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 Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 first
The Hunger Games 2012
Film
In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.
The sides of The Hunger Games
- Survival in the arena
- Peeta or Gale
- A rebellion against the Capitol
- The show around the games
Good for you if
- you like a hunt where anyone could die next.
- you like a heroine who survives with a bow and her wits.
- you like a girl who takes her little sister's place.
Bad for you if
- teenagers killing teenagers is too much for you.
- two hours and twenty minutes is long for your evening, and it's only the first film.
About: survival · spectacle · rebellion
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013
Film
After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symbols of hope and resistance while the Capitol prepares a new and deadly challenge that will change the future of the nation forever.
The sides of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- Victors sent back into the arena
- A spark becoming a revolution
- A jungle full of traps
Good for you if
- you like the dread of being sent back into an arena you barely survived.
- you like a deadly arena that changes every hour.
- you like a game where nobody is who they seem.
Bad for you if
- fights to the death are too much for you.
- you can't watch trauma up close. Katniss still wakes up screaming from the last Games.
About: rebellion · propaganda · survival
After surviving the Quarter Quell, Katniss finds herself in the hidden stronghold of District 13, where the rebellion against the Capitol is gaining momentum. Struggling with the weight of becoming the symbol of resistance, she must navigate fragile alliances while trying to protect those she loves. As propaganda battles rage and Panem moves closer to full-scale war, Katniss is forced to confront the true cost of revolution.
The sides of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
- A symbol of a revolution
- War filmed for propaganda
- A song at the hanging tree
Good for you if
- you like a heroine dealing with what the games did to her.
- you like politics and propaganda more than arenas.
Bad for you if
- you want action. This half is mostly preparation.
- you need some hope. It's bombed hospitals, a District 12 in ruins and a tortured Peeta.
About: propaganda · war · trauma
The 100 2014
Series
100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.
The sides of The 100
- A hundred young prisoners sent to Earth
- A planet that's not empty
- Leaders making impossible choices
Good for you if
- you like teenagers surviving a wild Earth.
- you like hard choices that cost lives.
- you like leaders who become morally grey.
Bad for you if
- seven seasons is more than you want to start.
- war and brutal deaths ruin a show for you.
About: survival · leadership · morality
The Handmaid's Tale 2017
Series
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
The sides of The Handmaid's Tale
- A woman forced to bear children for a ruling family
- A religious dictatorship in America
- A resistance in whispers
Good for you if
- you like Elisabeth Moss saying everything with a stare into the camera.
- you like every conversation in Gilead feeling like it could be a trap.
- you like seeing how a regime controls women's bodies and words.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch rape and torture on screen.
- you can't stand hangings and mutilations.
- you need some hope, and here the hope comes slowly over six seasons.
About: freedom · motherhood · resistance · faith
Insurgent 2015
Film
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
The sides of Insurgent
- On the run after the uprising
- A box only a Divergent can open
- Simulations that feel real
Good for you if
- you like a heroine fighting through dream simulations.
- you like Tris and Four's love story in the middle of a war.
Bad for you if
- you want time with the characters. Here Tris is always on the run.
- you've outgrown young adult stories. Tris is a teenager working out who she is while her city goes to war.
About: identity · rebellion · truth
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 2016
Film
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
The sides of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Rebels stealing the plans
- A ragtag team on a one-way mission
- A battle on a tropical beach
Good for you if
- you like a war film inside Star Wars.
- you like heroes who know what it will cost.
- you like a darker, grittier side of the galaxy.
Bad for you if
- you don't care for space. Star Destroyers, X-wings and the Death Star fill the screen.
- two hours and a quarter is a lot for your evening.
About: sacrifice · hope · rebellion
Divergent 2014
Film
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
The sides of Divergent
- A society split into five factions
- A girl who fits none of them
- Training to be fearless
Good for you if
- you like training montages and a heroine proving herself.
- you like a teen finding out who she is.
- you like a love story with her instructor.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather a quiet character study than a dystopian adventure of factions and fights.
- two hours and twenty minutes is too long for your evening.
About: identity · conformity · courage
Snowpiercer 2013
Film
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
The sides of Snowpiercer
- The last humans on a train
- The poor at the back, the rich at the front
- A revolt car by car
Good for you if
- you like a fight that moves forward one train car at a time.
- you like strange, theatrical worlds.
- you like a train where the poor live at the back and the rich at the front.
Bad for you if
- bloody axe fights ruin it for you.
- you can't bear hearing what people did to survive. Curtis's account of the first months on the train is hard to sit through.
About: class · revolution · survival
Maze Runner: The Death Cure 2018
Film
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.
The sides of Maze Runner: The Death Cure
- A rescue from a walled city
- A cure that costs lives
- A train heist
Good for you if
- you like a train heist to start.
- you like a group that never leaves anyone behind.
Bad for you if
- two hours and twenty minutes is a lot for your evening.
- you lose track easily. Thomas, Newt, Minho, Teresa, Gally and Brenda each have their own path.
About: friendship · sacrifice · trust
Andor 2022
Series
In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.
The sides of Andor
- A thief who becomes a rebel
- A prison where inmates build parts for the Empire
- A secret network financing the rebellion
Good for you if
- you like the start of a rebellion told through spies, money and politics.
- you like a slow build told in three-episode arcs, each ending in a big payoff.
- you like long speeches about sacrifice, like Luthen's.
Bad for you if
- you want a light Star Wars adventure with Jedi and fun.
- you need some hope, and here freedom costs nearly everyone something.
About: rebellion · sacrifice · tyranny
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
Children of Men 2006
Film
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
The sides of Children of Men
- A world where no child has been born in 18 years
- A pregnant woman to protect
- A battle filmed in one take
Good for you if
- you like long single shots in the middle of chaos.
- you like a grim future that feels close.
- you like a grey, ruined England.
Bad for you if
- war violence and executions ruin it for you.
- you can't take grief on screen. Theo lost his son, and suicide kits are sold on TV.
About: hope · refugees · faith
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
V for Vendetta 2006
Film
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
The sides of V for Vendetta
- A masked man against a fascist government
- A woman he takes under his wing
- Remember, remember the fifth of November
Good for you if
- you like big speeches about freedom.
- you like a country holding its breath before a revolution.
- you like a hero who talks in poetry.
Bad for you if
- knife fights and torture scenes ruin it for you.
- you'd rather keep politics out of your evening. It's a fascist Britain run by a chancellor on a giant screen.
About: freedom · fear · ideas
The Maze Runner 2014
Film
A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.
The sides of The Maze Runner
- Boys trapped in a giant maze
- No memories of who they are
- Walls that move at night
Good for you if
- you like not knowing where you are any more than the hero does.
- you like a race to get out before the doors close.
- you like teenage survival adventures.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather get to know people than watch them run. The Gladers spend the film racing a maze.
- you need answers. The ending mostly opens new questions for the next film.
About: memory · survival · trust
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 2015
Film
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
The sides of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
- Out of the maze, into a desert
- An organisation that lied
- Infected people in the dark
Good for you if
- you like nonstop running and escapes.
- you like zombie-like threats in ruined cities.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather slow down with the characters. The Gladers barely stop running across the Scorch.
- jump scares in the dark are too much for you.
About: trust · survival · rebellion
Sword Art Online 2012
Anime
In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...
The sides of Sword Art Online
- Players trapped inside a virtual reality game
- A death in the game that kills in real life
- A hundred floors to clear
Good for you if
- you like the idea of a video game you can't log out of.
- you like game worlds with levels, bosses and guilds.
- you like a love story that starts between two players.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- four seasons of new games after the first one is too much for you.
About: virtual worlds · survival · love
Game of Thrones 2011
Series
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
The sides of Game of Thrones
- Power games and scheming
- Nobody is safe
- Dragons, battles and a huge world
- Families at war
- Characters you change your mind about
Good for you if
- you like following a dozen families and their schemes at once.
- you like a show where loyalties shift and no one is ever safe.
- you like schemers fighting over the Iron Throne, where a whisper can matter more than an army.
Bad for you if
- brutal deaths and battle wounds ruin a show for you.
- you'd rather skip sex scenes, or you're watching with others.
- eight seasons is more than you want to start.
About: power · loyalty · family · war
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2014
Film
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
The sides of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- An ape society in the forest
- Humans who need a dam
- A peace that won't hold
Good for you if
- you like apes whose faces say everything.
- you like two sides trying not to start a war.
- you like Caesar, a leader trying to hold his colony together.
Bad for you if
- war scenes with animals are hard for you.
About: trust · war · leadership