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Orphan Black 2013
Series
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
The sides of Orphan Black
- A con artist taking a dead lookalike's identity
- One actress playing many clones
- A secret eugenics experiment
Good for you if
- you like watching Tatiana Maslany play clone after clone, each a different person.
- you like a conspiracy that unfolds piece by piece over five seasons.
- you like a heroine always one lie away from being caught.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand bloody fights and killings.
- you need the genetics to hold up scientifically.
About: identity · sisterhood · bodily autonomy
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
Nikita 2010
Series
Nikita will stop at nothing to expose and destroy Division, the secret U.S. agency who trained her as a spy and assassin.
The sides of Nikita
- Maggie Q as a rogue assassin
- Division, a secret agency that trains killers
- A young recruit working as a mole
Good for you if
- you like a woman taking on a whole agency with her fists and a gun.
- you like a mole who can be found out at any moment.
- you like loyalties that keep changing from one episode to the next.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand killings and torture scenes.
- four seasons is too much for you.
About: revenge · control · redemption
Vagabond 2019
Series
Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.
The sides of Vagabond
- A stuntman whose nephew dies in a plane crash
- An intelligence agent who wanted a quiet job
- A corruption scandal reaching the top
Good for you if
- you like a stuntman doing his own fights and chases.
- you like a plane crash that turns into a conspiracy.
- you like chasing corruption up to arms dealers and ministers.
Bad for you if
- you won't watch a Korean series with subtitles.
- you need an ending, and this one stops on a cliffhanger.
About: grief · revenge · corruption
Revenge 2011
Series
When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.
The sides of Revenge
- A young woman with a false name in the Hamptons
- A rich family who destroyed her father
- A list of people to make pay
Good for you if
- you like secret identities, fake deaths and betrayals every week.
- you want to root for Emily Thorne as she ruins people one by one.
- you like the cold war between Emily and Victoria Grayson.
Bad for you if
- four seasons is too much for you.
- you need a plot that stays believable.
About: revenge · betrayal · wealth
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
My Name 2021
Series
Following her father's murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss — and enters the police force under his direction.
The sides of My Name
- A daughter avenging her father
- A gang boss who trains her
- An undercover mole in the narcotics squad
Good for you if
- you like hard, close-up fight scenes.
- you like a mole who could be exposed at any moment.
- you like following a heroine who works for a gang.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand brutal fights and bloody killings.
- you won't read subtitles for a Korean series.
About: revenge · loyalty · betrayal
Siete hermanas 2017
Película
En un futuro distópico en el que la sobrepoblación y la hambruna han obligado al gobierno a implantar una política de un único hijo, siete hermanas, cada una con el nombre de un día de la semana, luchan por sobrevivir y pasar inadvertidas haciéndose pasar por una sola persona cuando salen a la calle: Karen Settman. Pero un día una de ella, Lunes, desaparece sin dejar rastro. Las otras hermanas intentarán encontrarla.
Las caras de Siete hermanas
- Siete hermanas idénticas con nombres de días
- Una sola identidad compartida fuera del apartamento
- Un Estado que duerme a los niños sobrantes
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las persecuciones y peleas en una ciudad futura abarrotada.
- te gusta un misterio en el que cualquier hermana puede ser la siguiente.
- te gusta ver a Noomi Rapace interpretando a siete hermanas distintas.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas una distopía con reglas coherentes.
- no soportas las muertes brutales de personajes a los que ya conoces.
Temas: la identidad · la hermandad · el control
Fringe 2008
Series
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.
The sides of Fringe
- An FBI agent investigating impossible cases
- A brilliant scientist just out of a mental institution
- A parallel universe with doubles of everyone
Good for you if
- you like cases that bend the laws of science.
- you like a larger pattern hidden behind each strange event.
- you like Walter and Peter Bishop rebuilding a father and son bond.
Bad for you if
- you need the science to stay believable.
- five seasons is too much for you.
About: fathers and sons · loss · other worlds
Silo 2023
Series
In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.
The sides of Silo
- Thousands living in an underground silo
- A rule against wanting to go outside
- An engineer who starts asking questions
Good for you if
- you want to know who built the silo and why.
- you like a closed world with its own laws, levels and history.
- you like Juliette digging where she was told not to.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum. The truth comes out slowly.
- four seasons is a lot for you to give one underground mystery.
About: truth · control · survival
Dark Matter 2024
Series
Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his real family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.
The sides of Dark Matter
- A Chicago physics professor kidnapped into another life
- A box that opens onto endless worlds
- A man fighting another version of himself
Good for you if
- you like Joel Edgerton playing two versions of the same man.
- you like a man racing his own double to get home.
- you like a story driven by a husband trying to get back to his wife and son.
Bad for you if
- you need the quantum physics to hold up.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt talks about the life a man could have had.
About: the road not taken · identity · marriage
Alias 2001
Series
Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.
The sides of Alias
- A young spy who learns she works for the enemy
- A double agent inside a criminal organization
- A father who is also a spy
Good for you if
- you like a heroine who fights her way through a new disguise each week.
- you like loyalties that flip from one episode to the next.
- you like the tense bond between Sydney and her father Jack.
Bad for you if
- five seasons is too much for you.
- you need spy stories to stay realistic.
About: betrayal · trust · family · identity
Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector 2020
Anime
Inspector Kei Mikhail Ignatov finds himself involved with an organization named Bifrost with the possibility of freeing his wife if he betrays Unit One. Koichi Azusawa coordinates an assault on the Public Safety Bureau tower using his hacker Obata, locking down the building and kidnapping Inspector Arata Shindo. Azusawa demands that governor Karina Komiya resign from her position.
The sides of Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector
- A police tower taken over by hackers
- An inspector tempted to betray his unit
- A society that measures your criminal potential
Good for you if
- you like a siege inside the Public Safety Bureau.
- you like a conspiracy aimed at the people who run the city.
- you like cyberpunk shootouts and hacking.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you lose track of a big cast of inspectors, hackers and politicians.
About: surveillance · loyalty · justice
Un ciudadano ejemplar 2009
Película
Clyde Shelton es un ciudadano normal que lo ha perdido todo. Diez años antes su mujer y su hija fueron brutalmente asesinadas y los criminales nunca fueron condenados. El culpable es Nick Rice, el ambicioso ayudante del fiscal del distrito, porque hizo un pacto con el abogado de uno de ellos. Pero Clyde descubre ese acuerdo, y su deseo de venganza lo lleva a cometer una serie de asesinatos
Las caras de Un ciudadano ejemplar
- Un padre y el asesino de su familia, que sale libre
- Un fiscal que hizo el trato
- Asesinatos planeados desde una celda
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un juego del gato y el ratón entre un fiscal y un preso.
- te gusta adivinar cómo un hombre tras las rejas sigue matando.
- te gusta apoyar a un padre en duelo que se pasa de la raya.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas la tortura ni el gore en pantalla.
- no puedes ver cómo asesinan a una familia en los primeros minutos.
Temas: la justicia · la venganza · el duelo
Black Doves 2024
Series
When a spy posing as a politician's wife learns her lover has been murdered, an old assassin friend joins her on a quest for truth — and vengeance.
The sides of Black Doves
- A spy posing as a politician's wife
- An old assassin friend back in London
- A murdered lover at Christmas
Good for you if
- you like a spy thriller where nobody can be trusted.
- you like Keira Knightley as a spy holding a double life together.
- you like the bond between Helen and Sam, two killers who care for each other.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand shootouts and bloody killings.
- you want a cosy Christmas story, not a deadly one.
About: vengeance · secrets · loyalty
Homeland 2011
Series
CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.
The sides of Homeland
- A CIA officer who trusts her instincts over orders
- A Marine back from captivity under suspicion
- Her mentor Saul in the background
Good for you if
- you like wondering whether a returning soldier was turned.
- you want Claire Danes as Carrie, on the edge in every scene.
- you like the politics of intelligence agencies and the war on terror.
Bad for you if
- eight seasons is too much for you.
- a heroine struggling with bipolar disorder on screen is too much for you.
About: loyalty · paranoia · sacrifice
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God 2007
Anime
When rogue shinigami Ryuk leaves his Death Note in the human world, he has no idea how far the one who finds it will take his new-found power. With the Death Note in hand, brilliant high school student Light Yagami vows to rid the world of evil. A recap of Death Note episodes 1–26, with alternate footage.
The sides of Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
- A student with a notebook that kills
- A detective called L
- A death god who dropped his notebook
Good for you if
- you like the cat and mouse between Light and L.
- you like following a killer who thinks he is a hero.
- you like rules and plans you have to follow closely.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- over two hours of a recap is too much for you in one evening.
About: justice · power · obsession
V de Vendetta 2006
Película
En un futuro no muy lejano, Gran Bretaña es un país totalitario dirigido con mano de hierro por un tirano (John Hurt). Una tarde, tras el toque de queda nocturno, la joven Evey (Natalie Portman) es rescatada en plena calle por un misterioso enmascarado cuyo nombre es V (Hugo Weaving). El extraño personaje le explica cuáles son sus planes para combatir la falta de libertad. A partir de ese momento, las acciones de V tendrán como objetivo hacer estallar en todo el país una revolución contra el gobierno fascista.
Las caras de V de Vendetta
- Un hombre enmascarado contra un gobierno fascista
- Una mujer a la que toma bajo su protección
- Remember, remember the fifth of November
Buena para ti si
- te gustan los grandes discursos sobre la libertad.
- te gusta un país que contiene el aliento antes de una revolución.
- te gusta un héroe que habla en poesía.
Mala para ti si
- las peleas a cuchillo y las escenas de tortura te arruinan la película.
- prefieres dejar la política fuera de tu noche. Es un Reino Unido fascista, gobernado por un canciller en una pantalla gigante.
Temas: la libertad · el miedo · las ideas
The Terminal List 2022
Series
Navy SEAL Commander James Reece turns to vengeance as he investigates the mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon. Free from the military's command structure, Reece applies the lessons he's learned from nearly two decades of warfare to hunt down the people responsible.
The sides of The Terminal List
- A Navy SEAL whose platoon is killed
- A conspiracy behind the ambush
- A list of names to cross off
Good for you if
- you like military gunfights done by the book.
- you like a conspiracy unravelling one name at a time.
- you like following a soldier whose revenge goes too far.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand brutal killings shown up close.
- you can't watch a man grieving the family he lost.
About: revenge · grief · trust
Slow Horses 2022
Series
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
The sides of Slow Horses
- A dumping ground for failed MI5 agents
- Jackson Lamb, rude and brilliant
- Plots that reach the top of British intelligence
Good for you if
- you laugh at a boss who insults everyone.
- you like Gary Oldman as the slovenly Jackson Lamb.
- you like a plot that turns into a race against the clock each season.
Bad for you if
- six seasons is too much for you.
- you want glamorous spy missions, and this is a shabby London office.
About: failure · loyalty · redemption