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Crash Landing on YouCrash Landing on You
tvN, 2019 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Action, Romance | ► Trailer
4.8


Yoon Se-ri is a beautiful heiress and a leading fashion businesswoman in South Korea, and she meets North Korean military officer Lee Jung-hyeok, when she is swept up by a wind storm and accidentally crashes in North Korean territory while paragliding.


CrusadeCrusade
TNT, 1999 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | ► Trailer
3.7


Crusade, a spin-off from the Emmy-winning Babylon 5, describes the efforts of the Interstellar Alliance vessel Excalibur to find the cure to a plague released on Earth.


The Game (UK)The Game (UK)
BBC One, 2014 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | ► Trailer
3.5


In the secret world of espionage, the players are set and the fight to save Britain begins. A complex invisible war is being fought by skilled spies trained in the high stakes world of covert espionage. In 1972 London, tensions are at a terrifying peak as the world's super powers plot against their enemies. The threat: a dangerous and deadly Soviet plot, designed to bring Britain to its knees, dubbed Operation Glass. This is where The Game begins - a stylish, character-driven spy drama that explores the lives and lies of the invisible soldiers fighting a secret war.


Our BoysOur Boys
HBO Max, 2019 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Mini-Series | ► Trailer
4.0


In the summer of 2014, three Jewish teenagers are kidnapped and murdered by Hamas militants. Israel is shocked, shaken and furious. Two days later, the burned body of a Palestinian teenager from eastern Jerusalem is found in a forest on the western outskirts of the city. In the ensuing days, an agent from the internal terror division of the Shin Bet investigates the murder, while the parents of the slain teenager begin their long and anguished journey toward justice and consolation. Filmed in Israel, Our Boys is based on the true events which led to the outbreak of war in Gaza. The series follows the investigation of Muhammad Abu Khdeir's murder, and tells the story of all those involved, Jews and Arabs alike, whose lives were forever changed by these events.


Valley of TearsValley of Tears
Kan 11, 2020 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Military/War, History, Mini-Series | ► Trailer
4.7


October 6, 1973. Arab states led by Egypt and Syria launched a surprise invasion and nearly overran Israel during the holiest day of the Jewish calendar: Yom Kippur. The story is told through the eyes of three characters, whose lives were thrown into the heart of battle and its intoxicating, addictive effects as well as its absurdities.


Tsuki to Laika to NosferatuTsuki to Laika to Nosferatu
TV Tokyo, 2021 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Anime | ► Trailer
5.0


The first astronaut in human history was a vampire girl. Following the end of World War II, the world-dividing superpowers, Federal Republic of Zirnitra in the East and United Kingdom of Arnack in the West, turned their territorial ambitions toward space. Both countries have been competing fiercely for development. East history 1960. Gergiev, the chief leader of the Republic, announces the manned space flight program Project Mechtat (Dream), which, if successful, would be the first feat for humankind. At that time, Lev Leps, a substitute astronaut candidate, is ordered to perform a top secret mission. The "Nosferatu Project"-a program that experiments with vampires prior to manned missions-will use Irina Luminesk as a test subject, and Lev is to monitor and train her. Even while trifled by the walls of the race and ego of the nations, Lev and Irina share a genuine sentiment as they aim for the universe.


The Same SkyThe Same Sky
ZDF, 2017 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Thriller, Mini-Series | ► Trailer
5.0


Set in Cold War Germany, it portrays the fates of two families on either side of the Berlin Wall. The story revolves around the relationship between an East German "Romeo" agent - a spy who uses seduction as a way to unearth secrets - and his female target in the West.


WeissenseeWeissensee
Das Erste, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, History
5.0


A German mini-series about two opposite families in East Berlin around 1980.


BörüBörü
Star TV, 2018 Cancelled/Ended | Action, Thriller, Military/War, Mini-Series | ► Trailer
2.7


Turkey in the spring of 2014. A time when the enemies are growing on the border, the circle of danger inside is becoming narrower. The Republic of Turkey faces the greatest threats of recent history. BORU tells the story of heroic heroes who are touched by love. They are the last castle.


Titanic: Blood and SteelTitanic: Blood and Steel
Encore, 2012 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, History, Mini-Series
1.0


The series follows the lives of the people who made the Titanic: from the workers who built it to the rich financiers. Dr. Mark Muir, an engineer and metallurgist, convinces American tycoon J.P. Morgan to hire him for the biggest shipping project in the world, the construction of the RMS Titanic at Belfast's Harland and Wolff shipyard. Mark is in truth a native of Belfast born Marcus Malone. Now with a new name and identity, he tries to hide his heritage from his employers, as he is Catholic and his employers, the Protestant elite that rule Belfast, dislike Catholics. While working there, Mark falls in love with Sofia Silvestri, an Italian immigrant. However, during the construction of the Titanic, tensions rise between the lower-class workers and the rich elite. More setbacks stall the construction: Harland and Wolff want to save costs and use cheaper materials, the workers wish to form a Trade union, the women suffrage movement in the UK and the battle between pro Home Rule and pro-Unionist groups. Mark attempts to deal with it while trying to escape his past.


Drzavni sluzbenikDrzavni sluzbenik
Other, 2019 On Hiatus | Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller



This is a modern and exciting story about BIA agents in Belgrade who eliminate the most dangerous threats to Serbia behind the eyes of the public on a daily basis and lead the struggle in the labyrinth of domestic and foreign intrigues, the circumstances of the contemporary geopolitical situation.


TanaavTanaav
Sony Liv, 2022 Running | Drama, Action, Thriller
4.0


Set against the backdrop of Kashmir in the year 2017, Tanaav tells the story of a special covert ops unit, their bravery and courage. Indian adaptation of 2015 Israeli series Fauda.


Cold War ArmageddonCold War Armageddon
AHC, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | History, Documentary



The Cold War - an era when nuclear weapons kept the entire world on edge, as political and military tensions simmered among global super powers. With great change on the horizon, the world watched as Russia, China and the United States flexed their military muscles on the global stage, each one determined to reshape the world in their own image. The eight-part transports viewers back forty years as the horrors of World War II ended, and a new kind of war began. When the push of a single button could trigger mass destruction, "Cold War Armageddon" examines how the world was changed forever in one of the greatest power struggles in history.


Tannbach - Fate of a VillageTannbach - Fate of a Village
ZDF, 2015 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, History



Tannbach attempts to encompass the history of divided Germany in the years following the Second World War by dramatising the fate of the inhabitants of a small village on the border between the two Germanys.


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