Thriller

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As if Aleksei German, Andrei Tarkovsky and David Lynch had made common thing: In the dark and surreal Kazakh (!!) series "1286" only the dreams are in color. 

Smoking dark men, dusty streets, men's bodies wrapped in carpets: Right from the ...

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The dystopian society of the future is structured according to a “citizen score”: In the Dutch-Belgian-German co-production, a family experiences in the supposedly paradise-like Arcadia a not so brave new world.

While in our present weal and ...

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Here we go to the very foundation of Swiss prosperity: with a production that plunges us deep into the hermetically sealed local banking system and lets "bad banks" thrill meet family tragedy.

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Organ trafficking, earthquakes and the darkness of the human soul: In the stylishly disturbing thriller highlight “Bargain”, all of these elements come together to create a cohesive Korean cinematic universe.

Early since Park Chan Wook's ...

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An Icelandic fishing village caught between state regulation and individual striving for profit and power. A gripping mix of family drama and economic thriller.

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The disastrous affair of a university professor with her student becomes a gripping psychological thriller in the hands of the "Liars" makers.

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A young photographer tries to solve the death of her friend and finds more answers than she bargained for in this Australian thriller series.

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Between "Mr. Robot" and "Deutschland 83": With their first international co-production, TNT Serie and HBO Europe deliver fascinating insights into the world of globally operating hacker communities.

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"Infernal Affairs" in a British counterterrorism haze: executive producer Sam Mendes ("James Bond 007: Skyfall") raises the stakes when he has character face Paddy Considine become a handler for an unwilling undercover agent.

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A whole squad of top Spanish stars populate the dystopian zone with which the Sánchez-Cabezudo brothers put Spain on the international series map and deliver gripping thriller fare between neo-Western and science fiction.

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Between brutal bandits, state repression and western feeling: A mother and her son fight for survival in early 19th century Spain.

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Miss Salinger’s Sense of Snow: In search of her missing daughter, a desperate mother uncovers dark secrets in a Tyrolean mountain village.

Together with her husband Matthi (Robert Stadlober) and their shared daughter, doctor Lucia ...

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Rising incidence, falling humanity: in "Sløborn", the pandemic is far from over....

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Two unemployed actors turn the world into their stage and become pawns for a mysterious organisation: The gripping Iranian (!!) series “The Actor” turns out to be a small sensation.

That Iranian filmmakers regularly return home with the main ...

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The old man still wants more: "Big Lebowski" Jeff Bridges returns to the series business as a former CIA agent and gets to show Disney+ that he can still be extremely dangerous as a pensioner.

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Dark mystery in the style of Sebastian Fitzek: Based on the bestseller by thriller author Melanie Raabe, a young journalist in present-day Vienna must confront the dark shadows of her past and possible future.

That is exactly why one should ...

Then You Run

What used to be Interrail is now the escape from unscrupulous gangsters: Instead of a short holiday in Rotterdam, four London teenagers find themselves on the run through Europe – with several kilos of Heroin in their luggage.

This is what ...

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Power and (sexual) abuse in the highest political circles of Israel. Based on a true story und told from different perspectives, “Unsilenced” turns #metoo into a political precedent.

Compared to the (true) story behind "Unsilenced" the ...

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It's once through Colombian hell and back for four former members of a special forces unit whose action-packed rescue operation rightly earned the Israeli hit series the "Best Series Award" in Cannes.

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Family saga and thriller: the rise and fall of a Canadian cosmetics icon between the 1970s and today.