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The Inmate 2018
Series
A former U.S. Marine, Lázaro Mendoza, enters a maximum security prison in Mexico (La Rotunda), under a false identity and accused of an alleged triple murder. Now as Dante Pardo, his mission is to infiltrate a dangerous band of inmates and guards that operate inside and outside of prison who are the prime suspects of the kidnapping of the teenage daughter of U.S. Judge, John Morris. Inside La Rotunda, Lázaro has to find out who carried out the kidnapping and the whereabouts of the girl.
The sides of The Inmate
- A former Marine under a false name
- A maximum security prison in Mexico
- A judge's kidnapped daughter
Good for you if
- you like an undercover man who can be exposed any day inside La Rotunda.
- you like prison gangs and guards running their business inside and outside the walls.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand prison beatings and killings.
About: undercover work · corruption · family
Locked Up 2015
Series
Set up to take the blame for corporate fraud, young Macarena Ferreiro is locked up in a high-security women's prison surrounded by tough, ruthless criminals in this tense, provocative Spanish thriller.
The sides of Locked Up
- A young woman jailed for her boss's fraud
- A women's prison run by its inmates
- A cold, fearless inmate named Zulema
Good for you if
- you like a newcomer learning the rules of a prison where one mistake costs her.
- you like a story where everyone, guards included, is breaking the law.
- you can't look away from Zulema, the inmate you shouldn't root for.
Bad for you if
- you can't take brutal fights and killings between inmates.
About: survival · corruption · power behind bars

Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ 2017
Series
As the Medellín Cartel crumbles, Pablo Escobar's No. 1 hit man struggles to stay alive and gain respect in the prison hierarchy.
The sides of Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ
- Pablo Escobar's chief hitman
- Survival inside a Colombian prison
- The fall of the Medellín Cartel
Good for you if
- you want a view of the Medellín Cartel from inside a prison.
- you want the real story behind Escobar's most feared hitman.
- you like a man who must outwit every rival behind bars.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand cartel killings shown up close.
About: survival · respect · loyalty
Narcos 2015
Series
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
The sides of Narcos
- Pablo Escobar's rise in 1980s Colombia
- Two DEA agents hunting him
- The Cali cartel after him
Good for you if
- you want the hunt for Pablo Escobar told through the American agents who were part of it.
- you like seeing how cocaine money flowed from Medellín to Miami.
- you like a manhunt where every raid could go wrong.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the bombings and killings that took real lives in Colombia.
- you won't read subtitles for long Spanish-language scenes.
About: power · violence · justice
Mayor of Kingstown 2021
Series
In a small Michigan town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the McClusky family are the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians in a city completely dependent on prisons and the prisoners they contain.
The sides of Mayor of Kingstown
- A Michigan town built on prisons
- Brothers brokering peace between cops and inmates
- Gang wars inside and outside the walls
Good for you if
- you like a town where prisons are the only business left.
- you like a fixer making deals between cops, gangs and guards.
- you like Jeremy Renner as a brother holding the town together.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand brutal prison violence.
- you need some hope in a story.
- five seasons is too much for you.
About: corruption · family · justice
La jauría 2020
Series
Blanca, student leader of the feminist movement in an occupied school, goes missing: hours later, a video of a group raping the girl goes viral. In their aim to find her, a police squad formed by three women puts their lives and that of their families at risk. As they look for Blanca and investigate, they will find out that behind this gender crime there is much more than just one offender.
The sides of La jauría
- A student leader who disappears in Santiago
- Three women police officers searching for her
- A network of abusers hidden behind an online game
Good for you if
- you like a race against the clock to find a missing girl.
- you like an investigation that keeps going deeper than one culprit.
- you want a story about how men protect each other at the top.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story built around sexual violence.
- you lose track when three detectives, their families and several suspects share the story.
About: gender violence · impunity · justice
Ciudad de Dios 2002
Película
Basada en hechos reales, cuenta la historia del crecimiento del crimen organizado en los suburbios de la ciudad de Río de Janeiro, desde finales de los años sesenta hasta el comienzo de los ochenta, cuando el tráfico de drogas y la violencia impusieron su ley entre la miseria de las favelas.“Buscapé” tiene 11 años y es sólo un niño más en Cidade de Deus, un suburbio de Río de Janeiro. Tímido y delicado, observa a los niños duros de su barrio, sus robos, sus peleas, sus enfrentamientos diarios con la policía. Ya sabe lo que quiere ser si consigue sobrevivir: fotógrafo. “Dadinho”, un niño de su misma edad, se traslada al barrio. Sueña con ser el criminal más peligroso de Río de Janeiro y empieza su aprendizaje haciendo recados para los delincuentes locales. Dos vidas paralelas en Cidade de Deus.
Las caras de Ciudad de Dios
- Un chico con una cámara en una favela de Río
- Niños que se vuelven jefes de banda
- Veinte años de un barrio
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una película rodada con energía cruda e inquieta.
- te gustan las historias basadas en lugares y personas reales.
- te gusta ver cómo una banda de narcos se apodera de una favela de Río, de los pequeños atracos de los años 60 a la guerra abierta de los 70.
Mala para ti si
- los niños con armas y los asesinatos brutales son demasiado para ti.
- no lees subtítulos. Es en portugués (existe doblaje).
Temas: la violencia · la pobreza · la huida
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
El fuego de la venganza 2004
Película
México D.F. Un agente del gobierno decepcionado con su vida, acepta a regañadientes un trabajo que consiste en proteger a una niña cuyos padres han recibido amenazas de secuestro. La relación con su pequeña protegida irá creciendo hasta despertar en él un espíritu perdido. Pero cuando la niña es secuestrada, su rabia se desatará contra los responsables.
Las caras de El fuego de la venganza
- Un guardaespaldas agotado en Ciudad de México
- Una amistad con una niña de 10 años
- Una venganza tras su secuestro
Buena para ti si
- te gusta Denzel Washington como un hombre roto que encuentra una razón para vivir.
- te gusta una cacería larga y furiosa por Ciudad de México.
- te gusta el vínculo entre un guardaespaldas y la niña que protege.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas la tortura ni las venganzas sangrientas.
- dos horas y media son demasiado para ti en una sola noche.
Temas: la redención · la venganza · el duelo
Oz 1997
Series
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
The sides of Oz
- An experimental prison unit called Emerald City
- Rival gangs of inmates
- A lawyer locked in with them
Good for you if
- you can take a prison drama with almost no mercy in it.
- you like dozens of inmates, guards and gangs to follow.
- you like never knowing who will be killed next.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand graphic prison violence.
- you can't watch rape and abuse on screen.
- you'd rather not see nudity and sex scenes.
About: survival · revenge · power
El Chapo 2017
Series
A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
The sides of El Chapo
- A Sinaloa farm boy who becomes a kingpin
- Cartel deals and government deals
- Two prison escapes and a last capture
Good for you if
- you want the three decades of a real cartel rise, year by year.
- you like watching who owns the police and the politicians.
- you can follow a man whose trade ruins lives and still want to know what he does next.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through the executions and the torture.
About: power · impunity · the drug war
The Shield 2002
Series
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
The sides of The Shield
- A corrupt detective running his own crew
- A Los Angeles precinct called the Barn
- A cover-up that keeps growing
Good for you if
- you like following Vic Mackey even as he does the unforgivable.
- you like a cover-up tightening around the Strike Team season after season.
- you like cops, gangs and politicians trading favors.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand brutal, close-up police violence.
- seven seasons is too much for you.
About: corruption · loyalty · guilt

El Capo 2009
Series
El Capo, the most wanted drug dealer in Mexico, has been intercepted while hiding with his trusted men, his wife and his lover. During his escape, he declares war on the government and his own past.
The sides of El Capo
- The most wanted drug lord in the country
- A wife and a lover on the run with him
- A war declared on the government
Good for you if
- you like a narco saga told from the boss's side.
- you can root for a drug lord at war with the state.
- you like a manhunt that never lets him rest.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand shootouts and cartel killings.
About: power · loyalty · betrayal
Gomorrah 2014
Series
Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of the clan's godfather, Pietro Savastano.
The sides of Gomorrah
- The Camorra clans of Naples
- Ciro, the boss's loyal right hand
- Genny, the heir who wants his father's throne
Good for you if
- you want the drug trade of Naples seen from the inside.
- you like alliances where any meeting can end in a shooting.
- you like following Ciro and Genny though you shouldn't root for them.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand cold, frequent killings.
- you won't read subtitles for a series in Neapolitan.
- five seasons of this darkness is too much for you.
About: loyalty · betrayal · power · fathers and sons
Big Mouth 2022
Series
A lawyer with a ten-percent winning rate is caught up in a murder case and becomes the notorious and genius con artist, Big Mouse, overnight. In order to survive and protect his family, he tries to reveal the true colors of the privileged people involved in a huge conspiracy.
The sides of Big Mouth
- A losing lawyer mistaken for a genius con man
- A lawyer fighting to survive in prison
- A wife investigating a city's elite from outside
Good for you if
- you like a mystery where the real Big Mouse keeps changing face.
- you like a hero who has to stay alive behind bars.
- you like a small-time lawyer taking on a powerful conspiracy.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a Korean series.
- you can't stand prison beatings and murders on screen.
About: corruption · survival · marriage
El Camino: Una película de Breaking Bad 2019
Película
Tiempo después de los eventos sucedidos tras el último episodio de la serie "Breaking Bad", el fugitivo Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) huye de sus perseguidores, de la ley y de su pasado.
Las caras de El Camino: Una película de Breaking Bad
- Jesse Pinkman en fuga
- Flashbacks de su cautiverio
- Albuquerque después de Breaking Bad
Buena para ti si
- quieres saber qué fue de Jesse después del final de la serie.
- te gusta un fugitivo que intenta salir de la ciudad antes de que la policía lo alcance.
- te gustan las escenas pacientes y los largos silencios en el desierto de Nuevo México.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas las escenas de un hombre cautivo y destrozado.
- no soportas los tiroteos repentinos.
Temas: el trauma · la libertad · el nuevo comienzo
The Innocent 2021
Series
An accidental killing leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare.
The sides of The Innocent
- A man who killed someone by accident
- A phone call that brings back his past
- A police inspector working the case
Good for you if
- you like a thriller where each episode changes what you thought happened.
- you like Mat, out of prison and trying to stay free while the past closes in.
- you like a criminal puzzle told from several points of view.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand brutal murders and scenes of abuse.
About: guilt · the past · love · corruption
Memories of Murder (Crónica de un asesino en serie) 2003
Película
Corea del Sur, 1986. Una joven aparece brutalmente violada y asesinada. Dos meses después, se producen una serie de violaciones y asesinatos en circunstancias similares. Para buscar al asesino, se organiza un destacamento especial, encabezado por un detective de la policía local (Park Doo-man) y un detective de la policía de Seúl (Seo Tae-yoon), que ha solicitado ser asignado al caso.
Las caras de Memories of Murder (Crónica de un asesino en serie)
- Dos detectives rurales tras un asesino en serie
- La Corea del Sur de los años 80 bajo régimen militar
- Crímenes basados en un caso real sin resolver de la época
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una cacería en campos bajo la lluvia donde cada pista se escapa.
- puedes reírte de policías torpes y brutales en medio de un caso sombrío.
- aguantas una historia donde la desesperación gana a la justicia.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas la brutalidad policial ni ver víctimas asesinadas en pantalla.
- no quieres leer subtítulos durante dos horas.
- necesitas un caso cerrado y un culpable con nombre.
Temas: la obsesión · el fracaso · la violencia policial · un país en transición
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
Banana Fish 2018
Anime
A teenaged gang leader in New York City faces his abuser and rival gangs alongside a photojournalist from Japan as they investigate a deadly new drug.
The sides of Banana Fish
- A gang leader in New York
- A Japanese photographer who follows him
- A drug nobody can name
Good for you if
- you want a crime story with no comfort in it.
- you like a chase between gangs, police and a conspiracy.
- you like a bond between two boys from opposite worlds.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch gunfights and executions.
- you can't sit through abuse and what it leaves behind.
- you don't watch anime.
About: trauma · loyalty · freedom