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 The Devil's Advocate first
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
How to Get Away with Murder 2014
Series
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.
The sides of How to Get Away with Murder
- A law professor who teaches how to win at any cost
- Five students caught in a murder
- A story told in flash-forwards
Good for you if
- you like a flash-forward that changes what you thought you knew.
- you like Viola Davis as Annalise Keating.
- you like students hiding a body and lying to everyone.
Bad for you if
- you need law school and the courts to look like the real thing.
- six seasons is too much for you.
About: guilt · ambition · secrets
Your Honor 2020
Series
New Orleans judge Michael Desiato is forced to confront his own deepest convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run that embroils an organized crime family.
The sides of Your Honor
- A judge whose son kills a boy in a hit and run
- A New Orleans crime family looking for a name
- A father burning everything to protect his son
Good for you if
- you like watching one lie force the next one.
- you want Bryan Cranston as a decent man coming apart slowly.
- you like following a judge who breaks every rule he enforces.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope. Here every choice makes things worse.
- you can't watch a story that opens on a dead teenager.
About: guilt · fatherhood · justice
House of Cards 2013
Series
Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are his weapons.
The sides of House of Cards
- A congressman passed over for Secretary of State
- Frank and Claire Underwood's marriage
- Asides spoken straight to the camera
Good for you if
- you like Washington played as a game of blackmail and favours.
- you like rooting for a man you know you shouldn't.
- you like Frank Underwood turning to the camera and making you his accomplice.
Bad for you if
- you want chases and fights, not backroom deals.
- six seasons is too much for you.
About: ambition · marriage · manipulation · revenge
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
The Wolf of Wall Street 2013
Film
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
The sides of The Wolf of Wall Street
- Excess on every level
- How the con works
- A very dark comedy
Good for you if
- you want to laugh at excess pushed to absurd levels.
- you like following a crook having the time of his life.
- you like an actor going all in, like the scene crawling to the car.
Bad for you if
- lots of nudity, sex and drugs isn't for you tonight.
- three hours is too much for one evening.
About: greed · excess · money
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
Marvel's Daredevil 2015
Series
Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.
The sides of Marvel's Daredevil
- A blind lawyer by day
- A masked fighter at night in Hell's Kitchen
- Wilson Fisk buying the city
Good for you if
- you like hand-to-hand fights filmed in one long hallway.
- you like a street-level crime story more than a world to save.
- you like Vincent D'Onofrio's Fisk, quiet until he explodes.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand bones breaking and bloody beatings.
- you need momentum, and the plots take whole seasons to close.
About: faith · justice · corruption · guilt
You 2018
Series
A dangerously charming, obsessive man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of women who fascinate him.
The sides of You
- A bookstore manager who stalks women
- A voice-over from inside his head
- A glass cage in the basement
Good for you if
- you like hearing Joe justify himself in voice-over and almost agreeing.
- you like watching each of his lies come close to falling apart.
- you like laughing at Joe's inner voice judging everyone around him.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch murders up close.
- you'd rather skip sex scenes. Joe's relationships play out in bed too.
About: obsession · love · control
The Night Of 2016
Series
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
The sides of The Night Of
- A borrowed taxi and a woman found stabbed
- A lawyer scratching his eczema in court
- A college student learning Rikers Island
Good for you if
- you like hours spent on one night and all its paperwork.
- you like watching a case close slowly around someone.
- you watch for one performance. John Turturro's lawyer takes the case in sandals, scratching his eczema.
Bad for you if
- you need to know for certain who did it.
- you need a story to leave you some hope.
- you'd rather not watch prison, drugs and a family coming apart.
About: justice · prejudice · prison
The Godfather Part II 1974
Film
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
Kakegurui 2017
Anime
Run by a corrupt and sadistic school council, the “system” at Hyakkaou is based on gambling, with losers who cannot cover their debts being demeaned by their peers and forced to serve their debtholders. And if that’s not terrifying enough, some games can result in losing an eye, one’s fingernails, or even their life! But the system is shocked when transfer student Yumeko Jabami arrives. Dark, mysterious and attractive, she’s a wildcard who plays for the thrill of it…
The sides of Kakegurui
- An elite school ruled by gambling
- Losers turned into house pets
- A transfer student who gambles for the thrill
Good for you if
- you like high-stakes games where a student can lose everything on one card.
- you like figuring out how each game is rigged before Yumeko does.
- you like twisted faces and students losing their minds over a bet.
Bad for you if
- you're uncomfortable with gamblers in near-erotic ecstasy and fan service.
- you don't watch anime.
About: gambling · power · madness
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
Marvel's Jessica Jones 2015
Series
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
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
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
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
The Godfather 1972
Film
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
The sides of The Godfather
- A family business that is a mafia
- A son who said he'd stay out
- A wedding, a horse, an offer
Good for you if
- you like a story that takes its time and lands like a verdict.
- you like quiet actors saying a lot with one look.
- you like watching a decent man become someone else.
Bad for you if
- nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
- films from the 1970s feel slow and dated to you.
- sudden, cold killings ruin a film for you.
About: family · power · loyalty · America

Dark Desire 2020
Series
Married Alma spends a fateful weekend away from home that ignites passion, ends in tragedy and leads her to question the truth about those close to her.
The sides of Dark Desire
- A married law professor's weekend affair
- A death that follows that weekend
- A younger lover who won't let go
Good for you if
- you like a thriller where each episode turns someone you trusted into a suspect.
- you like an affair that slowly turns into a threat.
- you want a passionate, dangerous love story.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a Mexican series.
- you'd rather not watch so many sex scenes, or you watch with others.
About: desire · betrayal · obsession
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