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- CreatorChad FeehanStarsDavid OyelowoLauren E. BanksDemi SingletonAbout the legendary lawman Bass Reeves, one of the greatest frontier heroes and one of the first Black deputy U.S. marshals west of the Mississippi River.
- CreatorSteven KnightStarsAria Mia LobertiLouis HofmannLars EidingerThe story of Marie-Laure, a blind French teenager, and Werner, a German soldier, whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
- StarsScott GrimesDamian LewisRon LivingstonThe story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.
- CreatorCraig MazinStarsJessie BuckleyJared HarrisStellan SkarsgårdIn 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.
- CreatorNick AntoscaMichelle DeanStarsPatricia ArquetteJoey KingAnnaSophia RobbDee Dee Blanchard is overprotective of her daughter, Gypsy, who is trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her mother. Gypsy's quest for independence opens up a Pandora's box of secrets, which ultimately leads to murder.
- CreatorShiv RawailStarsMadhavanKay Kay MenonDivyendu SharmaAfter a deadly gas leaks from a factory in Bhopal, brave railway workers risk their lives to save others in the face of an unspeakable disaster.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsElizabeth OlsenJesse PlemonsLily RabeTwo churchgoing couples enjoy small town family life in Texas - until somebody picks up an axe.
- CreatorLeslie GreifMichael TolkinStarsMiles TellerMatthew GoodeDan FoglerOscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's never-before-revealed experiences of making The Godfather (1972).
- CreatorMicah Fitzerman-BlueNoah HarpsterStarsUzo AdubaMatthew BroderickTaylor KitschThe causes and consequences of America's opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.
- StarsJack DeamKris HitchenLee InglebyA desperate cat and mouse hunt ensues when Yorkshire is being haunted by a serial killer.
- CreatorDanny StrongStarsMichael KeatonPeter SarsgaardMichael StuhlbargThe series takes viewers to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.
- CreatorShonda RhimesStarsAnna ChlumskyJulia GarnerArian MoayedA journalist with a lot to prove investigates the case of Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary German heiress who stole the hearts of New York's social scene - and stole their money as well.
- CreatorRobert SiegelStarsLily JamesSebastian StanSeth RogenFollows the story of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's relationship, going back to their whirlwind romance that started with them marrying after only knowing each other for 96 hours in 1995.
- CreatorAntonio CamposStarsColin FirthToni ColletteMichael StuhlbargTells the story of Michael Peterson, a crime novelist accused of killing his wife Kathleen after she is found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home, and the 16-year judicial battle that followed.
- CreatorNick AntoscaRobin VeithStarsJessica BielMelanie LynskeyPablo SchreiberCandy Montgomery is a 1980s housewife and mother who did everything right. When the pressure of conformity builds within, her actions scream for just a bit of freedom--until someone tells her to shush--with deadly results.
- CreatorElizabeth MeriwetherStarsAmanda SeyfriedNaveen AndrewsMichel GillTV series that chronicles Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' attempt to revolutionize the healthcare industry after dropping out of college and starting a technology company.
- CreatorAva DuVernayStarsAsante BlackkCaleel HarrisEthan HerisseFive teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.
- CreatorEric GarciaStarsGiancarlo EspositoRufus SewellPaz VegaCentered around the largest heist ever attempted, the vengeance and betrayals that surround it.
- CreatorAlex GregoryPeter HuyckStarsWoody HarrelsonJustin TherouxLena HeadeyA five-part series that tells the true story of how Nixon's own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds, E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, accidentally toppled the presidency they were trying to protect.
- StarsTahar RahimBilly HowleJenna ColemanThe twisting, real-life story of Charles Sobhraj, a murderer, thief and seductive master of disguise, who was a hidden darkness in the mid-70's on Asia's hippie trail.
- CreatorLaura Sarmiento PallarésStarsÚrsula CorberóQuim GutiérrezJosé Manuel PogaWhen a police officer is murdered and set on fire, all eyes focus on two other agents; his girlfriend and her lover. Inspired by true events.
- CreatorGideon RaffStarsSacha Baron CohenNoah EmmerichHadar Ratzon RotemBased on the life of Israeli spy Eli Cohen.
- StarsAlexander SkarsgårdJames RansoneLee TergesenA Rolling Stone reporter, embedded with The 1st Recon Marines chronicles his experiences during the first wave of the American-led assault on Baghdad in 2003.
- CreatorAnnette HessStarsKatharina StarkAnne WeinknechtAnke EngelkeFollow Eva Bruhns, a fun-loving, naive and smitten twenty four-year-old who's life takes an unexpected turn when she is hired as a translator for the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials.
- CreatorJun MasumotoStarsKoji YakushoHao FengNobi NakanishiBlamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat an unprecedented nuclear disaster.
- CreatorSarah PhelpsStarsConor MacNeillÉanna HardwickeAdrian RawlinsFollows the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in the village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, and the extraordinary events that unfolded in the following years.
- CreatorDrew DowdleJohn Erick DowdleStarsMichael ShannonTaylor KitschAndrea RiseboroughThe FBI and ATF seize religious leader David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993.
- CreatorRussell T. DaviesStarsHelena Bonham CarterCon O'NeillAugustus PrewExploring the reign, and fall from grace, of the inimitable British soap star, Noele Gordon.
- CreatorKasper BarfoedStarsFanny Louise BernthJosephine ParkPeter ZandersenA new nurse at a hospital begins to suspect that her colleague's desire for attention might be tied to a series of patient deaths.
- CreatorBrett JohnsonMichael TolkinStarsBenicio Del ToroPatricia ArquettePaul DanoA female prison employee in upstate New York becomes romantically involved with a pair of inmates and helps them escape.
- StarsRenée ZellwegerJosh DuhamelJudy GreerBased on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in the conviction of her husband, Russ, but he insisted he did not kill her. This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp.
- CreatorHannah MoscovitchJennifer PodemskiStarsDarla ContoisEllyn JadeAlanna BaleThis six episode series chronicles the cruel treatment of indigenous children.
- StarsKevin CostnerBill PaxtonMatt BarrDramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the West Virginia/Kentucky border in the years after the Civil War.
- CreatorRobert SiegelStarsKumail NanjianiMurray BartlettAnnaleigh AshfordThe origin story of Somen "Steve" Banerjee, the Indian-American entrepreneur who started the stripper troupe Chippendales.
- StarsStephen GrahamAndrew EllisLeanne BestA journalist tries to uncover the plans of a neo-Nazi organization that has been involved in the murder of an MP.
- CreatorDan FuttermanAlex GibneyLawrence WrightStarsJeff DanielsTahar RahimWrenn SchmidtA look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.
- StarsDavid TennantDaniel MaysJason WatkinsIn 1983, Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home.
- StarsMartin FreemanSiobhan FinneranImelda StauntonDSU Stephen Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation.
- StarsBill SkarsgårdVilhelm BlomgrenSandra IlarThis is the incredible story behind Sweden's most notorious gangster, Clark Olofsson, whose infamous crimes gave rise to the term "Stockholm Syndrome".
- CreatorCarlton CuseJohn RidleyStarsVera FarmigaCherry JonesCornelius Smith Jr.Doctors and nurses at the intensive care unit of a New Orleans hospital struggle with treating patients during Hurricane Katrina when the facility is without power for 5 days.
- CreatorDahvi WallerStarsCate BlanchettRose ByrneElizabeth BanksConservative activist Phyllis Schlafly leads an unexpected fight against the Equal Rights Amendment movement during the 1970s.
- CreatorSarah PhelpsStarsClaire FoyPaul BettanyOlwen MayThe story of events surrounding the notorious divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll during the 1960s.
- StarsHugh GrantBen WhishawAlex JenningsBritish Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover and forced to stand trial in 1979.
- StarsAngela BainJoe BlakemoreSonya CassidyFollows the police operation in 2010 to apprehend fugitive Raoul Moat. He went to Northumberland after killing one person and wounding two others.
- StarsChristian HillborgEdvin EndreElla RappichHow Swedish tech entrepreneur Daniel Ek and business partner Martin Lorentzon revolutionized the music industry through free and legal music streaming when they launched Spotify.
- StarsFreddie FoxAlexa DaviesMark AddyRevolves around the true story of a fateful night in August 1985 when five members of the same family are murdered at an Essex farmhouse, and the ensuing police investigation and court case that follows.
- StarsEwan McGregorRebecca DayanDavid PittuThe story of a man who leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that's synonymous with luxury, sex, status, and fame, literally defining the era.
- CreatorOlivier DemangelTristan SéguélaStarsLaurent LafitteJoséphine JapyPatrick d'AssumçaoA relentlessly ambitious working-class man becomes one of France's most controversial public figures in this fictionalized biopic about Bernard Tapie.
- CreatorChris ChibnallStarsRobert GlenisterJack RothLuke EvansA two-part drama which portrays The Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963, firstly from the point of view of the robbers and then from the point of view of the police who set out to identify and catch the robbers.
- StarsSøren MallingPilou AsbækPernilla AugustCopenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
- StarsRuth WilsonIain GlenFiona ShawA grieving widow discovers that her seemingly ideal husband lived many secret lives.
- StarsAdrien BrodyKristen ConnollyEvan JonesFollow the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigori Rasputin.
- CreatorTom McCarthyAlex MetcalfStarsRussell CroweSienna MillerSeth MacFarlaneThe past decade on the life of Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News, in which Ailes arguably became the Republican party's de facto leader and was accused of sexual harassment, which brought his Fox News reign to an end.
- StarsLeonard ScheicherMarius AhrendtMark WaschkeIn 1990s Berlin, an artist and a hacker invented a new way to see the world. Years later, they reunite to sue Google for patent infringement on it.
- CreatorKevin LuperchioPrashant NairStarsAbhay DeolRajshri DeshpandePunit TiwariDifficult yet resilient journey of two parents - Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, trying to seek justice over the last two decades.
- StarsMonica DolanEddie MarsanMark StanleyFour-part drama based on the extraordinary story of how prison officer John Darwin faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy - unbeknownst to his two sons.
- StarsMatthew MacfadyenSian CliffordMark Bonnar'Quiz' tells the story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major who caused a major scandal after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'
- StarsSheridan SmithLeanne BestStephen MerchantA true-crime drama. Four young gay men are murdered in similar circumstances between 2014 and 2015 in the Barking area of London.
- StarsSinéad KeenanBrían F. O'ByrneMatthew DevlinThe true story of the 2007 murder of Rhys Jones in Liverpool. The story of the aftermath and police investigation.
- StarsJoanne WoodwardSally FieldBrad DavisA young woman whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed sixteen different personalities is treated by a doctor.
- StarsOscar IsaacNatalie PaulCarla QuevedoNick Wasicsko takes office as mayor of Yonkers in 1987 and has to face the issue of building public housing in the white, middle-class side of town.
- StarsDouglas HenshallMartin CompstonJoanne ThomsonA three part TV miniseries about Lanarkshire's Detective William Muncie and his quest to bring to justice notorious killer Peter Manuel.
- StarsRafe SpallAnne-Marie DuffAnnabel ScholeyThree episode, fact based drama from the BBC, about the 2018 Novichok poisoning crisis in the city of Salisbury.
- StarsSophie CharlotteRodrigo LombardiPeter KetnathAracy is a young employee of the Brazilian Consulate in Hamburg. She helped Jews obtain visas to flee to Brazil, despite the Nazis'' growing animosity toward Jews.
- StarsOctavia SpencerTiffany HaddishCarmen EjogoThe inspiring story of trailblazing African American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker who built a haircare empire that made her America's first female self-made millionaire.
- StarsBradley JamesMartin SensmeierJose Miguel VasquezThe true story of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II.
- CreatorPeter DuncanTanya PheganStarsEwen LeslieJessica De GouwJames CromwellIn Maralinga, South Australia, at the height of the Cold War, at a remote army base carrying out British nuclear testing, paranoia runs rife and nuclear bombs are not the only things being put to the test.
- StarsJames NesbittGenevieve O'ReillyPatrick O'KaneThe true-crime story of a respectable dentist and pillar of the community who became a killer in partnership with a Sunday school teacher.
- StarsSiân PhillipsAlun ArmstrongBen Daniels18th-century England and Ireland viewed through the eyes of four beautiful high-born sisters - Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, great-granddaughters of a king, daughters of a cabinet minister, and wives of politicians and peers.
- StarsVincent LindonNiels SchneiderRamzy BediaBased on the 2018 book "D'argent et de sang" by journalist Fabrice Arfi about the multi-billion carbon tax fraud that was dubbed "the fraud of the century" by French media.
- StarsIne Marie WilmannPål Sverre HagenKristoffer JonerThe sailor Alfred is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out. Suddenly the sailors are in the front of the war, without any weapons.
- StarsJavier ReyTristán UlloaAntonio Durán 'Morris'In 1980s Galicia (Spain), the fishing sector was transformed and many of the shipowners became indebted. This situation will be favorable for the start of activities such as contraband and drug trafficking.
- StarsTim RothNico MirallegroSamantha MortonA three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s.
- StarsIgal NaorShohreh AghdashlooMakram KhouryA mini-series that explores the inner workings of Saddam Hussein's family and his relationship with his closest advisors.
- StarsMolly WindsorRia ZmitrowiczLiv HillThree young girls were groomed, sexually abused, and trafficked by a group of men in Rochdale, as well as the authorities failed to do anything about it.
- StarsJohn SimmAnna MadeleyDavid ThrelfallThe story of Sir Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by DCS David Baker in catching a double murderer.
- StarsKeeley HawesMark StanleyMichael JibsonDCI Caroline Goode vows to bring justice for a young girl, murdered by her family for falling in love with the wrong man.
- CreatorPetter S. RosenlundStarsMarc Ben PuchRobert Hunger-BühlerAndreas DöhlerThe story behind Germany's attempt to develop an atomic bomb during World War II and the sabotage of the heavy water program in Rjukan, Norway from the points of view of the Germans, the Allies, the saboteurs, and the company.
- StarsDominic CooperLara PulverSamuel WestLook at the 007 creator, Ian Fleming, and his early life set against the permissive society of war-torn WWII London.
- StarsThaneth WarakulnukrohPapangkorn LerkchaleampotePratya PatongTV series that chronicles the rescue of the 12 boys and their soccer coach, who were trapped for two weeks in flooded caves in Thailand during the summer of 2018.
- StarsClaudia JessieRichard RoxburghSean KeenanBased on the 2002 terrorist attacks on Bali's tourist hotspots, explores how everyday heroes from Bali, Australia and beyond defied the odds to bring order from chaos and hope from despair.
- StarsDana DelanyAnnabeth GishAngelina JolieCovering nearly fifty years of mid-19th-century turmoil, from the tumultuous Texas Revolution to the early women's suffrage movement, "True Women" is a gripping tale of endurance, love, and above all, gritty female determination.
- StarsDrew GregoryBlythe DannerRichard DreyfussThe rise and fall of Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme bilked $65 billion from unsuspecting victims; the largest fraud in US history.
- StarsJoanne FroggattAlun ArmstrongIsla McMonigleA two-part drama about the Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton.
- CreatorDiederik Van RooijenStarsMatthijs van de Sande BakhuyzenSallie HarmsenGijs Scholten van AschatThe story of Alexander Münninghoff who is forced to dive into his dark family Nazi-history when convincing the love of his life Ellen to stay with him.
- StarsSam WorthingtonHugh DancyJoel JacksonFour war correspondents accompany troops during WWI and narrate the story of the Gallipoli campaign, an attempt by British and French troops to attack the Ottoman Empire.
- StarsChristian FriedelHanno KofflerHannah HerzsprungThe life and struggle of the Dassler brothers. Founders of the brands of Adidas and Puma.
- CreatorNicole CastioniLéa FazerFlavien RochetteStarsSophie BroustalThibaut EvrardMichel VoïtaAnne Dupraz, a respected prosecutor in Geneva, is in custody for shooting a man, now between life and death. She admits her guilt but seems unable to explain her act. Her interrogation will allow Anne to finally free herself from her past.
- StarsAnna GeislerováJan HájekAnna KameníkováBiopic of Bozena Nemcová, a famous Czech 19th century writer and feminist, focused on her complicated on-off relationship with her husband Josef Nemec.
- CreatorRamón CamposGema R. NeiraDiego SoteloStarsMiguel Ángel SilvestreMarisé ÁlvarezRamón AgirreJanuary 27, 1994. The bodies of a man and two 25-year-old models are found riddled with bullet holes in the house of a nightclub owner. The police find a camera set up in the living room of the victim, which has filmed the murder. This footage is the main clue of the police - This is the reason why they decide to share the most valuable thing in it: the blurred face of one of the attackers. Three weeks later, at a police station in another district, an officer thinks he recognizes one of the killers: Pablo Ibar, a Spaniard who has been recently arrested with a couple of friends for a petty theft. Pablo swears he is innocent. None of the evidence found at the crime scene points to him...But it does not matter. Pablo is sentenced and sent to death row. This is the story of a man fighting to prove his innocence. The story of a family that never gave up.
- CreatorPeter MorganStarsClaire FoyOlivia ColmanImelda StauntonFollows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.
- CreatorDaniel GoldfarbStarsSarah LancashireDavid Hyde PierceBebe NeuwirthInspired by Julia Child's extraordinary life and her show The French Chef, which essentially invented food television.
- CreatorBrendan HuntJoe KellyBill LawrenceStarsJason SudeikisHannah WaddinghamJeremy SwiftAmerican college football coach Ted Lasso heads to London to manage AFC Richmond, a struggling English Premier League soccer team.
- CreatorCarlo BernardChris BrancatoDoug MiroStarsPedro PascalWagner MouraBoyd HolbrookA chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.
- CreatorTony McNamaraStarsElle FanningPhoebe FoxGwilym LeeA royal woman living in rural Russia during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor.
- CreatorSteven KnightStarsConnor SwindellsJack O'ConnellAlfie AllenSAS: Rogue Heroes charts the creation of the famed Special Forces unit. Based on the book by Ben Macintyre.