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  1. Prisioneros 2013

    Película

    Cuando su hija pequeña y su amiga desaparecen el día de Acción de Gracias, un padre se toma la justicia por su mano mientras un detective investiga el caso.

    Las caras de Prisioneros

    • Un detective que no se rinde
    • Hasta dónde llega un padre
    • Un caso construido como un laberinto
    • Lluvia, frío y luz gris

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta estar tenso durante dos horas y media seguidas.
    • te gusta reunir pistas e intentar adelantarte al detective.
    • te gusta ver a un actor llegar a un lugar crudo. Hugh Jackman lo hace.

    Mala para ti si

    • un niño en peligro es demasiado para ti.
    • dos horas y media son demasiado para tu noche.

    Temas: la fe · la venganza · la culpa · la paternidad

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  2. 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

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  3. Ozark 2017

    Series

    A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.

    The sides of Ozark

    • A financial adviser laundering cartel money
    • A family moved from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks
    • Marty and Wendy Byrde

    Good for you if

    • you like Marty Byrde talking his way out of a cartel bullet.
    • you like the nuts and bolts of laundering money through lakeside businesses.
    • you like a marriage and a family pulled deeper into crime together.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand cartel killings.
    • you need some hope, and the Byrdes rarely get any.

    About: money · marriage · survival · complicity

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  4. Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

    The sides of Road to Perdition

    • A hitman on the run with his son
    • Irish mobsters in the Great Depression
    • Tom Hanks and Paul Newman as father figures

    Good for you if

    • you like a father and son getting to know each other on the road.
    • you like rain, shadows and every frame composed like a painting.
    • you like a killer on their trail who never seems far behind.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand men gunned down with tommy guns in the rain.
    • you need a gangster film that moves fast.

    About: fathers and sons · revenge · guilt

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  5. Cape Fear 1991

    Film

    Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

    The sides of Cape Fear

    • A lawyer who buried evidence at a rape trial
    • Max Cady out of prison after 14 years
    • A family hunted on a houseboat

    Good for you if

    • you like a stalker closing in on a family night after night.
    • you want Robert De Niro as a tattooed, Bible-quoting ex-convict.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch sexual violence and a man preying on a teenage girl.
    • you can't stand brutal beatings and a bloody finale.

    About: revenge · guilt · family · justice

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  6. Bates Motel 2013

    Series

    A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.

    The sides of Bates Motel

    • A young Norman Bates and his mother
    • A motel bought for a fresh start
    • A small Oregon town full of secrets

    Good for you if

    • you like Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore as a mother and son too close.
    • you like knowing where Norman ends up and dreading every step.
    • you like a quiet Oregon town that lives off a hidden drug trade.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take abuse and mental illness on screen.
    • you can't watch murders on screen.

    About: mothers and sons · madness · secrets

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  7. The Americans 2013

    Series

    Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

    The sides of The Americans

    • Two KGB spies posing as a suburban couple
    • An FBI agent living next door
    • Wigs, disguises and secret meetings in 1980s Washington

    Good for you if

    • you like spies who could be exposed by the neighbor at any moment.
    • you like a marriage tested by lies and missions.
    • you like the Cold War seen from a Washington suburb.

    Bad for you if

    • six seasons is too much for you.
    • you need fast action, and the spy work here is patient and quiet.

    About: identity · marriage · loyalty · family

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  8. A horrific murder upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney's Office when one of its own is suspected of the crime—leaving the accused fighting to keep his family together.

    The sides of Presumed Innocent

    • A Chicago prosecutor accused of murder
    • A colleague he was having an affair with
    • A trial that tests his marriage

    Good for you if

    • you like courtroom scenes where every piece of evidence is fought over.
    • you want to work out who killed her before the verdict.
    • you like Jake Gyllenhaal as a man you can't fully trust.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather avoid sex scenes.
    • you need more action than legal arguments.

    About: guilt · marriage · justice

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  9. A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

    The sides of Eastern Promises

    • A midwife with a dead girl's diary
    • A tattooed driver for the Russian mob
    • A fight in a London bathhouse

    Good for you if

    • you like a midwife getting too close to a mob family.
    • you like Viggo Mortensen as a calm and unreadable driver.
    • you like the codes and tattoos of the Russian mafia in London.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand throat cuttings and a brutal knife fight.
    • you can't watch a story about trafficked and abused girls.

    About: loyalty · innocence · identity

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  10. Banshee 2013

    Series

    Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.

    The sides of Banshee

    • An ex-con wearing a dead sheriff's badge
    • A small town between the Amish and a crime boss
    • A fight scene in nearly every episode

    Good for you if

    • you want a brutal, well staged fight in nearly every episode.
    • you like your crime show bloody and unflinching.
    • you like following a thief who took another man's badge.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not have sex scenes this frequent or this graphic.
    • you need a story whose logic holds up.
    • you can't sit through scenes of abuse and trauma.

    About: identity · revenge · violence

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  11. Donnie Brasco 1997

    Película

    Basada en hechos reales, narra la historia del agente del FBI, Joe Pistone, que abandona temporalmente a su familia y se hace pasar por gángster, el joyero Donnie Brasco, y que para ser aceptado por los mafiosos debe probar su lealtad y su disposición para cometer crímenes. Para acceder al corazón de las actividades del clan de los Bonnano, Donnie se gana la confianza de Lefty Ruggiero, un cínico pistolero en decadencia que nunca consiguió entrar en las altas esferas del poder.

    Las caras de Donnie Brasco

    • Un agente del FBI infiltrado en la mafia de Nueva York
    • Al Pacino como un mafioso entrado en años que responde por él
    • Un matrimonio que se deshace en casa

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta Al Pacino como un gánster cansado que confía en el hombre equivocado.
    • te gusta una historia real desde dentro de la mafia de los años setenta.
    • te gusta el miedo a ser descubierto en cada cena.

    Mala para ti si

    • no soportas los asesinatos repentinos y brutales.
    • quieres persecuciones y tiroteos más que conversaciones.

    Temas: la lealtad · la traición · la identidad

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  12. When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.

    The sides of Gone Baby Gone

    • A four-year-old missing in Boston
    • Two private detectives from the neighborhood
    • A choice between the law and what is right

    Good for you if

    • you like a missing-child case that keeps changing shape.
    • you like a tense thriller in the bars and streets of Boston.
    • you like an ending that leaves you asking what you would have done.

    Bad for you if

    • a missing child, drugs and abuse are too much for you.
    • you need an ending that leaves you some hope.

    About: justice · parenthood · corruption

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  13. Flower of Evil 2020

    Series

    Hiding a twisted past, a man maintains his facade as the perfect husband to his detective wife — until she begins investigating a series of murders.

    The sides of Flower of Evil

    • A metal craftsman hiding his real identity
    • His wife, a homicide detective
    • A string of old murders coming back

    Good for you if

    • you like a husband trying to stay one step ahead of his own wife's investigation.
    • you like a past that keeps revealing something new.
    • you like a love story where you doubt whether he can love at all.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a Korean series.
    • you can't stand murder scenes and their aftermath.

    About: trust · identity · love · the past

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  14. Perdida 2014

    Película

    En su quinto aniversario de boda, la mujer de un hombre desaparece, y a medida que la policía y la prensa investigan, él se convierte en el principal sospechoso.

    Las caras de Perdida

    • Un matrimonio visto desde los dos lados
    • Un juicio en televisión
    • Una historia que cambia de forma a mitad de camino
    • Frío, preciso y de humor negro

    Buena para ti si

    • te encanta que se te caiga el suelo bajo los pies a mitad de película.
    • te gusta una interpretación de la que no puedes apartar la vista. Rosamund Pike sostiene cada escena en la que sale Amy.
    • te gustan los personajes difíciles de querer.

    Mala para ti si

    • prefieres saltarte las escenas de sexo, o la ves en familia.
    • una escena repentina y muy violenta te arruinaría la noche.

    Temas: el matrimonio · las mentiras · los medios · la imagen

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  15. Animales nocturnos 2016

    Película

    Susan Morrow es una galerista afincada en Los Ángeles que comparte una vida llena de lujos, aunque vacía, con Hutton Morrow, su segundo marido. Un día, Susan recibe una novela escrita por su exmarido Edward Sheffiel, del que lleva años sin tener noticias. En una nota le pide que lea la novela inédita y que se ponga en contacto con él, pues se quedará unos días en la ciudad. Es de noche. Susan, sola en la cama, empieza a leer, y es la historia de un matrimonio con una hija que conduciendo por Texas una noche, son perseguidos por otro vehículo...

    Las caras de Animales nocturnos

    • Una galerista que lee la novela de su exmarido
    • Una historia dentro de la historia
    • Una noche en una carretera de Texas

    Buena para ti si

    • te gustan las imágenes frías y elegantes.
    • te gusta una escena en la carretera que corta la respiración.
    • te gusta una historia dentro de otra, donde la novela que lee Susan hace eco de su propio pasado.

    Mala para ti si

    • las escenas brutales de la novela que lee Susan son demasiado para ti.
    • una crueldad contada sin consuelo es demasiado pesada para ti.

    Temas: la venganza · el arrepentimiento · el arte

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  16. 10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, we find him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York. Dexter may be embracing his new life, but in the wake of unexpected events in this close-knit community, his Dark Passenger beckons.

    The sides of Dexter: New Blood

    • Dexter hiding under a new name
    • A snowy town in upstate New York
    • A son who finds his father again

    Good for you if

    • you like rooting for a killer who only kills killers.
    • you like a small-town police chief getting closer to the truth.
    • you like Dexter trying to be a father to the teenage son he left behind.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand watching kills on screen.
    • you need some hope at the end of a dark story.

    About: fathers and sons · guilt · identity

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  17. Happy Valley 2014

    Series

    Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.

    The sides of Happy Valley

    • A Yorkshire police sergeant raising her grandson
    • The man who raped her daughter, out of prison
    • A kidnapping gone wrong in the Calder Valley

    Good for you if

    • you can't look away from Sarah Lancashire as Catherine Cawood.
    • you like a long cat and mouse between Catherine and Tommy Lee Royce.
    • you can take a crime story where grief never really leaves.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand sudden, brutal violence.
    • you can't watch a story built on rape and a daughter's suicide.

    About: grief · motherhood · revenge

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  18. 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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  19. La piel que habito 2011

    Película

    Desde que su mujer murió quemada en un accidente de coche, el Dr. Ledgard, eminente cirujano plástico, se interesa por la creación de una nueva piel con la que hubiera podido salvarla. Doce años después consigue cultivarla en su laboratorio, aprovechando los avances de la terapia celular. Para ello no dudará en traspasar una puerta hasta ahora terminantemente vedada: la transgénesis con seres humanos. Pero ese no será el único crimen que cometerá...

    Las caras de La piel que habito

    • Un cirujano que crea una piel que no se quema
    • Una mujer encerrada en su casa
    • Un pasado contado sin orden

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una historia cuya verdad llega tarde y lo cambia todo.
    • quieres a Antonio Banderas como un cirujano tranquilo y escalofriante.
    • te gustan los encuadres limpios y coloridos de Almodóvar.

    Mala para ti si

    • no puedes con el cautiverio y la violencia sexual en pantalla.
    • prefieres no ver escenas de sexo.

    Temas: la identidad · la venganza · la obsesión

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  20. 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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