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Two More Eggs(2015-2017)

Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family

Dooble and other weird characters star in a series of shorts parodying a young boy's world.

Directed by Matt Chapman, Mike Chapman

A Small Light(2023)

TV-14
| Drama, War & Politics
4.0/5 (with 34 votes)

Twentysomething Miep Gies didn't hesitate when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and the other helpers watched over the eight souls in hiding in the Secret Annex. And it was Miep who found Anne’s Diary and kept it safe so Otto, the only one of the eight who survived, could later share it with the world as one of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust.

Directed by Susanna Fogel - With Bel Powley, Liev Schreiber, Joe Cole Lopez, Amira Casar, Eleanor Tomlinson

The Kennedys(2011)

NR
| 45min per episode | Drama, Documentary
3.3/5 (with 33 votes)

The Kennedys is an Emmy-winning Canadian-American television miniseries chronicling the lives of the Kennedy family, including key triumphs and tragedies it has experienced. It stars Greg Kinnear, Katie Holmes, Barry Pepper and Tom Wilkinson among others, and is directed by Jon Cassar. The series premiered in the United States in April 2011 on ReelzChannel and on History Television in Canada.

Directed by Jon Cassar - With Greg Kinnear, Barry Pepper, Katie Holmes, Tom Wilkinson, Diana Hardcastle, Kristin Booth, ...

Faith Makes Great(2021)

30min per episode | Drama
3.7/5 (with 2 votes)

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Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant(2023)

47min per episode | Drama
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

The four-part drama series will tell the story of Cary Grant’s life, from his humble beginnings as Archie Leach in Bristol, England to the Hollywood leading man he became.

Thai Cave Rescue(2022)

TV-PG
| 1h per episode | Drama
3.7/5 (with 13 votes)

A Thai youth soccer team and their assistant coach are trapped within Tham Luang Cave, prompting a global rescue effort.

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Palace of Devotion(2021)

45min per episode | Drama
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Orphaned as a child, Liu E travels to the capital Kaifeng, and later catches the eye of Zhao Heng. Though she was a concubine, Liu E was perceptive to state affairs, and often discussed politics with Zhao Heng. This tradition continued when he became emperor in 997. Liu E is crowned empress after adopting the son of a concubine (later Emperor Renzong), and serves as regent of the Song Dynasty during the last two years of her husband’s reign. Liu E would continue to rule until her death twelve years later in 1033.

Medal of the Republic(2021)

46min per episode | Drama, Documentary
3.7/5 (with 5 votes)

It is an anthology drama about the lives of eight legendary figures in China: Yu Min: Involvement in national defence and security from his youth until he reached his middle age. Shen Jilan: Advocating "equal pay for men and women" and her election to the first National People's Congress. Sun Jiadong: Countless defeats become the starting point to depict the relentless spirits of the Chinese scientists. Li Yannian: Heroic feats during the Korean War (known in China as the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea.) Zhang Fuqing: A war veteran has gone to live in one of the poorest regions and helped people out of poverty. Yuan Longping: Worked tirelessly to provide food and clothing for his motherland and the people of the world. Huang Xuhua: It recounts the difficult process in China's independent research and development of nuclear submarines. Tu Youyou: Development of the new antimalarial drug artemisinin and answers some doubts people have about the Nobel Prize received in 2015.

Directed by Zheng Xiaolong - With Lei Jiayin, Jiang Xin

Abraham Lincoln(2022)

Documentary, War & Politics
3.9/5 (with 4 votes)

The true story of America's iconic 16th president as told by weaving together both scripted dramatizations of important moments in his life and commentary by authoritative historians and public figures.

Sam: A Saxon(2023)

TV-MA
| Drama
2.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Based on the true story of Sam Meffire’s rise and fall in East Germany, this miniseries follows Sam’s desperate search for a place he can call home, as he fights for recognition and justice. Sam goes from being the first Black cop in the GDR to media celebrity, and finally a criminal in the wild years following German reunification.

John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial(2023)

TV-MA
| Documentary, Crime
3.9/5 (with 5 votes)

For the first time, key figures from John Lennon's life and death—including friends, doctors, and investigators—share personal memories and reveal what happened on the night of his killing.

Magomaev(2020)

48min per episode | Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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Directed by Dmitry Tyurin, Roman Prygunov - With Miloš Biković, Irina Antonenko, Svetlana Ustinova, Aleksandr Sokolovsky, Alexandr Nesterov, Alyona Ivchenko, ...