Octavia Spencer

The Help (2011)

8.2 9.1K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 146 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

Style: exploitation

Plot: based on novel or book, mississippi river, racial segregation, racism, writer, maid, moral courage, ressentiment, ...

Time: 1960s

SKAM (2015) TV Show

8.2 747 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Norway

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 43

Audience: TV-PG

Story: The story of young teenagers and pupils from Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and their troubles, scandals and everyday life. Each season is told from a different person's point of view.

Plot: muslim, friendship, high school, teenage sexuality, lgbt, oslo, norway, teen drama

Place: norway

Cast

Gong Yoo

Yoon Eun-hye

Lee Sun-kyun

Chae Jung-an

Coffee Prince (2007) TV Show

8.2 281 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 17

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Han Kyul gives his family's café a new spin, hiring only good-looking men to work there -- plus an androgynous-looking girl he mistakes for a man.

Plot: coffee shop, friendship, romance, food, cross dressing, bromance, family, tomboy, ...

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