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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. Heat 1995

    Film

    Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

    The sides of Heat

    • A thief who can walk away in thirty seconds
    • A cop who can't
    • A shootout in downtown Los Angeles

    Good for you if

    • you like two men who respect each other and must collide.
    • you like a cop and a thief who are the same man.
    • you like a downtown bank robbery that turns into a street shootout.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
    • films from 1995 feel dated to you.

    About: obsession · professionalism · loneliness

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  2. 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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  3. Fast Five 2011

    Film

    Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.

    The sides of Fast Five

    • A heist in Rio
    • A safe dragged through the streets
    • A federal agent on their trail

    Good for you if

    • you like the series turning into a heist film.
    • you like a whole crew coming together.
    • you like banter between the team.

    Bad for you if

    • a safe dragged through a city at speed makes you groan.
    • you can't stand long car chases. It ends on one through Rio.

    About: family · freedom · loyalty

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  4. Inception 2010

    Film

    Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

    The sides of Inception

    • Dreams inside dreams
    • The heist crew
    • A man who can't let go
    • Folding cities and that music

    Good for you if

    • you like a plot you have to hold in your head, layer by layer.
    • you want images you've never seen, like a city folding over itself.
    • you like catching on the second watch what you missed on the first.

    Bad for you if

    • you need every question answered before the credits.
    • nearly two and a half hours is too much for your evening.

    About: dreams · grief · guilt · ideas

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  5. Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

    The sides of Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    • A killer robot sent to protect a boy
    • A mother preparing for the end
    • A liquid metal enemy

    Good for you if

    • you like a truck chasing a boy's dirt bike down the Los Angeles river canals.
    • you like a villain that can become anyone.
    • you like a bond growing between a boy and the machine sent to protect him.

    Bad for you if

    • you need the science to hold up. A liquid metal man pulls himself back together from puddles.
    • shootouts and a nightmare of fire are too much for you.

    About: fate · family · humanity

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  6. Taken 2008

    Film

    Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.

    The sides of Taken

    • A father with a particular set of skills
    • A daughter taken in Paris
    • Ninety-six hours

    Good for you if

    • you like a short, fast revenge film.
    • you like a ticking clock and a phone call you'll remember.

    Bad for you if

    • sex trafficking is too dark a subject for you tonight.
    • you need to believe it. One man takes apart a Paris trafficking ring in four days.

    About: fatherhood · revenge · protection

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  7. Dominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.

    The sides of The Fast and the Furious

    • An undercover cop in street racing
    • Night races in Los Angeles
    • A crew that becomes family

    Good for you if

    • you like street racing at night.
    • you like a crew that becomes a family around Dom's backyard barbecue.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not spend the evening with thieves. Dom's crew hijacks trucks on the highway.
    • you need races that could really happen. Here one shot of nitrous and the car takes off.

    About: loyalty · family · speed

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  8. 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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  9. Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

    The sides of The Dark Knight

    • A villain who only wants chaos
    • A city forced to choose
    • A hero paying the price

    Good for you if

    • you like a villain you can't take your eyes off.
    • you like scenes where every choice could cost a life.
    • you like tension that comes from people talking, like the interrogation room.

    Bad for you if

    • you need things to end on a high. This one leaves a weight.
    • two and a half hours is too long for your evening.

    About: chaos · order · sacrifice · corruption

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  10. Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

    The sides of The Dark Knight Rises

    • A hero coming out of retirement
    • A city taken hostage
    • A villain behind a mask

    Good for you if

    • you like set pieces on a huge scale, like a plane torn apart mid-air.
    • you like a hero who gets back up, with a big sincere finish.
    • you like brutal, close-up fights.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
    • you lose track easily. Bane, Selina Kyle, a young cop named Blake and a fight over Wayne's company all run side by side.

    About: pain · rising again · legacy

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  11. In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

    The sides of The Terminator

    • A killing machine sent from the future
    • A waitress who doesn't know she matters
    • A soldier sent to protect her

    Good for you if

    • you like being hunted by something that never stops.
    • you like a lean, fast 80s thriller.
    • you like a waitress who learns to fight back to stay alive.

    Bad for you if

    • effects from 1984 look dated to you.
    • shootouts in a police station ruin it for you.

    About: fate · survival · machines

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  12. 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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  13. When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

    The sides of Mission: Impossible

    • A team betrayed on a mission
    • A vault entered from the ceiling
    • A train in the Channel tunnel

    Good for you if

    • you like a silent break-in hanging from a wire.
    • you like a spy film full of double-crosses.
    • you like a helicopter chasing a train in a tunnel.

    Bad for you if

    • you lose patience with a plot you have to untangle. Who betrayed whom takes the whole film to sort out.
    • you need it to hold up. Rubber masks fool everyone, even people who know the face.

    About: trust · betrayal · identity

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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. Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.

    The sides of Bad Boys for Life

    • Two Miami cops getting older
    • A cartel's revenge
    • Bad boys for life

    Good for you if

    • you like loud, glossy action.
    • you like two old partners bickering.

    Bad for you if

    • you need police work to look real. Here cases are cracked with car chases and gunfights across Miami.
    • you can't stand bloody shootouts. Mike is gunned down in the street in the first act.

    About: friendship · ageing · family

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  16. Money Heist 2017

    Series

    To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion - memorizing every step, every detail, every probability - culminate in eleven days locked up in the National Coinage and Stamp Factory of Spain, surrounded by police forces and with dozens of hostages in their power, to find out whether their suicide wager will lead to everything or nothing.

    The sides of Money Heist

    • A heist planned for months
    • A professor who has thought of everything
    • Robbers with city names

    Good for you if

    • you like a hostage siege where every hour brings a problem.
    • you like a plan that keeps surprising even the police.
    • you like a gang where every robber has a story.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles. It's in Spanish (a dub exists).
    • several long seasons is more than you want to start.

    About: resistance · loyalty · money

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  17. Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.

    The sides of Mission: Impossible III

    • An agent who wants a normal life
    • A villain who's calm and cruel
    • A bridge attack

    Good for you if

    • you like a villain who threatens what the hero loves.
    • you like a bridge assault and a Shanghai rooftop jump.
    • you like a quiet, terrifying villain.

    Bad for you if

    • a torture threat scene is too much for you.
    • you like a slow, patient film. This one opens on a countdown with a gun to Julia's head.

    About: love · duty · fear

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  18. Casino Royale 2006

    Film

    Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.

    The sides of Casino Royale

    • Bond's first mission
    • A poker game with millions at stake
    • A woman who changes him

    Good for you if

    • you like a card game as tense as a chase.
    • you like a parkour chase on a crane.
    • you like a Bond who falls in love.

    Bad for you if

    • over two hours is too long for your evening.
    • one infamous torture scene is too much for you.

    About: trust · love · becoming Bond

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  19. 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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  20. 9-1-1 2018

    Series

    Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.

    The sides of 9-1-1

    • Los Angeles firefighters, cops and dispatchers
    • Emergencies that start each episode
    • A firehouse crew that acts like a family

    Good for you if

    • you like a rescue against the clock in every episode.
    • you want fires, earthquakes and collapses on a TV screen.
    • you like following Bobby, Athena, Buck and the 118 at work and at home.

    Bad for you if

    • ten seasons is too much for you.
    • you need emergencies that could really happen.

    About: courage · work family · second chances

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