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NetflixParamount+Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005–2008 · Series · 3 seasonsAnimation · Action
1 EmmyBest Animation SeriesIn a war-torn world of elemental powers, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
NetflixParamount+ - #1298#1298
HuluNetflixOne Piece
1999– · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Action
Monkey D. Luffy, a pirate with rubber powers, forms the Straw Hat crew and sails the Grand Line, battling rivals and the World Government on a quest for the legendary treasure One Piece and the title of Pirate King.
HuluNetflix - #1397#1397
HuluNetflixPrime VideoHunter x Hunter
2011–2014 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Action
Gon Freecss aspires to become a Hunter, an exceptional being capable of greatness. With his friends and his potential, he seeks out his father, who left him when he was younger.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #2296#2296
HuluNetflixPrime VideoDeath Note
2006–2007 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Crime · Drama
An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #2596#2596
HuluNetflixFrieren: Beyond Journey's End
2023– · Series · Japanese · 2 seasonsAnimation · Action · Comedy
Elf mage Frieren and her fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people arou...
HuluNetflix - #2696#2696
NetflixViolet Evergarden: The Movie
2020 · Movie · Japanese · 2h 20mAnimation · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
After the aftermath of a war, a young girl who was used as a 'tool' for war learned to live. With the scars of burns, she goes back to her past to feel the true feelings of the Major's, "I love you."
Netflix - #2996#2996
NetflixDavid Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
2020 · Movie · 1h 23mDocumentary · Biography
3 EmmysThe story of life on our planet by the man who has seen more of the natural world than any other. In more than 90 years, Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of our planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. Addressing the biggest challenges facing life on our planet, the film offers a powerful message of hope for future generations.
Netflix - #3196#3196
NetflixPrime VideoMan on Wire
2008 · Movie · 1h 34mDocumentary · Biography · Crime
1 OscarA look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
NetflixPrime Video - #3895#3895
NetflixMonster
2004–2005 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Crime · Drama
Tenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. The boy, now a charismatic young man, reappears 9 years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial...
Netflix - #5194#5194
PeacockMystery Science Theater 3000
1989–1999 · Series · 11 seasonsComedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
In the not-too-distant future Joel Robinson is held captive by Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank, forced to watch B-Grade movies on the Satellite of Love with the help of his robot friends: Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot.
Peacock - #5394#5394
HuluNetflixDragon Ball Super: Beerus
2026– · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation
Several years have passed since the fierce battle against Majin Buu, and Earth has finally regained a brief moment of peace. At the same time, Beerus, the God of Destruction, awakens from his long, deep sleep. The Kais and Supreme...
HuluNetflix - #5594#5594
NetflixJohn Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City
2018 · Movie · 1h 5mComedy
1 EmmyJohn Mulaney relays his childhood and Saturday Night Live (1975), eviscerates the value of college, and laments getting older in this comedy special. Other topics include the church, his family, President Trump and pedophiles abdu...
Netflix - #6394#6394
NetflixTo Kill a Tiger
2023 · Movie · 2h 8mDocumentary
Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.
Netflix - #7293#7293
PeacockPrime VideoBrassic
2019–2025 · Series · 7 seasonsComedy · Drama
Comedy series about Vinnie and Dylan, who have grown up together and are inseparable. When Dylan's girlfriend wants to move in search of a better life for her and her son, he must face the hardest decision of his life.
PeacockPrime Video - #7893#7893
PeacockThe Holdovers
2023 · Movie · 2h 13mComedy · Drama
1 OscarIn 1970, a curmudgeonly history teacher at a New England boarding school remains on campus during Christmas break to supervise held over students, and ends up forming an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker.
Peacock - #8093#8093
PeacockPrime VideoThe Carol Burnett Show
1967–1978 · Series · 11 seasonsComedy · Family
25 EmmysLegendary long-running television variety show featuring skits and songs by Carol Burnett, her comedy troupe, and their celebrity guests. Stars Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway.
PeacockPrime Video - #8193#8193
NetflixThe Last Days
1998 · Movie · 1h 27mDocumentary · War
1 OscarIn late 1944, even as they faced imminent defeat, the Nazis expended enormous resources to kill or deport over 425,000 Jews during the "cleansing" of Hungary. This Oscar-winning documentary, executive produced by Steven Spielberg,...
Netflix - #9193#9193
Paramount+Attica
2021 · Movie · 1h 56mDocumentary · History
This unnervingly vivid dive into the 1971 uprising from Emmy® winning director Stanley Nelson sheds new light on the enduring violence and racism of the prison system and highlights the urgent, ongoing need for reform 50 years later.
Paramount+ - #9493#9493
NetflixThe Elephant Whisperers
2022 · Movie · Tamil · 41mDocumentary
1 OscarBomman and Bellie, a couple in South India, devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family like no other that tests the barrier between the human and the animal world.
Netflix - #10292#10292
HuluNetflixThe Apothecary Diaries
2023– · Series · Japanese · 2 seasonsAnimation · Drama · History
A young maiden is kidnapped and sold into servitude at the emperor's palace, where she secretly employs her pharmacist skills with the help of the head eunuch to unravel medical mysteries in the inner court.
HuluNetflix - #11392#11392
HuluNetflixPrime VideoJUJUTSU KAISEN
2020– · Series · Japanese · 3 seasonsAnimation · Action
After Yuji Itadori swallows a cursed talisman - the finger of a demon - he becomes cursed himself. He enters a shaman's school to be able to locate the demon's other body parts and thus exorcise himself.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #11492#11492
HuluNetflixPrime VideoDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
2019–2024 · Series · Japanese · 4 seasonsAnimation · Action
A family is attacked by demons and only two members survive - Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko, who is turning into a demon slowly. Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his sister.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #11692#11692
NetflixCinema Bandi
2021 · Movie · Telugu · 1h 38mComedy · Drama
When a driver finds an expensive camera in the back seat of his rickshaw, he comes up with a ridiculously ambitious plan to gather the village and make a film - a ticket to get their drought-hit village out of its dreary conditions.
Netflix - #11792#11792
PeacockPrime Video'Allo 'Allo!
1984–1992 · Series · 9 seasonsComedy · History · War
In France during World War II, René Artois runs a small café where Resistance fighters, Gestapo men, German Army officers and escaped Allied POWs interact daily, ignorant of one another's true identity or presence, exasperating René.
PeacockPrime Video - #11892#11892
NetflixNeon Genesis Evangelion
1995–1996 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Action · Drama
In a post-cataclysmic future, reluctant teen Shinji Ikari is called by his estranged father to pilot an Evangelion for NERV, humanity's last defense against invading Angels threatening Tokyo-3.
Netflix - #12192#12192
HuluNetflixPrime VideoDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
2025 · Movie · Japanese · 2h 35mAnimation · Action
The Demon Slayer Corps are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where Tanjiro and the Hashira face terrifying Upper Rank demons in a desperate fight as the final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji begins.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #12392#12392
NetflixSlam Dunk
1993–1996 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Comedy · Drama
About Sakuragi Hanamichi, a freshman of Shohoku High School who joins the basketball team because of the girl he has a crush on, Haruko. Although he is newbie in this sport, he is no ordinary basketball player.
Netflix - #12592#12592
NetflixWinter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
2015 · Movie · 1h 42mDocumentary · History
A documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich.
Netflix - #13092#13092
Paramount+The Andy Griffith Show
1960–1968 · Series · 8 seasonsComedy · Family
6 EmmysWidower Sheriff Andy Taylor and his son Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his friend and deputy, Barney Fife.
Paramount+ - #13791#13791
NetflixHow to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
2024 · Movie · Thai · 2h 5mComedy · Drama · Family
A man, driven by his desire for a multi-million dollar inheritance, begins to care for his terminally ill grandmother. However, winning her favor will not be an easy task and he is not the only one with an eye on the money.
Netflix - #14091#14091
NetflixAmerican Factory
2019 · Movie · 1h 50mDocumentary
1 OscarIn post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a factory in an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class...
Netflix - #15291#15291
NetflixJim Gaffigan: Obsessed
2014 · Movie · 1hDocumentary · Comedy
Jim Gaffigan bursts back on the scene with this eagerly anticipated fourth comedy special. Dubbed the "King of Clean Comedy" by The Wall Street Journal, Jim's obsession with all things food comes to fruition on "Obsessed" as he ta...
Netflix - #15491#15491
NetflixBlack Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
2023 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 50mAnimation · Action
In a world where magic is everything, Asta, a boy who was born with no magic, aims to become the "Wizard King" to overcome adversity, prove his power, and keep his oath with his friends.
Netflix - #17491#17491
NetflixPeacockPrime VideoGreat Teacher Onizuka
1999–2000 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Comedy · Drama
About Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-gangster member and a virgin. He has one ambition that no one ever expected from him. His sole life purpose is to become the greatest high school teacher ever.
NetflixPeacockPrime Video - #17791#17791
Paramount+Argo
2012 · Movie · 2hBiography · Drama · History
3 OscarsActing under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
Paramount+ - #18691#18691
HuluPeacockPrime VideoThe Good Place
2016–2020 · Series · 4 seasonsComedy · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Eleanor Shellstrop, a deceased saleswoman who lived a morally corrupt life, finds herself in a heaven-like afterlife in a case of mistaken identity and tries to hide her past in order to stay there.
HuluPeacockPrime Video - #20290#20290
NetflixGrace and Frankie
2015–2022 · Series · 7 seasonsComedy · Drama
Finding out that their husbands are not just work partners, but have also been romantically involved for the last twenty years, two women with an already strained relationship try to cope with the circumstances together.
Netflix - #21090#21090
Paramount+Invader ZIM
2001–2006 · Series · 2 seasonsAnimation · Action
1 EmmyZim dreams of greatness. Unfortunately, though, he's hopelessly inept as a space invader. Desperate to be rid of the annoying Zim, his planet's leaders send him on a mission to infiltrate Earth, providing him with leftover, cobbled-together equipment. To their consternation, Zim succeeds in setting up a base on Earth and infiltrating human culture, posing as a human child as he plots the planet's downfall. Only Zim's archnemesis, Dib, recognizes that Zim is an alien, and of course, nobody believes Dib's claims.
Paramount+ - #22390#22390
NetflixCyberpunk: Edgerunners
2022– · Series · 1 seasonAnimation · Action
A Street Kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an Edgerunner, a Mercenary outlaw also known as a Cyberpunk.
Netflix - #22690#22690
NetflixKlaus
2019 · Movie · 1h 36mAnimation · Action · Comedy
A simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg's new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions.
Netflix - #22790#22790
HuluParamount+Prime VideoJim Gaffigan: Noble Ape
2018 · Movie · 1h 30mComedy
In his all new NOBLE APE stand up special, Jim Gaffigan gets personal as he discusses the medical crisis that befell his wife. Other topics include his kids, his travels, doctors, colonoscopy, Catholic saints and, of course, Philly.
HuluParamount+Prime Video - #24290#24290
NetflixChef's Table
2015–2024 · Series · 7 seasonsDocumentary · Biography
Chef's Table goes inside the lives and kitchens of six of the world's most renowned international chefs. Each episode focuses on a single chef and their unique look at their lives, talents and passion from their piece of culinary ...
Netflix - #24789#24789
HuluNetflixPrime VideoJujutsu Kaisen 0
2021 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 52mAnimation · Action · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), where a high schooler gains control of an extremely powerful cursed spirit and gets enrolled in the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School by Jujutsu Sorcerers.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #25489#25489
Paramount+How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014 · Movie · 1h 42mAnimation · Action
When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.
Paramount+ - #25689#25689
NetflixSteve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
2018 · Movie · 1h 14mComedy
Comedians and writers Steve Martin and Martin Short perform a live comedy set with music by The Steep Canyon Rangers and jazz pianist, Jeff Babko, at the Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina.
Netflix - #25889#25889
NetflixThe Forty-Year-Old Version
2020 · Movie · 2h 3mComedy · Drama
Radha is a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, who is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. Reinventing herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime, she vacillates between the worlds of Hip Hop and theater in order to find her true voice.
Netflix - #26389#26389
NetflixJim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
2017 · Movie · 1h 34mDocumentary
A behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon (1999).
Netflix - #27989#27989
NetflixCity of Joy
2016 · Movie · 1h 14mDocumentary · Crime · Drama
This film follows the first class of students at a remarkable leadership center in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region often referred to as "the worst place in the world to be a woman." These women have been through...
Netflix - #28489#28489
PeacockPrime VideoRed vs. Blue
2003–2024 · Series · 19 seasonsAnimation · Action
After the Halo event of 2552, there is a brief but violent period of civil war among the humans. Two armies on opposite sides of a canyon, the Reds and Blues, fight in the most worthless piece of real estate in the galaxy.
PeacockPrime Video - #28789#28789
PeacockBabe
1995 · Movie · 1h 31mComedy · Drama · Family
1 OscarGentle farmer Arthur Hoggett wins a piglet Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly and discovers that he too can herd sheep. But will the other animals acce...
Peacock - #29489#29489
NetflixNorm Macdonald Has a Show
2018– · Series · 1 seasonComedy
Based on his podcast, comedian and former Saturday Night Live (1975) alumni Norm Macdonald and his sidekick Adam Eget sit down and chat with celebrity guests about their life, career and views in a somewhat unconventional and ofte...
Netflix - #29989#29989
NetflixThe Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
2016–2018 · Series · Japanese · 3 seasonsAnimation · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Saiki Kusuo is a powerful psychic who hates attracting attention, yet he is surrounded by colorful characters who always find a way to remove him from his everyday life.
Netflix - #30089#30089
PeacockThe Alpinist
2021 · Movie · 1h 32mDocumentary · Biography
Marc-André Leclerc climbs alone, far from the limelight. The free-spirited 23-year-old makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history. With no cameras and no margin for error, Leclerc's approach is the essence of solo adventure.
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