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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. An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

    The sides of The Shape of Water

    • A mute cleaner in a secret lab
    • A creature kept in a tank
    • A fairy tale in the Cold War

    Good for you if

    • you like an unusual love story told like a fairy tale.
    • you like a world drenched in green and teal.
    • you like magical realism with a strange edge.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand gore. Strickland's rotting fingers and a bloody torture scene are shown up close.
    • nudity and sex scenes aren't for you tonight.

    About: outsiders · love · cruelty

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  2. 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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  3. Big Fish 2003

    Film

    Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

    The sides of Big Fish

    • A dying father who only tells tall tales
    • A son who wants the truth
    • A giant, a witch and a circus

    Good for you if

    • you like a son trying to know his father through his tall tales.
    • you like stories that are bigger than life.
    • you like Tim Burton's storybook images, with a circus, a witch and a perfect little town.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a parent seriously ill. Edward is bedridden with cancer through all the present-day scenes.
    • you roll your eyes at grand gestures. Edward fills a field with daffodils to win Sandra.

    About: fathers · storytelling · death

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  4. The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.

    The sides of Weathering with You

    • A runaway boy in rainy Tokyo
    • A girl who can clear the sky
    • A city slowly going under water

    Good for you if

    • you like a first love between two kids on their own in Tokyo.
    • you want rain and sunlight drawn so they almost shine.
    • you like a prayer that opens a patch of blue sky.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you roll your eyes at big teenage declarations in the rain.

    About: first love · sacrifice · the weather

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  5. Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.

    The sides of Beauty and the Beast

    • A bookish girl and a cursed prince
    • A ballroom dance
    • Be our guest

    Good for you if

    • you like a love story that grows over a library and a snowball fight.
    • you like singing along to Be Our Guest and Tale as Old as Time.
    • you like a castle where the candlestick, the clock and the teapot talk.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you roll your eyes at moral lessons. The film tells you outright that true beauty is within.

    About: love · appearance · kindness

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  6. Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.

    The sides of The Nightmare Before Christmas

    • The King of Halloween discovers Christmas
    • A ragdoll in love
    • Stop-motion skeletons

    Good for you if

    • you like gothic, spooky-sweet worlds.
    • you like a musical with dark, catchy songs.
    • you like handmade stop-motion.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you can't laugh at the macabre. Jack hands out shrunken heads as Christmas presents.

    About: identity · belonging · holidays

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  7. Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

    The sides of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    • A man born old who grows young
    • A love that meets in the middle
    • A century of America

    Good for you if

    • you like a long, melancholy love story.
    • you like two people who keep missing each other.
    • you like a life that crosses the 20th century, from New Orleans in 1918 to the Second World War.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
    • you want something to happen. It's slow and gentle.

    About: time · love · mortality

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  8. Corpse Bride 2005

    Film

    In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.

    The sides of Corpse Bride

    • A shy groom who marries a corpse by mistake
    • A colourful land of the dead
    • A grey land of the living

    Good for you if

    • you like gothic, tender fairy tales.
    • you like a melancholy love triangle.
    • you like stop-motion animation.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you want an adventure. It's a shy groom, two brides and a few songs.

    About: love · death · choice

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  9. In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.

    The sides of Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

    • A 939-year-old immortal looking for his bride
    • A grim reaper for a housemate
    • A high school student who can see ghosts

    Good for you if

    • you like a love story that spans centuries and lifetimes.
    • you like a K-drama that makes you cry over fate and goodbyes.
    • you like the goblin and the grim reaper bickering under the same roof.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a Korean series.
    • you can't watch child abuse or suicide on screen.

    About: fate · immortality · grief · love

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  10. La La Land 2016

    Film

    Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

    The sides of La La Land

    • An actress and a jazz pianist
    • Dancing above Los Angeles
    • Dreams that cost something

    Good for you if

    • you like songs and dances in the middle of real life.
    • you like a love story told through the seasons.
    • you like colourful dresses and purple skies.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a classic happy ending.
    • you need a story that stays grounded. Here a traffic jam on the freeway turns into a dance number.

    About: ambition · love · sacrifice

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  11. Nick Carraway arrives in New York in 1922, an era of loose morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick encounters the mysterious millionaire Gatsby and his bewitching cousin Daisy. Soon, Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super-rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. Bearing witness to this new world, Nick pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and unforgettable tragedy -- mirroring our own times and struggles.​

    The sides of The Great Gatsby

    • A mysterious millionaire's parties
    • A green light across the bay
    • A love from the past

    Good for you if

    • you like glitter, champagne and 1920s excess.
    • you like jazz-age parties with modern songs.
    • you like a hopeless, obsessive love story.

    Bad for you if

    • over two hours of parties and longing is too much.
    • you roll your eyes at a man reaching for a green light across the bay.

    About: obsession · wealth · the past

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  12. In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.

    The sides of Pan's Labyrinth

    • A girl escaping into a fairy tale
    • A cruel captain in 1944 Spain
    • A faun with three tasks

    Good for you if

    • you like a dark fairy tale with creatures you won't forget.
    • you like a story where the real monsters are human.
    • you like a world that's beautiful and frightening.

    Bad for you if

    • brutal, close-up violence is too much for you.
    • you won't read subtitles. It's in Spanish (a dub exists).

    About: innocence · cruelty · imagination

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  13. Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman and a foul-tempered bluebird named Beatrice, Wirt and Greg must travel across this strange land, in hope of finding their way home. Join them as they encounter surprises and obstacles on their journey through the wood.

    The sides of Over the Garden Wall

    • Two brothers lost in a strange forest
    • A woodsman and a grumpy bluebird
    • A beast lurking in the woods

    Good for you if

    • you like an autumn fairy tale that feels like an old storybook.
    • you like old-time songs sung along the way.
    • you like painted forests that look like vintage illustrations.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated series.
    • you want fights and chases. Wirt and Greg mostly talk, sing and get lost.

    About: brotherhood · finding your way home · growing up

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  14. Twilight 2008

    Film

    When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated cautions, Bella can't stay away from him, a fatal move that endangers her own life.

    The sides of Twilight

    • A new girl in a rainy town
    • A boy who doesn't age
    • Love that could kill

    Good for you if

    • you like an intense first love with a forbidden edge.
    • you like sincere teenage feelings without irony.
    • you like a moody soundtrack, from Muse to Bella's Lullaby.

    Bad for you if

    • you've outgrown high school romance and first-love drama.
    • you need momentum. Much of the film is glances, school corridors and walks in the forest.

    About: first love · danger · belonging

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  15. WandaVision 2021

    Series

    Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.

    The sides of WandaVision

    • A couple living in old sitcoms
    • A perfect suburb with cracks
    • Grief that bends reality

    Good for you if

    • you like a show that changes decade and style each episode.
    • you like slowly working out what's really going on.
    • you like a superhero show that's really about grief.

    Bad for you if

    • you find old black and white sitcoms dated. The first episodes copy them on purpose.
    • you need logic that holds up, and this one runs on magic and sitcom rules.

    About: grief · denial · love

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  16. Aladdin 2019

    Film

    A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.

    The sides of Aladdin

    • The classic remade in live action
    • A genie played by Will Smith
    • A princess who sings for herself

    Good for you if

    • you like the classic songs and a new one.
    • you want a colourful family musical.
    • you like a funny genie.

    Bad for you if

    • two hours is a long sit for small children.
    • you'd rather skip the love story. Aladdin courts Jasmine as a fake prince.

    About: freedom · honesty · love

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  17. Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.

    The sides of 5 Centimeters per Second

    • A train delayed by snow on the way to a first love
    • A surfer girl in love with a boy who looks elsewhere
    • An adult life in a cold city

    Good for you if

    • you want falling cherry blossoms and snow drawn in detail.
    • you like an hour of trains, letters and silences.
    • you can take a love story about distance and time pulling people apart.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need a happy ending. This one is about letting go.

    About: distance · first love · growing apart

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  18. A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.

    The sides of Beauty and the Beast

    • A bookish girl in a cursed castle
    • A beast who must learn to love
    • Singing teapots and candlesticks

    Good for you if

    • you like the songs from the cartoon sung by the new cast, plus a few new ones.
    • you like a fairy-tale love story.
    • you want something familiar and lovely to watch with family.

    Bad for you if

    • two hours and ten minutes is a long sit for young children.
    • you don't like period films. It's an 18th-century French village, all corsets, carriages and ballgowns.

    About: love · appearance · kindness

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  19. The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.

    The sides of The Vampire Diaries

    • A girl between two vampire brothers
    • A small town full of secrets
    • Witches, wolves and doppelgängers

    Good for you if

    • you like a love triangle that lasts for years.
    • you like a small town where vampires, witches and werewolves share the high school.

    Bad for you if

    • eight seasons is more than you want to start.
    • vampire bites and neck snapping ruin it for you.

    About: love · loyalty · immortality

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  20. This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.

    The sides of The Little Mermaid

    • A mermaid who wants legs
    • A sea witch with a deal
    • Under the sea

    Good for you if

    • you like singing along to Under the Sea and Part of Your World.
    • you like a sixteen-year-old who dreams of the world her father forbids.
    • you like a mermaid who trades her voice for a chance at love on land.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • hand-drawn animation from 1989 feels dated to you.

    About: curiosity · love · growing up

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