What do you want to watch tonight?
Each title says who it's good for, and who it isn't. Tap what you want tonight, or say no to one and why.
Not sure yet? Start with these.
Interstellar 2014
Film
On a dying Earth, a former NASA pilot leaves his two children behind to travel through a wormhole and look for a planet humans can live on.
The sides of Interstellar
- The father and the daughter
- The science you can believe
- The organ and the silence
- The loneliness out there
Good for you if
- goodbyes hit you harder than explosions.
- you like wormholes, black holes and a planet where one hour costs years.
- you want to feel very small in your seat.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not think about relativity and time stretching to follow a plot.
- big speeches about love make you roll your eyes.
- nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
About: time · sacrifice · home · the people left behind
Inception 2010
Film
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
The sides of Inception
- Dreams inside dreams
- The heist crew
- A man who can't let go
- Folding cities and that music
Good for you if
- you like a plot you have to hold in your head, layer by layer.
- you want images you've never seen, like a city folding over itself.
- you like catching on the second watch what you missed on the first.
Bad for you if
- you need every question answered before the credits.
- nearly two and a half hours is too much for your evening.
About: dreams · grief · guilt · ideas
The Avengers 2012
Film
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!
The sides of The Avengers
- A team that can't stand each other
- New York under attack
- Jokes in the middle of the fight
Good for you if
- you want a big final battle that goes on and on.
- you like a crowd of heroes, each with their own moment.
- you want to laugh between the explosions.
Bad for you if
- you want to follow one hero's inner journey. This one is about a team learning to fight together.
- two hours and twenty minutes of assembling a team is too long for your evening.
About: teamwork · ego · trust
The Dark Knight 2008
Film
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
The sides of The Dark Knight
- A villain who only wants chaos
- A city forced to choose
- A hero paying the price
Good for you if
- you like a villain you can't take your eyes off.
- you like scenes where every choice could cost a life.
- you like tension that comes from people talking, like the interrogation room.
Bad for you if
- you need things to end on a high. This one leaves a weight.
- two and a half hours is too long for your evening.
About: chaos · order · sacrifice · corruption
Avatar 2009
Film
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
The sides of Avatar
- A whole alien world to explore
- A soldier who changes sides
- Nature against machines
Good for you if
- you want to be swallowed by the screen, especially in 3D.
- you love getting lost in a world with its own plants, animals and rules.
- you like forests that glow and mountains that float.
Bad for you if
- you want sharp dialogue more than images.
- nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
About: colonisation · nature · belonging
Deadpool 2016
Film
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
The sides of Deadpool
- A superhero who knows he's in a movie
- Jokes nobody else would dare
- A love story under the gore
Good for you if
- you want to laugh hard, and often.
- you like jokes about things you shouldn't joke about.
- you like fights that are as funny as they are bloody.
Bad for you if
- blood and gore ruin it for you, even played for laughs.
- you'd rather skip sex scenes, or you're watching with family.
About: revenge · love · irreverence
Avengers: Infinity War 2018
Film
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.
The sides of Avengers: Infinity War
- A villain who thinks he's right
- Every hero at once
- A fight across several planets
Good for you if
- you want battles on several planets at the same time.
- you want the biggest possible version of everything.
- you like seeing heroes from different films finally meet.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours of battles is too much for you.
- you hate a story left unfinished. This is the first of two parts, and Endgame picks up where it stops.
About: sacrifice · power · loss
Fight Club 1999
Film
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
The sides of Fight Club
- The twist
- A satire of the life you're sold
- The rush of breaking free
Good for you if
- you love a story that makes you rethink everything you just watched.
- you can laugh at a man selling soap made of something awful.
- you like a film you want to restart to look for the clues.
Bad for you if
- bare-knuckle fights and bloody faces ruin it for you.
- you want to feel good after. This one leaves you uneasy.
About: masculinity · consumerism · identity
The Shawshank Redemption 1994
Film
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
The sides of The Shawshank Redemption
- A friendship across decades
- Hope behind prison walls
- A quiet man nobody can read
Good for you if
- you like an ending that makes you cry for good reasons.
- you watch for two men slowly becoming friends.
- you like a story that takes years, patiently, to pay off.
Bad for you if
- prison violence and abuse are too hard for you to watch.
- you want action. This is a slow, patient story.
About: hope · freedom · time · friendship
Pulp Fiction 1994
Film
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
The sides of Pulp Fiction
- Stories told out of order
- Gangsters talking about burgers
- Sudden violence and dark jokes
Good for you if
- you like long, funny conversations about nothing before something terrible.
- you can laugh at the worst moment possible.
- you like spending time with criminals who are oddly likeable.
Bad for you if
- sudden, bloody violence ruins a film for you.
- you want a story told in order, start to finish.
About: chance · redemption · loyalty
Forrest Gump 1994
Film
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
The sides of Forrest Gump
- A kind man walking through history
- A love that keeps leaving
- Vietnam, ping-pong and shrimp
Good for you if
- you like a film that makes you laugh and cry in the same scene.
- you like a hero who is simply good, with no irony.
- you want something warm you can watch again and again.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that could really happen. Forrest is everywhere.
- war, abuse and illness on screen are too much for you tonight.
About: destiny · love · innocence · America
Guardians of the Galaxy 2014
Film
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
The sides of Guardians of the Galaxy
- Misfits becoming a family
- A 70s mixtape in space
- A talking raccoon and a tree
Good for you if
- you want an adventure that never takes itself too seriously.
- you like a soundtrack of old hits you'll hum for days.
- you like space battles full of colour.
Bad for you if
- you're in the mood for something dark and serious.
- a talking raccoon and a walking tree are too silly for you.
About: found family · loss · belonging
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
The sides of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Discovering a school of magic
- Three friends against the rules
- An orphan finding where he belongs
Good for you if
- you love a world full of details: moving staircases, talking portraits, a hidden platform.
- you want to feel like a child discovering magic for the first time.
- you want a warm film to watch under a blanket.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours is long for a family evening.
- you want something darker. This first one is a children's story.
About: belonging · friendship · courage
Avengers: Endgame 2019
Film
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
The sides of Avengers: Endgame
- Heroes picking up the pieces
- A heist through time
- Goodbyes to old friends
Good for you if
- you like seeing characters you've followed for years get their goodbye.
- you like every hero getting a moment in the final fight.
- you want armies, alien ships and a battle that fills the whole screen.
Bad for you if
- three hours is a lot for one sitting.
- time travel rules that bend make you itch.
About: grief · sacrifice · family
Iron Man 2008
Film
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
The sides of Iron Man
- An arms dealer changing course
- A suit built in a cave
- Robert Downey Jr. talking fast
Good for you if
- you like a hero with a quick, cocky mouth.
- you like a star clearly having the time of his life.
- you like the first flight of a red and gold suit above the clouds.
Bad for you if
- you're in the mood for something dark and serious.
- you need the science to hold up. A reactor the size of a palm powers a suit that outruns fighter jets.
About: responsibility · ego · technology
The Matrix 1999
Film
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
The sides of The Matrix
- Reality isn't what it seems
- Slow-motion bullets and kung fu
- The red pill or the blue pill
Good for you if
- you like fights that feel new: bullets in slow motion, kung fu on walls.
- you like a film with its own look, all green and black.
- you like questioning whether the world around you is real.
Bad for you if
- long gunfights in a lobby are too much for you.
- you need the science to hold up. Here you learn kung fu in seconds through a plug in your neck.
About: freedom · control · choice
Django Unchained 2012
Film
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
The sides of Django Unchained
- A freed slave out to find his wife
- Tarantino's long talking scenes
- Revenge in the old South
Good for you if
- you can laugh at terrible people being ridiculous.
- you like long, tense conversations around a dinner table.
- you like actors chewing every word, especially the villain.
Bad for you if
- heavy, bloody shootouts ruin a film for you.
- the cruelty of slavery on screen is too hard for you.
- nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
About: slavery · revenge · freedom
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
The sides of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- A small hero with a huge task
- A world with its own history and languages
- A fellowship that may not hold
Good for you if
- you love a world so detailed it feels like it existed before the film.
- you want landscapes that make you want to walk for days.
- you like battles with armies and monsters.
Bad for you if
- three hours is too much, and it's only the first part.
- you need it to move. There is a lot of walking.
About: temptation · friendship · courage · power
Joker 2019
Film
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
The sides of Joker
- A man the world keeps ignoring
- A city about to explode
- A dance down the stairs
Good for you if
- you like one performance that carries the whole film.
- you can take a story that only goes down.
- you like watching, step by step, how someone breaks.
Bad for you if
- sudden, brutal violence ruins a film for you.
- mental illness and cruelty hit too close tonight.
About: loneliness · madness · society
Game of Thrones 2011
Series
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
The sides of Game of Thrones
- Power games and scheming
- Nobody is safe
- Dragons, battles and a huge world
- Families at war
- Characters you change your mind about
Good for you if
- you like following a dozen families and their schemes at once.
- you like a show where loyalties shift and no one is ever safe.
- you like schemers fighting over the Iron Throne, where a whisper can matter more than an army.
Bad for you if
- brutal deaths and battle wounds ruin a show for you.
- you'd rather skip sex scenes, or you're watching with others.
- eight seasons is more than you want to start.
About: power · loyalty · family · war