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  1. Following the events of “Avengers: Endgame”, the Falcon, Sam Wilson and the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities, and their patience.

    The sides of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

    • Two partners after Captain America
    • A shield nobody can carry
    • A new Captain who shouldn't be

    Good for you if

    • you like grounded fights and chases.
    • you like two men learning to trust each other.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather skip politics, and the story turns on refugees, borders and a group called the Flag Smashers.
    • you roll your eyes at big speeches, and Sam gives a few about what the shield stands for.

    About: legacy · race · trust

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  2. Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

    The sides of The Bourne Ultimatum

    • Bourne finds out who made him
    • A chase across Waterloo station
    • Rooftops in Tangier

    Good for you if

    • you like a rooftop chase across Tangier filmed up close.
    • you like a man always one step ahead of the CIA.
    • you like the truth finally coming out.

    Bad for you if

    • you need quiet moments to breathe. It runs flat out from London to New York.
    • you want a love story. Bourne and Nicky share a past, never a romance.

    About: identity · guilt · truth

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  3. Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.

    The sides of Captain America: Civil War

    • Heroes fighting each other
    • Two friends on opposite sides
    • A battle at an airport

    Good for you if

    • you like a fight where you don't know who to cheer for.
    • you like seeing a dozen heroes pick a side.
    • you like friends turning against each other.

    Bad for you if

    • two and a half hours is too long for your evening.
    • you need superhero physics to make sense. Ant-Man grows to giant size mid-fight.

    About: loyalty · control · guilt

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  4. 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

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  5. Black Widow 2021

    Film

    Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.

    The sides of Black Widow

    • A spy facing her past
    • A fake family reunited
    • A training program for girls

    Good for you if

    • you like a spy film with a superhero edge.
    • you like a reunion of a fake family that bickers.
    • you like a story about sisters.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a quiet character study. Natasha's past is told between chases and explosions.
    • you need the action to obey physics. Natasha and Yelena walk away from crashes and falls that would kill anyone.

    About: the past · family · freedom

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  6. The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

    The sides of X-Men: Days of Future Past

    • Sending a mind back to 1973
    • Old and young mutants at once
    • A kitchen scene in slow motion

    Good for you if

    • you like a time-travel mission with high stakes.
    • you like two generations of characters in one film.
    • you like a dark future racing against the past.

    Bad for you if

    • you need time travel to follow strict rules. Wolverine's mind is simply sent back to 1973.
    • you'd rather skip politics. Mystique's hunt runs through peace talks in Paris and Nixon's White House.

    About: second chances · hope · fear

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  7. Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

    The sides of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    • Agent Coulson back from the dead
    • A team on a flying base called the Bus
    • Hydra hiding inside S.H.I.E.L.D.

    Good for you if

    • you like spy missions with superpowers in the mix.
    • you like a team that grows into a family over seven seasons.
    • you like a first season that suddenly turns everything you knew on its head.

    Bad for you if

    • seven seasons is too much for you.
    • you'd rather not follow aliens, time travel and a virtual world in one show.

    About: loyalty · found family · secrets

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  8. 24 2001

    Series

    Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.

    The sides of 24

    • One day of a season told hour by hour
    • A counterterrorism agent racing the clock
    • Moles inside CTU

    Good for you if

    • you like a ticking clock on screen in every episode.
    • you like Jack Bauer doing whatever it takes before the hour ends.
    • you like never knowing who the traitor is.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through torture scenes.
    • nine seasons is too much for you.

    About: duty · sacrifice · betrayal

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  9. Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

    The sides of The Bourne Identity

    • A man pulled from the sea with no memory
    • Skills he doesn't remember learning
    • A Mini chase through Paris

    Good for you if

    • you like an amnesiac spy and a stranger he pays to drive him to Paris falling for each other.
    • you like a hero discovering who he is with you.
    • you like being hunted across Europe.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a spy who always has a quip ready. Bourne barely smiles.
    • you want big-screen spectacle. The car chase here is in a battered Mini through Paris.

    About: identity · memory · conscience

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  10. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.

    The sides of Quantum of Solace

    • Bond on the trail of revenge
    • A villain who wants water
    • A desert hotel on fire

    Good for you if

    • you like short, fast, brutal action.
    • you like a villain quietly cornering a country's water supply.

    Bad for you if

    • you like Bond films that dig into the man. Vesper's loss drives him, but it's rarely talked through.
    • you want a spy story that takes its time. This one races from chase to chase.

    About: grief · revenge

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  11. Skyfall 2012

    Film

    When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.

    The sides of Skyfall

    • Bond getting old
    • A villain with a grudge against M
    • A house on the Scottish moors

    Good for you if

    • you like a spy film shot like a painting, neon Shanghai included.
    • you like a train fight and a final siege.
    • you like Bond with wounds and a past.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather a spy film skip the politics. M spends much of it defending MI6 before a government inquiry.
    • you need a spy plot where every step makes sense. Silva always seems to know MI6's next move.

    About: age · loyalty · the past

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  12. Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face with a new, deadly foe.

    The sides of The Incredible Hulk

    • A scientist hiding in Brazil
    • An army that wants his body
    • A fight in Harlem

    Good for you if

    • you like monster fights in the street.
    • you like a fugitive chased across the rooftops of a Rio favela.

    Bad for you if

    • you watch for characters more than chases. Banner spends most of the film running from the army.
    • you need the science to hold up. A gamma accident turns a scientist into a green giant whenever his pulse climbs.

    About: anger · control · love

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  13. In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

    The sides of V for Vendetta

    • A masked man against a fascist government
    • A woman he takes under his wing
    • Remember, remember the fifth of November

    Good for you if

    • you like big speeches about freedom.
    • you like a country holding its breath before a revolution.
    • you like a hero who talks in poetry.

    Bad for you if

    • knife fights and torture scenes ruin it for you.
    • you'd rather keep politics out of your evening. It's a fascist Britain run by a chancellor on a giant screen.

    About: freedom · fear · ideas

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  14. When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

    The sides of Mission: Impossible - Fallout

    • Plutonium gone missing
    • A HALO jump at night
    • A helicopter chase in the mountains

    Good for you if

    • you like Tom Cruise doing his own stunts, from a skydive to a helicopter.
    • you like masks and double-crosses where nobody is who they seem.
    • you like a countdown to two nuclear bombs that never lets you breathe.

    Bad for you if

    • two and a half hours is too long for your evening.
    • you need it believable. Ethan Hunt walks away from crashes no one could survive.

    About: loyalty · sacrifice · choices

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  15. 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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  16. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.

    The sides of Avengers: Age of Ultron

    • A robot that turns on its makers
    • The team cracking apart
    • A city lifted into the sky

    Good for you if

    • you like non-stop fights on a huge scale.
    • you like a team with lots of personalities clashing.
    • you want banter between the big moments.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather sit with one character's inner life. Here a dozen heroes share two hours between battles.
    • you need the science to hold up. Tony Stark builds a killer AI by accident and a whole city is lifted into the sky.

    About: fear · creation · responsibility

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  17. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.

    The sides of X-Men: First Class

    • Charles and Erik before they were enemies
    • Young mutants recruited by the CIA
    • The Cuban missile crisis

    Good for you if

    • you like two friends you know will become enemies.
    • you like young mutants, Raven first, learning not to hide what they are.
    • you like history rewritten with mutants.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face an opening in a concentration camp, where Erik's mother is shot.
    • a dozen new mutants to keep track of loses you.

    About: friendship · identity · prejudice

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  18. 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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  19. A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

    The sides of The Bourne Supremacy

    • Bourne framed for a killing
    • A car chase in Moscow
    • An apology he has to make

    Good for you if

    • you like a brutal car chase through Moscow.
    • you like a hunted man who stays calm.

    Bad for you if

    • you like sharp, talky writing. Bourne barely says a word between chases.
    • you like a film that takes its time. Bourne never stops moving, from Goa to Moscow.

    About: guilt · grief · identity

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  20. John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.

    The sides of Person of Interest

    • A former CIA agent presumed dead
    • A reclusive billionaire who built a surveillance machine
    • A new number each week, victim or killer

    Good for you if

    • you like Reese stepping in before a crime happens, fists first.
    • you like a show about who gets to watch everyone, and who controls the Machine.
    • you like guessing whether the number belongs to the victim or the killer.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take shootouts and beatings in nearly every episode.
    • five seasons is too much for you.

    About: surveillance · redemption · artificial intelligence

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