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| # | Name | Year | Country | Genres | IMDb Votes | IMDb Rating | Type | Status | CBFC |
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2007 | United Kingdom | Drama | 129517 | 7.7 | Movie | Released | |
| 2 | 2019 | United States of America | Drama | 22135 | 7.3 | Movie | Released | ||
| 3 |
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2019 | United States of America | Biography | 140834 | 8.8 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 4 |
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2013 | United States of America | Biography | 747033 | 8.1 | Movie | Released | |
| 5 |
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2018 | United States of America | Comedy | 33109 | 7.4 | Movie | Released | |
| 6 |
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2016 | United States of America | Drama | 334820 | 7.4 | Movie | Released | R |
| 7 | 2019 | United Kingdom | Comedy | 22726 | 6.4 | Movie | Released | PG | |
| 8 |
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2002 | United States of America | Crime | 384058 | 9.3 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 9 |
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2011 | United Kingdom | Crime | 41177 | 8.4 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 10 |
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2008 | United States of America | Drama | 476768 | 7.5 | Movie | Released | |
| 11 |
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2018 | United States of America | Drama | 52848 | 7.1 | Movie | Released | |
| 12 |
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2019 | Belgium | Drama | 26249 | 7.6 | Movie | Released | |
| 13 |
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2020 | United Kingdom | Drama | 26470 | 8.1 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 14 |
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1967 | United States of America | Drama | 84345 | 7.9 | Movie | Released | PG-13 |
| 15 |
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1998 | United States of America | Crime | 1197920 | 8.5 | Movie | Released | R |
| 16 |
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2019 | United States of America | Crime | 21592 | 8.1 | Serie | Returning Series | TV-MA |
| 17 |
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2013 | United States of America | Biography | 86396 | 7.5 | Movie | Released | |
| 18 |
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2019 | India | Crime | 19946 | 8.1 | Serie | Ended | |
| 19 |
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2016 | United States of America | Comedy | 89841 | 8.6 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 20 |
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2004 | United States of America | Crime | 119179 | 8.6 | Serie | Canceled | TV-MA |
| 21 |
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1981 | United States of America | Action | 1045780 | 8.4 | Movie | Released | |
| 22 |
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2016 | United Kingdom | Crime | 175458 | 8.4 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 23 |
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2020 | United Kingdom | Drama | 49366 | 6.4 | Movie | Released | |
| 24 |
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1991 | United States of America | Drama | 4962 | 7.5 | Movie | Released | R |
| 25 |
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2016 | United States of America | Comedy | 22773 | 8.1 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 26 |
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2022 | United States of America | Drama | 175252 | 7.1 | Movie | Released | R |
| 27 |
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2016 | United States of America | Drama | 23828 | 8.2 | Serie | Canceled | TV-MA |
| 28 |
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2018 | United States of America | Action | 847166 | 7.3 | Movie | Released | PG-13 |
| 29 |
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1985 | United States of America | Drama | 98350 | 7.7 | Movie | Released | |
| 30 |
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2019 | United Kingdom | Drama | 5613 | 7.4 | Movie | Released | |
| 31 |
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1989 | United States of America | Comedy | 114091 | 8 | Movie | Released | R |
| 32 |
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2020 | United States of America | Documentary | 6706 | 8.2 | Movie | Released | NR |
| 33 |
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2020 | Australia | Thriller | 260026 | 7.1 | Movie | Released | R |
| 34 |
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2015 | United States of America | Crime | 668297 | 9 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
| 35 |
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2016 | Canada | Drama | 119144 | 7.2 | Movie | Released | PG-13 |
| 36 |
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1961 | United States of America | Drama | 9781 | 8 | Movie | Released | |
| 37 |
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2019 | United States of America | Drama | 5484 | 6.5 | Movie | Released | |
| 38 |
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2014 | United States of America | Crime | 53293 | 8.1 | Serie | Ended | TV-MA |
