Legion

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Legion (2017)

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2020 ★ 6.7

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Gen V

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2023 ★ 7.7

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Marvel's Jessica Jones

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Peacemaker

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Gotham

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The Institute

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Sanctuary

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Doom Patrol

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Watchmen

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2019 ★ 7.6

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DC's Legends of Tomorrow

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2016 ★ 7.3

When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?

Lazarus

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2025 ★ 7.7

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Krypton

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