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- #295
Black Bird
2022– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Crime · Drama
2 EmmysJimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as eighteen wo...
Apple TV+ - #1490
This Is Going to Hurt
2022– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Comedy · Drama
Set on Labour Ward with all its hilarity and heart-lifting highs but also its gut-wrenching lows, the show delivers a brutally honest depiction of life as a junior doctor on the wards, and the toll the job can take back home.
Netflix - #2089
Wu-Tang: An American Saga
2019–2023 · Series · 3 seasonsBiography · Drama
The show tracks the Wu Tang Clan's formation, a vision of Bobby Diggs, who strives to unite a dozen young Black men who are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.
Hulu - #2985

El Chapo
2017–2018 · Series · Spanish · 3 seasonsBiography · Crime · Drama
A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power during the '90s as the head of the Sinaloa Cartel and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
Netflix - #4382
The Law According to Lidia Poët
2023– · Series · Italian · 2 seasonsBiography · Crime · Drama
In late 19th-century Turin, Lidia Poët, fights against everything and everyone to get what is rightfully hers: to be enrolled in the official register of lawyers. Nothing could stop her dream of becoming the first female lawyer in...
Netflix - #7478
Apple Cider Vinegar
2025– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Crime · Drama
The life of wellness guru Belle Gibson, who had a large social media following, where she pretended to be suffering from cancer but keeping the disease under control using self-care therapies. She confessed that none of it was true.
Netflix - #7578
The Shrink Next Door
2021– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Comedy · Drama
The story of Marty and the therapist who turned his life around - then took it over. When he meets Dr. Ike, Marty just wants to get better at boundaries. Over 30 years, he'll learn all about them - and what happens when they get c...
Apple TV+ - #7777

Aquarius
2015–2016 · Series · 2 seasonsBiography · Crime · Drama
A gritty 1960s cop drama about LAPD detective Sam Hodiak and his trainee, who must deal with gangs, brutal crimes, changing times, family crises and unhinged manipulative small-time crook Charles Manson, who's slowly building his ...
Netflix - #8376

Kennedy
1983– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Drama · History
Biography of the 1961-1963 Presidency of John F. Kennedy with Martin Sheen and Blair Brown. Covers the momentous presidential years and the lives, loves, and triumphs of one of the most controversial families of the twentieth-cent...
Peacock - #9773
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2025– · Series · 1 seasonRomance · War
Burma Railway in 1943 and across the Pacific during World War II, charts the cruelty of war, the tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love, as seen through the eyes of an Australian doctor and prisoner of war.
Prime Video - #9873
Coppola, the Agent
2024–2026 · Series · Spanish · 1 seasonBiography · Comedy · Documentary
Guillermo Coppola, manager of the most famous soccer player, struggles to balance his hectic private life with the unexpected repercussions of his client's actions. After sporting success, he faces a rapid decline in his career.
Hulu - #10872
Mrs Playmen
2025– · Series · Italian · 1 seasonBiography · Drama · History
Adelina, head of infamous Italian erotic magazine "Playmen," challenged conservative norms through elegant nudes, daring topics promoting female desire, and intellectual discourse, amid backlash in religious 1960s-70s Italy.
Netflix - #11171
Killer Confessions: Case Files of a Texas Ranger
2026– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Crime
Texas Ranger James Holland uses unconventional interrogation methods that earn him the nickname "serial killer whisperer." He solves cold cases by getting killers to confess the disturbing details of their crimes.
MAX - #12170
The Girl from Plainville
2022– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Crime · Drama
Inspired by the true story of Michelle Carter's unprecedented "texting-suicide" case. Explores Carter's relationship with Conrad Roy III and the events that led to his death and, later, her conviction of involuntary manslaughter.
Hulu - #12270
Sam: A Saxon
2023– · Series · German · 1 seasonBiography · Crime · Drama
Based on the true story of Sam Meffire's rise and fall in East Germany, this miniseries follows Sam's desperate search for a place he can call home, as he fights for recognition and justice in the wild years following German reuni...
Hulu - #12470
The Terrible
2020– · Series · Russian · 1 seasonBiography · Drama · History
An introspective look at Ivan IV's tumultuous reign as he chronicled his life's journey from a promising ruler to the notorious exploring the complex layers of his psyche that shaped the course of Russian history.
Prime Video - #12570
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989– · Series · 1 seasonBiography · Comedy · Drama
The challenging and spirited early life of cinema's first great comedic artist, Charlie Chaplin, is portrayed. The innately talented young Charlie must overcome a wayward life of poverty and familial chaos to reach the pinnacle of...
Prime Video - #13070
Hawke: The Larrikin and The Leader
2018– · SeriesBiography
Australians have never been so wary of politicians. But there was a time when things were different. From the moment Bob Hawke blazed onto the national stage, he was the rock god of Australian politics. So what made this flawed ma...
Prime Video - #14068
Nevertheless: The Shapes of Love
2024– · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonRomance
Ren Kosaka, a young talented artist, arrives in Kamakura, Japan for a temporary lecturer position. His aura attracts people, yet he keeps distance. When he meets a woman, his emotions change despite knowing the potential consequen...
Netflix - #14468
Rosa Diamante
2012–2013 · Series · Spanish · 1 seasonRomance
Rosa Puentes (Carla Hernandez) and Eva Sotomayor (Thali Garcia) are childhood friends who grew up together at a village boarding school. Eva was sent there as a child by her grandmother who despised her and Rosa was sent there as ...
Peacock - #16364
Call Me Bae
2024– · Series · Hindi · 1 seasonRomance
Downsized from heiress to hustler, 'Bae' discovers her most valuable assets aren't her diamonds, but her street-smart style. Broke, but refusing to be broken, she navigates the newsrooms of Mumbai and her better self while breakin...
Prime Video
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