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Presumed Innocent 2024
Series
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
The Night Of 2016
Series
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
The sides of The Night Of
- A borrowed taxi and a woman found stabbed
- A lawyer scratching his eczema in court
- A college student learning Rikers Island
Good for you if
- you like hours spent on one night and all its paperwork.
- you like watching a case close slowly around someone.
- you watch for one performance. John Turturro's lawyer takes the case in sandals, scratching his eczema.
Bad for you if
- you need to know for certain who did it.
- you need a story to leave you some hope.
- you'd rather not watch prison, drugs and a family coming apart.
About: justice · prejudice · prison
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
Gone Baby Gone 2007
Film
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
Anatomy of a Fall 2023
Film
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
The sides of Anatomy of a Fall
- A writer accused of killing her husband
- Their blind son as the only witness
- A chalet in the snow near Grenoble
Good for you if
- you like a trial that never quite tells you what happened.
- you like a couple's fight replayed word by word in court.
- you like Sandra Hüller as a woman nobody can read.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles, and the film keeps moving between French and English.
- two and a half hours is too much for you.
About: marriage · truth · doubt
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
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
I Will Find You 2026
Series
Wrongfully imprisoned for murdering his own son, a father sets out on a desperate rescue mission after learning the boy may still be alive.
The sides of I Will Find You
- A father in prison for his son's murder
- A sign the boy may still be alive
- A desperate search outside the prison walls
Good for you if
- you like a race against time to find a missing child.
- you want a father who will do anything for his son.
- you like piecing together what really happened that night.
Bad for you if
- a story about a child's death and a wrongful conviction is too much for you.
- you'd rather a story without the reversals of a Harlan Coben plot.
About: fatherhood · injustice · hope
Safe 2018
Series
After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.
The sides of Safe
- A widowed surgeon searching for his missing daughter
- A gated community in England
- Neighbours hiding secrets
Good for you if
- you like a missing-teen case where everyone nearby is a suspect.
- you like a Harlan Coben story that turns at the end of every episode.
- you like a father who can't stop digging, whatever he finds.
Bad for you if
- you lose track of a big cast of neighbours, each with a secret.
- you'd rather not watch a grieving father fear the worst for his child.
About: grief · secrets · parenthood
Primal Fear 1996
Film
Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark secrets are revealed, Vail finds that what appeared a simple case takes on a darker, more dangerous aspect.
The sides of Primal Fear
- A flashy Chicago defense lawyer
- An altar boy accused of killing an archbishop
- A trial full of church secrets
Good for you if
- you like a courtroom drama that saves its biggest blow for the last minutes.
- you like Edward Norton in his first film role, as a stuttering altar boy.
- you like piecing together what really happened to the archbishop.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story involving the abuse of teenagers.
- you can't stand a brutal murder shown in photos and flashes.
About: truth · manipulation · justice
The Staircase 2004
Documentary
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. The series is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.
The sides of The Staircase
- A writer charged with his wife's death
- His defense team at work, filmed from inside
- A murder trial in North Carolina
Good for you if
- you want to weigh the evidence in a real death yourself.
- you like a camera inside a real defense team during a murder trial.
- you can live with never knowing what happened on that staircase.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a family grieve a real death.
- you need momentum, and courtroom procedure loses you.
About: justice · doubt · family
Shutter Island 2010
Película
En 1954, un marshal estadounidense y su nuevo compañero van a un hospital psiquiátrico en una isla para encontrar a una paciente que se escapó de una habitación cerrada con llave.
Las caras de Shutter Island
- Un misterio que se vuelve contra ti
- Terror gótico en una isla
- Un hombre perseguido por una pérdida
Buena para ti si
- te encanta una historia que te hace dudar de todo lo que acabas de ver.
- te gusta una película que dan ganas de volver a empezar en cuanto termina.
- te gusta un ambiente que se te mete bajo la piel: tormentas, celdas, un faro.
Mala para ti si
- el duelo y la enfermedad mental te tocan demasiado de cerca.
- quieres tener claro lo que pasó cuando salen los créditos.
Temas: el duelo · la culpa · la locura · la verdad
Prodigal Son 2019
Series
The son of a notorious serial killer becomes an acclaimed criminal psychologist who uses his unique insight into how killers think to help the NYPD.
The sides of Prodigal Son
- A profiler whose father is a serial killer
- A father known as The Surgeon
- Murder cases for the NYPD
Good for you if
- you like a killer of the week solved by someone who thinks like one.
- you like Michael Sheen as a charming, terrifying father.
- you like family dinners with a murderer played for laughs.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gruesome crime scenes.
- you can't watch a son haunted by night terrors and buried memories of his father's crimes.
About: inherited guilt · fathers and sons · trauma
Adolescence 2025
Series
When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, the psychological expert and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?
The sides of Adolescence
- A 13-year-old boy arrested for murder
- Episodes filmed in one continuous take
- A father asking what he missed
Good for you if
- you like a young actor holding his own against Stephen Graham.
- you like each episode filmed in one unbroken take, from the first second to the last.
- you can take a story that leaves you with no easy answer.
Bad for you if
- a child accused of killing a classmate is too much for you.
- you want a classic whodunit with clues to follow, and this is the portrait of a family and a school.
About: masculinity · social media · parenthood · bullying
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
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
The Outsider 2020
Series
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
The sides of The Outsider
- A boy's murder in a Georgia town
- A suspect seen in two places at once
- An investigator who sees what others miss
Good for you if
- you like dread that builds in quiet rooms and dark caves.
- you like a case with proof that a man was in two places at once.
- you like a patient story that takes its time with grief.
Bad for you if
- the murder of a child and a grieving family are too much for you.
- you need a crime explained without anything supernatural.
About: grief · belief · evil
Perry Mason 2020
Series
Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression — but a kidnapping gone very wrong leads to Mason exposing a fractured city as he uncovers the truth of the crime.
The sides of Perry Mason
- A broke private eye in 1932 Los Angeles
- A kidnapping that ends in murder
- A courtroom where Mason finds his calling
Good for you if
- you like a case that drags a whole city's secrets into court.
- you love the oil, churches and dust of Depression-era Los Angeles.
- you like a noir that takes its time before the trial.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story that starts with the death of a baby.
- you can't stand grim, bloody crime scenes.
About: justice · war trauma · corruption · faith
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
The Haunting of Hill House 2018
Series
Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
The sides of The Haunting of Hill House
- Five siblings and the house they fled
- A night their father never explained
- Ghosts hiding in the background of shots
Good for you if
- you want ghosts you only spot in the corner of the frame.
- you like a horror story that is really about brothers and sisters.
- you like a reveal that makes you rethink the first episode.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief, addiction and suicide on screen.
- you need horror that moves fast. This one lingers on memories.
About: grief · family · memory