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Dark Matter

Plot: An expert in astrophysics sheds light on the topic of dark matter which has been one of the primary mysteries in modern physics.

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Helix

Plot: A group of scientists travel to the Arctic in order to investigate a potential outburst of a disease. But they run into a life-or-death situation that may jeopardize the mankind on Earth.

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Plot: Global invasion of an alien attack destroys a huge number of human population within a few days, giving rise to Second Massachusetts, a group formed by the survivors who band together to fight back.

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Van Helsing

Plot: In this reimagining of the classic Dracula story, the world is dominated by vampires, requiring humans to work together to survive. The series centers on Vanessa Helsing, daughter of famed vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, who wakes up after a five-year coma to discover a vampire-controlled world....

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Plot: Although bellhop Todd Brotzman doesn't have a lot going on in his life, the worst awaits him. It begins when he arrives at work one day and is sent up to the hotel's penthouse, where he discovers millionaire Patrick Spring has been murdered. An odd chain of events that unfolds leads to Todd becoming...

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NOS4A2

Plot: Based on Joe Hill's New York Times best-selling novel of the same name, "NOS4A2" is a different kind of vampire story. It follows Vic McQueen, a gifted young woman who discovers she has a supernatural ability to find lost things. This ability puts her on a collision course with the evil and immortal...

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Ghost Wars

Plot: When an earthquake unleashes dangerous paranormal forces, the beliefs and biases of humankind face a reckoning. Roman Mercer, a troubled medium and local pariah, must fight figurative and literal demons to stop a mass haunting in his remote Alaskan town of Port Moore. The prejudiced townsfolk stand...

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The Society

Plot: Busloads of Connecticut high school students head off for an extended camping trip, but a storm forces them to return home.Upon their return, the teens realize that all of the town's adults are gone in this modern take on "Lord of the Flies." Their newfound freedom is fun at first, but it quickly becomes...

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American Horror Story

Plot: An anthology of stories consisting of a house with a deadly secret, a demented asylum, a witch coven, an unusual show, a hotel, a haunted farmhouse, a cult and an apocalypse.

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The X-Files

Plot: Conspiracy theorist Fox Mulder and realist Dana Scully pull out all the stops as FBI special agents to investigate and get to the bottom of inexplicable paranormal cases.

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Sleepy Hollow

Plot: Ichabod Crane is resurrected and transported through time to unravel an ancient mystery. Subsequently, he goes on a mission to stop the murderous Headless Horseman, who has been revived alongside him.

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Secrets and Lies

Plot: A man who discovers the corpse of a boy ends up being accused of murdering him. This jeopardises the life of the man and makes his whole family go through a horrible ordeal.

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Chance

Plot: Based on Kem Nunn's acclaimed novel, this provocative thriller follows Dr. Eldon Chance ("House" star Hugh Laurie), a San Francisco-based forensic neuropsychiatrist who has some skeletons in his closet. After being drawn into the crosshairs of an alluring patient who may or may not be struggling with...

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Minority Report

Plot: A decade after Precrime is terminated, Dash, a former PreCog, uses his precognition to help Detective Lara Vega in preventing crimes. At the same time, he has to be careful of forces hunting him down.

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Dominion

Plot: This post-apocalyptic drama takes place in the year 25 A.E., when an army of lower angels has waged war against mankind. Coming out of the 25-year-long battle are newly fortified cities that protect humans who survived the war. The largest of the cities -- Vega, formerly Las Vegas -- sees two houses...

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Frequency

Plot: Raimy, a police detective, finds out that she can communicate with her deceased father, and she manages to save his life. But by doing so, she changes the course of history.

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Damien

Plot: Damien Thorn, a seemingly ordinary young man, tries to cope with his true identity as the Antichrist when the sins of his past catch up with him.

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Falling Water

Plot: Three people, who have no connection to one another, slowly realize that they are all dreaming separate pieces of a common dream. Each is on a personal quest, and they use clues found in their collective dream to help them find the solutions to their mysteries, which include searching for a missing...

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Lore

Plot: Writer Aaron Mahnke launched his podcast "Lore" in 2015 and it has gained critical acclaim in the time since, including earning Best of 2015 honors from iTunes. The audio program is now becoming a TV series as an anthology that, like the podcast, uncovers real-life events that spawned people's darkest...

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Legends

Plot: An undercover agent solves complicated cases by transforming himself into different persons. He descends into severe paranoia when a mysterious stranger forces him to question his real identity.

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The Librarians

Plot: Cued by TNT's popular `The Librarian' trilogy, this series introduces new members of an ancient group protecting mystical artefacts. Hidden below the Metropolitan Public Library, the secret society's longtime leader is Flynn Carsen, whose job has become very complicated. To help, the Library recruits...

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Aftermath

Plot: When civilization reaches its apocalyptic end, the Copeland family survives the end of the world as they know it, but what will the new world be like? Turns out it's scary, with supernatural creatures, massive storms and a plague among the things that the Copelands must deal with while facing the rapid...

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Top Of The Lake

Plot: Detective Robin returns to Sydney to escape her past and reunite with her daughter. There, she and her partner deal with the murder of an Asian girl whose body is found inside a suitcase.

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Fringe

Plot: An FBI special agent Olivia Dunham must work together with a mad scientist Walter Bishop and his son Peter Bishop to investigate various aspects of fringe science.

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Hemlock Grove

Plot: Based on the book by Brian McGreevy and executive produced by acclaimed horror master Eli Roth ("Hostel"), this Netflix original series revolves around the peculiar residents -- and killer creatures -- of Hemlock Grove, a dilapidated former steel town in Pennsylvania. The town is composed of people...

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Outcast

Plot: Created and co-executive produced by Robert Kirkman ("The Walking Dead"), the drama series "Outcast" stars Patrick Fugit ("Gone Girl") as Kyle Barnes, a man who has been possessed by demons since he was young. His search for answers -- and redemption -- leads him into a relationship with Reverend Anderson...

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The Missing

Plot: Tony and Emily Hughes go to France on a holiday with their five-year-old son Oliver. However, when their car breaks down one night in a small town, Tony suddenly loses sight of his son.

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The Outsider

Plot: Based on Stephen King's best-selling novel of the same name, "The Outsider" begins by following an investigation which at first seems like it will be simple and straightforward but things change as it leads into the gruesome murder of a young boy by a seasoned cop. When an insidious supernatural force...

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Humans

Plot: Joe buys a refurbished Synth, a highly-developed robot, to help his wife, Laura, out in the house. What none of them predicts are the consequences of Synth's impact on their lives.

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Colony

Plot: In the not-too-distant future, Los Angeles has been invaded and occupied by outside forces, causing a rift between the city's residents; some have collaborated with the occupation, while others are rebelling and suffering the consequences that come with that choice. Former FBI agent Will Bowman and...

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The OA

Plot: In addition to her role as creator and executive producer of this mind-bending series, Brit Marling also plays the role of Prairie Johnson, a young woman who returns home after a 7-year disappearance. Her sudden return is not the only miraculous occurrence: everyone is shocked to learn that Prairie...

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Timeless

Plot: A team including Professor Lucy Preston, her bodyguard Wyatt Logan and engineer Rufus Carlin go back in time to capture Garcia Flynn after he steals a time machine to change American history.

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The Sinner

Plot: Detective Harry Ambrose investigates various atrocious murder cases and tries to analyse the reasons behind ordinary people committing heinous crimes.

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12 Monkeys

Plot: James, a scavenger in 2043, has to time travel back to 2015 to prevent the contagion of a deadly plague. In order to do so, he has to destroy the Army of the 12 Monkeys who released the virus.

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Travelers

Plot: Hundreds of years in the future, the last surviving humans discover a way of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century -- "travelers," who assume the lives of seemingly random people. They're also secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save...

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Roswell, New Mexico

Plot: After a decade away from home, Liz Ortecho returns to her native Roswell to care for her ailing father. When she arrives, she reconnects with her high school crush Max Evans, who is now a police officer. Their chemistry is electric, but Liz soon learns something shocking: Max and his siblings are aliens...

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Chambers

Plot: After having a heart attack, a teenager gets a heart transplant to survive. She subsequently becomes consumed by the mystery surrounding her life-saving heart. As she gets closer to uncovering the truth about her donor's sudden death, she begins to take on the characteristics of the deceased donor,...

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The Following

Plot: A retired FBI agent, Ryan Hardy, sets out to deal with an incarcerated serial killer, Joe Carroll, who has created an army of slayers to carry forth his objective.

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Fortitude

Plot: Fortitude is a town in the Arctic that is unlike any other place on Earth. Surrounded by the picturesque polar landscape and filled with residents who form a tight-knit community, the town has never been the site of a violent crime. That changes, though, when a research scientist is killed, which leads...

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Cardinal

Plot: "Cardinal" is based on the novels of crime writer Giles Blunt and focuses on detective John Cardinal and his partner, Lise Delorme. The two detectives investigate crime in the city of Algonquin Bay, such ones can include the murder of a young girl. Cardinal works to right past wrongs that could threaten...

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The Mist

Plot: Stephen King's 1980 novella "The Mist" -- adapted into a feature film by Frank Darabont in 2007 -- is re-imagined this time for TV by executive producer/writer Christian Torpe. Set in the small town of Bridgeville, Maine, the story centers on a family torn apart by a heinous crime. In the aftermath...

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Castle Rock

Plot: The second season of the anthology series based on the works of Stephen King sets its sights on budding psychopath Annie Wilkes. A feud between warring clans reaches a boil when Wilkes, King's nurse from hell, gets waylaid in Castle Rock while traversing the country with daughter Joy. A car accident...

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Channel Zero

Plot: Children's TV is usually wholesome entertainment that can be enjoyed by the whole family, but child psychologist Mike Painter thinks there's one show in particular -- "Candle Cove" -- that might not have been so innocent. No one seems to remember the 1980s show except for Mike, and he has ever-growing...

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The Leftovers

Plot: After some residents mysteriously disappear from Mapleton, New York, the people left behind struggle to rebuild their lives.

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Warehouse 13

Plot: Two US Secret Service agents are transferred to a classified supernatural warehouse in South Dakota to investigate reports of psychic activity there and to retrieve lost paranormal artefacts.

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Killjoys

Plot: A trio of bounty hunters, known as Killjoys, chases deadly warrants through the Quad, a distant area that is near the start of a violent class war among multiple planets. Gorgeous but deadly Dutch is a top-level Killjoy who has a unique gift for earning people's trust, regardless of their class. The...

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The Strain

Plot: A team investigates a mysterious viral outbreak with characteristics of an evil strain of vampirism.

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Mindhunter

Plot: Catching a criminal often requires the authorities to get inside the villain's mind to figure out how he thinks. That's the job of FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench. They attempt to understand and catch serial killers by studying their damaged psyches. Along the way, the agents pioneer the development...

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Midnight, Texas

Plot: Based on Charlaine Harris' book series by the same name, "Midnight, Texas" follows the lives of the strange inhabitants of a small town in the middle of nowhere, where the concept of normal is relative. A haven for vampires, witches, psychics, hit men, and others with extraordinary backgrounds, Midnight...

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The Exorcist

Plot: The Exorcist is an American horror film series consisting of five films based on the 1971 novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. The films have been distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and 20th Century Fox. The films have grossed over $661 million at the worldwide box office. Wikipedia

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Series like Wayward Pines

Wayward Pines

Wayward Pines similar series:

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Dark Matter

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Helix

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Falling Skies

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Van Helsing

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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NOS4A2

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Ghost Wars

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The Society

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American Horror Story

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The X-Files

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Sleepy Hollow

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Secrets and Lies

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Chance

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Minority Report

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Dominion

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Frequency

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Damien

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Falling Water

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Lore

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Legends

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The Librarians

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Aftermath

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Top Of The Lake

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Fringe

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Hemlock Grove

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Outcast

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The Missing

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The Outsider

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Humans

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Colony

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The OA

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Timeless

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The Sinner

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12 Monkeys

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Travelers

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Roswell, New Mexico

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Chambers

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The Following

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