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Stranger 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 - #986
High School Return of a Gangster
2024– · Series · Korean · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy
A middle-aged gangster finds himself body-swapped into the body of a bullied teen. Now inhabited by a tough-as-nails gangster, the teen starts to fight back against the power structure at his school and change his miserable existe...
Hulu - #1282
Pit Babe
2023– · Series · Thai · 2 seasonsSci-Fi & Fantasy · Romance · Sport
Babe, the number 1 driver, is Charlie's idol. Charlie wants to be like Babe, but he does not have a race car. He plucks up courage and approaches Babe to ask to borrow one. Babe agrees and the two make an interesting deal.
Netflix - #1481
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 - #1679
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 - #1877
Enys Men
2023 · Movie · 1h 36mSci-Fi & Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer's daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is a n...
Hulu - #2077
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 - #2177
Reunited Worlds
2017– · Series · Korean · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy · Romance
Sung Hae Sung reappears 12 years after a fatal accident, unchanged and seeking answers about his resurrection. Aided by friends and Jong Won, he strives to right wrongs and unravel the enigma surrounding his death.
Netflix - #2277
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 - #2476
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 - #3273
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 - #3573
From Tomorrow
2024– · Series · Spanish · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy
Gabriela moves into a new home where she discovers a mysterious mineral that allows her to see visions of the future, including her daughter's death. Convinced they're real, she teams up with an inspector to try to change Emma's f...
Hulu - #3673
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 - #4572
Amrapali
1966 · Movie · Hindi · 1h 59mSci-Fi & Fantasy · History
A victory over neighboring state Vaishai has always eluded Magadh Samrat Ajaatshatru despite being winning and taking control over all neighboring states. He attacks Vaishali only get defeated again. Wounded, lost and on the run, ...
Netflix - #5468
Pilecki's Report
2023 · Movie · Polish · 1h 58mWar · Biography · Drama
Polish WWII resistance fighter Witold Pilecki infiltrates Auschwitz, is imprisoned and interrogated by communist officials post-war, depicting his wartime experiences, incarceration, torture, and 1948 execution for opposing Soviet...
Netflix - #6560
Sniper: Legacy
2014 · Movie · 1h 35mWar · Action · Thriller
A rogue assassin is taking out military leaders, and Brandon gets word that his father is one. He tries to track down the killer, finds out that his father isn't dead and realizes that his superior officers are using him as bait to track the killer.
Netflix
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