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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 Thing 1982

    Film

    A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

    The sides of The Thing

    • A research station in Antarctica
    • Something that copies anyone
    • A blood test

    Good for you if

    • you like paranoia where anyone could be the monster.
    • you like practical creature effects that still shock.
    • you like an ending that leaves you unsure.

    Bad for you if

    • grotesque body horror ruins it for you.
    • films from 1982 feel dated to you.

    About: paranoia · trust · isolation

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  2. The Platform 2019

    Film

    A slab of food descends down a vertical facility. The residents above eat heartily, leaving those below starving and desperate. A rebellion is imminent.

    The sides of The Platform

    • A tower prison with one platform of food
    • Levels from top to bottom
    • Who eats and who doesn't

    Good for you if

    • you like strange, allegorical stories.
    • you like a cruel, unflinching idea.
    • you like not knowing which level you'll wake up on.

    Bad for you if

    • gore and cannibalism ruin it for you.
    • you won't read subtitles. It's in Spanish (a dub exists).

    About: inequality · solidarity · greed

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  3. After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.

    The sides of 10 Cloverfield Lane

    • A woman waking up in a bunker
    • A man who says the world has ended
    • Is he lying

    Good for you if

    • you like being stuck in a small space with someone dangerous.
    • you like wondering whether the world outside really ended.
    • you like John Goodman being terrifying.

    Bad for you if

    • you scare easily. Some scenes in and around the bunker play like a horror film.
    • you want a big cast. It's three people in a bunker.

    About: trust · survival · control

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  4. Coherence 2014

    Film

    Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.

    The sides of Coherence

    • Four couples at a dinner party
    • A comet passing overhead
    • Another house just down the street

    Good for you if

    • you like piecing together what a comet did to one dinner party.
    • you like a dinner party where the floor drops out from under you halfway.
    • you like catching the glow sticks and photos the second time.

    Bad for you if

    • you want big effects, and this is friends talking in a living room.
    • you need an ending that tells you exactly what happened.

    About: identity · choice · friendship

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  5. Event Horizon 1997

    Film

    In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.

    The sides of Event Horizon

    • A lost starship that came back
    • A rescue crew near Neptune
    • A scientist who built the ship

    Good for you if

    • you like a haunted house in deep space.
    • you like a rescue crew fighting to get off a dark ship alive.
    • you like a ship that went somewhere it shouldn't have.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand gory images of torture.
    • you need science fiction that stays scientific.

    About: madness · guilt · hell

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  6. A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.

    The sides of The Maze Runner

    • Boys trapped in a giant maze
    • No memories of who they are
    • Walls that move at night

    Good for you if

    • you like not knowing where you are any more than the hero does.
    • you like a race to get out before the doors close.
    • you like teenage survival adventures.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather get to know people than watch them run. The Gladers spend the film racing a maze.
    • you need answers. The ending mostly opens new questions for the next film.

    About: memory · survival · trust

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  7. Escape Room 2019

    Film

    Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.

    The sides of Escape Room

    • Six strangers invited to an escape game
    • Rooms that turn deadly
    • Riddles with a clock running

    Good for you if

    • you like solving the riddles along with the players.
    • you like a countdown in every room.
    • you like strangers forced to work together to stay alive.

    Bad for you if

    • you need the logic behind every trap to hold up.
    • you'd rather follow people than traps.

    About: survivor's guilt · trust · chance

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  8. FROM 2022

    Series

    Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.

    The sides of FROM

    • A town you can't drive out of
    • Creatures that come out at night
    • Talismans that keep the houses safe

    Good for you if

    • you like creatures smiling at the window after dark.
    • you like piecing together why every road leads back to town.
    • you like a town where nobody is safe after sunset.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand the gore of the night attacks.
    • you need answers, and each season of FROM adds new questions.

    About: being trapped · fear · community

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  9. Annihilation 2018

    Film

    A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

    The sides of Annihilation

    • Five scientists entering the Shimmer
    • Nature mutating into something else
    • A bear that screams

    Good for you if

    • you like science fiction that feels like a nightmare.
    • you like rainbow-coloured, mutated landscapes.
    • you like an ending that refuses to explain itself.

    Bad for you if

    • body horror and one terrifying creature are too much for you.
    • you need momentum. The expedition moves slowly and quietly through the Shimmer.

    About: self-destruction · change · grief

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  10. Severance 2022

    Series

    Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.

    The sides of Severance

    • Office workers with their memories split in two
    • The endless white corridors of Lumon Industries
    • A team sorting numbers they don't understand

    Good for you if

    • you like piecing together what Lumon really does.
    • you like goats in an office basement and a waffle party as a reward.
    • you like Mark slowly realising what his other self lives through.

    Bad for you if

    • you need things to move fast from the first episode.
    • you want answers at the end of every season.

    About: work · identity · grief · control

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  11. In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

    The sides of Twelve Monkeys

    • A prisoner sent back in time to stop a virus
    • An asylum and a raving patient
    • An airport memory

    Good for you if

    • you like a time loop you piece together.
    • you like a feverish, strange atmosphere.
    • you like a wild, twitchy supporting role.

    Bad for you if

    • you want clear answers about what's real.
    • you need some hope. A plague has already wiped out most of humanity before the story starts.

    About: fate · madness · memory

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  12. At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.

    The sides of Neon Genesis Evangelion

    • A boy ordered by his father to pilot a giant robot
    • Angels attacking Tokyo-3
    • A final two episodes inside his head

    Good for you if

    • you like a series that leaves you with more questions than answers.
    • you care more about the pilots' minds than the robot fights.
    • you like an ending that goes somewhere no one expected.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take depression and self-loathing on screen.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: depression · fathers and sons · loneliness

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  13. Sweet Home 2020

    Series

    As humans turn into savage monsters and the world plunges into terror, a handful of survivors fight for their lives — and to hold on to their humanity.

    The sides of Sweet Home

    • People turning into monsters
    • Survivors barricaded in an apartment building
    • A withdrawn young man fighting his own change

    Good for you if

    • you like being scared by grotesque monsters, each one different from the last.
    • you like strangers forced to hold a building together to stay alive.
    • you like every corridor and stairwell feeling like a trap.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand gore and bloody monster attacks.
    • you won't read subtitles for a Korean series.
    • you can't take suicide and trauma on screen.

    About: humanity · survival · guilt

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  14. High-school girl Yuri suddenly finds herself on the rooftop of a high-rise building. She's trapped in a bizarre world surrounded by skyscrapers, where a masked man cracked open a man's head with an axe before her eyes. Finding a way to survive this bizarre world, find her beloved brother, and escape becomes her top priority, but she is beset by danger not just from the mysterious Masks, which possess both inhuman strength and cruelty, but other survivors turned cruel or desparate by the insanity of the high-rise world.

    The sides of High-Rise Invasion

    • A schoolgirl trapped among skyscrapers
    • Masked killers hunting on the rooftops
    • A search for her brother

    Good for you if

    • you like a chase across rooftops where any bridge can be a trap.
    • you like a girl fighting to stay alive in a world with no rules.
    • you like a strange world of towers with no ground in sight.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand axes and gore.
    • you'd rather avoid fan service and sexualised shots.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: survival · trust · siblings

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  15. Being just a normal student without a special talent, Makoto Naegi wins a lottery to attend the prestigious Hope's Peak Academy where only the top prodigies attend. However, instead of this being the beginning of a wonderful high school life, it's a ticket to despair, because the only way to graduate from Hope's Peak Academy is to kill one of your fellow students or be one of their victims.

    The sides of Danganronpa: The Animation

    • Gifted teenagers locked inside an elite academy
    • A robot bear running a killing game
    • Class trials to unmask each murderer

    Good for you if

    • you like working out who did it before the class trial.
    • you like knowing any classmate could be the next killer.
    • you like a mastermind reveal that changes the whole game.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand students dying in cruel ways.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: hope · despair · trust

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  16. Don't Breathe 2016

    Film

    A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.

    The sides of Don't Breathe

    • Three thieves break into a blind man's house
    • He isn't helpless
    • A basement they shouldn't find

    Good for you if

    • you like holding your breath in a dark house.
    • you like a villain who hunts by sound.
    • you like a reveal halfway that changes everything.

    Bad for you if

    • brutal violence ruins it for you.
    • one disturbing scene with a captive is too much for you.

    About: survival · guilt · desperation

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  17. With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to win.

    The sides of Alice in Borderland

    • An empty Tokyo with no way out
    • Deadly games ranked by playing cards
    • A gamer and a climber trying to stay alive

    Good for you if

    • you like games where losing means dying.
    • you want friends forced to fight for their lives in a deserted city.
    • you like working out each game's rules before the players do.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch people killed on screen in every game.
    • you won't read subtitles for a Japanese series.

    About: survival · the meaning of life · trust

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  18. Bird Box 2018

    Film

    Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

    The sides of Bird Box

    • A mother and two children blindfolded
    • Something that makes you want to die if you see it
    • A river trip

    Good for you if

    • you like survival with a strict rule.
    • you like a threat you never see.

    Bad for you if

    • you want answers. What the creatures are and why they kill is never explained.
    • mass suicide shown on screen is too much for you.

    About: motherhood · survival · fear

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  19. Silo 2023

    Series

    In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.

    The sides of Silo

    • Thousands living in an underground silo
    • A rule against wanting to go outside
    • An engineer who starts asking questions

    Good for you if

    • you want to know who built the silo and why.
    • you like a closed world with its own laws, levels and history.
    • you like Juliette digging where she was told not to.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum. The truth comes out slowly.
    • four seasons is a lot for you to give one underground mystery.

    About: truth · control · survival

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  20. Life 2017

    Film

    The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

    The sides of Life

    • A cell from Mars on a space station
    • It grows
    • A crew that can't let it reach Earth

    Good for you if

    • you like a creature loose in a tight space.
    • you like a smart, fast alien.

    Bad for you if

    • crushing, gruesome deaths ruin it for you.
    • you need some hope. Life on the station turns darker by the hour.

    About: survival · curiosity · sacrifice

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