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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. The Lion King 1994

    Film

    Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.

    The sides of The Lion King

    • A lion cub who runs away
    • A wicked uncle
    • Hakuna matata

    Good for you if

    • you don't mind crying at a family film. Simba's story has real tragedy in it.
    • you like Elton John's songs and a Hans Zimmer score.
    • you want a classic you can share with kids.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you roll your eyes at solemn talk of destiny and the circle of life.

    About: guilt · responsibility · home

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  2. Kousei Arima was a genius pianist until his mother's sudden death took away his ability to play. Each day was dull for Kousei. But, then he meets a violinist named Kaori Miyazono who has an eccentric playing style. Can the heartfelt sounds of the girl's violin lead the boy to play the piano again?

    The sides of Your Lie in April

    • A pianist who can no longer hear his own playing
    • A violinist who strays from the score
    • A spring of competitions and recitals

    Good for you if

    • you want a story that leaves you crying on the last episode.
    • you want Chopin and Beethoven played as if they were dialogue.
    • you like petals, light and a concert hall drawn in detail.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you won't read subtitles.
    • you'd rather not watch grief, illness and a hard childhood.

    About: grief · music · first love

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  3. Wolf Children 2012

    Anime

    After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.

    The sides of Wolf Children

    • A young widow raising two wolf children
    • A move to an old farmhouse in the mountains
    • A brother and sister choosing different lives

    Good for you if

    • you like a mother doing everything for her kids.
    • you like being moved by children growing up and leaving.
    • you want snowy forests and a farm in the countryside.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need things to happen fast. This one follows years of daily life.

    About: motherhood · growing up · letting go

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  4. Your Name. 2016

    Anime

    High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

    The sides of Your Name.

    • A boy and a girl who swap bodies in their sleep
    • Tokyo and a mountain town
    • A comet in the sky

    Good for you if

    • you like a film carried by RADWIMPS songs.
    • you like two people searching for someone they've never met.
    • you like skies and light painted with breathtaking detail.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you won't read subtitles. It's in Japanese (a dub exists).

    About: connection · memory · fate

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  5. The Lion King 2019

    Film

    Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.

    The sides of The Lion King

    • The classic remade with lifelike animals
    • Pride Rock at sunrise
    • A stampede

    Good for you if

    • you want animals that look completely real.
    • you like the classic songs again.
    • you like African landscapes.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not be scared, or your kids scare easily. The hyenas in the elephant graveyard look like real predators.
    • you don't watch animated films, even ones that look this real.

    About: responsibility · family · home

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  6. While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

    The sides of The Boy and the Heron

    • A boy who lost his mother in the war
    • A talking gray heron
    • A tower that leads to another world

    Good for you if

    • you like a world of parakeets, pelicans and a stone tower.
    • you love Miyazaki's hand-drawn worlds.
    • you like a boy learning to accept a new mother.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you want a story where every symbol is explained.

    About: grief · family · growing up

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  7. Soul 2020

    Film

    Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.

    The sides of Soul

    • A jazz teacher between life and death
    • A soul who doesn't want to be born
    • A cat body in New York

    Good for you if

    • you like 22 stuck in Joe's body and Joe stuck in a cat.
    • you like jazz played for real.
    • you like a strange, gentle world before birth.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you roll your eyes at life lessons. The film asks you to savour every falling leaf.

    About: purpose · living · passion

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  8. Five years after uniting the dragons and Vikings of Berk, Hiccup and Toothless soar beyond their homeland, charting the vast unknown. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons—and a mysterious dragon rider with a startling connection to Hiccup. And as the ruthless conqueror Drago Bludvist rises to seize control of both dragons and people alike, Hiccup must step into his role as a true leader and, alongside his friends and Toothless, protect Berk from a devastating war.

    The sides of How to Train Your Dragon 2

    • Hiccup finds his mother
    • A sanctuary full of dragons
    • A great alpha dragon

    Good for you if

    • you like even bigger flying scenes.
    • you like a dragon film for kids that isn't afraid to make adults cry.
    • you like dragon battles on ice.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you roll your eyes at a mother and son reunited with big heartfelt talks.

    About: family · leadership · loss

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  9. Coco 2017

    Film

    Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

    The sides of Coco

    • A boy who wants to play music
    • A trip to the land of the dead
    • A song for a great-grandmother

    Good for you if

    • you like a family film with an ending that floors you.
    • you like songs that carry the story.
    • you want a world glowing with orange flowers and colour.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • a story of dead relatives and a fading great-grandmother is too much for you tonight.

    About: family · memory · death · music

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  10. Arcane 2021

    Series

    Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.

    The sides of Arcane

    • Two sisters on opposite sides of a war
    • A rich city above and a poor city below
    • Magic powered by crystals

    Good for you if

    • you like animation that looks like moving paintings.
    • you like Vi and Jinx, sisters who love each other and can't stop fighting.
    • you like fights cut to songs written for the show.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated series.
    • you need some hope, and the bond between the sisters keeps breaking.

    About: sisterhood · inequality · grief · progress

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  11. Tangled 2010

    Film

    Feisty teenager Rapunzel, who has long and magical hair, wants to go and see sky lanterns on her eighteenth birthday, but she's bound to a tower by her overprotective mother. She strikes a deal with Flynn Rider, a charming wanted thief, and the duo set off on an action-packed escapade.

    The sides of Tangled

    • A girl locked in a tower
    • A thief who climbs in
    • Lanterns in the sky

    Good for you if

    • you like a chameleon and a horse who steal the show.
    • you like songs like "I See the Light" that you end up humming.
    • you want a bright, funny fairy tale.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you'd rather skip love stories. Rapunzel and Flynn fall for each other under the lanterns.

    About: freedom · growing up · love

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  12. Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.

    The sides of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    • A Brooklyn teen becoming Spider-Man
    • Spider-people from other worlds
    • Graffiti, comics and hip-hop

    Good for you if

    • you want animation that looks like a comic book come alive.
    • you like a spider-pig and a noir detective in the same team.
    • you like a hip-hop soundtrack.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you can't take grief tonight. Under the jokes, this is a story about mourning.

    About: identity · family · courage

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  13. Suzume 2022

    Anime

    Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.

    The sides of Suzume

    • A door standing alone in ruins
    • A young man turned into a three-legged chair
    • A road trip across Japan to stop earthquakes

    Good for you if

    • you like doors in abandoned places that open onto a starry other world.
    • you like Makoto Shinkai's skies, light and ordinary towns drawn in detail.
    • you like a girl finally facing the day she lost her mother.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • a giant worm under Japan and a talking cat lose you.

    About: grief · loss · disaster

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  14. Moana 2016

    Film

    In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.

    The sides of Moana

    • A girl called by the ocean
    • A demigod with a big ego
    • Sailing to restore a heart

    Good for you if

    • you like songs that stay in your head for weeks.
    • you want a bright family adventure.
    • you like the ocean as a living character.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you want a love story. Moana has none. She sails to save her island.

    About: identity · courage · nature

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  15. After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.

    The sides of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

    • A boy whose family is killed by a demon
    • A sister turned into a demon
    • Sword fights with breathing techniques

    Good for you if

    • you like sword fights that light up the screen.
    • you like a brother who will do anything to save his sister.
    • you cry when a demon's human past is finally told.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand demons tearing people apart.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: grief · family · revenge

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  16. As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.

    The sides of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

    • A young chief who would rather fly than rule
    • A white dragon Toothless follows
    • A hidden world under the sea

    Good for you if

    • you want flight scenes and a glowing world beneath the water.
    • you like the feeling of something vast at the edge of the map.
    • you want a dragon adventure that holds children and adults.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you don't want a goodbye that leaves you crying on the sofa.

    About: growing up · letting go · friendship

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  17. Rebelde 2004

    Series

    A group of young adults will spend their adolescence at the Elite Way School, where they will learn about love, life and live their passion for music.

    The sides of Rebelde

    • Students at a private school in Mexico City
    • A scholarship girl among rich kids
    • A school band that became RBD

    Good for you if

    • you like a teen drama where the students form a pop band.
    • you like first loves between rich kids and scholarship students.
    • you like growing up at boarding school, with parties and parents far away.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a Spanish telenovela.
    • three seasons of daily telenovela episodes is too much for you.

    About: first love · class · friendship · music

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  18. Steven Universe 2013

    Series

    A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers.

    The sides of Steven Universe

    • A boy who carries his mother's gem
    • Three alien warriors raising a kid
    • Songs in the middle of a fight

    Good for you if

    • you like a show that stops to sing and means it.
    • you like a found family of aliens raising one boy.
    • you want eleven minutes that leave you lighter.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch cartoons.
    • you roll your eyes when characters talk through feelings.
    • five seasons of short episodes is more than you want to start.

    About: growing up · love · forgiveness

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  19. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.

    The sides of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    • Miles meets a whole society of Spider-People
    • Every world drawn in its own style
    • A rule he refuses to follow

    Good for you if

    • you want animation that looks like nothing else.
    • you like fast, dizzying chases between universes.
    • you like a hip-hop score.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you want a complete story. It ends on a cliffhanger.

    About: identity · destiny · family

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  20. When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.

    The sides of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

    • A schoolgirl who leaps back through time
    • A summer playing catch with two friends
    • Small fixes with big costs

    Good for you if

    • you like Makoto leaping back in time to redo a test or sing karaoke for hours.
    • you like three friends who don't want anything to change.
    • you like being moved by a girl learning that every choice costs someone something.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need time travel rules that hold up.

    About: time · friendship · choices

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