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.
Closest to ERASED first
Death Note 2006
Anime
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?
The sides of Death Note
- A notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it
- A top student who decides to judge the world
- A genius detective on his trail
Good for you if
- you like a cat-and-mouse game where one mistake gives you away.
- you like following a killer who thinks he's a god.
- you like plans within plans that you have to keep up with.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want fights, and this is mostly two minds talking.
About: justice · power · morality
Big Little Lies 2017
Series
The tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
The sides of Big Little Lies
- Three mothers in a rich seaside town
- A death at a school fundraiser
- A marriage hiding violence
Good for you if
- you like Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern at full force.
- you like knowing someone died at trivia night but not who.
- you like friendships and rivalries between mothers at the school gate.
Bad for you if
- you can't take domestic abuse and rape on screen.
- you'd rather not see sex scenes, or you watch with others.
About: domestic violence · friendship · motherhood · secrets
Dark 2017
Series
A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.
The sides of Dark
- A puzzle across time
- A small town with a buried secret
- Fate against free will
- Four families, one knot
- Grey rain and a heavy score
Good for you if
- you like a family tree you need to draw on paper.
- you like a cold, patient mystery.
- you like a series you understand better the second time.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope. In Winden, families lose their children, then everything else.
- you won't read subtitles. It's in German (a dub exists).
About: time · fate · family
Mystic River 2003
Film
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
The sides of Mystic River
- Three childhood friends in Boston
- A murdered daughter
- A past that never healed
Good for you if
- you like raw, powerful acting.
- you like a tragedy with no clean ending.
- you like a murder investigation in a tight neighbourhood.
Bad for you if
- child abuse and a parent's grief are too heavy for you.
- you need momentum. Eastwood lets the grief and the silences run long.
About: trauma · guilt · loyalty
Mare of Easttown 2021
Series
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
The sides of Mare of Easttown
- A detective in a small Pennsylvania town
- A teenage mother found dead
- A grandmother raising her late son's child
Good for you if
- you like a small-town murder where every neighbour could be hiding something.
- you like Kate Winslet as a tired, stubborn local cop.
- you like a crime story that cares as much about Mare's family as the case.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief, addiction and a son's suicide on screen.
- you need chases and shootouts more than slow detective work.
About: grief · small towns · motherhood · guilt
Bates Motel 2013
Series
A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.
The sides of Bates Motel
- A young Norman Bates and his mother
- A motel bought for a fresh start
- A small Oregon town full of secrets
Good for you if
- you like Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore as a mother and son too close.
- you like knowing where Norman ends up and dreading every step.
- you like a quiet Oregon town that lives off a hidden drug trade.
Bad for you if
- you can't take abuse and mental illness on screen.
- you can't watch murders on screen.
About: mothers and sons · madness · secrets
Defending Jacob 2020
Series
A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.
The sides of Defending Jacob
- A father defending his 14-year-old son
- A classmate stabbed in a park
- A prosecutor's office turning on one of its own
Good for you if
- you like watching an ordinary family crack under suspicion.
- you want to know who killed the boy in the park.
- you like a case that tightens with every hearing.
Bad for you if
- you need to know for certain whether Jacob did it.
- you can't sit with a story built around a dead child.
About: parenthood · doubt · guilt
Tokyo Revengers 2021
Anime
Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that’s reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo Manji Gang. The day after hearing about her death, he’s standing on the station platform and ends up being pushed over onto the tracks by a herd of people. He closes his eyes thinking he’s about to die, but when he opens his eyes back up, he somehow had gone back in time 12 years. Now that he’s back living the best days of his life, Takemichi decides to get revenge on his life.
The sides of Tokyo Revengers
- A man sent twelve years into his own past
- A middle school gang becoming something bigger
- A girlfriend he is trying to keep alive
Good for you if
- you like knowing one wrong move changes who dies.
- you like a crew that swears loyalty and then tests it.
- you like coming back to the present and finding it worse.
Bad for you if
- you can't take gang beatings and stabbings on screen.
- you don't watch anime.
- you need time travel with rules that hold up.
About: regret · loyalty · second chances
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2011
Film
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
The sides of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- A journalist and a hacker
- A girl missing for forty years
- A cold Swedish island
Good for you if
- you like a dark, intricate investigation.
- you like dread in cold, clean images.
- you like an unforgettable, fierce heroine.
Bad for you if
- rape and torture scenes are too much for you.
- you'd rather not watch frank sex scenes, or not with company.
- over two and a half hours is too long for you.
About: violence against women · truth · revenge
The Promised Neverland 2019
Anime
Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to learn—what more could an orphan ask for? One day, though, Emma and Norman uncover the dark truth of the outside world they are forbidden from seeing.
The sides of The Promised Neverland
- A gate the orphans are forbidden to pass
- Three clever kids planning an escape
- A caretaker the children call Mom
Good for you if
- you like children keeping a secret from the adult who watches them.
- you like working out an escape plan one step ahead of the kids.
- you like three young minds that think out loud.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch children in danger.
- you don't watch anime.
About: childhood · escape · trust
Se7en 1995
Film
Two detectives, one a week from retirement and one just transferred in, track a serial killer who builds each murder around one of the seven deadly sins.
The sides of Se7en
- Hunting a killer
- An old cop and a young one
- Darkness with no mercy
Good for you if
- you like dread that builds in the rain and never lets up.
- you can take an ending that stays with you for days.
- you like following detectives through every step of a case.
Bad for you if
- you can't look at the aftermath of violence. The film shows what was done, in detail.
- you watch films to feel better afterwards. This one won't let you.
About: sin · indifference · the city · partnership
Prisoners 2013
Film
When his young daughter and her friend disappear on Thanksgiving, a father takes the law into his own hands while a detective works the case.
The sides of Prisoners
- A detective who won't let go
- How far a father will go
- A case built like a maze
- Rain, cold, and grey light
Good for you if
- you like being tense for two and a half hours straight.
- you like collecting clues and trying to get ahead of the detective.
- you like watching an actor go somewhere raw. Hugh Jackman does.
Bad for you if
- a child in danger is too much for you.
- two and a half hours is too long for your evening.
About: faith · revenge · guilt · fatherhood
The Haunting of Hill House 2018
Series
Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
The sides of The Haunting of Hill House
- Five siblings and the house they fled
- A night their father never explained
- Ghosts hiding in the background of shots
Good for you if
- you want ghosts you only spot in the corner of the frame.
- you like a horror story that is really about brothers and sisters.
- you like a reveal that makes you rethink the first episode.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief, addiction and suicide on screen.
- you need horror that moves fast. This one lingers on memories.
About: grief · family · memory
The Act 2019
Series
Gypsy Blanchard struggles to deal with the toxic relationship with her overprotective mother, but her attempts to free herself lead to murder.
The sides of The Act
- The true story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard
- A mother who kept her daughter ill
- A murder in Missouri
Good for you if
- you want to understand a true crime from inside the house.
- you like Joey King and Patricia Arquette in a mother-daughter story.
- you like dread that builds toward something you know will happen.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand child abuse and medical cruelty on screen.
- you need some hope, and Gypsy's life is a cage that keeps closing in.
About: control · abuse · freedom · motherhood
Adolescence 2025
Series
When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, the psychological expert and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?
The sides of Adolescence
- A 13-year-old boy arrested for murder
- Episodes filmed in one continuous take
- A father asking what he missed
Good for you if
- you like a young actor holding his own against Stephen Graham.
- you like each episode filmed in one unbroken take, from the first second to the last.
- you can take a story that leaves you with no easy answer.
Bad for you if
- a child accused of killing a classmate is too much for you.
- you want a classic whodunit with clues to follow, and this is the portrait of a family and a school.
About: masculinity · social media · parenthood · bullying
Steins;Gate 2011
Anime
A group of friends have customized their microwave so that it can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.
The sides of Steins;Gate
- A microwave that sends texts to the past
- A self-styled mad scientist in Akihabara
- A friend who keeps dying in every new timeline
Good for you if
- you want to keep track of which message changed which world line.
- you want time travel with rules the story never breaks for convenience.
- you like a hero forced to choose which friend he gets to save.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need momentum, and the first stretch is lab banter in a rented room.
- you can't watch the same friend die again and again.
About: regret · friendship · time
Perfect Blue 1998
Anime
Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
The sides of Perfect Blue
- A pop singer who becomes an actress
- A fan website that knows her daily life
- Murders around her film set
Good for you if
- you like a stalker thriller where you can't trust what you see.
- you like a story where dream, filming and reality blur.
- you like being scared by your own reflection.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see a staged rape scene and a nude photo shoot.
- you can't stand stabbings shown up close.
- you don't watch anime.
About: fame · identity · obsession
Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995
Anime
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
Kakegurui 2017
Anime
Run by a corrupt and sadistic school council, the “system” at Hyakkaou is based on gambling, with losers who cannot cover their debts being demeaned by their peers and forced to serve their debtholders. And if that’s not terrifying enough, some games can result in losing an eye, one’s fingernails, or even their life! But the system is shocked when transfer student Yumeko Jabami arrives. Dark, mysterious and attractive, she’s a wildcard who plays for the thrill of it…
The sides of Kakegurui
- An elite school ruled by gambling
- Losers turned into house pets
- A transfer student who gambles for the thrill
Good for you if
- you like high-stakes games where a student can lose everything on one card.
- you like figuring out how each game is rigged before Yumeko does.
- you like twisted faces and students losing their minds over a bet.
Bad for you if
- you're uncomfortable with gamblers in near-erotic ecstasy and fan service.
- you don't watch anime.
About: gambling · power · madness
Inside Out 2015
Film
When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.
The sides of Inside Out
- Emotions running a girl's head
- Sadness finding her place
- A lost imaginary friend
Good for you if
- you like a family film that makes the adults cry.
- you like clever jokes about how our minds work.
- you like a world built out of memories and dreams.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you can't watch a girl slowly overtaken by sadness after a move. It hits too close.
About: sadness · memory · growing up · family