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Guardian: The Lonely and Great God 2016
Series
In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.
The sides of Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
- A 939-year-old immortal looking for his bride
- A grim reaper for a housemate
- A high school student who can see ghosts
Good for you if
- you like a love story that spans centuries and lifetimes.
- you like a K-drama that makes you cry over fate and goodbyes.
- you like the goblin and the grim reaper bickering under the same roof.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a Korean series.
- you can't watch child abuse or suicide on screen.
About: fate · immortality · grief · love
Hotel Del Luna 2019
Series
When he's invited to manage a hotel for dead souls, an elite hotelier gets to know the establishment's ancient owner and her strange world.
The sides of Hotel Del Luna
- A hotel for the dead in Seoul
- Its owner, cursed for centuries
- A hotelier who starts seeing ghosts
Good for you if
- you like a love story between a living man and an ancient, cursed woman.
- you like a hotel where ghosts check in before moving on.
- you like ghost stories that end in goodbyes.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you can't commit to sixteen episodes of over an hour each.
About: grief · letting go · love
Click 2006
Película
Michael Newman (Adam Sandler), un arquitecto muy ocupado que trata de progresar y tener tiempo para su mujer Donna (Kate Beckinsale) y sus dos hijos, compra un mando a distancia que parece que no sólo le permite controlar su televisión y su estéreo, sino, virtualmente, toda su vida. Rápidamente, Michael se vuelve adicto a este torrente de poder...
Las caras de Click
- Un mando a distancia que controla la vida
- Saltarse las partes aburridas
- Un padre que se lo perdió todo
Buena para ti si
- te gusta el lado tonto de Adam Sandler.
- te gusta un padre adicto al trabajo con un mando que se salta a su propia familia.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas el duelo en pantalla. La comedia disparatada da un giro duro hacia la pérdida y el arrepentimiento.
- pones los ojos en blanco ante las lecciones de vida. El mando de Morty viene con un mensaje sincero sobre lo que importa.
Temas: el arrepentimiento · la familia · el tiempo
A Letter to Momo 2012
Anime
A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.
The sides of A Letter to Momo
- A girl who lost her father
- An unfinished letter he left her
- Three hungry goblins in the attic
Good for you if
- you like a slow summer on a quiet island.
- you like a mother and daughter learning to grieve together.
- you like being moved by a letter that only says Dear Momo.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need momentum, and two quiet hours of summer feel slow to you.
About: grief · family · moving on
El sexto sentido 1999
Película
El Dr. Malcom Crowe es un conocido psicólogo infantil obsesionado con el doloroso recuerdo de un joven paciente desequilibrado al que fue incapaz de ayudar. Cole Sear es un aterrorizado y confuso niño de ocho años que necesita tratamiento, y Crowe ve la oportunidad de redimirse haciendo todo lo posible por ayudarle. Sin embargo, el psicólogo infantil no está preparado para conocer la terrible verdad acerca del don sobrenatural de su paciente: recibe visitas no deseadas de espíritus atormentados.
Las caras de El sexto sentido
- Un niño que ve muertos
- Un psicólogo que intenta ayudarlo
- Una madre que no entiende
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un final que te hace repasar toda la película en la cabeza.
- te gusta el miedo tranquilo que se va colando.
- te gusta una historia de fantasmas que en realidad trata del duelo.
Mala para ti si
- te asustas con facilidad, sobre todo si hay niños en peligro.
- necesitas impulso. Avanza en voz baja, una sesión con Cole tras otra.
Temas: el duelo · la comunicación · el miedo
Wolf Children 2012
Anime
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.
The sides of Wolf Children
- A young widow raising two wolf children
- A move to an old farmhouse in the mountains
- A brother and sister choosing different lives
Good for you if
- you like a mother doing everything for her kids.
- you like being moved by children growing up and leaving.
- you want snowy forests and a farm in the countryside.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need things to happen fast. This one follows years of daily life.
About: motherhood · growing up · letting go
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
Angel Beats! 2010
Anime
Angel Beats takes place in the afterlife and focuses on Otonashi, a boy who lost his memories of his life after dying. He is enrolled into the afterlife school and meets a girl named Yuri who invites him to join the Afterlife Battlefront — an organization she leads which fights against God. The Battlefront fight against the student council president Angel, a girl with supernatural powers.
The sides of Angel Beats!
- A boy who wakes up dead without his memories
- A school in the afterlife
- A rebel group fighting God
Good for you if
- you like learning each student's tragic past.
- you like silly gags between gunfights.
- you like a student army battling a girl called Angel.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: death · regret · letting go
A Monster Calls 2016
Film
12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
The sides of A Monster Calls
- A boy whose mother is dying of cancer
- An ancient yew tree that walks at night
- Three stories told in watercolors
Good for you if
- you want a film that lets a child's grief out.
- you like a boy, his sick mother and a stern grandmother.
- you like painted tales and a giant monster made of wood and fire.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a parent's terminal illness through a child's eyes.
- you want a monster film full of battles. This monster mostly tells stories.
About: grief · truth · anger · letting go
Queen of Tears 2024
Series
The queen of department stores and the prince of supermarkets weather a marital crisis—until love miraculously begins to bloom again.
The sides of Queen of Tears
- A chaebol heiress and her husband from the countryside
- A marriage on the edge of divorce
- A serious illness that changes everything
Good for you if
- you like to cry over a couple who almost lost each other.
- you like a married couple falling in love again.
- you like a rich family's drama played for laughs too.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a Korean drama.
- you can't give many evenings to very long episodes.
About: marriage · illness · family · second chances
La vida es bella 1997
Película
En 1939, a punto de estallar la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), el extravagante Guido llega a Arezzo, en la Toscana, con la intención de abrir una librería. Allí conoce a la encantadora Dora y, a pesar de que es la prometida del fascista Rodolfo, se casa con ella y tiene un hijo. Al estallar la guerra, los tres son internados en un campo de exterminio, donde Guido hará lo imposible para hacer creer a su hijo que la terrible situación que están padeciendo es tan sólo un juego.
Las caras de La vida es bella
- Un padre que convierte un campo en un juego
- Una historia de amor en la Italia de los años 30
- Proteger la inocencia de un niño
Buena para ti si
- estás listo para un final que te va a romper.
- te gusta un padre payaso que nunca deja de bromear.
- te gusta una historia sobre un amor que protege.
Mala para ti si
- un campo de concentración, aunque se cuente con ternura, es demasiado para ti.
- no lees subtítulos. Está en italiano (existe doblaje).
Temas: la paternidad · el amor · la esperanza
Marry My Husband 2024
Series
Kang Ji-won, a terminally ill cancer patient, is killed by her husband and best friend after she witnesses them having an affair. She wakes up 10 years before the incident and decides to seek revenge with the help of Yu Ji-hyuk, a director at the company where she works. Now, she must reclaim her fate and eliminate the trash from her life.
The sides of Marry My Husband
- A woman killed by her husband and her closest friend
- A second chance ten years in the past
- A revenge plan at the office
Good for you if
- you like a new love growing alongside a revenge plot.
- you want to see Ji-won turn the betrayal back on them.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch cancer, cheating and murder in the opening episode.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: revenge · betrayal · second chances
For Sama 2019
Documentary
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
The sides of For Sama
- A young mother filming for her baby daughter
- A hospital in Aleppo under bombing
- The choice to stay or to leave
Good for you if
- you want a war told from inside by the woman living it.
- you like a love letter from a mother to her child.
- you want to understand what years of siege did to Aleppo.
Bad for you if
- you can't bear to see wounded children and grieving families.
- you won't read subtitles for a film mostly in Arabic.
About: motherhood · freedom · loss · hope
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
Doom at Your Service 2021
Series
A woman with only a short time to live and a man with the supernatural power to bring the world to an end discover the true meaning of life and love.
The sides of Doom at Your Service
- A woman with a brain tumor and months to live
- A being who brings destruction to the world
- A contract made in a moment of despair
Good for you if
- you like a love story with a deadline.
- you like a drama that leaves you crying.
- you like a romance that takes its time, over sixteen long episodes.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles in Korean.
- you can't watch a story about terminal illness.
About: fate · love · mortality
Okko's Inn 2018
Anime
12-year-old Oriko Seki, who lost her parents in a car accident, ended up living in her grandmother's Onsen Ryokan "Haru no Ya." With the ghost "Uribou" cohabitating with her and all the other odds, she ended up training to be a young female innkeeper. At first, she didn't like the training, but gradually felt her admiration for her title and began to train seriously. Thus, the growth of the young warrior Oriko begins.
The sides of Okko's Inn
- A girl who lost her parents
- Her grandmother's hot spring inn
- Friendly ghosts helping her with the guests
Good for you if
- you like being moved by a child slowly facing her grief.
- you want a gentle film to watch with children.
- you like the warmth of a traditional inn and its guests.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't face a child mourning parents lost in a car crash.
About: grief · growing up · kindness
Una cuestión de tiempo 2013
Película
La trama de la película gira en torno a un joven llamado Tim Lake. El protagonista y su familia tienen el curioso don de poder viajar a través del tiempo. Al descubrir esta cualidad, Tim empieza a beneficiarse de ello para cambiar diferentes aspectos de su vida. Se enamora de una chica, Mary, a la que conoce tras transladarse a vivir a Londres por motivos de trabajo. Su historia de amor se verá beneficiada gracias al don de Tim, sin embargo, el protagonista no tardará en darse cuenta de que su habilidad no es capaz de ampararle en algunos problemas y cuestiones familiares.
Las caras de Una cuestión de tiempo
- Un hombre tímido que puede revivir momentos
- Enamorarse una y otra vez
- Un padre y un hijo en una playa
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una película suave que te hace llorar por la vida cotidiana.
- te gusta una historia de amor dulce y torpe.
- quieres algo cálido y amable.
Mala para ti si
- te molestan las reglas de viaje en el tiempo que se doblan.
- una suave lección sobre saborear cada día corriente te parece demasiado dulce.
Temas: el tiempo · la familia · la vida cotidiana
Babadook 2014
Película
Seis años después de la violenta muerte de su marido, Amelia continúa perdida intentando educar a Samuel, su hijo de seis años, que vive aterrorizado por un monstruo que se le aparece en sueños y amenaza con matarlos. Cuando un inquietante libro de cuentos llamado “The Babadook” aparece en su casa, Samuel se muestra convencido de que el Babadook es la criatura sobre la que ha estado soñando. Cuando sus alucinaciones entran en una espiral fuera de control, se vuelve impredecible y violento. Amelia, muy asustada por el comportamiento de su hijo, se ve forzada a medicarle. Pero cuando comienza a vislumbrar una presencia siniestra a su alrededor, Amelia poco a poco se da cuenta de que aquello sobre lo que Samuel la ha estado advirtiendo puede ser real.
Las caras de Babadook
- Una madre viuda que no puede dormir
- Un libro desplegable que no desaparece
- Un niño que fabrica armas contra los monstruos
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un monstruo escondido en los rincones oscuros de una casa.
- te gusta una historia de terror que trata en el fondo de una madre y su hijo.
- te gusta un miedo que crece noche tras noche sin dormir.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas ver a una viuda hundirse en el duelo y el agotamiento.
- quieres saber con certeza si el monstruo es real.
Temas: el duelo · la maternidad · la depresión
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms 2018
Anime
Fleeing the war, the immortal Maquia, graced with eternal youth, finds a baby abandoned in the forest and decides to raise it as her own child, sparking a moving story between a mortal and a being who does not age.
The sides of Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
- A girl from a people who never age
- A baby found in the forest
- A son growing older than his mother
Good for you if
- you like being moved to tears by a mother saying goodbye.
- you want a story about raising a child who will outlive you in years.
- you like a fantasy world of dragons, kingdoms and weavers.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: motherhood · time · loss
Clannad 2007
Anime
Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student resentful of his life. His mother passed away from a car accident when he was younger, causing his father to resort to alcohol and cigarettes. This results in fights between the two until Tomoya's shoulder is injured in a fight. Since then, Tomoya has had distant relationships with his father, causing him to become a delinquent over time. While on a walk to school, he meets a strange girl named Nagisa Furukawa who is a year older, but is repeating due to illness. Due to this, she is often alone as most of her friends have moved on. The two begin hanging out and slowly, as time goes by, Tomoya finds his life shifting in a new direction.
The sides of Clannad
- A delinquent who resents his father
- A frail girl repeating her final year
- A school drama club to bring back
Good for you if
- you want a story that leaves you crying in the second season.
- you like a son slowly making peace with his father.
- you like Tomoya and Nagisa growing up together.
Bad for you if
- you can't take illness and grief on screen.
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a story that moves faster than school days.
About: family · grief · growing up