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Stranger Things

Stranger Things

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Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 8.7

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.

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Watchmen

Watchmen

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Series Age rating: 17 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 8.2

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

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Angels in America

Angels in America

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Series Age rating: 17 Year: 2003 IMDB Rating: 8.1

In 1985, two couples' relationships dissolve amidst the backdrop of Reagan era politics, the spreading AIDS epidemic, and a rapidly changing social and political climate.

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GLOW

GLOW

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Series Age rating: 16 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 8

In 1980s LA, a crew of misfits reinvent themselves as the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.

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Everybody Hates Chris

Everybody Hates Chris

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Series Age rating: 9 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours a...

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White House Farm

White House Farm

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Series Age rating: 16 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Factual drama based on the notorious White House Farm murders, and the ensuing police investigation and court case.

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The Assets

The Assets

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 7.4

1985 serves as the backdrop to the final showdown of the Cold War when Sandy and her partner Jeanne Vertefeuille vowed to find the mole that would turn out to be the most notorious traitor in US histo...

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Life of Crime

Life of Crime

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Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Set against the backdrop of iconic moments in British history, Hayley Atwell stars as an impulsive rookie cop who becomes obsessed with tracking down the killer of a teenage girl.

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