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MAXChernobyl
2019– · Series · 1 seasonDrama · History · Thriller
10 EmmysBest Drama SeriesIn April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.
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MAXPlanet Earth
2006– · Series · 1 seasonDocumentary · Family
4 EmmysBest Documentary SeriesA documentary series on the wildlife found on Earth. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. Narrated by David Attenbo...
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NetflixStranger Things
2016–2025 · Series · 5 seasonsSci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Horror
12 EmmysBest Sci-Fi & Fantasy SeriesIn 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries.
Netflix - #1299#1299
PeacockKolchak: The Night Stalker
1974–1975 · Series · 1 seasonHorror · Mystery · Thriller
Carl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them.
Peacock - #2199#2199
Prime VideoEverybody Dance
2022 · Movie · 1h 25mDocumentary
This extremely touching film reveals the everyday lives of kids with different disabilities and how ballet has changed their lives. The film explores the lives of five kids, and their incredible dance teacher, as they prepare for ...
Prime Video - #2398#2398
Disney+HuluOcean with David Attenborough
2025 · Movie · 1h 35mDocumentary
Attenborough explores the planet's undersea habitats, revealing the greatest age of ocean discovery and emphasizing the ocean's vital importance while exposing its problems and highlighting opportunities for marine life recovery.
Disney+Hulu - #2698#2698
HuluAtlanta
2016–2022 · Series · 4 seasonsComedy · Drama
7 EmmysEarn and his cousin Alfred try to make their way in the world through Atlanta's rap scene. Along the way they come face-to-face with social and economic issues touching on race, relationships, poverty, status, and parenthood.
Hulu - #2898#2898
Prime VideoThe Chosen
2019– · Series · 5 seasonsDrama · History
The Chosen is a historical drama based on the life of Jesus and those who knew him. Set against the backdrop of Roman oppression in first-century Israel, the series shares an authentic look at Jesus' revolutionary life and teachings.
Prime Video - #3098#3098
Prime VideoCollective
2019 · Movie · Romanian · 1h 49mDocumentary · Crime
Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent cit...
Prime Video - #3697#3697
Disney+HuluWandaVision
2021– · Series · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy · Action · Comedy
3 EmmysBlends the style of classic sitcoms with the MCU, in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision - two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives - begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
Disney+Hulu - #6196#6196
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 - #7296#7296
Prime VideoProject Hail Mary
2026 · Movie · 2h 36mSci-Fi & Fantasy · Action · Comedy
A science teacher wakes up alone on a spaceship. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing Earth's sun, and realizes that an unexpected friendship may be the key.
Prime Video - #7696#7696
Disney+Star Wars
1977 · Movie · 2h 1mAction · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
6 OscarsLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth ...
Disney+ - #7796#7796
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 - #8295#8295
Apple TV+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+ - #10195#10195
MAXThe Wizard of Oz
1939 · Movie · 1h 42mAction · Family · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
2 OscarsYoung Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
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MAXThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion
2020 · Movie · 1h 15mDocumentary
30 years later, we're bringing the Banks family back together. Join Will Smith and his former co-stars for a funny and heartfelt night full of music and dancing in honor of the show that ran for six seasons and 148 episodes.
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Apple TV+STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023 · Movie · 1h 35mDocumentary · Biography
4 EmmysFollows the life of beloved actor and advocate Michael J. Fox, exploring his personal and professional triumphs and travails, and what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease.
Apple TV+ - #14594#14594
MAXBattleship Potemkin
1925 · Movie · Russian · 1h 6mDrama · History · Thriller
In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.
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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 - #15494#15494
MAXCapturing the Friedmans
2003 · Movie · 1h 47mDocumentary · Biography · Crime
Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.
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Disney+Prime VideoMiracle on 34th Street
1947 · Movie · 1h 36mComedy · Drama · Family
3 OscarsKris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
Disney+Prime Video - #16194#16194
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 - #16494#16494
Prime VideoAnvil! The Story of Anvil
2008 · Movie · 1h 20mDocumentary · Biography · Drama
Since 1978, Anvil has become one of heavy metal's most influential yet commercially unsuccessful acts. In 2006, after a fledging European tour Anvil sets out to record their thirteenth album and continue to follow their dreams.
Prime Video - #17294#17294
MAXHuluSchitt's Creek
2015–2020 · Series · 6 seasonsComedy
9 EmmysAfter being a victim of fraud, Johnny Rose and his family go from extremely wealthy to penniless overnight. The only asset left to them is a small, unsophisticated town: Schitt's Creek. They relocate there. Culture shock ensues.
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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 - #19293#19293
Disney+Music by John Williams
2024 · Movie · 1h 45mDocumentary · Biography
1 EmmyHis unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over a career that spans decades. See and hear maestro John Williams' own story, with insights from filmmakers, musicians, and others he has inspired, complete with rare behind-the-scenes looks at the making of movie history.
Disney+ - #19393#19393
HuluBoston Legal
2004–2008 · Series · 5 seasonsComedy · Crime · Drama
5 EmmysBoston Legal is a spin-off of the long-running David E. Kelley series The Practice (1997), following the exploits of former Practice character Alan Shore (James Spader) at the legal firm of Crane, Poole, and Schmidt.
Hulu - #20093#20093
Prime VideoThe Artist
2011 · Movie · French · 1h 40mComedy · Drama · Romance
5 OscarsWhen George, a silent movie superstar, meets Peppy Miller, a dancer, sparks fly between the two. However, after the introduction of talking pictures, their fortunes change, affecting their dynamic.
Prime Video - #20193#20193
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 - #20293#20293
MAXChimes at Midnight
1965 · Movie · 1h 55mComedy · Drama · History
Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.
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Paramount+Battlestar Galactica
2004–2009 · Series · 4 seasonsAction · Drama
3 EmmysWhen an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Paramount+ - #21293#21293
Paramount+Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987–1994 · Series · 7 seasonsAction · Drama
18 EmmysSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's five-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.
Paramount+ - #21493#21493
MAXCameraperson
2016 · Movie · 1h 42mDocumentary · Biography · History
Exposing her role behind the camera, Kirsten Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation of the power of the camera.
MAX - #21793#21793
Prime VideoThe Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Movie · 2h 50mDrama · Romance · War
7 OscarsThree traumatized or physically disabled World War II veterans return home to the American Midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed making readjustment difficult.
Prime Video - #22193#22193
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 - #22393#22393
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 - #22793#22793
MAXSix Feet Under
2001–2005 · Series · 5 seasonsDrama · Comedy
9 EmmysWhen death is your business, what is your life? Laced with irony and dark situational humor, the show approaches the subject of death through the eyes of the Fisher family, who owns and operates a funeral home in Los Angeles.
MAX - #22993#22993
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 - #23793#23793
Disney+Fire of Love
2022 · Movie · 1h 38mDocumentary · Biography
Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded.
Disney+ - #24393#24393
MAXPeacockHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Movie · 2h 10mAction · Family · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on a quest to eliminate the remaining horcruxes. On the other hand, the students and teachers must unite to defend Hogwarts against Lord Voldemort and his army.
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MAXSuper/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024 · Movie · 1h 44mDocumentary · Biography
Reeve's rise to becoming a film star follows with a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After the accident, he became an activist for spinal cord injury treatments and disability ri...
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Prime VideoGarth Marenghi's Darkplace
2004– · Series · 1 seasonComedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Horror
This parody series is an unearthed 80s horror/drama, complete with poor production values, awful dialogue and hilarious violence. The series is set in a Hospital in Romford, which is situated over the gates of Hell.
Prime Video - #25293#25293
Prime VideoThe Endless Summer
1966 · Movie · 1h 35mDocumentary
The crown jewel to ten years of Bruce Brown surfing documentaries. Brown follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave, and ends up finding quite a few in addition to some colorful local characters.
Prime Video - #25593#25593
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+ - #26093#26093
Prime VideoGleason
2016 · Movie · 1h 50mDocumentary · Biography
At the age of 34, former New Orleans Saints defensive back Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS and given a life expectancy of two to five years. Weeks later, Gleason found out his wife, Michel, was expecting their first child. A video journal that began as a gift for his unborn son expands to chronicle Steve’s determination to get his relationships in order, build a foundation to provide other ALS patients with purpose, and adapt to his declining physical condition—utilizing medical technologies that offer the means to live as fully as possible.
Prime Video - #26193#26193
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 - #26593#26593
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 - #27892#27892
Prime VideoThe Big Sick
2017 · Movie · 2hComedy · Drama · Romance
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
Prime Video - #28892#28892
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 - #29892#29892
MAXA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
2026– · Series · 1 seasonAction · Drama
A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros: a young, naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits await these improbable and incomparable friends.
MAX - #30892#30892
Prime VideoDuck Soup
1933 · Movie · 1h 9mComedy · Musical
Rufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side th...
Prime Video - #32192#32192
Prime VideoGett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
2014 · Movie · Hebrew · 1h 55mBiography · Drama
After a lukewarm marriage of over twenty years, a woman appeals to her husband's compassion to obtain the desirable divorce document in front of a court, which proves to be more challenging than she would expect.
Prime Video - #32392#32392
MAXGimme Shelter
1970 · Movie · 1h 31mDocumentary · Thriller
When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment was immortalized on t...
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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 - #32892#32892
Disney+Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Movie · 3h 1mAction · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe.
Disney+ - #34192#34192
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 - #34592#34592
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 - #34792#34792
Prime VideoMade in India: A Titan Story
2026– · Series · HindiBiography · Drama · History
A visionary man Xerxes Desai with his team turns humiliation into history by building India's first world-class watch brand, proving that time itself can be reclaimed through courage, failure, and innovation.
Prime Video - #35192#35192
Prime VideoZ Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004 · Movie · 2h 2mDocumentary · Biography · History
The story of Z Channel, one of the first U.S. pay cable stations and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974 in LA, their eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.
Prime Video - #35992#35992
Prime VideoImMATURE
2019– · Series · Hindi · 3 seasonsComedy · Drama · Romance
A coming-of-age story about the many first adventures in a young man's life. Dhruv is 16, and in a hurry to grow up. With a little help from his school friends, the wannabe bad-boy Kabir, and the color-blind but doesn't know it Susu, Dhruv sets out to woo the first crush of his life, the feisty, out-of-his-league class topper, Chhavi. Venturing out of their childhood, in their last years of school, the trio find their first drink, pick their first fight and mend their first broken hearts.
Prime Video - #36292#36292
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 - #36392#36392
Prime VideoLittle Dieter Needs to Fly
1997 · Movie · 1h 20mDocumentary · Biography · Drama
German-American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as a U.S. naval pilot in the Vietnam War. Dengler also revisits the sites of his capture and eventual escape from the hands of the Viet Cong, recreating many events for the camera.
Prime Video - #38092#38092
Prime VideoRequiem for the American Dream
2015 · Movie · 1h 13mDocumentary · Biography
Renowned academic and author Noam Chomsky elucidates 10 principles of concentration of wealth and power that have led to unprecedented inequality and the hollowing out of the American middle class.
Prime Video - #38292#38292
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+ - #38492#38492
HuluToo Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
2017 · Movie · 1h 35mDocumentary
Creators, cast and network executives recount the strange history of the Dana Carvey Show, the irreverent prime time sketch comedy show that aired for eight episodes on ABC, following its star's meteoric run on Saturday Night Live.
Hulu - #39491#39491
MAXDune: Part Two
2024 · Movie · 2h 46mAction · Drama
2 OscarsPaul Atreides unites with the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible fu...
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Prime VideoLost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014 · Movie · 1h 37mDocumentary · Action
A behind the scenes chronicle of how clash of vision, bad creative decisions, lack of interest and really bad weather plagued the disastrous production of the infamous The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).
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