Bel-Air
The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.…
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Series Like Elite Short Stories Carla Samuel
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Series Like Elite Short Stories Carla Samuel
The Newsreader
An unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star newsreader and an ambitious bisexual reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that…
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Fake Profile
Camila meets her Prince Charming through a dating app. After an idyllic romance, she plans to surprise him — only to end up trapped in a false paradise.…
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Tyler Perry's Ruthless
A spinoff of "The Oval," follows Ruth Truesdale as she's forced to play nice with a scandalous religious cult of powerful sex crazed fanatics in the hopes of freeing herself and he…
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Unchosen
When a young mother from a sheltered cult crosses paths with a mysterious stranger, she embarks on a risky affair that awakens desires and dark secrets.…
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Tell Me Lies
When Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. They quickly fall in…
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The Hitchhiker
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.…
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The Romanoffs
An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.…
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Most Dangerous Game
Desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life, Dodge Maynard accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game where he soon discovers that…
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Ambitions
A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the …
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Life on Top
Based on a novel by Clara Darling, about a college grad who heads to a big city looking for work and discovers her older sister, who's been living there for years, is a model.…
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All the Queen's Men
Marilyn "Madam" DeVille is at the top of her game in the Atlanta nightclub industry, and she won't let anyone or anything stand her in way as she rules a crew of male exotic dancer…
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Red Shoe Diaries
Jake takes out an ad in the newspaper after the suicide of his unfaithful fiancée, in an effort to understand the reasons for the betrayal. By soliciting the secret diaries of othe…
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Good Sam
A gifted heart surgeon excels in her new leadership role as Chief of Surgery after her renowned boss falls into a coma. When her former boss wakes up months later demanding to resu…
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Medusa
Somebody wants to kill CEO Bárbara Hidalgo. Can she find the culprit as her family schemes ruthlessly for control of their Colombian business empire?…
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Tell Me a Story
The world's most beloved fairy tales reimagined as a dark and twisted psychological thriller.…
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The Guest
A seemingly perfect household unravels when an unexpected visitor arrives, exposing hidden tensions and political aspirations that threaten to tear the family apart.…
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Parish
Gray Parish is a good man with a troubled past who gave up his life of crime for life as a family man. But when his son is violently murdered, old habits return, sending him on a r…
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Tales from the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes …
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Wu-Tang: An American Saga
In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby Diggs aka The RZA begins to form a super group of a dozen young, b…
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Julia
Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social institution, …
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Dexter: Resurrection
Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma to find Harrison gone without a trace. Realizing the weight of what he put his son through, Dexter sets out for New York City, determined to find …
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Fantasy Island
This contemporary version of the classic drama series delves into the “what if” questions that keep us awake at night. Each episode tells emotional, provocative stories about peopl…
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Love Story
An anthology of sweeping true love stories that captured the world’s attention.…
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The Fear Index
Dr. Alex Hoffman, an American ex-pat physicist, creates an AI-driven system that exploits fear in the financial markets and operates at lightning speed to make big returns. But on …
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The Patient
A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.…
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From Scratch
An artist finds romance with a chef in Italy and embarks on a life-changing journey of love, loss, resilience and hope across cultures and continents.…
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Unspeakable Sins
A woman starts an affair with a male escort to get revenge on her controlling husband, but the plan spirals into a dangerous fight for survival when it leads to a crime scene with …
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Rosario Tijeras (Mexico)
Worlds collide when a vengeance-obsessed young woman from the other side of the tracks captures the attention of two well-off friends.…
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Mr. Mercedes
A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade …
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
A diverse anthology of ambitious, moving tales inspired by Philip K Dick's short stories.…
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The Rainmaker
Fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head to head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend, Sarah. Rudy, along with his boss, Bruiser, and her dis…
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Diary of a Gigolo
A male escort's life begins to unravel when he gets involved in a client's family affairs and breaks the cardinal rule of his work: Don't fall in love.…
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Angelyne
A mysterious blonde bombshell takes over Los Angeles billboards in the mid-80s, ushering in the era of famous-for-being-famous influencer culture.…
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Soulmates
Fifteen years into the future, science has made a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet – a test that unequivocally tells you who your soulmate is.…
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Power Book III: Raising Kanan
Set in South Jamaica, Queens, in 1991, this prequel to "Power" revolves around the coming of age of Kanan Stark.…
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My Life with the Walter Boys
When a tragedy disrupts her life, a teen moves in with her guardian's big family in a small town and learns new lessons about love, hope and friendship.…
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NOS4A2
A young Victoria "Vic" McQueen discovers she has the power to unlock portals that help her find lost objects. As she delves further into this hidden universe, she encounters many o…
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La piloto
Yolanda dreamed her entire life of being a pilot. She found a stewardess job, and an unexpected role in drug smuggling.…
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The Chosen One
After surviving a freak accident, Jodie, a twelve-year-old boy from Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, discovers that he has Jesus-like powers: He can turn water into wine, make t…
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