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Trapped

2015

Trapped

2015
7.3
The body of a murder victim turns up in a small Icelandic village just as a major snowstorm cuts the region off from the rest of the world.
War and Peace

2016

War and Peace

2016
7.6
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
The Spanish Princess

2019

The Spanish Princess

2019
7.5
The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.
The Taoism Grandmaster

2018

The Taoism Grandmaster

2018
2
It has been foretold over three thousand years ago that the apocalypse is impending and that one Taoist grandmaster will emerge to save the world. To give the people a fighting chance, the immortals have gathered a team of gifted individuals in search for the sacred shield.
The Doctor Blake Mysteries

2013

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

2013
7.8
Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning to take over not only his dead father's medical practice, but also his on-call role as the town's police surgeon, only to find change is afoot, nothing is sacred, and no one is safe.
Go! Mrs. Go!

2011

Go! Mrs. Go!

2011
2
Go Bong-sil is separated from her husband by death and almost comes to bankruptcy when she becomes a writer for the best seller.
Forever Knight

1992

Forever Knight

1992
6.8
Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again. The series premiered on May 5, 1992 and concluded with the third season finale on May 17, 1996.
The Art of Crime

2017

The Art of Crime

2017
6.6
Fired for insubordination, PJ Antoine Verlay, good cop but a blood strand and having difficulty working as a team, is attached to the OCBC (Central Office for the fight against Traffic in Cultural Goods) thanks to the intervention of the commander Pardo, his friend who becomes, therefore, his new superior. A clever investigator, but a stranger to everything related to culture, Antoine will have to work with Florence Chassagne, renowned art historian, who lives, speaks and breathes culture, to the point that - fruit of her great imagination - it happens to her in the midst of daydreams, to see and talk to the great artists who have disappeared as if they were familiar to her.
The Hollow Crown

2012

The Hollow Crown

2012
7.4
A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
Strangers from Hell

2019

Strangers from Hell

2019
8
Unpleasant events disturb the life of an aspiring crime fiction writer when he becomes a resident of an apartment building teeming with shady neighbors.
Pacific Criminal

2019

Pacific Criminal

2019
6.7
Clarissa, a police captain from Réunion Island, is a squad commander in a working-class neighborhood of Nouméa, New Caledonia. Smart, stubborn, and a vital member of her squad, she's also a widow, raising two teenagers by herself.
Ridley Road

2021

Ridley Road

2021
6.3
During London's swinging sixties, young Jewish Vivien Epstein follows her lover into danger and when he is caught between life and death, she finds herself going undercover with the fascists, not only for him but for the sake of her country.
Beyond Evil

2021

Beyond Evil

2021
8.5
As a killing resembling a cold case resurfaces in a small town, the chase for the truth falls on two policemen who each harbor secrets of their own.
The Critic

1994

The Critic

1994
7.3
Jay Sherman is a TV movie critic who is forced to review the most pathetic films which he always rates as "It stinks." In addition to the film parodies, the show also deals with his personal life: working for a tyrannical media mogul boss, his lovelife and his family.
Tale of the Nine Tailed

2020

Tale of the Nine Tailed

2020
8.4
A TV producer discovers a secret supernatural world as she becomes entangled with a former deity who's spent centuries searching for his lost lover.
15/Love

2004

15/Love

2004
6.7
15/Love was a Canadian-produced television series that revolves around the lives of aspiring young tennis players at the Cascadia Tennis Academy. The show was created by Karen Troubetzkoy and Derek Schreyer, and was filmed in the city of Montreal during the summer. 15/Love first aired on the television channel YTV on September 6, 2004.
Rectify

2013

Rectify

2013
7.6
After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside world may be as unforgiving as prison. Daniel is haunted by the past, dogged by the present, and uncertain of the future. As he struggles to adapt to his new life, his homecoming reignites the fears of a small town and threatens to shatter his family’s fragile peace. Daniel’s alleged crime divided a community. Will his freedom tear it in half?
Pit Pony

1999

Pit Pony

1999
8.5
In 1904, on the Nova Scotia island of Cape Breton, 12-year-old Willie McLean, following the death of his father, joins the coal mines, where he bonds with the working horses underground. His family's mining legacy shapes their lives.
The Secret

2016

The Secret

2016
6.3
The true story of a Sunday school teacher and respectable dentist and pillar of the community, who formed a murderous partnership.
Because This Is My First Life

2017

Because This Is My First Life

2017
8.2
Two housemates get married for financial convenience, but discover nothing is simple when it comes to demanding in-laws — or facing their growing bond.