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 Prince of Egypt first
Gladiator 2000
Film
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
The sides of Gladiator
- A general sold into slavery
- Fights in the arena
- An emperor who fears him
Good for you if
- you want ancient Rome brought back to life.
- you like a hero driven by honour and a promise to his family.
- you like brutal sword fights in the arena.
Bad for you if
- bloody battles and arena deaths ruin it for you.
- two and a half hours is too long for your evening.
About: revenge · honour · power
The Lion King 1994
Film
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.
The sides of The Lion King
- A lion cub who runs away
- A wicked uncle
- Hakuna matata
Good for you if
- you don't mind crying at a family film. Simba's story has real tragedy in it.
- you like Elton John's songs and a Hans Zimmer score.
- you want a classic you can share with kids.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you roll your eyes at solemn talk of destiny and the circle of life.
About: guilt · responsibility · home

Moses and the Ten Commandments 2015
Series
The story begins in the city of Pi-Ramesses, in Egypt, at approximately 1300 B.C, when the powerful pharaoh Seti, orders the death of every male newborn in his hatred of the Hebrew people. Amidst the horrors of mass infanticide, one brave Hebrew family defies Pharaoh`s command and hides their child in a basket set afloat on the river Nile, trusting that God would carry him to safety.
The sides of Moses and the Ten Commandments
- A baby hidden in a basket on the Nile
- Moses raised in the pharaoh's palace
- The ten plagues of Egypt
Good for you if
- you like the Bible story of Moses told as a long saga.
- you like telenovela love stories in ancient Egypt.
- you want the plagues and the parting of the Red Sea.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a Brazilian series.
- you can't commit to a telenovela with very long seasons.
About: faith · freedom · exile
Frozen II 2019
Film
Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf head far into the forest to learn the truth about an ancient mystery of their kingdom.
The sides of Frozen II
- A voice calling from the north
- An enchanted forest
- A song to the unknown
Good for you if
- you like big ballads you'll hear for months.
- you want a bright family film.
- you like autumn forests and spirits of nature.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you want a simple story for the kids. Memories frozen in water and a fifth spirit take some following.
About: sisterhood · the past · change
Kingdom of Heaven 2005
Film
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
The sides of Kingdom of Heaven
- A blacksmith who becomes a knight
- Jerusalem under siege by Saladin
- Crusaders and kings fighting over a holy city
Good for you if
- you like the Crusades and 12th century Jerusalem brought to life.
- you like a war story where both sides have their men of honour.
- you want huge sieges with catapults and towers against the walls.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand bloody sword fights and battlefield deaths.
- you find two and a half hours too long for one evening.
About: faith · honour · war · tolerance
Moana 2016
Film
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
The sides of Moana
- A girl called by the ocean
- A demigod with a big ego
- Sailing to restore a heart
Good for you if
- you like songs that stay in your head for weeks.
- you want a bright family adventure.
- you like the ocean as a living character.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you want a love story. Moana has none. She sails to save her island.
About: identity · courage · nature
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996
Film
Isolated in the bell tower of Notre Dame, Quasimodo longs to experience the world beyond the cathedral walls, despite the wishes of his stern guardian, the Judge of Paris Claude Frollo. His first venture into the city leads him to Esmeralda, a fearless Romani woman whose defiance of Frollo's tyranny draws her—and Quasimodo—into his dangerous obsession.
The sides of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- A bell ringer hidden in Notre-Dame
- A judge obsessed with a Romani dancer
- Paris in the 15th century
Good for you if
- you like choirs and huge songs echoing through the cathedral.
- you like Quasimodo's longing and his broken heart.
- you like medieval Paris around Notre-Dame.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you'd rather not see lust, cruelty and a burning city in a family film.
About: prejudice · belonging · faith
The Sound of Music 1965
Film
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
The sides of The Sound of Music
- A young nun hired as a governess
- Seven children and a widowed naval captain
- Austria before the Nazi takeover
Good for you if
- you like songs you already know, sung in the Alps.
- you like Maria winning over the seven von Trapp children.
- you like a love story between a governess and a stern captain.
Bad for you if
- you find nearly three hours too long for one evening.
- you roll your eyes at sincere songs and big feelings.
About: family · joy · resistance
Dune 2021
Film
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence - a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential - only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
The sides of Dune
- A noble son on a desert planet
- Giant worms under the sand
- Empires fighting over spice
Good for you if
- you want huge ships, huge worms and a huge sound.
- you like a world with its own politics, religions and ecology.
- you like a story that sets things up patiently.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours for the first half of a story is too much.
- you lose track of names. Great houses, guilds and the Bene Gesserit pile up in the first hour.
About: power · destiny · colonisation
Soul 2020
Film
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.
The sides of Soul
- A jazz teacher between life and death
- A soul who doesn't want to be born
- A cat body in New York
Good for you if
- you like 22 stuck in Joe's body and Joe stuck in a cat.
- you like jazz played for real.
- you like a strange, gentle world before birth.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you roll your eyes at life lessons. The film asks you to savour every falling leaf.
About: purpose · living · passion
Les Misérables 2012
Film
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
The sides of Les Misérables
- A convict who stole a loaf of bread
- A policeman who never stops chasing him
- Students on a Paris barricade
Good for you if
- you like a story told almost entirely in song.
- you like being wrecked by Fantine singing I Dreamed a Dream.
- you like big-hearted songs about mercy and redemption.
Bad for you if
- you find two and a half hours of singing too much.
- you can't take forced prostitution and the death of children.
About: redemption · mercy · revolution
Coco 2017
Film
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
The sides of Coco
- A boy who wants to play music
- A trip to the land of the dead
- A song for a great-grandmother
Good for you if
- you like a family film with an ending that floors you.
- you like songs that carry the story.
- you want a world glowing with orange flowers and colour.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- a story of dead relatives and a fading great-grandmother is too much for you tonight.
About: family · memory · death · music
Frozen 2013
Film
Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where she will find out what friendship, courage, family, and true love really means.
The sides of Frozen
- Two sisters, one with icy powers
- A snowman who loves summer
- A song everyone knows
Good for you if
- you like songs your kids will sing for months.
- you want a film for the whole family, with a snowman and a reindeer for the little ones.
- you like a castle built of ice in one song.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you have no patience for trolls, talking snowmen and a queen with ice magic.
About: sisterhood · fear · love
Anastasia 1997
Film
Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting with her grandmother. She is accompanied by two con men, who intend to pass her off as the Grand Duchess Anastasia to the Dowager Empress for a reward.
The sides of Anastasia
- An orphan who might be a lost grand duchess
- Two con men heading to Paris
- Rasputin back from the dead
Good for you if
- you like a love story between an orphan and the con man who found her.
- you like big Broadway-style songs about home and memory.
- you like 1920s Paris and a Saint Petersburg ball drawn like a dream.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you want the real story of the Romanovs, not a fairy tale.
About: identity · family · belonging
Mulan 1998
Film
When Imperial China calls one man from every family to defend the empire from invading Huns, a young woman disguises herself as a soldier to take her ailing father’s place. Facing ruthless invaders, brutal training, and the risk of execution if discovered, she must decide who she truly is—and what she’s willing to fight for.
The sides of Mulan
- A daughter taking her father's place in the army
- A dragon who's mostly talk
- An avalanche
Good for you if
- you like a heroine winning with her head.
- you like a training song you'll know by heart.
- you like a daughter who takes her father's place in the army.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you'd rather avoid war stories. Mulan joins an army and finds a village burned by the Huns.
About: courage · family honour · identity
Beauty and the Beast 1991
Film
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.
The sides of Beauty and the Beast
- A bookish girl and a cursed prince
- A ballroom dance
- Be our guest
Good for you if
- you like a love story that grows over a library and a snowball fight.
- you like singing along to Be Our Guest and Tale as Old as Time.
- you like a castle where the candlestick, the clock and the teapot talk.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you roll your eyes at moral lessons. The film tells you outright that true beauty is within.
About: love · appearance · kindness
The Lion King 2019
Film
Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.
The sides of The Lion King
- The classic remade with lifelike animals
- Pride Rock at sunrise
- A stampede
Good for you if
- you want animals that look completely real.
- you like the classic songs again.
- you like African landscapes.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not be scared, or your kids scare easily. The hyenas in the elephant graveyard look like real predators.
- you don't watch animated films, even ones that look this real.
About: responsibility · family · home
Vikings 2013
Series
The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
The sides of Vikings
- A farmer who dreams of the West
- Raids on England and France
- Gods, kings and sons
Good for you if
- you like shield walls and raids.
- you like Travis Fimmel's Ragnar, a farmer with a strange smile who wants to sail west.
- you like a farmer's rise to the throne, and the earls and Saxon kings he has to outwit.
Bad for you if
- brutal, bloody battles ruin a show for you.
- six seasons is more than you want to start.
About: ambition · faith · family
Happy Feet 2006
Film
Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
The sides of Happy Feet
- A penguin who can't sing but can tap dance
- Emperor penguins in Antarctica
- Pop and soul hits sung by penguins
Good for you if
- you like penguins singing pop and soul hits.
- you laugh at Robin Williams voicing a gang of little penguins.
- you want a musical to watch with children.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you roll your eyes at an ecological message spelled out near the end.
About: being different · acceptance · nature
Interstellar 2014
Film
On a dying Earth, a former NASA pilot leaves his two children behind to travel through a wormhole and look for a planet humans can live on.
The sides of Interstellar
- The father and the daughter
- The science you can believe
- The organ and the silence
- The loneliness out there
Good for you if
- goodbyes hit you harder than explosions.
- you like wormholes, black holes and a planet where one hour costs years.
- you want to feel very small in your seat.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not think about relativity and time stretching to follow a plot.
- big speeches about love make you roll your eyes.
- nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
About: time · sacrifice · home · the people left behind