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 Groundhog Day first
The Good Place 2016
Series
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.
The sides of The Good Place
- A selfish woman sent to heaven by mistake
- An ethics professor giving her lessons
- An afterlife neighborhood with frozen yogurt everywhere
Good for you if
- you like Chidi's ethics lessons turned into running jokes.
- you like a comedy that keeps changing the rules under your feet, season after season.
- you like four strangers learning to be better people together.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt talks about being a good person.
- you can't get into a surreal afterlife with an all-knowing assistant and frozen yogurt shops on every corner.
About: ethics · the afterlife · redemption · friendship
Aladdin 1992
Film
In the boorish city of Agrabah, kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin and Princess Jasmine fall in love, although she can only marry a prince. He and power-hungry Grand Vizier Jafar vie for a magic lamp that can fulfill their wishes.
The sides of Aladdin
- A street thief and a princess
- A genie who never stops talking
- A magic carpet ride
Good for you if
- you like a genie doing a hundred impressions a minute.
- you like songs like A Whole New World, sung on a flying carpet.
- you like a street thief who poses as a prince to win a princess.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- hand-drawn animation from 1992 feels dated to you.
About: freedom · honesty · love
The Proposal 2009
Film
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
The sides of The Proposal
- A boss who forces her assistant to marry her
- A weekend with his family in Alaska
- A chant in the woods
Good for you if
- you like a boss and assistant trading barbs.
- you like enemies falling in love.
- you want an easy, feel-good romcom.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes when the jokes stop for heart-to-hearts. Margaret and Andrew open up in his childhood bedroom.
- you need a premise you can believe. A boss blackmails her assistant into marrying her to keep her visa.
About: love · family · pretending
Shrek 2001
Film
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
The sides of Shrek
- An ogre who wants to be left alone
- A donkey who never stops talking
- Fairy tales turned upside down
Good for you if
- you like jokes for kids and other jokes for adults.
- you want something short and funny for everyone.
- you like a soundtrack of pop hits.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you need suspense to stay hooked. Shrek plays its dragon and its villain for laughs.
About: appearance · friendship · love
Back to the Future 1985
Film
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
The sides of Back to the Future
- A teen stuck in his parents' past
- A time machine made from a car
- A clock tower and a bolt of lightning
Good for you if
- you like a comedy where your mother has a crush on you.
- you want a film that's pure fun from start to finish.
- you like time travel told simply and with joy.
Bad for you if
- you need time travel that holds up. A DeLorean and a bolt of lightning are all it takes here.
- you like patient films with long silences. This one races the clock on the clock tower.
About: time · family · chance
About Time 2013
Film
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father reveals to him that the men in their family have the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.
The sides of About Time
- A shy man who can relive moments
- Falling in love again and again
- A father and a son on a beach
Good for you if
- you like a gentle film that makes you cry about ordinary life.
- you like a sweet, clumsy love story.
- you want something warm and kind.
Bad for you if
- time travel rules that bend bother you.
- a gentle lesson about savouring every ordinary day feels too sweet to you.
About: time · family · everyday life
10 Things I Hate About You 1999
Film
On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.
The sides of 10 Things I Hate About You
- A boy paid to date the meanest girl in school
- A song on the bleachers
- A poem read in class
Good for you if
- you like a witty teen romcom.
- you like opposites falling for each other.
- you like Kat's sharp, sarcastic comebacks.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at grand romantic gestures. Patrick serenades Kat across the school bleachers.
- you've outgrown high school crushes and prom night drama.
About: love · honesty · independence

Yo soy Betty, la fea 1999
Series
Beatriz Pinzón Solano is a brilliant economist with a master's degree in finance; she has only one flaw: she's ugly. Everything changes when she starts working at Ecomoda, one of the country's largest companies, where she meets and falls in love with Armando Mendoza. This time, life will give her a second chance to prove she can become the most desired and beloved woman in the world.
The sides of Yo soy Betty, la fea
- A brilliant economist everyone judges by her looks
- A fashion company in Bogotá
- A boss she falls in love with
Good for you if
- you like Betty falling for Armando while he sees only her glasses and braces.
- you like office gossip with Betty's friends from the ugly club.
- you want a long, warm story where the underdog gets her turn.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a Spanish-language series.
- a telenovela with daily-length episodes is too much for you.
About: appearances · self-worth · love · work
Good Omens 2019
Series
Aziraphale and Crowley, of Heaven and Hell respectively, have grown rather fond of the Earth. So it's terrible news that it's about to end. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing. The Four Horsemen are ready to ride. Everything is going according to the Divine Plan...except that someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist. Can our heroes find him and stop Armageddon before it's too late?
The sides of Good Omens
- An angel and a demon who like living on Earth
- A misplaced Antichrist in an English village
- The end of the world, planned and running late
Good for you if
- you like Aziraphale and Crowley bickering like an old couple.
- you like an angel and a demon who would rather save the world they live in.
- you want Heaven and Hell run like two absurd offices.
Bad for you if
- you want an apocalypse with battles, not two old friends arguing over lunch.
- you lose track of big casts. Witches, witchfinders, the Four Horsemen and a boy who is the Antichrist all get their own story.
About: friendship · good and evil · free will
Amélie 2001
Film
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
The sides of Amélie
- A shy young woman fixing strangers' lives
- Montmartre in warm greens and reds
- A photo album of strangers
Good for you if
- you want a film that makes you feel lighter.
- you like a Paris painted in saturated colours.
- you like quirky little details and odd characters.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles. It's in French, though a dubbed version exists.
- you want fights and chases. The big adventure here is a lost photo album.
About: shyness · kindness · love
Free Guy 2021
Film
A bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and decides to become the hero of his own story. Now, in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way before it's too late.
The sides of Free Guy
- A background character in a video game
- He decides to be the hero
- A world that resets every day
Good for you if
- you like Ryan Reynolds being nice in a violent game.
- you want a light, feel-good film.
- you like game-world chaos.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at big-hearted speeches. Guy talks a whole game into being kind.
- you need the science to hold up. A background character in a video game becomes self-aware.
About: free will · kindness · identity
Pretty Woman 1990
Film
Vivian is a carefree, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets sophisticated billionaire Edward in a chance encounter that turns into a week-long business arrangement. But Vivian's energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense approach to life, and soon they are teaching each other – and falling in love!
The sides of Pretty Woman
- A rich businessman and a woman he hires
- A week in Beverly Hills
- Shopping on Rodeo Drive
Good for you if
- you like a modern fairy tale.
- you want a classic romcom.
- you like a snobby shop getting what it deserves.
Bad for you if
- you need a love story that could really happen. A billionaire and a sex worker fall in love in a week.
- you roll your eyes at grand romantic gestures. Edward flies Vivian to the opera in a private jet.
About: love · class · self-worth
The Truman Show 1998
Film
In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.
The sides of The Truman Show
- A man whose whole life is a TV show
- A town full of actors
- A boat sailing to the edge of the sky
Good for you if
- you like the creeping feeling that the world is fake.
- you like laughing at ads slipped into a man's life.
- you like a hero who wants something real, whatever the cost.
Bad for you if
- you need the premise to hold up. A whole town has been a TV set for thirty years.
- you want to find out the secret along with Truman. You know it from the opening credits.
About: freedom · reality · media
Bruce Almighty 2003
Film
Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God — and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.
The sides of Bruce Almighty
- A reporter given God's powers
- Parting his soup
- Answering every prayer with yes
Good for you if
- you like Jim Carrey's rubber face.
- you want a light, feel-good comedy.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at a moral. God, played by Morgan Freeman, spells out the lesson for Bruce.
- you need a story that could really happen. Bruce parts his soup like the Red Sea.
About: gratitude · power · love
50 First Dates 2004
Film
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.
The sides of 50 First Dates
- A woman who forgets every day
- A man who wins her again each morning
- Hawaii
Good for you if
- you like a love story told every morning anew.
- you want a sunny, easy evening on the beaches and in the cafés of Hawaii.
- you like 80s love songs redone as island reggae, and Somewhere Over the Rainbow on ukulele.
Bad for you if
- you need it to hold up. Lucy forgets each day overnight, and her family stages the same Sunday for her for a year.
- you roll your eyes at big romantic gestures. Henry records a videotape for Lucy to watch every morning.
About: love · memory · commitment
Monsters, Inc. 2001
Film
Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.
The sides of Monsters, Inc.
- Monsters scaring kids for energy
- A little girl loose in the factory
- A big furry guy who melts
Good for you if
- you like a funny duo who argue like a married couple.
- you want something sweet for the whole family.
- you like a big blue monster who becomes a kind of father to a toddler named Boo.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you want a love story. Mike's dates with Celia keep getting cut short.
About: fear · friendship · care
Tangled 2010
Film
Feisty teenager Rapunzel, who has long and magical hair, wants to go and see sky lanterns on her eighteenth birthday, but she's bound to a tower by her overprotective mother. She strikes a deal with Flynn Rider, a charming wanted thief, and the duo set off on an action-packed escapade.
The sides of Tangled
- A girl locked in a tower
- A thief who climbs in
- Lanterns in the sky
Good for you if
- you like a chameleon and a horse who steal the show.
- you like songs like "I See the Light" that you end up humming.
- you want a bright, funny fairy tale.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you'd rather skip love stories. Rapunzel and Flynn fall for each other under the lanterns.
About: freedom · growing up · love
Mean Girls 2004
Film
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
The sides of Mean Girls
- A new girl who grew up in Africa
- The Plastics
- On Wednesdays we wear pink
Good for you if
- you like Cady studying high school like the animals she watched in Africa.
- you like quotable lines like "on Wednesdays we wear pink".
- you like sharp, mean high school satire.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at a moral lesson. A school assembly asks the girls to stop being cruel to each other.
- you want a teen film that ends on an open question. Mean Girls ties up every thread.
About: popularity · friendship · identity
Shrek 2 2004
Film
Happily ever after never seemed so far far away when a trip to meet the in-laws turns into a hilariously twisted adventure for Shrek and Fiona. With the help of ever-faithful Donkey, Shrek takes on the potion-brewing Fairy Godmother, pompous Prince Charming, and infamous ogre-killer Puss In Boots.
The sides of Shrek 2
- Meeting the in-laws
- A fairy godmother with a plan
- Puss in Boots
Good for you if
- you like fairy-tale jokes and pop culture parodies.
- you like family friction. Fiona's father can't stand the ogre his daughter married.
- you like a big musical number at the end.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you want a film to make you cry. Shrek 2 turns meeting the in-laws into a comedy.
About: acceptance · family · love
Hercules 1997
Film
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!
The sides of Hercules
- A demigod raised on Earth
- A Hades with flaming hair
- Gospel muses
Good for you if
- you like a fast-talking, funny villain.
- you like gospel songs.
- you want a light Disney adventure.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you want the Greek myths dark and tragic. Here Hades cracks jokes.
About: heroism · belonging · love