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Severance
2022– · Series · 2 seasonsThriller · Drama · Mystery
10 EmmysMark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
Apple TV+ - #3393
The Railway Men - The Untold Story of Bhopal 1984
2023– · Series · Hindi · 1 seasonThriller · Drama · History
Inspired by true stories, this series is a gripping tale of extraordinary heroism demonstrated by the employees of the Indian Railways in Bhopal. They rose against all odds to save their fellow citizens on the night of December 2,...
Netflix - #5988
Deliver Us from Evil
2020 · Movie · Korean · 1h 54mThriller
Hit-man In-Nam kills Japanese mobster, enraging vengeful brother. Ex-lover Young-joo pleads for help but dies, her daughter missing. In-Nam must decide: flee to Panama or search for girl? Paths may cross with mobster brother.
HuluPrime Video - #7885
Dark Matter
2024– · Series · 2 seasonsThriller · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A man is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could've lived, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from a most terrifying foe: himself.
Apple TV+ - #8284
Messiah
2020– · Series · 1 seasonThriller · Drama · Mystery
When a C.I.A. officer investigates a man and his followers who attract international attention through acts of public disruption, she embarks on a global high-stakes mission to uncover whether he is a divine entity or a con artist.
Netflix - #9682

Sometimes in April
2005 · Movie · 2h 20mWar · Drama · History
When the Hutu nationalists raised arms against their Tutsi countrymen in Rwanda in April 1994, the violent uprising marked the beginning of one of the darkest times in African history which resulted in the deaths of almost 800,000...
MAX - #9981
Number 24
2024 · Movie · Norwegian · 1h 51mWar · Biography · Drama
Young apprentice Gunnar Sønsteby from Rjukan decides to resist Nazi-Germany on the day of the invasion to later become the leader of the "Oslo-gang" carrying out countless daring acts of sabotage making him Norway's greatest war h...
Netflix - #10379
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018 · Movie · 2h 4mWar · Drama · Romance
In the aftermath of World War II, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war. Then she learns the secret they are afraid to reveal.
Netflix - #11677
Padmaavat
2018 · Movie · Hindi · 2h 43mWar · Drama · History
Set in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati's beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Me...
Netflix - #11877
Riphagen the Untouchable
2016 · Movie · Dutch · 2h 11mWar · Biography · Drama
The story about Riphagen, a cunning Dutch traitor during WW2 who helped Nazi round up Jews, stealing their treasures for himself. He destroyed Resistance groups, making many who pursued justice after the war look like fools.
Netflix - #12076
Women at War
2022– · Series · French · 1 seasonWar · Drama · History
France, 1914. The destinies of four women intersect: Marguerite, a mysterious Parisian prostitute; Caroline, propelled to the head of the family factory; Agnes, Mother Superior of a requisitioned convent; and Suzanne, a feminist n...
Netflix - #13273
The Six Triple Eight
2024 · Movie · 2h 7mWar · Drama · History
During World War II, 855 women joined the fight to fix the three-year backlog of undelivered mail. Faced with discrimination and a country devastated by war, they managed to sort more than 17 million pieces of mail ahead of time.
Netflix - #13873
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
2025 · Movie · 1h 39mWar · Drama
Depicts 8-year-old Bobo's life on her family's Rhodesian farm during the Bush War's final stages. It explores the family's bond with Africa's land and the war's impact on the region and individuals through Bobo's perspective.
Netflix - #14872
Shaolin Drunkard
1983 · Movie · Mandarin · 1h 40mThriller
A half man/demon is being guarded by a drunken Shaolin magician named Chan at the Shaolin temple. One day, Chan sneaks out to go on a drinking splurge, and the man/demon escapes. Chan, and his friend Ah Yuen, and his bride-to-be, ...
Prime Video - #17271
Fugitives Caught on Tape
2024– · Series · 1 seasonThriller · Action · Crime
Law enforcement meticulously pursuing fugitives via multiple camera feeds - body cams, dash cams, security footage, doorbell video and more - offering an immersive look into their relentless efforts to apprehend suspects on the run.
Hulu - #17870
The End Will Be Spectacular
2019 · Movie · Kurdish · 2h 15mWar
After her brother's death in the hands of ISIS, Zilan returns to her natal city, where the people's demonstrations are receiving brutal repression. In the fight for her people's freedom, she will not remain a passive witness.
Prime Video - #18270
Toxic Desire: Addiction
2014 · Movie · Korean · 1h 31mThriller
A Psychiatrist with painful past, has witnessed his wife killed herself because she was raped. He suffered insomnia until he meets a beautiful girl. but every man who loved her has died mysteriously and she is a suspect in their m...
Prime Video - #19070
The Art of Losing
2004 · Movie · Spanish · 1h 45mThriller
The best Colombian thriller of the last decade. The discovery of an impaled corpse near Bogota, prostitutes, a real-estate fraud scheme, emerald hunters, and corrupt politicians reflect the actuality of the conflicting country.
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