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Chernobyl

Chernobyl

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Series Age rating: 16 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 9.3

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable d...

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When They See Us

When They See Us

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Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 8.9

Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.

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True Detective

True Detective

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Series Age rating: 17 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 8.9

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

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Freaks and Geeks

Freaks and Geeks

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Series Age rating: 10 Year: 1999 IMDB Rating: 8.8

High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy fri...

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This Is Us

This Is Us

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Series Age rating: 11 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 8.7

Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways,...

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Stranger Things

Stranger Things

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Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 8.7

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.

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Dopesick

Dopesick

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Series Age rating: 16 Year: 2021 IMDB Rating: 8.6

The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to...

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Pose

Pose

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Series Age rating: 14 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 8.6

A dance musical that explores the juxtaposition of several segments of 1980s life and society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe and the downtown social and...

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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

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Series Age rating: 17 Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 8.5

When the Hellmouth opens beneath Darkplace Hospital in downtown Romford, kiddy doctor, Vietnam veteran and ex-warlock Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. is the only man who can close it. Joined by best buddy Dr. L...

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Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey

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Series Age rating: 9 Year: 1975 IMDB Rating: 8.4

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends...

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