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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. The Matrix 1999

    Film

    Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

    The sides of The Matrix

    • Reality isn't what it seems
    • Slow-motion bullets and kung fu
    • The red pill or the blue pill

    Good for you if

    • you like fights that feel new: bullets in slow motion, kung fu on walls.
    • you like a film with its own look, all green and black.
    • you like questioning whether the world around you is real.

    Bad for you if

    • long gunfights in a lobby are too much for you.
    • you need the science to hold up. Here you learn kung fu in seconds through a plug in your neck.

    About: freedom · control · choice

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  2. The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

    The sides of The Matrix Revolutions

    • The machines attack Zion
    • A final duel in the rain
    • A journey to the machine city

    Good for you if

    • you like a giant battle in an underground city.
    • you like a rain-soaked final fight.

    Bad for you if

    • long philosophical speeches lose you.
    • you lose track when storylines pile up. It cuts between Neo's trip to the machines, a ship racing home and the defence of Zion's dock.

    About: sacrifice · peace · choice

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  3. When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

    The sides of Alita: Battle Angel

    • A cyborg girl with no memory
    • A violent sport on wheels
    • A city under a floating sky city

    Good for you if

    • you like fluid, inventive cyborg fights.
    • you like a big-eyed heroine in a detailed future city.
    • you like a manga world brought to life.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a complete story. It ends on a cliffhanger.
    • you'd rather skip teen romance. Alita falls hard for Hugo.

    About: identity · love · injustice

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  4. 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

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  5. TRON: Legacy 2010

    Film

    Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.

    The sides of TRON: Legacy

    • A son pulled into his father's digital world
    • Light-cycle races
    • A Daft Punk score

    Good for you if

    • you like a world of neon lines on black.
    • you like an electronic score that carries everything.
    • you like a computer world with its own rules.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a story driven by its characters. Here the Grid and its light cycles come first.
    • you need the technology to make sense. A laser beams Sam into a computer.

    About: fathers · perfection · creation

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  6. In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

    The sides of Ghost in the Shell

    • A cyborg agent in a special police unit
    • A hacker who can rewrite people's memories
    • Long silent shots of a city in the rain

    Good for you if

    • you like asking what's left of you when your body is a machine.
    • you like a dense, rainy city drawn in every detail.
    • you like long quiet moments between short bursts of action.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you want a plot that's easy to follow. Hacked memories and rival police sections tangle fast.

    About: identity · technology · the soul

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  7. Akira 1988

    Anime

    A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

    The sides of Akira

    • A biker gang in Neo-Tokyo
    • A teenager with powers he can't control
    • A secret military project

    Good for you if

    • you like a whole city being torn apart.
    • you like hand-drawn neon streets and red motorbike lights.
    • you like bike chases and street fights.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand bodies mutating and bursting.
    • you want an ending that explains what happened.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: power · friendship · destruction

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  8. Earth is peaceful following the Tournament of Power. Realizing that the universes still hold many more strong people yet to see, Goku spends all his days training to reach even greater heights. Then one day, Goku and Vegeta are faced by a Saiyan called 'Broly' who they've never seen before. The Saiyans were supposed to have been almost completely wiped out in the destruction of Planet Vegeta, so what's this one doing on Earth? This encounter between the three Saiyans who have followed completely different destinies turns into a stupendous battle, with even Frieza (back from Hell) getting caught up in the mix.

    The sides of Dragon Ball Super: Broly

    • A Saiyan raised alone on a hostile planet
    • Goku and Vegeta against him
    • Frieza back for revenge

    Good for you if

    • you want the Saiyans' past, from Planet Vegeta's last days to Broly's exile.
    • you like a battle that cracks the ice and tears through dimensions.
    • you like fights animated with bright, fluid colors.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you want a story told in words, and this one is told in punches.

    About: strength · exile · rivalry

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  9. When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

    The sides of Ready Player One

    • A virtual world where everyone escapes
    • A hunt for an easter egg
    • Pop culture everywhere you look

    Good for you if

    • you like a race with King Kong and the DeLorean.
    • you love spotting references to films and games.
    • you like a video game world you'd want to live in.

    Bad for you if

    • you want people over plot. Wade's hunt for three keys drives every scene.
    • two hours twenty is a lot for your evening.

    About: escape · nostalgia · friendship

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  10. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.

    The sides of Avengers: Age of Ultron

    • A robot that turns on its makers
    • The team cracking apart
    • A city lifted into the sky

    Good for you if

    • you like non-stop fights on a huge scale.
    • you like a team with lots of personalities clashing.
    • you want banter between the big moments.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather sit with one character's inner life. Here a dozen heroes share two hours between battles.
    • you need the science to hold up. Tony Stark builds a killer AI by accident and a whole city is lifted into the sky.

    About: fear · creation · responsibility

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  11. Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

    The sides of Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    • A killer robot sent to protect a boy
    • A mother preparing for the end
    • A liquid metal enemy

    Good for you if

    • you like a truck chasing a boy's dirt bike down the Los Angeles river canals.
    • you like a villain that can become anyone.
    • you like a bond growing between a boy and the machine sent to protect him.

    Bad for you if

    • you need the science to hold up. A liquid metal man pulls himself back together from puddles.
    • shootouts and a nightmare of fire are too much for you.

    About: fate · family · humanity

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  12. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.

    The sides of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    • Miles meets a whole society of Spider-People
    • Every world drawn in its own style
    • A rule he refuses to follow

    Good for you if

    • you want animation that looks like nothing else.
    • you like fast, dizzying chases between universes.
    • you like a hip-hop score.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you want a complete story. It ends on a cliffhanger.

    About: identity · destiny · family

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  13. Pacific Rim 2013

    Film

    Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, Earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as Earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.

    The sides of Pacific Rim

    • Giant robots against giant monsters
    • Pilots sharing one mind
    • Hong Kong at night in the rain

    Good for you if

    • you want giant robots punching giant monsters, that's all.
    • you like neon Hong Kong at night, lit by glowing blue kaiju blood.

    Bad for you if

    • you want sharp, talky writing. Here the fights in the rain carry the film.
    • you roll your eyes at big speeches like "today we are cancelling the apocalypse".

    About: teamwork · trust · survival

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  14. In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

    The sides of Ghost in the Shell

    • A human brain in a cyborg body
    • A neon city of holograms
    • A hacker who erases memories

    Good for you if

    • you like a city of giant holograms.
    • you like a cyborg agent who turns invisible to fight.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a few jokes along the way. Major's world stays cold and serious from start to finish.
    • you like open questions. Here Major's past is fully explained by the end.

    About: identity · memory · technology

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  15. In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages.

    The sides of Godzilla vs. Kong

    • Two titans fighting
    • A journey to the hollow earth
    • A battle in Hong Kong's neon

    Good for you if

    • you like the bond between Kong and a deaf girl who talks to him in sign language.
    • you like a neon-lit city battle.
    • you like a trip into a Hollow Earth with its own gravity and its own monsters.

    Bad for you if

    • you tire of nonstop noise and destruction. Hong Kong falls building by building.
    • you need the science to hold up. Kong travels to the centre of the Earth.

    About: nature · power

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  16. John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.

    The sides of Minority Report

    • Police who arrest you before the crime
    • A cop accused of a murder he hasn't done
    • Screens you move with your hands

    Good for you if

    • you like a man on the run from his own unit.
    • you like proving your innocence of a future crime.
    • you like jetpack chases and cars that drive up the sides of buildings.

    Bad for you if

    • two and a half hours is too long for your evening.
    • you need the science to hold up. Three psychics in a pool see murders before they happen.

    About: free will · justice · surveillance

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  17. In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

    The sides of The Terminator

    • A killing machine sent from the future
    • A waitress who doesn't know she matters
    • A soldier sent to protect her

    Good for you if

    • you like being hunted by something that never stops.
    • you like a lean, fast 80s thriller.
    • you like a waitress who learns to fight back to stay alive.

    Bad for you if

    • effects from 1984 look dated to you.
    • shootouts in a police station ruin it for you.

    About: fate · survival · machines

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  18. In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

    The sides of The Fifth Element

    • A cab driver in a flying taxi
    • A perfect being who falls into his cab
    • An alien opera singer

    Good for you if

    • you like a colourful, crazy future.
    • you like a flying taxi chase through the traffic of a future New York.
    • you like a blue alien diva singing opera on a space liner.

    Bad for you if

    • you want slow, quiet science fiction. This one races from a taxi chase to a cruise in space.
    • you need the science to hold up. A perfect being is rebuilt here from a single hand.

    About: love · saving the world · humanity

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  19. As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

    The sides of Avengers: Infinity War

    • A villain who thinks he's right
    • Every hero at once
    • A fight across several planets

    Good for you if

    • you want battles on several planets at the same time.
    • you want the biggest possible version of everything.
    • you like seeing heroes from different films finally meet.

    Bad for you if

    • two and a half hours of battles is too much for you.
    • you hate a story left unfinished. This is the first of two parts, and Endgame picks up where it stops.

    About: sacrifice · power · loss

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  20. Blade Runner 1982

    Film

    In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

    The sides of Blade Runner

    • A hunter of artificial humans
    • Rain, neon and smoke
    • Tears in rain

    Good for you if

    • you like a Los Angeles of rain, neon and smoke, every frame composed.
    • you like a slow, moody film you sink into.
    • you like wondering who's human and who isn't.

    Bad for you if

    • you want action. It's slow and quiet.
    • films from 1982 feel dated to you.

    About: humanity · memory · mortality

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