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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. 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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  2. Sharp Objects 2018

    Series

    Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.

    The sides of Sharp Objects

    • A reporter back in her Missouri hometown
    • Two murdered girls
    • A mother and daughter with a terrible bond

    Good for you if

    • you want to watch Amy Adams carry every scene as Camille.
    • you like a heavy, humid small town revealed one memory at a time.
    • you can take a dark Southern story with no easy comfort.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face self-harm, alcoholism and child abuse on screen.
    • you'd rather avoid frank sex scenes, and Camille has a few.

    About: trauma · mothers and daughters · home

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  3. Mr. Robot 2015

    Series

    A young programmer, Elliot, suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot finds himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.

    The sides of Mr. Robot

    • A lonely hacker at a security firm
    • A group of hackers named fsociety
    • A plan to erase all debt

    Good for you if

    • you like piecing together a hacking plot against the giant E Corp.
    • you like the floor dropping out from under Elliot.
    • you like living inside one troubled man's head.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand drug use, trauma and depression on screen.
    • you need momentum, and some episodes sit inside Elliot's silence.

    About: loneliness · reality · revolution · trauma

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  4. 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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  5. In 1954, a U.S. Marshal and his new partner go to a psychiatric hospital on an island to find a patient who escaped from a locked room.

    The sides of Shutter Island

    • A mystery that turns on you
    • Gothic dread on an island
    • A man haunted by loss

    Good for you if

    • you love a story that makes you question everything you just saw.
    • you like a film you want to restart as soon as it ends.
    • you like a mood that gets under your skin: storms, cells, a lighthouse.

    Bad for you if

    • grief and mental illness hit too close for you.
    • you want to be sure what happened when the credits roll.

    About: grief · guilt · madness · the truth

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  6. 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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  7. After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.

    The sides of Marvel's Jessica Jones

    • A super-strong private eye who drinks too much
    • A man who controls minds with his voice
    • Cases in Hell's Kitchen

    Good for you if

    • you like a hero who is rude, broken and drinks alone.
    • you want David Tennant as Kilgrave, a villain you can't look away from.
    • you like a private detective's noir cases.

    Bad for you if

    • a story about abuse, control and trauma is too much for you.
    • you need a superhero show that moves fast.

    About: trauma · control · survival

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  8. The Sinner 2017

    Series

    In a small New York town, a haunted detective hunts for answers about perplexing crimes while wrestling with his own demons.

    The sides of The Sinner

    • A young mother who stabs a stranger on a beach
    • A detective who cannot leave a case alone
    • A new crime each season

    Good for you if

    • you like a season that asks why, not who.
    • you like an investigation that takes its time with one question.
    • you like a detective whose own damage is half the story.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't spend a season with drug use, self-harm and a mother coming apart.
    • you need a case to leave you with some hope.
    • you want chases and arrests, not interviews in small rooms.

    About: trauma · guilt · memory

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  9. The Undoing 2020

    Series

    Grace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted. Overnight a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and her family.

    The sides of The Undoing

    • A Manhattan therapist whose husband vanishes
    • A murdered mistress
    • A trial that tears a family open

    Good for you if

    • you like guessing whether the husband did it until the last episode.
    • you want Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant face to face.
    • you like a marriage where every new fact makes things worse.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a mystery that moves fast.
    • you'd rather skip nudity and sex scenes.

    About: marriage · trust · wealth

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  10. Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.

    The sides of Predestination

    • A temporal agent working as a bartender
    • A stranger's life story told over drinks
    • A bomber who keeps escaping through time

    Good for you if

    • you like the floor dropping out from under you more than once.
    • you like a time paradox you piece together after the credits.
    • you like a long, sad life story told by one stranger in a bar.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a time-cop film full of chases and shootouts.
    • you need momentum from the first minutes.

    About: fate · identity · loneliness

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  11. Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

    The sides of The Girl on the Train

    • A divorced woman watching houses from a train
    • A missing young wife
    • A night she can't remember

    Good for you if

    • you like piecing together what happened on a night nobody remembers right.
    • you like a story told by someone you can't fully trust.
    • you can't look away from Emily Blunt as Rachel.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't bear alcoholism and domestic abuse on screen.
    • you need a thriller that moves faster than a daily commute.

    About: memory · obsession · abuse

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  12. Joker 2019

    Film

    During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

    The sides of Joker

    • A man the world keeps ignoring
    • A city about to explode
    • A dance down the stairs

    Good for you if

    • you like one performance that carries the whole film.
    • you can take a story that only goes down.
    • you like watching, step by step, how someone breaks.

    Bad for you if

    • sudden, brutal violence ruins a film for you.
    • mental illness and cruelty hit too close tonight.

    About: loneliness · madness · society

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  13. 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

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  14. 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

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  15. A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

    The sides of The Skin I Live In

    • A surgeon creating a skin that can't burn
    • A woman locked in his house
    • A past told out of order

    Good for you if

    • you like a story whose truth arrives late and changes everything.
    • you want Antonio Banderas as a calm, chilling surgeon.
    • you like Almodóvar's clean, colourful frames.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a Spanish film.
    • you can't take captivity and sexual violence on screen.
    • you'd rather not watch sex scenes.

    About: identity · revenge · obsession

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  16. 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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  17. A young FBI trainee asks Hannibal Lecter, an imprisoned psychiatrist and cannibal, to help her catch another serial killer who is still out there.

    The sides of The Silence of the Lambs

    • Conversations through the glass
    • A young woman proving herself among men
    • A race to save the next victim

    Good for you if

    • you like a performance you can't look away from, even when you want to.
    • you like tension made of two people talking through a sheet of glass.
    • you like a final stretch that has you holding your breath.

    Bad for you if

    • graphic gore ruins it for you. A few images are hard to forget.
    • you can't take a story of women kidnapped and starved by a killer. One is held at the bottom of a pit in his basement.

    About: fear · power · identity · ambition

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  18. Taxi Driver 1976

    Film

    Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

    The sides of Taxi Driver

    • A lonely veteran driving nights in New York
    • You talkin' to me?
    • A girl he wants to save

    Good for you if

    • you like a performance that gets under your skin.
    • you like a dark, dirty city and a darker mind.
    • you like a character study of a man coming apart.

    Bad for you if

    • a sudden, bloody climax ruins it for you.
    • you can't watch a child forced into prostitution. Jodie Foster plays Iris, twelve years old and on the street.

    About: loneliness · violence · the city

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  19. MINDHUNTER 2017

    Series

    In the late 1970s, two FBI agents start interviewing imprisoned serial killers to understand how they think, and use what they learn on open cases.

    The sides of MINDHUNTER

    • Interviews with real killers
    • The birth of criminal profiling
    • What the work does to the people doing it

    Good for you if

    • you like tension that comes from people talking across a table.
    • you like stories built on real cases and real killers.
    • you like a slow, quiet build more than action.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand a story left unfinished, and the series stopped after two seasons with the BTK thread still open.
    • you don't want to hear crimes against women and children described in detail.

    About: evil · method · the 1970s · obsession

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  20. Alias Grace 2017

    Series

    Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A decade after, Dr. Simon Jordan tries to help Grace recall her past.

    The sides of Alias Grace

    • An Irish maid convicted of murder in 1843
    • A doctor trying to unlock her memory
    • A woman's life told from inside prison

    Good for you if

    • you like the lives of servants in 19th-century Canada.
    • you like wondering, scene after scene, whether Grace did it.
    • you like Sarah Gadon's calm, unreadable Grace.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and most of it is Grace and the doctor talking quietly in a prison room.
    • you want to know for sure who killed Thomas Kinnear.

    About: memory · guilt · women's lives · class

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