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 Skyfall first
Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018
Film
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.
The sides of Mission: Impossible - Fallout
- Plutonium gone missing
- A HALO jump at night
- A helicopter chase in the mountains
Good for you if
- you like Tom Cruise doing his own stunts, from a skydive to a helicopter.
- you like masks and double-crosses where nobody is who they seem.
- you like a countdown to two nuclear bombs that never lets you breathe.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours is too long for your evening.
- you need it believable. Ethan Hunt walks away from crashes no one could survive.
About: loyalty · sacrifice · choices
Spectre 2015
Film
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
The sides of Spectre
- A secret organisation behind everything
- Day of the Dead in Mexico City
- A villain from Bond's past
Good for you if
- you like an opening in one long take through a parade.
- you like train fights and car chases in Rome.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours is too long for your evening.
- you want a quiet character study. This Bond travels from Mexico City to Rome, the Alps and Tangier.
About: the past · control · legacy
Mission: Impossible III 2006
Film
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.
The sides of Mission: Impossible III
- An agent who wants a normal life
- A villain who's calm and cruel
- A bridge attack
Good for you if
- you like a villain who threatens what the hero loves.
- you like a bridge assault and a Shanghai rooftop jump.
- you like a quiet, terrifying villain.
Bad for you if
- a torture threat scene is too much for you.
- you like a slow, patient film. This one opens on a countdown with a gun to Julia's head.
About: love · duty · fear
Casino Royale 2006
Film
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
The sides of Casino Royale
- Bond's first mission
- A poker game with millions at stake
- A woman who changes him
Good for you if
- you like a card game as tense as a chase.
- you like a parkour chase on a crane.
- you like a Bond who falls in love.
Bad for you if
- over two hours is too long for your evening.
- one infamous torture scene is too much for you.
About: trust · love · becoming Bond
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011
Film
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.
The sides of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
- A team disowned by its own country
- Climbing the tallest building in the world
- A sandstorm chase
Good for you if
- you like real stunts, especially outside a skyscraper.
- you like gadgets that fail at the worst moment.
- you like a team that jokes under pressure.
Bad for you if
- you need spy stories to stay realistic. Four agents with no backup chase stolen nuclear launch codes.
- you want a love story. This is a team mission, and romance stays in the background.
About: teamwork · trust · survival
Quantum of Solace 2008
Film
Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.
The sides of Quantum of Solace
- Bond on the trail of revenge
- A villain who wants water
- A desert hotel on fire
Good for you if
- you like short, fast, brutal action.
- you like a villain quietly cornering a country's water supply.
Bad for you if
- you like Bond films that dig into the man. Vesper's loss drives him, but it's rarely talked through.
- you want a spy story that takes its time. This one races from chase to chase.
About: grief · revenge
Mission: Impossible 1996
Film
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
The sides of Mission: Impossible
- A team betrayed on a mission
- A vault entered from the ceiling
- A train in the Channel tunnel
Good for you if
- you like a silent break-in hanging from a wire.
- you like a spy film full of double-crosses.
- you like a helicopter chasing a train in a tunnel.
Bad for you if
- you lose patience with a plot you have to untangle. Who betrayed whom takes the whole film to sort out.
- you need it to hold up. Rubber masks fool everyone, even people who know the face.
About: trust · betrayal · identity
Tenet 2020
Film
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
The sides of Tenet
- A spy learning to move backwards in time
- A plane crashing into a building
- A fight going both ways at once
Good for you if
- you like a film you'll need to think about for days.
- you like fights played forwards and backwards.
- you want huge practical stunts.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours of it is too much for one evening.
- you need to care about the people. The hero is only ever called the Protagonist.
About: time · fate · friendship
The Bourne Identity 2002
Film
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?
The sides of The Bourne Identity
- A man pulled from the sea with no memory
- Skills he doesn't remember learning
- A Mini chase through Paris
Good for you if
- you like an amnesiac spy and a stranger he pays to drive him to Paris falling for each other.
- you like a hero discovering who he is with you.
- you like being hunted across Europe.
Bad for you if
- you want a spy who always has a quip ready. Bourne barely smiles.
- you want big-screen spectacle. The car chase here is in a battered Mini through Paris.
About: identity · memory · conscience
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015
Film
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.
The sides of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
- A rogue spy network
- Hanging off a plane at take-off
- A night at the Vienna opera
Good for you if
- you like real stunts on a plane and a motorbike chase.
- you like an assassination at the opera.
- you like a mysterious agent whose side keeps changing.
Bad for you if
- you want a quiet spy drama about the people inside it. This one is built around its stunts.
- you need the action to stay realistic. Ethan holds his breath for minutes underwater and wins a motorbike chase soon after.
About: loyalty · trust
The Bourne Supremacy 2004
Film
A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.
The sides of The Bourne Supremacy
- Bourne framed for a killing
- A car chase in Moscow
- An apology he has to make
Good for you if
- you like a brutal car chase through Moscow.
- you like a hunted man who stays calm.
Bad for you if
- you like sharp, talky writing. Bourne barely says a word between chases.
- you like a film that takes its time. Bourne never stops moving, from Goa to Moscow.
About: guilt · grief · identity
24 2001
Series
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.
The sides of 24
- One day of a season told hour by hour
- A counterterrorism agent racing the clock
- Moles inside CTU
Good for you if
- you like a ticking clock on screen in every episode.
- you like Jack Bauer doing whatever it takes before the hour ends.
- you like never knowing who the traitor is.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through torture scenes.
- nine seasons is too much for you.
About: duty · sacrifice · betrayal
Mission: Impossible II 2000
Film
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
The sides of Mission: Impossible II
- A virus stolen for profit
- A thief Ethan falls for
- Motorbikes and doves
Good for you if
- you like stylised motorbike duels.
- you like slow motion and flying doves.
Bad for you if
- you watch for characters. This one is built around chases, climbs and duels.
- you can't stand a love story at the centre. Ethan falls for the thief he then sends back to her ex.
About: love · betrayal
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan 2018
Series
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.
The sides of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
- A CIA analyst pulled out from behind his desk
- Suspicious bank transfers
- A manhunt across Europe and the Middle East
Good for you if
- you like a desk analyst racing to stop an attack.
- you like a hero who reads reports and then has to run.
- you like spies, generals and governments playing for keeps.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch bombings and executions on screen.
- you want a character study, and this is a mission thriller that keeps Jack on the move.
About: duty · terrorism · loyalty
The Bourne Ultimatum 2007
Film
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.
The sides of The Bourne Ultimatum
- Bourne finds out who made him
- A chase across Waterloo station
- Rooftops in Tangier
Good for you if
- you like a rooftop chase across Tangier filmed up close.
- you like a man always one step ahead of the CIA.
- you like the truth finally coming out.
Bad for you if
- you need quiet moments to breathe. It runs flat out from London to New York.
- you want a love story. Bourne and Nicky share a past, never a romance.
About: identity · guilt · truth
Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014
Film
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.
The sides of Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- A conspiracy inside the agency
- A masked killer from the past
- A fight in an elevator
Good for you if
- you like a spy thriller where nobody can be trusted.
- you like close, hard-hitting fights.
- you like uncovering who's really giving the orders.
Bad for you if
- you need the science to hold up. A super soldier frozen for seventy years takes on flying aircraft carriers.
- you roll your eyes at speeches about freedom and doing the right thing.
About: trust · freedom · friendship
John Wick: Chapter 4 2023
Film
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
The sides of John Wick: Chapter 4
- A war with the High Table
- The steps of Sacré-Cœur
- A fight seen from above
Good for you if
- you like action scenes that never seem to end.
- you like neon Osaka and a nightclub with a waterfall.
- you like Donnie Yen as Caine, a blind assassin and old friend sent after Wick.
Bad for you if
- nearly three hours of fights is too much for you.
- endless killing ruins a film for you.
About: freedom · honour · death
The Fate of the Furious 2017
Film
When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.
The sides of The Fate of the Furious
- Dom turning against his family
- Hacked cars raining from a car park
- A submarine on the ice
Good for you if
- you like car chases with a submarine.
- you like action that goes bigger every film.
Bad for you if
- you need physics to matter.
- two hours and a quarter of chases is a lot for your evening.
About: family · betrayal
Furious 7 2015
Film
Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
The sides of Furious 7
- A crew hunted by a killer
- Cars dropped from a plane
- A goodbye to Paul Walker
Good for you if
- you like stunts that ignore physics and don't care.
- you like cars jumping between skyscrapers.
- you can be moved by a film made while its cast mourned Paul Walker.
Bad for you if
- you can't do more than two hours of chases and fistfights in one evening.
- you roll your eyes at speeches about family, again and again.
About: family · loyalty · goodbye
Kingsman: The Golden Circle 2017
Film
When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.
The sides of Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Kingsman destroyed in one night
- American cousins with cowboy hats
- A villain who loves the 1950s
Good for you if
- you like silly, over-the-top spy comedy.
- you like wild fights with lassos and umbrellas.
Bad for you if
- gory moments played for laughs ruin it for you.
- two hours and twenty minutes is a lot for your evening.
About: loyalty · friendship · excess