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Released 1 year ago (2025)
2 titles
  • Original
    Project UFO poster
    TV Series
    Project UFO (Limited Series)
    TV-MAPolish
    4 episodes
    Drama, Sci-Fi
    A smug TV host and a small-town ufologist work to uncover the origins of an alleged UFO sighting, splitting the nation in a storm of doubts and beliefs.
    Cast: Piotr Adamczyk, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Julia Kijowska
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  • Original
    The Diamond Heist poster
    Documentary
    Preview
    The Diamond Heist (Limited Series)
    TV-MAEnglish
    3 episodes
    Documentary
    This stranger-than-fiction crime caper follows the attempted robbery of a precious gem, told by the gangsters who did it and the police on their tail.
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Released 2 years ago (2024)
1 title
  • Original
    Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer poster
    Stand-up
    Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer (2024)
    TV-MA59 minsEnglish
    Stand-up, Comedy
    Jimmy Carr refutes the idea that you can't joke about anything these days with his edgy takes on gun control, religion, cancel culture and consent.
    Director: Jimmy Carr, Brian Klein
    Cast: Jimmy Carr
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Released 3 years ago (2023)
1 title
  • Original
    Doctor Cha poster
    TV Series
    Preview
    Doctor Cha (Season 1 - New Episodes Weekly)
    TV-1463 minsKorean
    16 episodes
    Drama, Medical
    Twenty years after leaving her medical career, a housewife returns as a first-year resident -- struggling to find her footing in a job full of surprises.
    Cast: Uhm Jung-hwa, Kim Byong-chul, Myung Se-bin, Min Woo-hyuk
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Released 4 years ago (2022)
1 title
  • Original
    Man of God poster
    Movie
    Man of God (2022)
    TV-MA140 minEnglish
    Drama
    Samuel forsakes his harsh religious upbringing to live his own life -- but his soul remains caught between the world and the faith he left behind.
    Director: Bolanle Austen-Peters
    Writer: Shola Dada
    Cast: Akah Nnani, Osas Ighodaro, Atlanta Bridget Johnson
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Released 5 years ago (2021)
6 titles
  • Original
    Ajeeb Daastaans poster
    Movie
    Ajeeb Daastaans (2021)
    TV-MA142 minHindi
    Drama, Romance
    Four shorts explore the surprising ways in which unexpected catalysts inflame the uncomfortable emotions simmering under fractured relationships.
    Director: Neeraj Ghaywan, Kayoze Irani, Shashank Khaitan, Raj Mehta
    Writer: Neeraj Ghaywan, Shashank Khaitan, Uzma Khan, Sumit Saxena
    Cast: Aditi Rao Hydari, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Nushrat Bharucha, Shefali Shah
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  • Original
    Arlo the Alligator Boy poster
    Movie
    IMDb8.3/10
    Arlo the Alligator Boy (2021)
    TV-Y790 minEnglish
    Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
    To find the father he never knew, optimistic Arlo leaves his swampy Southern home for New York City, making friends along the way. A musical adventure.
    Director: Ryan Crego
    Writer: Clay Senechal
    Cast: Michael J. Woodard, Mary Lambert, Haley Tju, Jonathan Van Ness
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  • Original
    Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The Afterparty poster
    Movie
    Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The Afterparty (2021)
    TV-1437 minsEnglish
    Talk Show, Variety
    Jamie Foxx, David Alan Grier and more from the cast of the family comedy discuss the show, humiliating family moments, bad BBQ dishes and sitcom openings.
    Cast: David Spade, London Hughes, Fortune Feimster, Jamie Foxx, David Alan Grier, Kyla…
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  • Original
    Fast & Furious Spy Racers poster
    TV Series
    IMDb5.4/10
    Fast & Furious Spy Racers (Season 4)
    TV-Y7-FV23 minEnglish
    Animation, Action, Crime, Family
    A government agency recruits teen driver Tony Toretto and his thrill-seeking friends to infiltrate a criminal street racing circuit as undercover spies.
    Writer: Tim Hedrick, Bret Haaland
    Cast: Tyler Posey, Charlet Takahashi Chung, Jorge Diaz, Luke Youngblood
    3 nominations.
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  • Original
    Into the Beat poster
    Movie
    IMDb5.3/10
    Into the Beat (2020)
    TV-1498 minGerman
    Drama, Music, Romance
    A teen ballerina discovers hip-hop by chance and is faced with an impossible choice: Does she follow her parents' footsteps... or her newfound passion?
    Director: Stefan Westerwelle
    Writer: Hannah Schweier, Stefan Westerwelle
    Cast: Alexandra Pfeifer, Yalany Marschner, Ina Geraldine Guy, Tidiane Jamayn Diallo
    1 win.
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  • Original
    Why Are You Like This poster
    TV Series
    IMDb6.3/10
    Why Are You Like This (Season 1)
    TV-MAEnglish
    Comedy
    Three best friends negotiate work, fun, identity politics, hookups and wild nights out in this razor-sharp satire of 20-something life in Melbourne.
    Writer: Mark Samual Bonanno, Naomi Higgins, Humyara Mahbub
    Cast: Naomi Higgins, Olivia Junkeer, Wil King, Lawrence Leung
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Released 6 years ago (2020)
3 titles
  • Original
    Fary: Hexagone poster
    TV Series
    IMDb6.0/10
    Fary: Hexagone (Season 2)
    TV-MAFrench
    Comedy
    French comedy phenom Fary puts a playful spin on questions of identity, culture, patriotism and more in a wide-ranging, two-part stand-up special.
    Cast: Fary
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  • Original
    Fauda poster
    TV Series
    IMDb8.3/10
    Fauda (Season 3)
    TV-MA60 minHebrew
    Action, Drama, Thriller
    A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to hunt for a Palestinian fighter he thought he'd killed, setting a chaotic chain of events into motion.
    Writer: Avi Issacharoff, Lior Raz
    Cast: Lior Raz, Itzik Cohen, Neta Garty, Rona-Lee Shim'on
    13 wins & 5 nominations.
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  • Original
    Maurício Meirelles: Generating Chaos poster
    Movie
    Maurício Meirelles: Generating Chaos (2019)
    TV-MA63 minPortuguese
    Comedy
    Comedian Maurício Meirelles explores his chaotic mind with scathingly funny views on family, prejudices, turtles and more in this stand-up special.
    Director: Diego Pignataro
    Writer: Maurício Meirelles (creator)
    Cast: Maurício Meirelles
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Released 7 years ago (2019)
1 title
  • Original
    Super Monsters Furever Friends poster
    Movie
    Super Monsters Furever Friends