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Chernobyl (2019)

  • Drama
  • 1 seasons
  • 12 age guide
  • ★ 8.7/10 from 8,485 ratings

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

Created byCraig Mazin

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  1. 01

    The Last of Us

    Same creator

    2023 · Drama

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    Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for survival.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  2. 02

    Lockerbie: A Search for Truth

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    2025 · Drama

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    Dr Jim Swire tragically loses his daughter when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over a small town on 21 December 1988. Travelling across continents and political divides, Swire embarks on a relentless journey that not only jeopardises his stability, family and life, but completely overturns his trust in the justice system. As the truth shifts under his feet, Swire's view of the world is left forever sullied.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: 1980s and disaster
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  3. 03

    Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown

    Strong story similarity

    2026 · 44 min · Documentary

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    Featuring revealing interviews with survivors speaking publicly for the first time, alongside rare insight into the CIA and Soviet responses, this series exposes a web of secrecy, miscalculation, and human cost. Astonishing new footage from inside the nuclear exclusion zone reveals how this scarred landscape is once again under siege as war encroaches on one of the most dangerous places on Earth.

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    • strong story and style similarity
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  4. 04

    Dear Edward

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    2023 · Drama

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    A 12-year-old boy becomes the lone survivor of a plane crash. As he and others affected by the tragedy try to make sense of what happened, unexpected friendships, romances, and communities are formed.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  5. 06

    The 100

    Strong series match

    2014 · 42 min · Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
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  6. 08

    Love in Chains

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    2019 · 45 min · Drama

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    Kateryna is beautiful, clever and by the will of her godmother was raised as a lady of noble blood. But for the whole world, she is only someone else’s property, a bondmaid of the richest landowner in Nizhyn – Chervinskyi. Struggling for her freedom and the right to be happy, she will have to endure the deaths of her closest people, become the property of a woman who hates and dreams to kill her, survive the popular uprising, escape while being chased by a maniac and flee from the one who wants to get her above all. What awaits Kateryna at the end of such a terrible and exhausting path to freedom?

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  7. 09

    The Crash

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    2013 · 56 min · Drama

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    Drama inspired by real events that tells the story of a fatal car crash involving a group of young friends and the devastating impact it has on the survivors and their families.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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