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Lupin (2021) TV Show

7.7 2.6K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: France

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 25

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.

Plot: paris, france, based on novel or book, investigation, police, thief, revenge, heist, ...

The Fall (2013) TV Show

7.7 976 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Ireland, United Kingdom

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 17

Audience: TV-MA

Story: When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.

Plot: northern ireland, serial killer, psychological thriller, female detective, family tension, manhunt, criminal psychology, violence, ...

Murder Mindfully (2024) TV Show

7.7 178 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: Germany

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 16

Audience: TV-MA

Story: When mafia lawyer Björn attends a mindfulness class to find a better work-life balance, he discovers surprising new coping strategies — including murder.

Plot: based on novel or book, murder, mafia, lawyer, thriller

Cast

Jonathan Pryce

Robert De Niro

Katherine Helmond

Ian Holm

Brazil (1985)

7.7 3.7K votes

Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 143 min.

Audience: R

Story: Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

Style: irreverent, witty

Plot: dreams, government, bureaucracy, police state, technology, dystopia, office, dark comedy, ...

Place: great britain

Dead Boy Detectives (2024) TV Show

7.6 318 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Two teen ghosts work alongside a clairvoyant to solve mysteries for their supernatural clientele — until a powerful witch complicates their plans.

Style: irreverent, absurd, whimsical

Plot: detective, supernatural, based on comic, private detective, ghost, dark fantasy, fantasy, offbeat, ...

Cast

James Spader

Diego Klattenhoff

Hisham Tawfiq

Anya Banerjee

The Blacklist (2013) TV Show

7.6 3.6K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 10

Episodes: 218

Audience: TV-14

Story: Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.

Plot: fbi, investigation, terrorism, criminal mastermind, crime lord, hidden identity, criminal consultant

Cast

Rhys Ifans

Anna Maxwell Martin

Agnes O'Casey

Alice Englert

Star City (2026) TV Show

7.6 57 votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, War

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Step into a thrilling chapter inspired by For All Mankind. Same alt-history universe. Different perspective: the Soviet Union's. Go behind the Iron Curtain with the cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence officers who risked it all in the race for the Moon.

Plot: soviet union, moon landing, alternate history, astronaut, spin off, space race, cosmonaut, paranoid thriller, ...

Time: cold war

Girl from Nowhere: The Reset (2026) TV Show

7.6 58 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Country: Thailand

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In a new universe, the mysterious Nanno poses as a transfer student, exposing cruelty by turning power, guilt and desire against those who abuse them.

Style: dark

Plot: high school, miniseries, reboot, thriller

Cast

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Gethin Anthony

Arliss Howard

Kelly Jenrette

Manhunt (2017) TV Show

7.6 536 votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 18

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Inspired by actual events, this true crime anthology series takes a deep dive into the dark, twisted minds of terrorists and follows the brave souls who hunt them down.

Plot: fbi, bomber, mathematics, serial killer, terrorism, true crime, mountain cabin

Cast

Kay Kay Menon

Pavan Malhotra

Aditya Srivastava

Dibyendu Bhattacharya

Black Friday (2004)

7.6 102 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: India

Duration: 162 min.

Audience: R

Story: Bombs tear through Bombay in 1993, wreaking havoc and polarising the citizens. With perpetrators at large, the state launches a massive man-hunt to unmask the perpetrators behind these events.

Plot: based on novel or book, terrorism, docudrama, bomb planting, bomb attack

Cast

Edgar Ramu00edrez

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Alexander Scheer

Nora Waldstu00e4tten

Alejandro Arroyo

Carlos (2010) TV Show

7.6 56 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, War

Country: France, Germany

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 3

Story: The story of the Venezuelan Ilich Ramirez Sanchez known as "Carlos", who was, for almost twenty years, one of the most wanted terrorists in the world.

Plot: terrorism

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983) TV Show

7.6 84 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Family

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 139

Story: An elite team of soldiers thwart the evil Cobra organization's desire for world domination at every turn, cleverly stopping them from controlling the weather, creating unstoppable weapons, and genetically engineering super-warriors.

Plot: based on comic, based on toy, terrorism, gi joe

Cast

Bae Doona

Gong Yoo

Lee Joon

Kim Sun-young

The Silent Sea (2021) TV Show

7.6 713 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: During a perilous 24-hour mission on the moon, space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets.

Plot: moon, research, space, mission, moon base, silent, based on short film, suspense, ...

Time: future, 2070s

Cast

Claire Danes

Mandy Patinkin

Maury Sterling

Numan Acar

Homeland (2011) TV Show

7.6 2.6K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, War

Country: United States of America, Israel

Seasons: 8

Episodes: 96

Audience: TV-MA

Story: CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

Style: psychological, absurd

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), war on terror, espionage, conspiracy, marine, psychological thriller, terrorism, national security, ...

Cast

Mamoru Miyano

Shin-ichiro Miki

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Hiroshi Kamiya

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007) TV Show

7.6 57 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 50

Audience: TV-MA

Story: The year is 2307 A.D. Although fossil fuels have been depleted, humanity has obtained a new source of energy to replace them, in the form of a large-scale solar power generation system based on three huge orbital elevators. However, the benefits of this system are available only to a handful of major powers and their allies. In this world of never-ending conflict, a private armed organization appears, dedicated to the elimination of war through armed force. Its name is Celestial Being, and it is in possession of "Gundam" mobile suits.

Plot: mecha, bromance, terrorism, understanding, child soldier, anime, real robot, gundam

Time: future

Place: middle east

Cast

Daniel Craig

Eva Green

Mads Mikkelsen

Judi Dench

Casino Royale (2006)

7.6 11.8K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 144 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: banker, casino, based on novel or book, poker, spy, money, torture, terrorism, ...

Place: italy

Cast

Keri Russell

Rufus Sewell

David Gyasi

Ali Ahn

The Diplomat (2023) TV Show

7.6 447 votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 22

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Amid an international crisis, a US diplomat contends with her high-profile job as ambassador to the UK and her strained marriage to a political star.

Style: shocking, intimate, suspenseful, intense

Plot: london, england, ambassador, diplomat, marriage, politics, politician, female politician, ...

The Institute (2025) TV Show

7.6 165 votes

Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: When 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide.

Plot: based on novel or book, psychological horror, thriller

Cast

Patricia Arquette

Joey King

AnnaSophia Robb

Chlou00eb Sevigny

The Act (2019) TV Show

7.6 5.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Gypsy Blanchard struggles to deal with the toxic relationship with her overprotective mother, but her attempts to free herself lead to murder.

Plot: biography, based on true story, anthology, tribunal, trial, true crime, munchausen syndrome by proxy, thriller

Cast

Patrick Dempsey

Richard Harmon

Odeya Rush

Peter Gadiot

Memory of a Killer (2026) TV Show

7.5 54 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-14

Story: Angelo Doyle lives two totally separate lives — fearsome NYC hitman and sleepy upstate Cooperstown photocopier salesman and father. Both of them are threatened when he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a disease he already lost his older brother to.

Plot: based on novel or book, hitman, alzheimer's disease, based on movie, thriller, action

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