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NetflixCrash Landing on You
2019–2020 · Series · Korean · 1 seasonAction · Comedy · Drama
The absolute top secret love story of a chaebol heiress who made an emergency landing in North Korea because of a paragliding accident and a North Korean special officer who falls in love with her and who is hiding and protecting ...
Netflix - #2193#2193
NetflixAlchemy of Souls
2022–2023 · Series · Korean · 2 seasonsAction · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Set in a fictional country called Daeho, it is about the love and growth of young mages as they overcome their twisted fates due to a forbidden magic spell known as the "alchemy of souls", which allows souls to switch bodies.
Netflix - #2392#2392
Prime VideoSapta Sagaradaache Ello - Side B
2023 · Movie · Kannada · 2h 28mAction · Drama · Romance
10 years later, Manu gets released from jail and starts to build his life again. However, the memories of Priya haunt him and he is forced to enter her life again. A new life with Surabhi and memories of Priya along with it form p...
Prime Video - #2692#2692
NetflixPrime VideoThe Untamed
2019– · Series · Mandarin · 1 seasonAction · Drama
Two talented disciples from respected clans meet during their youth and form a close affinity, only to be separated by dire circumstances. Sixteen years later, can they unravel the tragedy of the past to solve the mysteries of the...
NetflixPrime Video - #2792#2792
Netflix1917
2019 · Movie · 1h 59mWar · Action · Drama
3 OscarsApril 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
Netflix - #3292#3292
NetflixThe Forgotten Battle
2021 · Movie · Dutch · 2h 4mWar · Action
In WWII's final years, a soldier in the German army, a British glider pilot, and a Dutch resistance fighter's paths intertwine. Their choices shape destinies, impacting not only their freedom but also that of others.
Netflix - #4191#4191
Paramount+Prime VideoTerminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Movie · 2h 17mAction · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
4 OscarsA cyborg from the future, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.
Paramount+Prime Video - #4391#4391
Prime VideoThe General
1926 · Movie · 1h 18mAction · Comedy
After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through ene...
Prime Video - #5690#5690
PeacockPrime VideoPerson of Interest
2011–2016 · Series · 5 seasonsAction · Crime · Drama
An off-the-grid and presumed-dead former CIA agent, John Reese, is hired by a mysterious tech billionaire software genius, Harold Finch, to prevent violent crimes before they happen in New York City via an advanced surveillance so...
PeacockPrime Video - #5790#5790
NetflixPrime VideoStargate SG-1
1997–2007 · Series · 10 seasonsAction · Drama
Set after the events of the Stargate (1994) movie, the series follows SG-1, one of many secret military teams of soldiers and scientists who travel through a gateway to other planets and fight against dangerous aliens to protect e...
NetflixPrime Video - #6090#6090
Prime VideoAsh vs Evil Dead
2015–2018 · Series · 3 seasonsAction · Comedy · Horror
Ash has spent the last thirty years avoiding responsibility, maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead until a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind and Ash becomes mankind's only hope.
Prime Video - #6689#6689
NetflixWeak Hero
2022– · Series · Korean · 2 seasonsAction · Drama · Thriller
Yeon Shi-eun is a model student, who ranks at the top at his school. Physically, he appears like a weak boy, but, by using his smarts, tools, and psychology, he fights against violence that takes place inside and outside of his sc...
Netflix - #7389#7389
NetflixTeach You a Lesson
2026– · Series · KoreanAction · Drama
The collapse of teachers' Authority, the establishment of the Teachers' Authority Protection Bureau under the Ministry of Education, and the dispatch of supervisors to problem schools to punish students and parents who cross the l...
Netflix - #7489#7489
Prime VideoVendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu
2022 · Movie · Tamil · 2h 57mAction · Crime · Drama
Muthu, a low caste youngster, goes to the streets of Mumbai for a living. His quest takes him to a series of unexpected events, where he gets involved in the underground activities of Mumbai's Tamil gangsters. Will he get to the top?
Prime Video - #8989#8989
NetflixJulie and the Phantoms
2020– · Series · 1 seasonAction · Comedy · Drama
Julie is a teenage girl who finds her passion for music and life with the help of a high-concept band of teen boys "The Phantoms" who have been dead for 25 years. Julie, in turn, helps them become the band they were never able to be.
Netflix - #9089#9089
Prime VideoA Taxi Driver
2017 · Movie · Korean · 2h 17mAction · Drama · History
A widowed father and taxi driver who drives a German reporter from Seoul to Gwangju to cover the 1980 uprising, soon finds himself regretting his decision after being caught in the violence around him.
Prime Video - #9588#9588
NetflixFROM
2022– · Series · 5 seasonsHorror · Drama · Mystery
A town with a hidden secret experiences strange occurrences that intensify at night. Mysterious forces disrupt everyday routines as residents try to preserve stability and community while attempting to comprehend their surroundings.
Netflix - #10088#10088
NetflixPeacockPrime VideoThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 · Movie · 1h 23mHorror
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
NetflixPeacockPrime Video - #10188#10188
Prime VideoJohn Wick: Chapter 4
2023 · Movie · 2h 49mAction · Crime · Thriller
John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
Prime Video - #10388#10388
NetflixLooper
2012 · Movie · 1h 59mAction · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassin...
Netflix - #11587#11587
Prime VideoSweet Country
2018 · Movie · 1h 53mAction · Crime · Drama
Western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Prime Video - #12187#12187
Prime VideoSarpatta Parambarai
2021 · Movie · Tamil · 2h 53mAction · Documentary · Drama
When Sarpatta Parambarai is challenged to a do-or-die match, will Kabilan, a young labourer, put on the gloves himself and lead his clan to victory, or be dissuaded by his disapproving mother and dangerous politics?
Prime Video - #12287#12287
NetflixPrime VideoImage of Victory
2023 · Movie · Hebrew · 2h 8mWar · Drama · History
In 1948, Hassanin joins a platoon going to Palestine to liberate farmers. While documenting their mission, Hassanin's values are tested and both sides re-evaluate what they understand about war.
NetflixPrime Video - #12787#12787
Apple TV+Paramount+Prime VideoMinority Report
2002 · Movie · 2h 25mAction · Crime · Mystery
John works with the PreCrime police which stop crimes before they take place, with the help of three 'PreCogs' who can foresee crimes. Events ensue when John finds himself framed for a future murder.
Apple TV+Paramount+Prime Video - #13387#13387
NetflixMaharaja
2024 · Movie · Tamil · 2h 21mAction · Crime · Drama
A barber seeks vengeance after his home is burglarized, cryptically telling police his "lakshmi" has been taken, leaving them uncertain if it's a person or object. His quest to recover the elusive "lakshmi" unfolds.
Netflix - #13487#13487
PeacockPrime VideoChicago P.D.
2014– · Series · 13 seasonsAction · Crime · Drama
Follows the lives of the personnel of the fictional 21st District, which houses both uniformed officers and the department's elite Intelligence Unit as they fight every day to keep the city of Chicago, Illinois safe.
PeacockPrime Video - #13587#13587
Prime VideoChandu Champion
2024 · Movie · Hindi · 2h 22mAction · Biography · Drama
9 bullet wounds (one still in the body), three different sports and an unshakable determination to fulfill the dream of an Olympic Gold later, Muralikant Petkar, India's first Paralympian to finish at the top of the podium, got the recognition by his own country 45 years after he achieved what no athlete from his country could.
Prime Video - #13886#13886
MAXPeacockPrime VideoA Haunting
2005–2022 · Series · 11 seasonsHorror · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
"A Haunting" was a USA paranormal anthology previewing stories told by the victims. Victims tell their terrifying encounters with the paranormal. This show contains narration, frightening re-enactments, and religious content.
MAXPeacockPrime Video - #13986#13986
Prime VideoKhartoum
1966 · Movie · 2h 8mAction · Drama
In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Oli...
Prime Video - #14686#14686
Prime VideoThe Iron Mask
1929 · Movie · 1h 45mAction · Drama · History
King Louis XIII of France is thrilled when his son is born--an heir to the throne. But his Queen has actually delivered twin boys. Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain...
Prime Video - #14986#14986
Prime VideoThe Roundup
2022 · Movie · Korean · 1h 46mAction · Crime · Thriller
Followed by Ma Seok-do, who heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect. However, he discovers additional murder cases and learns about a killer who had committed crimes against tourists for many years.
Prime Video - #15786#15786
NetflixDhurandhar: The Revenge
2026 · Movie · Hindi · 3h 50mAction · Crime · Thriller
Jaskirat Singh Rangi descends deeper into his alias as Hamza Ali Mazari, rising through Karachi's criminal hierarchy to claim the feared title "Sher-e-Baloch" while balancing loyalty, betrayal, and survival in a ruthless underworld.
Netflix - #15986#15986
NetflixThe Guns of Navarone
1961 · Movie · 2h 38mAction · Drama
1 OscarA team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Netflix - #16086#16086
NetflixPrime VideoCreep 2
2017 · Movie · 1h 18mHorror · Thriller
A video artist looking for work drives to a remote house in the forest to meet a man claiming to be a serial killer. But after agreeing to spend the day with him, she soon realizes that she made a deadly mistake.
NetflixPrime Video - #16585#16585
HuluPrime VideoThe Roundup: No Way Out
2023 · Movie · Korean · 1h 45mAction · Crime · Thriller
Seven years after the roundup in Vietnam, Ma Seok-do joins a new squad to investigate a murder case. He soon starts to dig deeper when he finds out the case involves a synthetic drug and a gang of thugs.
HuluPrime Video - #16685#16685
Prime VideoBullet in the Head
1990 · Movie · Cantonese · 2h 16mAction · Crime · Drama
When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.
Prime Video - #16785#16785
Prime VideoWord of Honor
2021– · Series · Mandarin · 1 seasonAction · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Zhou Zi Shu gets embroiled in a conspiracy in the martial arts world. He meets Wen Ke Xing who leaves the Ghost Valley to avenge his parents' deaths. They become fast friends and embark on an adventure to find a legendary treasure.
Prime Video - #16885#16885
HuluNetflixArthdal Chronicles
2019–2023 · Series · Korean · 4 seasonsAction · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
"Arthdal Chronicles" depicts the birth of civilization and nations in ancient times. It is a story of mythical heroes--their struggle, unity, and love of people living in a virtual land called Arth.
HuluNetflix - #18185#18185
Prime VideoCut Off
2018 · Movie · German · 2h 12mAction · Crime · Horror
Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Medical examiner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.
Prime Video - #18385#18385
Prime VideoPonniyin Selvan: Part I
2022 · Movie · Tamil · 2h 47mAction · Drama
Vandiyathevan crosses the Chola land to deliver a message from the Crown Prince Aditha Karikalan, while Kundavai attempts to establish political peace as vassals and petty chieftains plot against the throne.
Prime Video - #19985#19985
HuluPrime VideoElementary
2012–2019 · Series · 7 seasonsAction · Crime
A crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London, eccentric Sherlock escapes to New York where his father forces him to live with his worst nightmare--a sober companion, Dr....
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