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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. Breaking Bad 2008

    Series

    A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with lung cancer starts making meth with a former student to pay for his family's future.

    The sides of Breaking Bad

    • An ordinary man's slow corruption
    • Crime as a business
    • One bad choice that spirals
    • Desert, tension, long silences

    Good for you if

    • you like rooting for someone you know you shouldn't.
    • you like tension that builds for a whole episode before it breaks.
    • you watch for how people change more than for what happens.

    Bad for you if

    • graphic violence ruins a show for you. Some scenes are hard to unsee.
    • TV is how you unwind. This one keeps you tense.
    • five seasons is more than you want to start.

    About: pride · family · power · consequences

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  2. 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

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  3. 10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, we find him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York. Dexter may be embracing his new life, but in the wake of unexpected events in this close-knit community, his Dark Passenger beckons.

    The sides of Dexter: New Blood

    • Dexter hiding under a new name
    • A snowy town in upstate New York
    • A son who finds his father again

    Good for you if

    • you like rooting for a killer who only kills killers.
    • you like a small-town police chief getting closer to the truth.
    • you like Dexter trying to be a father to the teenage son he left behind.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand watching kills on screen.
    • you need some hope at the end of a dark story.

    About: fathers and sons · guilt · identity

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  4. A hunter in West Texas finds two million dollars at the scene of a drug deal gone wrong, and a hitman starts following him.

    The sides of No Country for Old Men

    • A cat-and-mouse chase across Texas
    • A killer who flips a coin
    • An old sheriff who doesn't understand his world anymore
    • Silence instead of music

    Good for you if

    • you like suspense built from silence, a hotel room and a door.
    • you like scenes that take their time before anything happens.
    • you like an ending that leaves you thinking instead of explaining.

    Bad for you if

    • sudden, cold violence ruins a film for you.
    • you need music to carry a film. There's almost none.

    About: fate · chance · violence · growing old

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  5. Sons of Anarchy 2008

    Series

    The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) are an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States and overseas. The show focused on the original and founding charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by the acronym SAMCRO, Sam Crow, or simply Redwood Charter. The charter operates both legal and illegal businesses in the small town of Charming, California. They combine gun-running and a garage, and involvement in porn film industry. Clay, the charter president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are done. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationship, especially when Jax goes on a personal quest to cleanse the SAMCRO name and image.

    The sides of Sons of Anarchy

    • An outlaw motorcycle club in a California town
    • A young vice president questioning his stepfather
    • Guns, a garage and a family business

    Good for you if

    • you like Jax Teller trying to clean up the club while doing worse to protect it.
    • you like Gemma holding the club together like a mother and a queen.
    • you like a club where loyalty can turn into betrayal at any moment.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand brutal beatings and executions.
    • seven seasons is too much for you.

    About: loyalty · fathers and sons · brotherhood

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  6. Locked Up 2015

    Series

    Set up to take the blame for corporate fraud, young Macarena Ferreiro is locked up in a high-security women's prison surrounded by tough, ruthless criminals in this tense, provocative Spanish thriller.

    The sides of Locked Up

    • A young woman jailed for her boss's fraud
    • A women's prison run by its inmates
    • A cold, fearless inmate named Zulema

    Good for you if

    • you like a newcomer learning the rules of a prison where one mistake costs her.
    • you like a story where everyone, guards included, is breaking the law.
    • you can't look away from Zulema, the inmate you shouldn't root for.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take brutal fights and killings between inmates.
    • you won't watch a Spanish series with subtitles.

    About: survival · corruption · power behind bars

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  7. Better Call Saul 2015

    Series

    Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".

    The sides of Better Call Saul

    • A small-time lawyer becoming Saul Goodman
    • A brother who never believed in him
    • A fixer named Mike Ehrmantraut

    Good for you if

    • you like a story that takes its time over one man's choices.
    • you like watching Jimmy and Kim from up close, scene after scene.
    • you like following a likable man you know will go bad.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather avoid cartel killings and Tuco's beatings.
    • six seasons of slow change is too much for you.

    About: ambition · brotherhood · morality · love

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  8. The Sopranos 1999

    Series

    The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.

    The sides of The Sopranos

    • A New Jersey mob boss in therapy
    • A wife who knows more than she says
    • A crew of wiseguys and a nephew who wants more

    Good for you if

    • you like rooting for Tony Soprano while knowing exactly what he is.
    • you like the hours Tony spends on Dr. Melfi's couch as much as the hits.
    • you laugh at mobsters arguing about ducks, food and respect.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand sudden, brutal killings between family dinners.
    • you need clear answers. The show leaves much of Tony for you to figure out.

    About: family · guilt · the American dream · therapy

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  9. 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

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  10. Gone Girl 2014

    Film

    On their fifth wedding anniversary, a man's wife disappears, and as the police and the press dig in, he becomes the main suspect.

    The sides of Gone Girl

    • A marriage seen from both sides
    • A trial on television
    • A story that changes shape halfway
    • Cold, precise, and darkly funny

    Good for you if

    • you love it when the floor drops out from under you halfway.
    • you like a lead performance you can't look away from. Rosamund Pike holds every scene Amy is in.
    • you like people who are hard to like.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather skip sex scenes, or you're watching with family.
    • one sudden, very violent scene would ruin the evening for you.

    About: marriage · lies · the media · image

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  11. Sicario 2015

    Film

    An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

    The sides of Sicario

    • An FBI agent in the drug war
    • A border crossing at Juárez
    • A man with a hidden agenda

    Good for you if

    • you like dread in every scene, especially at the border.
    • you like a morally dark world.
    • you like desert landscapes and night-vision raids.

    Bad for you if

    • bodies in walls and executions ruin it for you.
    • you need momentum. Much of it is silent waiting before something breaks.

    About: morality · power · the law

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  12. Scarface 1983

    Film

    After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.

    The sides of Scarface

    • A refugee who wants the world
    • Cocaine and Miami in the 80s
    • Say hello to my little friend

    Good for you if

    • you like a performance that's over the top on purpose.
    • you like following a ruthless Cuban refugee building a cocaine empire in Miami.
    • you like an ending with no mercy.

    Bad for you if

    • chainsaws and shootouts ruin it for you.
    • nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
    • films from 1983 feel dated to you.

    About: greed · power · excess

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  13. Blood Diamond 2006

    Film

    An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

    The sides of Blood Diamond

    • A smuggler and a fisherman
    • A pink diamond
    • Child soldiers in Sierra Leone

    Good for you if

    • you like a hunt for a diamond in the middle of a war.
    • you like a father who crosses a war to find his son, taken by the rebels.
    • you want to learn about a real conflict.

    Bad for you if

    • war violence and massacres are too much for you.
    • child soldiers on screen are too hard for you.

    About: greed · family · war

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  14. 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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  15. Peaky Blinders 2013

    Series

    A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

    The sides of Peaky Blinders

    • A gang family in 1920s Birmingham
    • Razor blades in caps
    • A war hero who wants power

    Good for you if

    • you like a cold, brilliant gang leader.
    • you like smoke, coats and slow walks.
    • you like modern rock over period scenes.

    Bad for you if

    • brutal gang violence ruins a show for you.
    • six seasons is more than you want to start.

    About: ambition · family · trauma

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  16. The Wire 2002

    Series

    Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

    The sides of The Wire

    • Baltimore cops wiretapping a drug crew
    • The docks, the schools, City Hall and the newspaper
    • Dealers and detectives seen from both sides

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing how police, politics and schools keep a city stuck.
    • you like a case built patiently over a whole season.
    • you want people like Omar, Stringer Bell and McNulty to stay with you.

    Bad for you if

    • you lose track with dozens of characters on both sides.
    • you need some hope. Baltimore rarely changes here.

    About: institutions · the drug war · loyalty

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  17. In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

    The sides of The Godfather Part II

    • A son ruling the family business
    • A young father building it in old New York
    • A brother's betrayal

    Good for you if

    • you like a long, patient tragedy.
    • you like two great performances in two eras.
    • you like a dark family saga that offers no comfort.

    Bad for you if

    • over three hours is too long for one evening.

    About: family · power · loneliness

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  18. 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

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  19. Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

    The sides of Nocturnal Animals

    • A gallery owner reading her ex-husband's novel
    • A story inside the story
    • A night on a Texas highway

    Good for you if

    • you like cold, elegant images.
    • you like a roadside scene that's hard to breathe through.
    • you like a story within a story, where the novel Susan reads keeps echoing her own past.

    Bad for you if

    • brutal scenes in the novel Susan reads are too much for you.
    • cruelty told without comfort is too heavy for you.

    About: revenge · regret · art

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  20. Hannibal 2013

    Series

    Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

    The sides of Hannibal

    • An FBI profiler who thinks like killers
    • A psychiatrist who cooks his victims
    • Murder scenes staged like works of art

    Good for you if

    • you like crime scenes composed like paintings and dinners shot like still lifes.
    • you can't take your eyes off Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter.
    • you like watching Will Graham get closer to the man sitting across from him.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand corpses turned into displays.
    • you want a crime show that plays like real police work.

    About: manipulation · obsession · friendship · madness

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