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The Prisoner 1967

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Ontology is the philosophical study of being, existance, becoming and reality. In simple terms it seeks to classify and explain entities.

In movies and tv show ontology usually comes in the flavor of an ontological mystery at the center of the plot with several of the following elements: the characters do not know who they are, where they are, how they got to the place there are in, and the central conflict is to get out of there and find answers to the above questions.

In the most common version of the trope, the characters are locked into a strange room or find themselves at a strange place with no contact to the outside. They have no idea how they got there, why they are there or how to get out, nor do they know who is behind their predicament, if anyone at all.

The main idea behind such stories is the investigation of a restricted environment in which the characters find themselves with the goal of mastering the environment, revealing secrets, and ultimately escape.

This list focuses on such stories. I added a few edge cases for good measure, like pure escape room, death game or timeloop movies that have a strong ontological undertone, even though they are not ontological mysteries per se.

If you think something shouldn't be on this list, or if I missed something that should be on here please leave a comment.

Last Updated: 2023/02/03

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As of 3/3/2024

The following is a list of series from 1950-2023. Series within were in the top ten of both Trakt’s Popular & Trakt’s All Time Watched in each of their respective years. The exception to that sole guideline above was the years 1950-1955, where the top ten were cross reference as a group as opposed to individual years.

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These are some of my favorite TV shows I remember growing up. These shows are not a random copy and paste list. These are real shows I personally enjoyed. I don't believe in lists that contain 8,000 movies claiming that everyone must see before they die. Dumping tens of thousands of movies in a playlist to share is irresponsible to others. No one can be helped by that! It can only mean that you're not genuine with your "selection." In fact, you'd probably die before you actually even finish looking through that long list!!

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TV series from United Kingdom & Ireland.

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"Put your knickers on and make me a cup of tea!"

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Genres in science fiction including dystopia, cyberpunk, bio punk, techno noir, future noir, etc.

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On June 2, 2013 the Writers Guild of America West announced a list ranking the 101 best written TV series of all time.

Source: http://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-best-written-tv-series/list

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In an effort to watch more classic television, I have created a list of shows that I am either currently watching or have completed that aired their pilot before the year 1990. (It's an arbitrary date, but I have to make some kind of distinction.)

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TV-shows released and aired between 1960 & 1969, or beyond.
*last update 09/01/2024

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Todas las películas y series nombradas en el libro de Jöse Sénder.

En progreso… 24/12/23

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Shows that I have stopped watching.

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Recommendations from the Popcorn League recent series (as of 2023) and classics

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