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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Directed By: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
MPAA Rate: PG-13
IMDb Top Movies: #179 Top 250
Storyline: Harry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014-)
Starring: Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, Steve Higgins
MPAA Rate: TV-14
Storyline: Jimmy Fallon hosts the Tonight Show and interviews celebrities, plays games with them and has a musical or comedic guest perform.
Archer (2009-2023)
Created By: Adam Reed
Starring: H. Jon Benjamin, Judy Greer, Amber Nash
MPAA Rate: TV-MA
Storyline: Covert black ops and espionage take a back seat to zany personalities and relationships between secret agents and drones.
Big Brother (2000-)
Created By: John de Mol, Ron Diesel
Directed By: Curnal Achilles Aulisio, Adam Christian Clark
Starring: Julie Chen Moonves, Clayton Halsey, Phil Proctor
MPAA Rate: TV-MA
Storyline: Contestants must compete against each other for a chance to win $500,000 in a house wired with cameras and microphones, capturing their every move for a TV and Internet audience.
The Talk (2010-2024)
Created By: Sara Gilbert
Directed By: Joe Penna
Starring: Sharon Osbourne, Julie Chen Moonves, Sheryl Underwood
MPAA Rate: TV-14
Storyline: A weekday gabfest offering a female perspective on the day's headlines.
Press Start! (2023-)
Storyline: Sunny and Rue Zaki, a dynamic brother and sister duo whose mysterious game controller gives them the ability to enter the world of their favorite fast-paced video game.
TRILLION GAME (2024-)
Storyline: What would you do if you had a billion dollars? Witness Haru and Gaku as they enter the billionaire's club!.
Twisters (2024)
Directed By: Lee Isaac Chung
Starring: Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Maura Tierney
MPAA Rate: PG-13
Storyline: Kate Carter, a retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist, is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies.
Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Directed By: Takashi Yamazaki
Starring: Minami Hamabe, Munetaka Aoki, Ryûnosuke Kamiki
MPAA Rate: PG-13
Storyline: Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
Elu ja armastus (2024)
Storyline: In 1933, a young woman leaves her rural home to chase her dream of becoming a writer in the city. She takes a job as a maid for a middle-aged printing house owner, who quickly starts pursuing her romantically. They marry, but his ...
Love Live! Superstar!! (2021-)
Created By: Hajime Yatate
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Sayuri Date, Liyuu, Nako Misaki
MPAA Rate: TV-14
Storyline: Five girls at a newly established private academy discover their passion for becoming "school idols" and pursue their dreams through singing and dancing.
Snapped (2004-)
Directed By: Vetrimaaran
Starring: Sharon Martin, Jody Flader, Andrew D. Erath
MPAA Rate: TV-14
Storyline: Investigations of multiple mysterious and violent cases.
Holiday (1938)
Directed By: George Cukor
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan
MPAA Rate: Approved
Storyline: A young man in love with a girl from a rich family finds his unorthodox plan to go on holiday for the early years of his life met with skepticism by everyone except for his fiancée's eccentric sister and long-suffering brother.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Directed By: Alfonso Cuarón
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
MPAA Rate: PG
Storyline: Harry Potter, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner who poses a dangerous threat to the young wizard.
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
Directed By: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones
MPAA Rate: PG-13
Storyline: A prince of the mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth. Hellboy and his team must fight to stop him from locating the all-powerful Golden Army.
Speak No Evil (2024)
Directed By: James Watkins
Starring: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy
MPAA Rate: R
Storyline: A family is invited to spend a whole weekend in a lonely home in the countryside, but as the weekend progresses, they realize that a dark side lies within the family who invited them.
The Masked Singer (2019-2025)
Directed By: Yushi Suzuki, Shinji Ishihira
Starring: Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Nicole Scherzinger, Robin Thicke
MPAA Rate: TV-PG
Storyline: A singing competition guessing game based on Korean format King of Mask Singer. 12 celebrity performers wear costumes to conceal identities. One singer is eliminated each week and unmasked. Small hints are given for the viewer gue...
Let's Make a Deal (2009-)
Directed By: Zdenek Zelenka
Starring: Wayne Brady, Jonathan Mangum, Tiffany Coyne
MPAA Rate: TV-PG
Storyline: Hosted by Wayne Brady, this reboot of the classic game show features costumed contestants who are offered deals and must choose to keep what they have or trade for the possibility of winning big.
TsumaSho: If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student. (2024-)
Storyline: The story follows Keisuke Niijima-who lost his beloved wife, Takae, ten years ago-and their daughter, Mai. They have been in a state of despair since Takae's death. One evening, an elementary school girl visits the Niijima family ...
Harold and Maude (1971)
Directed By: Hal Ashby
Starring: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles
MPAA Rate: PG
Storyline: Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
After Midnight (2024-)
Starring: Taylor Tomlinson, Thomas Lennon, Paul F. Tompkins
MPAA Rate: TV-14
Storyline: Showcases a new take on the old @midnight game show.
Tell Me Lies (2022-)
Starring: Grace Van Patten, Jackson White, Catherine Missal
MPAA Rate: TV-MA
Storyline: The story of a young woman's obsession with a man who is good at being charming.
Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein (2022-)
Starring: Tahir Raj Bhasin, Shweta Tripathi, Anchal Singh
MPAA Rate: TV-MA
Storyline: Aggressively pursued by a politician's daughter who will do anything to marry him, a small-town man takes drastic measures to reclaim his life.
Citadel: Honey Bunny (2024-)
Created By: Sita Menon, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Starring: Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Varun Dhawan, Kay Kay Menon
MPAA Rate: TV-MA
Storyline: Years after stuntman Bunny recruited struggling actress Honey for a side gig, their dangerous past catches up with them, forcing the estranged couple to reunite and protect their daughter.
Poppa's House (2024-)
Storyline: Follow happily-divorced talk-radio host Poppa as he is challenged at work by a new female co-host and at home, still parenting his adult son, who tries to pursue his passion while being a good father and husband.
Elementary (2012-2019)
Created By: Robert Doherty
Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Aidan Quinn
MPAA Rate: TV-14
Storyline: A crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London, eccentric Sherlock escapes to New York where his father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr...
My Old Ass (2024)
Directed By: Megan Park
Starring: Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Percy Hynes White
MPAA Rate: R
Storyline: A mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott face-to-face with her 39-year-old self. But when Elliott's "old ass" delivers warnings to her younger self, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about her family, life and love.
Interview with the Vampire (2022-)
Created By: Rolin Jones
Starring: Assad Zaman, Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid
MPAA Rate: TV-MA
Storyline: Based on Anne Rice's iconic novel, follow Louis de Pointe's epic story of love, blood and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Directed By: Chris Columbus
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
MPAA Rate: PG
Storyline: Harry Potter lives his second year at Hogwarts with Ron and Hermione when a message on the wall announces that the legendary Chamber of Secrets has been opened. The trio soon realize that, to save the school, it will take a lot of...
Universal Basic Guys (2024-)
Storyline: Brothers Mark and Hank Hoagies suddenly find themselves without a job, when the Glantontown Hot Dog factory switches over to automation. But they are lucky enough, because they will be part of a new Universal Basic Income program.
Miss PJ (2024)
Storyline: A young lady on a National Youth Service assignment becomes the saviour of a little town at the mercy of a mysterious killer.
The White Lotus (2021-2025)
Created By: Mike White
Directed By: Rob Savage
Starring: Jennifer Coolidge, Jon Gries, F. Murray Abraham
MPAA Rate: TV-MA
Storyline: The exploits of various guests and employees of a luxury resort over the span of a week.
Christmas with the Singhs (2024)
Storyline: Holiday traditions and cultures collide when Asha and Jake meet their families.
Take Cover (2024)
Directed By: Nick McKinless
Starring: Scott Adkins, Jack Parr, Madalina Bellariu Ion
Storyline: A burned-out professional sniper finds himself trapped in an all-glass penthouse by a lethal competitor and must find a way to survive and escape with little to no cover between him and the killer.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Directed By: David Yates
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol
MPAA Rate: PG-13
Storyline: In 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.
Expedition Unknown (2015-)
Storyline: An archeologist travels around the world looking for unknown and missing artifacts from throughout time.
Holby City (1999-2022)
Directed By: Nisha Ganatra
Starring: Hugh Quarshie, Rosie Marcel, Jaye Jacobs
MPAA Rate: TV-PG
Storyline: The everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of Holby City General Hospital.
The Idolm@ster: Shiny Colors (2024-)
Storyline: Follows 13 girls from the 765 Production Studio, whose sole goals is to become the top idols in the Japanese entertainment industry.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Directed By: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
MPAA Rate: PG
Storyline: As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
EastEnders (1985-)
Created By: Tony Holland, Julia Smith, Tony Jordan
Directed By: Carlo Carlei
Starring: Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Letitia Dean
MPAA Rate: TV-PG
Storyline: The everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough. The square includes the Queen Vic pub and a street ...
The Big Bang Theory (2007-2019)
Created By: Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady
Starring: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco
MPAA Rate: TV-PG
Storyline: Aspiring film actress Penny moves into a Pasadena apartment across the hall from brilliant, but socially awkward, physicists Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter and shows them how little they know about life outside of the lab.
Acro Trip (2024-)
Storyline: When a shy girl is enlisted to join an evil organization to boost the popularity of her favorite magical girl and and a weak villain, it leads to a strangely humorous and dark journey
DuckTales (2017-2021)
Created By: Francisco Angones, Matt Youngberg
Starring: David Tennant, Ben Schwartz, Danny Pudi
MPAA Rate: TV-Y
Storyline: The comedy-adventure series chronicles the high-flying adventures of trillionaire Scrooge McDuck; his temperamental nephew Donald Duck; grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie; Launchpad McQuack; and Mrs. Beakley and her granddaughter...
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Directed By: Terry George
Starring: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix
MPAA Rate: PG-13
IMDb Top Movies: #220 Top 250
Storyline: Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Directed By: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen
MPAA Rate: PG-13
IMDb Top Movies: #12 Top 250
Storyline: While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (2024-)
Storyline: Sheltered Osaka yakuza princess reluctantly weds charming but sadistic Tokyo crime heir to unite feuding families, braving his dark proclivities for the sake of peace.
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online (2018-2024)
Storyline: College student Karen takes up Gun Gale Online and gets a reputation as the Pink Demon. Then her gaming buddy Pitohui asks her to join the Squad Jam.
The Adam Project (2022)
Storyline: After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self for a mission to save the future.
Vinnie Jones in the Country (2023-)
Storyline: Former footballer Vinnie Jones tackles farmland projects in West Sussex. His team undertakes ambitious builds amid banter and conflict, showcasing an unseen side of Jones over a hectic summer.
The Diplomat (2023-)
Created By: Debora Cahn
Starring: Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, Ali Ahn
MPAA Rate: TV-MA
Storyline: In the midst of an international crisis, Kate Wyler, a career diplomat, lands in a high-profile job for which she is not suited, with tectonic implications for her marriage and her political future.
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