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.
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Chainsaw Man 2022
Anime
Denji has a simple dream—to live a happy and peaceful life, spending time with a girl he likes. This is a far cry from reality, however, as Denji is forced by the yakuza into killing devils in order to pay off his crushing debts. Using his pet devil Pochita as a weapon, he is ready to do anything for a bit of cash.
The sides of Chainsaw Man
- A boy in debt to the yakuza
- A dog devil that becomes his heart
- A government devil-hunting squad
Good for you if
- you like crude, absurd jokes from a hero whose big dream is toast with jam and a girlfriend.
- you want chainsaws tearing through devils.
- you can take a world that keeps using its hero.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand blood and gore in every fight.
- you don't watch anime.
About: poverty · desire · being used
Predator 1987
Film
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
The sides of Predator
- A rescue team in the jungle
- Something invisible hunting them
- Mud as camouflage
Good for you if
- you like 80s action with muscles and machine guns.
- you like soldiers picked off one by one.
- you like a hunter you can barely see.
Bad for you if
- films from 1987 feel dated to you.
- skinned bodies and gore ruin it for you.
About: survival · hunting · strength
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2022
Series
In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.
The sides of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- A street kid with a military implant
- A crew of mercenaries in Night City
- A girl who dreams of the Moon
Good for you if
- you like fights so fast the screen bursts into color.
- you like neon anime that looks like nothing else.
- you like being moved by a street kid and the crew who become his family.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't stand bodies torn apart by cyberware.
About: ambition · love · loss
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous 2020
Series
Six teens attending an adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar must band together to survive when dinosaurs wreak havoc on the island.
The sides of Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
- Six teens at a dinosaur camp
- A park in chaos on Isla Nublar
- Kids hiding from a T. rex
Good for you if
- you want a dinosaur adventure to watch with your kids.
- you like kids stranded on an island with dinosaurs on the loose.
- you like six very different teens learning to trust each other.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you want a darker dinosaur story where anyone can die.
About: friendship · courage · survival
Jurassic Park III 2001
Film
In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.
The sides of Jurassic Park III
- A plane crash on the dinosaur island
- A boy who survived alone
- A bigger predator
Good for you if
- you like a dinosaur fight.
- you like a short, fast survival film.
Bad for you if
- you or young kids scare easily. Pterosaurs attack in a fog-filled aviary.
- you need the logic to hold up. A satellite phone rings inside a dinosaur.
About: survival · family
Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it!
The sides of Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
- A night train where passengers vanish
- A demon who traps people in their dreams
- Rengoku, the Flame Hashira
Good for you if
- you like a long fight on top of a moving train.
- you cry when Tanjiro dreams of the family he lost.
- you like swords that burn with fire on screen.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand demons and bloody wounds.
- you don't watch anime.
About: duty · sacrifice · dreams
Tokyo Ghoul 2014
Anime
Ken Kaneki, a bookworm college student, meets Rize, a girl his own age with whom he shares many interests.
The sides of Tokyo Ghoul
- A student turned half-ghoul after a date
- A coffee shop run by ghouls
- Investigators hunting ghouls in Tokyo
Good for you if
- you can take a story where things keep getting worse for its hero.
- you like horror hiding behind a quiet Tokyo café.
- you like a hero who must hide what he has become.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch torture and people being eaten.
- you don't watch anime.
About: identity · hunger · monsters
Jurassic World 2015
Film
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
The sides of Jurassic World
- A dinosaur theme park open to the public
- A new dinosaur that escapes
- A trainer and his raptors
Good for you if
- you want big dinosaurs on a big screen.
- you like chases through a jungle and a crowded park.
- you like the dream of a dinosaur park open to the public, at last.
Bad for you if
- you watch for the people more than the dinosaurs. Here the creatures are the stars.
- you'd rather not be scared. The Indominus rex hunts the park's guards through the jungle.
About: greed · nature · control
Solo Leveling 2024
Anime
They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jinwoo came back with the System, a program only he could see, that’s leveling him up in every way. Now, he’s inspired to discover the secrets behind his powers and the dungeon that spawned them.
The sides of Solo Leveling
- The weakest hunter left for dead in a dungeon
- A game system only he can see
- Gates opening onto monsters
Good for you if
- you like watching a hero level up fight after fight.
- you like a world where dungeon gates open in the middle of cities.
- you like a first episode trapped in a deadly temple.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch hunters torn apart by monsters.
- you don't watch anime.
About: power · survival · growth
Mad Max: Fury Road 2015
Film
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
The sides of Mad Max: Fury Road
- One long chase across the desert
- A warrior woman leading an escape
- Cars, fire and a flamethrower guitar
Good for you if
- you want two hours that almost never stop moving.
- you like orange deserts and blue nights that look like paintings.
- you like a desert world with its own rules, from war boys to a warlord who rations the water.
Bad for you if
- brutal crashes and wounds ruin a film for you.
- you want a story told in words. Nobody here talks much.
About: freedom · survival · water
Prey 2022
Film
When danger threatens her camp, the fierce and highly skilled Comanche warrior Naru sets out to protect her people. But the prey she stalks turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal.
The sides of Prey
- A young Comanche woman who wants to hunt
- 1719 on the Great Plains
- Something that hunts better
Good for you if
- you like a hunter outsmarting a stronger enemy.
- you like a lean, tight survival film.
- you like a hero using the land to win.
Bad for you if
- gory kills ruin it for you.
- you want sharp talk. Naru's hunt on the plains plays out with very few words.
About: courage · proving yourself · nature
Squid Game 2021
Series
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.
The sides of Squid Game
- Children's games where losing means death
- People drowning in debt
- A prize that grows with every death
Good for you if
- you like games where any move could be the last.
- you like getting attached to players you might lose.
- you can take a dark story about money and despair.
Bad for you if
- mass killings on screen ruin it for you.
- you won't read subtitles. It's in Korean (a dub exists).
About: debt · inequality · survival
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2019
Anime
After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.
The sides of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- A boy whose family is killed by a demon
- A sister turned into a demon
- Sword fights with breathing techniques
Good for you if
- you like sword fights that light up the screen.
- you like a brother who will do anything to save his sister.
- you cry when a demon's human past is finally told.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand demons tearing people apart.
- you don't watch anime.
About: grief · family · revenge
Alice in Borderland 2020
Series
With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to win.
The sides of Alice in Borderland
- An empty Tokyo with no way out
- Deadly games ranked by playing cards
- A gamer and a climber trying to stay alive
Good for you if
- you like games where losing means dying.
- you want friends forced to fight for their lives in a deserted city.
- you like working out each game's rules before the players do.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch people killed on screen in every game.
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese series.
About: survival · the meaning of life · trust
The Demon Slayer Corps are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where Tanjiro, Nezuko, and the Hashira face terrifying Upper Rank demons in a desperate fight as the final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji begins.
The sides of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
- A castle of endless shifting rooms
- Hashira against the Upper Rank demons
- The start of the final battle with Muzan
Good for you if
- you like fights broken up by the sad pasts of the people fighting them.
- you want to see it big, with rooms flipping all around the fighters.
- you like fire and water techniques animated in full color.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand severed limbs and blood.
- two and a half hours of fights is too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: sacrifice · revenge · siblings
The Walking Dead 2010
Series
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
The sides of The Walking Dead
- Waking up in a world of the dead
- Survivors who become a family
- The living as dangerous as the dead
Good for you if
- you like asking what you'd do to stay alive.
- you like never feeling safe, even at camp.
- you like watching ordinary people harden over years.
Bad for you if
- gore and zombie bites ruin a show for you.
- eleven seasons is far more than you want to start.
About: survival · morality · community
1917 2019
Film
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
The sides of 1917
- Two soldiers carrying one message
- A war filmed as if in one shot
- A burning town at night
Good for you if
- you like a race against time through enemy land.
- you like a camera that never seems to cut.
- you like war landscapes that look unreal.
Bad for you if
- you want to know the characters well. It's one long run.
- bodies in the mud are hard for you to see.
About: duty · survival · brotherhood
Annihilation 2018
Film
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
The sides of Annihilation
- Five scientists entering the Shimmer
- Nature mutating into something else
- A bear that screams
Good for you if
- you like science fiction that feels like a nightmare.
- you like rainbow-coloured, mutated landscapes.
- you like an ending that refuses to explain itself.
Bad for you if
- body horror and one terrifying creature are too much for you.
- you need momentum. The expedition moves slowly and quietly through the Shimmer.
About: self-destruction · change · grief
127 Hours 2010
Film
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
The sides of 127 Hours
- A climber trapped by a boulder
- Five days in a canyon
- A decision
Good for you if
- you like a true story of survival against everything.
- you like one actor carrying a film alone.
- you like watching time run out.
Bad for you if
- one infamous scene is too hard for you.
- you want a survival story told quietly. Danny Boyle fills the canyon with split screens and pounding music.
About: survival · will · solitude
Attack on Titan 2013
Anime
100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!
The sides of Attack on Titan
- Survival against impossible odds
- Twists that flip who the enemy is
- War, freedom and what it costs
Good for you if
- you like humanity trapped behind walls with giants outside.
- you like a story that turns everything upside down halfway.
- you can take a dark, brutal war story.
Bad for you if
- giants eating people ruin it for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: freedom · war · revenge