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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Supernatural 2005
Series
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
The sides of Supernatural
- Two brothers hunting monsters
- A black Impala
- Angels, demons and the end of the world
Good for you if
- you like a bond between two brothers above everything.
- you like a monster of the week.
- you like Sam and Dean fighting demons with salt, shotguns and a '67 Impala.
Bad for you if
- fifteen seasons is far more than you want to start.
- gore and bloody fights ruin a show for you.
About: family · sacrifice · fate
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 2018
Series
Magic and mischief collide as half-human, half-witch Sabrina navigates between two worlds: mortal teen life and her family's legacy, the Church of Night.
The sides of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
- A half-witch teenager in Greendale
- Two aunts who run a mortuary
- A coven that answers to the Dark Lord
Good for you if
- you like a town where witches, warlocks and demons live next door to a high school.
- you like a girl choosing between her mortal friends and her witch side.
- you like Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda bickering over how to raise their niece.
Bad for you if
- you can't take satanic rituals and horror imagery.
- you can't stand blood, curses and bodies on screen.
About: witchcraft · identity · family · freedom
The Sandman 2022
Series
After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.
The sides of The Sandman
- The King of Dreams held captive for a century
- A journey to take back his stolen tools
- Nightmares that walk among humans
Good for you if
- you like a mythology of dreams, Hell and endless beings.
- you like stories that drift from a diner to a dream to Hell.
- you want the Dreaming to look like a world of its own.
Bad for you if
- you want fights. Morpheus mostly talks, bargains and remembers.
- a cruel night in a diner and bloody nightmares ruin it for you.
About: dreams · change · responsibility
Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.
The sides of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- A jump across universes
- A girl who can travel between them
- A witch who wants her children
Good for you if
- you like strange universes, including one made of paint.
- you like trippy, horror-tinged images.
- you like a superhero film with horror-movie scares.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gore. This superhero film turns into a horror film, with bloody deaths.
- you need the logic to hold up. Here magic rewrites the rules from one universe to the next.
About: grief · motherhood · choices
Sleepy Hollow 1999
Film
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.
The sides of Sleepy Hollow
- A rational constable in a superstitious village
- A headless horseman
- Misty woods in autumn
Good for you if
- you like a grey, gothic world drained of colour.
- you like a murder mystery with a supernatural killer.
- you like Tim Burton's dark fairy tales.
Bad for you if
- lots of decapitations ruin it for you.
- a headless rider swinging a sword through dark woods is too scary for you.
About: reason · superstition · revenge
Moon Knight 2022
Series
When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.
The sides of Moon Knight
- A London gift-shop worker who keeps losing time
- A mercenary sharing his body
- An Egyptian moon god giving orders
Good for you if
- you like piecing together what Steven misses during his blackouts.
- you like Oscar Isaac playing two men with two accents in one body.
- you like Egyptian gods, tombs and a hippo goddess in the afterlife.
Bad for you if
- you want a classic superhero story, and this one keeps you unsure of what is real.
- you'd rather not watch childhood trauma and grief behind a superhero story.
About: identity · trauma · faith
His Dark Materials 2019
Series
Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. She is later joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. As she learns the truth about her parents and her prophesied destiny, the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds.
The sides of His Dark Materials
- A girl whose soul walks beside her as an animal
- A knife that cuts windows between worlds
- A church that steals children
Good for you if
- you like an Oxford of airships, witches and armored bears.
- you like Lyra chasing the mystery of Dust and of the children who vanish.
- you like Lyra and Will growing up fast, carrying choices far too big for children.
Bad for you if
- you want something light, and this is a dark fantasy about faith and death.
- you can't take children being kidnapped and cut from their daemons.
About: free will · faith · growing up · destiny
Chainsaw Man 2022
Anime
Denji has a simple dream—to live a happy and peaceful life, spending time with a girl he likes. This is a far cry from reality, however, as Denji is forced by the yakuza into killing devils in order to pay off his crushing debts. Using his pet devil Pochita as a weapon, he is ready to do anything for a bit of cash.
The sides of Chainsaw Man
- A boy in debt to the yakuza
- A dog devil that becomes his heart
- A government devil-hunting squad
Good for you if
- you like crude, absurd jokes from a hero whose big dream is toast with jam and a girlfriend.
- you want chainsaws tearing through devils.
- you can take a world that keeps using its hero.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand blood and gore in every fight.
- you don't watch anime.
About: poverty · desire · being used
The Witch 2016
Film
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.
The sides of The Witch
- A Puritan family alone by the woods
- A baby that vanishes
- A black goat
Good for you if
- you like dread that builds from small things.
- you like a slow, atmospheric horror.
- you like candlelit, grey images of 1630.
Bad for you if
- you can't bear harm coming to children. A baby vanishes in the first minutes.
- you need some hope. The family falls apart and nothing comes to save it.
About: faith · family · temptation
Hellboy 2004
Film
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.
The sides of Hellboy
- A demon raised by humans
- A secret bureau for monsters
- Cats and cigars
Good for you if
- you like monsters as heroes.
- you like a grumpy, tender demon.
- you like handmade creatures.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand a love story. Hellboy's real fight is winning Liz.
- you'd rather skip the fights. Hellboy battles a tentacled hound through the subway.
About: belonging · fathers · choice
Lucifer 2016
Series
Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threat that the worst of humanity could escape.
The sides of Lucifer
- The devil on holiday in Los Angeles
- A detective he can't charm
- A case every episode
Good for you if
- you like a cocky lead who says exactly what he thinks.
- you want an easy crime show with a case each week.
- you like a slow-burning will-they-won't-they.
Bad for you if
- you want something dark and edgy. This one stays light.
- six seasons and over ninety episodes is too much for you.
About: redemption · free will · love
The Exorcist 1973
Film
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
The sides of The Exorcist
- A girl possessed
- Two priests
- A staircase
Good for you if
- you want to be scared by a demon speaking through a twelve-year-old girl.
- you like a mother watching her child change.
- you like horror that takes its time.
Bad for you if
- you can't take shocking, graphic scenes. A possessed girl harms herself on screen.
- you're choosing a Halloween film for the kids. A possessed child is horror strictly for adults.
About: faith · evil · motherhood
Thor: Love and Thunder 2022
Film
After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.
The sides of Thor: Love and Thunder
- Thor finding himself
- A god butcher
- Jane holding the hammer
Good for you if
- you like Marvel at its silliest.
- you like colourful, rock-and-roll images.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a father lose his child. Thor's enemy is born from that grief.
- screaming goats and over-the-top jokes aren't for you.
About: love · grief · purpose
The Outsider 2020
Series
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
The sides of The Outsider
- A boy's murder in a Georgia town
- A suspect seen in two places at once
- An investigator who sees what others miss
Good for you if
- you like dread that builds in quiet rooms and dark caves.
- you like a case with proof that a man was in two places at once.
- you like a patient story that takes its time with grief.
Bad for you if
- the murder of a child and a grieving family are too much for you.
- you need a crime explained without anything supernatural.
About: grief · belief · evil
Ash vs Evil Dead 2015
Series
Bruce Campbell reprises his role as Ash Williams, an aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who’s spent the last three decades avoiding maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead. But when a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, he’s forced to face his demons — both metaphorical and literal.
The sides of Ash vs Evil Dead
- Ash Williams and his chainsaw hand
- The Book of the Dead opened again
- A stockroom clerk turned demon hunter
Good for you if
- you like Deadites torn apart for a punchline.
- you like a chainsaw and a boomstick against a demon plague.
- you like Bruce Campbell playing Ash as a vain, aging slacker.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand buckets of blood and gore.
- you want horror that frightens you more than it makes you laugh.
About: growing old · responsibility · the undead
The Rising of the Shield Hero 2019
Anime
Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and fighting the Waves of Catastrophe as the Shield Hero. Excited by the prospect of a grand adventure, Naofumi sets off with his party. However, merely a few days later, he is betrayed and loses all his money, dignity, and respect. Unable to trust anyone anymore, he employs a slave named Raphtalia and takes on the Waves and the world. But will he really find a way to overturn this desperate situation?
The sides of The Rising of the Shield Hero
- A student summoned to another world as a hero
- A shield he can't attack with
- A girl he buys as a slave
Good for you if
- you like a loner slowly building a party he can trust, starting with Raphtalia.
- you like a fantasy kingdom with levels, monster waves and a corrupt church.
- you like fights where defending is the only weapon.
Bad for you if
- a hero falsely accused and a girl bought as a slave are too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: betrayal · trust · revenge
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2019
Anime
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
Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it!
The sides of Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
- A night train where passengers vanish
- A demon who traps people in their dreams
- Rengoku, the Flame Hashira
Good for you if
- you like a long fight on top of a moving train.
- you cry when Tanjiro dreams of the family he lost.
- you like swords that burn with fire on screen.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand demons and bloody wounds.
- you don't watch anime.
About: duty · sacrifice · dreams
Watchmen 2009
Film
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
The sides of Watchmen
- Retired heroes in an alternate 1985
- A masked detective investigating a murder
- A blue man who sees all time at once
Good for you if
- you like comic panels brought to life frame by frame.
- you like a dark take on what heroes really are.
- you like an ending that asks a moral question.
Bad for you if
- graphic violence ruins it for you.
- nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
- sex scenes and nudity aren't for you.
About: power · morality · history
True Blood 2008
Series
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides. But in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.
The sides of True Blood
- Vampires living openly thanks to synthetic blood
- A waitress who can read minds
- A small town in Louisiana
Good for you if
- you like Sookie torn between the vampires Bill and Eric.
- you like a town where shifters, fairies and witches keep showing up.
- you like Southern gothic with a twisted sense of humor.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather avoid the frequent, graphic sex scenes.
- you can't take the bloody, gory deaths.
About: desire · prejudice · belonging