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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.

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  1. Andor 2022

    Series

    In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.

    The sides of Andor

    • A thief who becomes a rebel
    • A prison where inmates build parts for the Empire
    • A secret network financing the rebellion

    Good for you if

    • you like the start of a rebellion told through spies, money and politics.
    • you like a slow build told in three-episode arcs, each ending in a big payoff.
    • you like long speeches about sacrifice, like Luthen's.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a light Star Wars adventure with Jedi and fun.
    • you need some hope, and here freedom costs nearly everyone something.

    About: rebellion · sacrifice · tyranny

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  2. Chernobyl 2019

    Series

    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.

    The sides of Chernobyl

    • The night a reactor exploded
    • Scientists against the lies of a state
    • Men sent onto the roof

    Good for you if

    • you like dread that never lets go.
    • you want to understand a real disaster.
    • you can take a grim, unflinching story.

    Bad for you if

    • radiation sickness shown in detail is too hard for you.
    • you can't watch animals being shot. Soldiers clear the zone of the pets left behind.

    About: truth · sacrifice · lies

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  3. Homeland 2011

    Series

    CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

    The sides of Homeland

    • A CIA officer who trusts her instincts over orders
    • A Marine back from captivity under suspicion
    • Her mentor Saul in the background

    Good for you if

    • you like wondering whether a returning soldier was turned.
    • you want Claire Danes as Carrie, on the edge in every scene.
    • you like the politics of intelligence agencies and the war on terror.

    Bad for you if

    • eight seasons is too much for you.
    • a heroine struggling with bipolar disorder on screen is too much for you.

    About: loyalty · paranoia · sacrifice

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  4. Oppenheimer 2023

    Film

    The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

    The sides of Oppenheimer

    • The man who built the bomb
    • A secret town in the desert
    • A hearing that decides his fate

    Good for you if

    • you like a lead performance carried by the eyes.
    • you like rooms full of brilliant people arguing.
    • you want to feel the first test in your chest.

    Bad for you if

    • three hours of talking is too much for one evening.
    • you want action. It's mostly meetings and hearings.
    • you want a story told in order. It jumps between periods.

    About: guilt · power · science

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  5. Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

    The sides of BlacKkKlansman

    • A Black cop infiltrating the KKK
    • A Jewish partner playing his body
    • Phone calls with the Grand Wizard

    Good for you if

    • you like absurd true stories told with humour.
    • you like stories that really happened.
    • you like undercover scenes that could go wrong.

    Bad for you if

    • real racist violence shown at the end is too much tonight.
    • you'd rather keep politics out of your evening. It ends on Charlottesville in 2017.

    About: racism · identity · resistance

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  6. The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

    The sides of Captain Phillips

    • A cargo ship hijacked by pirates
    • A captain held in a lifeboat
    • Navy snipers

    Good for you if

    • you like being trapped in a small boat with the hijackers.
    • you like Tom Hanks as an ordinary captain trying to keep his nerve with guns in his face.
    • you like true stories told up close.

    Bad for you if

    • you want something light tonight. It's two hours of guns pointed at a ship's crew.
    • you find beatings and gunfire at close range hard to watch.

    About: survival · poverty · duty

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  7. Narcos 2015

    Series

    A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.

    The sides of Narcos

    • Pablo Escobar's rise in 1980s Colombia
    • Two DEA agents hunting him
    • The Cali cartel after him

    Good for you if

    • you want the hunt for Pablo Escobar told through the American agents who were part of it.
    • you like seeing how cocaine money flowed from Medellín to Miami.
    • you like a manhunt where every raid could go wrong.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch the bombings and killings that took real lives in Colombia.

    About: power · violence · justice

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  8. When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.

    The sides of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

    • A CIA analyst pulled out from behind his desk
    • Suspicious bank transfers
    • A manhunt across Europe and the Middle East

    Good for you if

    • you like a desk analyst racing to stop an attack.
    • you like a hero who reads reports and then has to run.
    • you like spies, generals and governments playing for keeps.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch bombings and executions on screen.
    • you want a character study, and this is a mission thriller that keeps Jack on the move.

    About: duty · terrorism · loyalty

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  9. The Crown 2016

    Series

    The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

    The sides of The Crown

    • Elizabeth II from her young reign to old age
    • Weekly meetings with her Prime Ministers
    • A royal family torn between duty and love

    Good for you if

    • you like the second half of the 20th century seen from inside Buckingham Palace.
    • you like a family drama where a sister, a husband and children all come second to the Crown.
    • you like who really decides things between the palace and Downing Street.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and many episodes are quiet conversations in palace rooms.
    • six seasons of royal life is too much for you.

    About: duty · family · the monarchy

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  10. MINDHUNTER 2017

    Series

    In the late 1970s, two FBI agents start interviewing imprisoned serial killers to understand how they think, and use what they learn on open cases.

    The sides of MINDHUNTER

    • Interviews with real killers
    • The birth of criminal profiling
    • What the work does to the people doing it

    Good for you if

    • you like tension that comes from people talking across a table.
    • you like stories built on real cases and real killers.
    • you like a slow, quiet build more than action.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand a story left unfinished, and the series stopped after two seasons with the BTK thread still open.
    • you don't want to hear crimes against women and children described in detail.

    About: evil · method · the 1970s · obsession

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  11. Citizenfour 2014

    Documentary

    In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.

    The sides of Citizenfour

    • Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel room
    • Journalists deciding what to publish
    • A fire alarm that makes everyone freeze

    Good for you if

    • you like the days before a leak, filmed as they happen in one hotel room.
    • you want to watch Snowden explain, in his own words, why he did it.
    • you like seeing how governments watch their own citizens.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and most of it is people talking at a desk.
    • you want scale and sound, not a laptop and a hotel bed.

    About: surveillance · privacy · courage

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  12. Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

    The sides of The Imitation Game

    • Breaking the Nazi code
    • A genius nobody likes
    • A secret he couldn't tell

    Good for you if

    • you like a race against time won with maths.
    • you like a brilliant, awkward lead performance.
    • you like a true story about the people who broke the Enigma code.

    Bad for you if

    • you want war action. This one happens at desks.
    • a genius punished for being gay is too hard for you to watch.

    About: genius · secrecy · injustice

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  13. Spotlight 2015

    Film

    The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

    The sides of Spotlight

    • Journalists investigating abuse in the Church
    • Interviews with survivors
    • A city that looked away

    Good for you if

    • you like a story told through interviews and documents.
    • you want to see how a true investigation was done.
    • you like slow-building pressure on the powerful.

    Bad for you if

    • child abuse, even described, is too much tonight.
    • you want action. It's phone calls and paper.

    About: truth · power · complicity

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  14. Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.

    The sides of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

    • A team disowned by its own country
    • Climbing the tallest building in the world
    • A sandstorm chase

    Good for you if

    • you like real stunts, especially outside a skyscraper.
    • you like gadgets that fail at the worst moment.
    • you like a team that jokes under pressure.

    Bad for you if

    • you need spy stories to stay realistic. Four agents with no backup chase stolen nuclear launch codes.
    • you want a love story. This is a team mission, and romance stays in the background.

    About: teamwork · trust · survival

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  15. 127 Hours 2010

    Film

    The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

    The sides of 127 Hours

    • A climber trapped by a boulder
    • Five days in a canyon
    • A decision

    Good for you if

    • you like a true story of survival against everything.
    • you like one actor carrying a film alone.
    • you like watching time run out.

    Bad for you if

    • one infamous scene is too hard for you.
    • you want a survival story told quietly. Danny Boyle fills the canyon with split screens and pounding music.

    About: survival · will · solitude

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  16. Pablo is a man with a natural ability for business. Early in his life, Pablo is introduced to the business of cocaine and the power it yields. A young life of crime lands Pablo in and out of jail as he builds his criminal empire. Pablo expands his power through politics but it is not long before his conflicts as a Congressman and a drug lord collide. Pablo has his enemies executed, but not before the United States activates its own war on the Medellin cartel.

    The sides of Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord

    • The life of Pablo Escobar from petty crime to cartel boss
    • A drug lord elected to Congress
    • Colombia under the Medellín cartel's war

    Good for you if

    • you want the story of Pablo Escobar told from Colombia, about the country that lived through him.
    • you like following how a cocaine empire was built, step by step.
    • you like watching money buy politics until the state fights back.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a Spanish-language series.
    • you can't watch bombings and murders that happened to real people.
    • a telenovela with daily-length episodes is too much for you.

    About: power · violence · memory

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  17. U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.

    The sides of American Sniper

    • The deadliest sniper in US history
    • Four tours in Iraq
    • A family waiting at home

    Good for you if

    • you like long, silent moments behind a rifle scope.
    • you want a war story that really happened.
    • you like a soldier who can't leave the war behind.

    Bad for you if

    • killings seen through a scope, children included, are too much.
    • war trauma and its toll on a family are too heavy tonight.

    About: duty · trauma · family

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  18. Zodiac 2007

    Film

    In 1970s San Francisco, a cartoonist, a reporter and two police inspectors spend years trying to identify the Zodiac killer, who taunts them with letters and codes.

    The sides of Zodiac

    • An obsession that eats years of a life
    • Real investigation work, step by step
    • 1970s San Francisco
    • A case that won't close

    Good for you if

    • you like a cartoonist, a reporter and a detective trying to crack a killer's coded letters.
    • you like a long investigation more than a quick chase.
    • you can live with questions that never get a full answer.

    Bad for you if

    • you want chases and shootouts. This one is mostly phone calls and archives.
    • two hours and forty minutes is too long for your evening.

    About: obsession · the truth · time · journalism

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  19. Waltz with Bashir 2008

    Documentary

    A film director from Israel interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

    The sides of Waltz with Bashir

    • An Israeli director who can't remember his war
    • Interviews with fellow veterans of Lebanon, 1982
    • Animated memories that end on real footage

    Good for you if

    • you want to know what a war does to the memory of those who fought it.
    • you like a director investigating his own past.
    • you like dreamlike animated images, like soldiers rising from the sea at night.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not see a war documentary in animation.
    • you won't read subtitles. It's in Hebrew.
    • you can't take a film about guilt and the dead of a war, seen through a soldier's nightmares.

    About: memory · guilt · war

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  20. Wild Wild Country 2018

    Documentary

    When a controversial cult leader builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.

    The sides of Wild Wild Country

    • A guru's followers building a city in the Oregon desert
    • Ma Anand Sheela, his right hand
    • A small town fighting back

    Good for you if

    • you like a fight between a commune and a town that becomes a national case.
    • you can't look away from Sheela telling her own story decades later.
    • you like a true story that gets stranger with each episode, and you can't guess where it goes.

    Bad for you if

    • six episodes of over an hour each is too much for you.
    • you need momentum, and the archives and interviews take their time.

    About: faith · power · utopia

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