10 Shows And Movies You've Gotta Binge-Watch Before 2020 Ends

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After a tragic plane crash kills her family, a woman ends up heading down a path of self-destruction. But when she learns that it wasn't an accident, she trains under the guidance of a former CIA operative, and sets out on a quest to uncover the truth and take revenge.

Main cast: Blake Lively, Jude Law, and Sterling K. Brown

Watch it if you like:
- Thrillers
- Action
- Revenge
- Spies
- Conspiracy

In this live-action adaptation of the super popular video game, Sonic, everyone's favourite speedy hedgehog ends up on Earth. With the help of a small-town police officer, Sonic must defeat an evil scientist who wants to experiment on him and exploit his superpowers.

Main cast: Ben Schwartz (voice of Sonic), James Marsden, and Jim Carrey

Watch it if you like:
- The Sonic games
- Live-action adaptations
- Comedy

While working on an environmental lawsuit against one of the world's largest corporations, a tenacious attorney stumbles upon a dark secret. With his life, his future, and family in danger, he risks it all to continue digging into the case.

Main cast: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, and Tim Robbins

Watch it if you like:
- Legal movies
- Thrillers
- Drama
- Movies based on real-life events

What is initially supposed to be a routine delivery turns into nightmare when a London courier discovers that one of the packages she's transporting is a bomb. Panic and chaos ensue.

Main cast: Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, and William Moseley

Watch it if you like:
- Action thrillers
- Crime
- Drama

A horror reimagining of The Banana Splits, a popular 1968 children's television show by Hanna-Barbera. A family attends a live taping of the show, but soon have to find a way to survive when the titular characters wreak bloody havoc by going on a killing spree.

Main cast: Dani Kind, Steve Lund, and Celina Martin

Watch it if you like:
- Horror
- Comedy
- Thrillers

HBO Asia's first romantic comedy series is based on the novel Ring of the Day. When a baseball-loving actuary's proposal to his free-spirited flight attendant girlfriend goes awry, the couple start to re-examine their future. Meanwhile, the ring ends up impacting eight other couples as it passes through their lives.

Main cast: Chris Wang, Allison Lin, and Janet Hsieh

Watch it if you like:
- Romance
- Comedy
- Ensemble cast / Following multiple storylines

This HBO MAX Original series is exclusively available on HBO GO. After Earth is destroyed by a great war, two androids are tasked with raising human children on a mysterious planet. The androids will learn that controlling the beliefs of humans is a treacherous and difficult task.

Main cast: Amanda Collin and Abubakar Salim

Watch it if you like:
- Sci-fi / Fantasy
- Robots / Androids
- Dystopian settings
- Drama / Thrillers

Set during the recession that followed the 2008 financial crisis, Industry tells the story of a group of ambitious young graduates. As they venture out into the cut-throat job market, they end up competing for a limited number of jobs at a leading bank in London.

Main cast: Myha'la Herrold, Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey, David Jonsson, and Nabhaan Rizwan

Watch it if you like:
- Drama
- Finance
- Workplace shows

Based on the popular His Dark Materials trilogy by author Philip Pullman, the series is set in an alternative world where all humans have animal companions called daemons, which are manifestations of the human soul. The show follows Lyra, a young orphan who uncovers a secret organisation's sinister plot while trying to find her kidnapped friend.

Main cast: Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy, and Lin-Manuel Miranda

Watch it if you like:
- The His Dark Materials novels
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Drama
- Family
- Friendship

This series is set in San Francisco, California, during the Tong Wars in the late 1800s. In search of his sister, a martial arts prodigy from China immigrates to San Francisco and becomes a hatchet man for the most powerful gang in Chinatown.

Main cast: Andrew Koji, Olivia Cheng, and Joe Taslim

Watch it if you like:
- Action
- Adventure
- Crime / Criminal organisations
- Drama
- Period dramas

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