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Fleabag 2016
Series
A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights, and bright lights.
The sides of Fleabag
- A woman who talks to the camera
- A failing guinea pig café in London
- A priest she falls for
Good for you if
- you like laughing at a woman's worst moments as she tells you about them.
- you like Phoebe Waller-Bridge winking at you through the camera.
- you want two short seasons you can watch in a weekend.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather avoid frank sex talk and sex scenes.
- you can't take grief and guilt hidden under the jokes.
About: grief · guilt · loneliness · sisters
BoJack Horseman 2014
Series
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?
The sides of BoJack Horseman
- A washed-up 90s sitcom horse
- Hollywoo, where humans and animals live side by side
- Friends he keeps letting down
Good for you if
- you like animal puns next to jokes about addiction and death.
- you want a show that looks hard at why BoJack keeps hurting the people who love him.
- you can take a comedy that doesn't promise anyone gets better.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch addiction, depression and an overdose on screen.
- you don't watch animated series.
About: fame · addiction · depression · regret
Russian Doll 2019
Series
Nadia keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday party. She's trapped in a surreal time loop -- and staring down the barrel of her own mortality.
The sides of Russian Doll
- A woman dying again and again at her own birthday party
- A stranger stuck in the same loop
- A New York subway train into the past
Good for you if
- you like laughing as Nadia dies once more on her 36th birthday.
- you can't look away from Natasha Lyonne as Nadia, raspy, wry and self-destructive.
- you like a New York that bends in strange ways.
Bad for you if
- you can't face a story about a mentally ill mother and an old childhood wound.
- you want every rule of the loop explained.
About: death · mothers and daughters · self-destruction
Mystic River 2003
Película
Cuando Jimmy Markum, Dave Boyle y Sean Devine eran unos niños que crecían juntos en un peligroso barrio obrero de Boston, pasaban los días jugando al hockey en la calle. Pero, un día, a Dave le ocurrió algo que marcó para siempre su vida y las de sus amigos. Veinticinco años más tarde, otra tragedia los vuelve a unir: el asesinato de Katie, la hija de 19 años de Jimmy. A Sean, que es policía, le asignan el caso; pero también tiene que estar muy pendiente de Jimmy porque, en su desesperación, está intentando tomarse la justicia por su mano.
Las caras de Mystic River
- Tres amigos de infancia en Boston
- Una hija asesinada
- Un pasado que nunca sanó
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las actuaciones crudas y potentes.
- te gusta una tragedia sin un final limpio.
- te gusta una investigación de asesinato en un barrio unido.
Mala para ti si
- el abuso infantil y el duelo de un padre son demasiado duros para ti.
- necesitas ritmo. Eastwood deja que el duelo y los silencios se alarguen.
Temas: el trauma · la culpa · la lealtad
Mom 2013
Series
Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety is her formerly estranged mother, now back in Christy's life and eager to share passive-aggressive insights into her daughter's many mistakes.
The sides of Mom
- A newly sober single mother
- Her mother, also in recovery
- Support group meetings in Napa
Good for you if
- you like a sitcom with sharp one-liners between mother and daughter.
- you like a mother and daughter who keep trying to repair things.
- you like laughing at relapses, debts and bad decisions.
Bad for you if
- eight seasons is too much for you.
- you can't watch addiction and loss played next to the jokes.
About: recovery · mothers and daughters · second chances
For Anna, every day is the same. She sits with her wine, staring out the window, watching life go by without her. But when a handsome neighbor moves in across the street, Anna starts to see a light at the end of the tunnel. That is until she witnesses a gruesome murder… Or did she?
The sides of The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
- Kristen Bell as a grieving painter with a lot of wine
- A handsome widower across the street
- A murder she may or may not have seen
Good for you if
- you like Kristen Bell playing a ridiculous thriller spoof completely straight.
- you still want to know who the killer is.
- you laugh at Anna's wine glasses filled to the brim and the casserole she never gets around to making.
Bad for you if
- you want a thriller that takes its suspense seriously.
- you can't laugh at jokes around a child's death and heavy drinking.
About: grief · loneliness · paranoia
Orange Is the New Black 2013
Series
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
The sides of Orange Is the New Black
- A New Yorker sent to a women's prison
- Inmates with a backstory each
- Prison friendships, gangs and guards
Good for you if
- you like a show where every inmate at Litchfield gets her own story.
- you like laughing at prison life while it hurts.
- you want women who become each other's family behind bars.
Bad for you if
- seven seasons is too much for you.
- you'd rather not watch frequent sex scenes, or you watch with others.
- you can't take deaths, addiction and abuse inside a prison.
About: prison · sisterhood · second chances
Mare of Easttown 2021
Series
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
The sides of Mare of Easttown
- A detective in a small Pennsylvania town
- A teenage mother found dead
- A grandmother raising her late son's child
Good for you if
- you like a small-town murder where every neighbour could be hiding something.
- you like Kate Winslet as a tired, stubborn local cop.
- you like a crime story that cares as much about Mare's family as the case.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief, addiction and a son's suicide on screen.
- you need chases and shootouts more than slow detective work.
About: grief · small towns · motherhood · guilt
Escondidos en Brujas 2008
Película
Narra la historia de dos asesinos a sueldo en Londres que, debido a una operación que termina mal, reciben la orden de exiliarse por un tiempo en la ciudad de Brujas, en Bélgica.
Las caras de Escondidos en Brujas
- Dos sicarios esperando en Brujas
- Un encargo que salió terriblemente mal
- Un jefe con principios estrictos
Buena para ti si
- te gusta reírte de lo que no deberías, entre iglesias medievales.
- te gusta ver a Colin Farrell y Brendan Gleeson discutiendo sobre turismo.
- te gusta Ray, un sicario que odia Brujas y se odia a sí mismo.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas un tiroteo final sangriento.
- no puedes ver a un hombre aplastado por la culpa tras un encargo que salió mal.
Temas: la culpa · la redención · la muerte
Un pequeño favor 2018
Película
Stephanie es una joven madre videobloguera de una ciudad pequeña cuya mejor amiga, la sofisticada Emily, desaparece un día repentinamente. A Stephanie le ayudará en su búsqueda el marido de Emily, Sean.
Las caras de Un pequeño favor
- Una madre vlogger convertida en detective
- Una amiga glamurosa que desaparece
- Anna Kendrick y Blake Lively
Buena para ti si
- te gusta que un misterio cambie todo el tiempo quién engaña a quién.
- te gusta un thriller que se ríe de sus propios secretos.
- te gusta una detective aficionada que investiga el pasado de una amiga desaparecida.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas un misterio que siga siendo creíble hasta el final.
- prefieres no ver escenas de sexo cuando hay más gente en la sala.
Temas: la amistad femenina · los secretos · la maternidad
Promising Young Woman 2020
Film
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
The sides of Promising Young Woman
- A medical school dropout pretending to be drunk in bars
- A list of names from the past
- A friend she lost
Good for you if
- you like revenge served with candy colors and pop songs.
- you like revenge with a sardonic smile, Cassie trapping men who think she's drunk.
- you like Carey Mulligan as a woman nobody sees coming.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story about sexual assault and its aftermath.
- you need some hope by the end.
About: revenge · grief · consent
Desperate Housewives 2004
Series
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.
The sides of Desperate Housewives
- A dead neighbor narrating the street
- Four housewives on Wisteria Lane
- A secret buried in every house
Good for you if
- you like a suicide on a perfect street turning into a season-long mystery.
- you like suburban scandal played half for laughs.
- you like four women who keep each other's secrets over coffee.
Bad for you if
- eight seasons is too much for you.
- you lose track when four households each have their own drama.
About: suburbia · secrets · marriage · friendship
Sharp Objects 2018
Series
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
The sides of Sharp Objects
- A reporter back in her Missouri hometown
- Two murdered girls
- A mother and daughter with a terrible bond
Good for you if
- you want to watch Amy Adams carry every scene as Camille.
- you like a heavy, humid small town revealed one memory at a time.
- you can take a dark Southern story with no easy comfort.
Bad for you if
- you can't face self-harm, alcoholism and child abuse on screen.
- you'd rather avoid frank sex scenes, and Camille has a few.
About: trauma · mothers and daughters · home

Broadchurch 2013
Series
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
The sides of Broadchurch
- The murder of an eleven-year-old boy
- Two detectives who clash
- A seaside town in Dorset under suspicion
Good for you if
- you like a whodunit where every neighbor could be the killer.
- you like Olivia Colman and David Tennant as mismatched detectives.
- you like a story about a family's grief, not only the case.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a child's death and a family's grief.
- you need chases and action, and this investigation takes its time.
About: grief · community · guilt · trust

The Flight Attendant 2020
Series
Flight attendant Cassandra Bowden wakes in her hotel room hungover from the night before in Dubai with a dead body lying next to her. Afraid to call the police, she continues her morning as if nothing happened. In New York, she is met by FBI agents who question her about her recent layover in Bangkok. Still unable to piece the night together, she begins to wonder if she could be the killer.
The sides of The Flight Attendant
- A flight attendant waking next to a dead man
- A blackout night in Bangkok
- FBI agents and a hidden drinking problem
Good for you if
- you like piecing together a night nobody remembers.
- you like a murder plot with a comic edge.
- you like Kaley Cuoco carrying every scene as Cassie.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch alcoholism and trauma on screen.
- you can't stand a bloody murder scene.
About: addiction · memory · guilt
Weeds 2005
Series
After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.
The sides of Weeds
- A widowed suburban mom selling weed
- A gated Californian suburb
- A family dragged deeper into the drug trade
Good for you if
- you like laughing at a mother making terrible choices.
- you like following Nancy Botwin as she lies her way further in.
- you like a messy family where sons and brothers-in-law join the business.
Bad for you if
- eight seasons is too much for you.
- you'd rather not have sex scenes on screen.
About: grief · money · motherhood
Tres anuncios en las afueras 2017
Película
Mildred Hayes, una mujer de 50 años cuya hija adolescente ha sido violada y asesinada, decide iniciar por su cuenta una guerra contra la policía de su pueblo, Ebbing, al considerar que no hacen lo suficiente para resolver el caso y que se haga justicia. Su primer paso será contratar unas vallas publicitarias denunciando la situación y señalando al jefe de policía, William Willoughby, como responsable principal de la pasividad policial.
Las caras de Tres anuncios en las afueras
- Una madre y tres vallas publicitarias
- Un jefe de policía de un pueblo pequeño
- Un policía que cambia
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una actuación protagónica furiosa y divertida.
- te gusta el duelo contado con chistes negros y afilados.
- te gustan las personas peores y mejores de lo que parecen.
Mala para ti si
- los estallidos de violencia repentinos te lo arruinan.
- quieres una película suave. Esta es rabiosa.
Temas: el duelo · la ira · la justicia
Saving Mr. Banks 2013
Film
Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
The sides of Saving Mr. Banks
- P.L. Travers fighting Walt Disney over Mary Poppins
- A childhood in Queensland with a drinking father
- Songwriters at a piano in 1960s Los Angeles
Good for you if
- you like Emma Thompson's prickly author slowly letting people in.
- you like a film that reveals the father behind Mr. Banks and makes you cry.
- you like the true story behind a film you grew up with.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at Disney telling a heartwarming story about Disney.
- you can't watch a little girl growing up with an alcoholic father.
About: childhood · grief · fathers · creation
High Potential 2024
Series
Morgan is a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective.
The sides of High Potential
- A cleaning woman with a very high IQ
- A strict LAPD detective
- Three kids waiting at home
Good for you if
- you like a murder case solved by an outsider every week.
- you like Morgan, a single mom with a brilliant mind working beside a rigid detective.
- you like a crime show with a light, funny touch.
Bad for you if
- you need police work that feels realistic.
- you want your crime stories dark and heavy.
About: intelligence · motherhood · partnership
Dead Like Me 2003
Series
When her life comes to an abrupt end, George discovers that death is nothing like she thought it would be. Recruited to collect the souls of others as they die, she suddenly finds herself an unwilling participant in a line of work she never knew existed: Grim Reaping!
The sides of Dead Like Me
- A young woman killed by a toilet seat from space
- A team of grim reapers in Seattle
- A family grieving without her
Good for you if
- you like laughing at deaths, starting with a toilet seat falling from orbit.
- you like a sulky heroine who only learns to live once she's dead.
- you like a reaper job handed out on sticky notes at a waffle house.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a show built on dying in every episode.
- you need a series that ties up every thread at the end.
About: death · grief · growing up