¿Qué quieres ver esta noche?
Cada título dice para quién es bueno y para quién no. Toca lo que quieres esta noche, o di que no a uno y por qué.
Lo más cercano a Identidad primero
Perfect Blue 1998
Anime
Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
The sides of Perfect Blue
- A pop singer who becomes an actress
- A fan website that knows her daily life
- Murders around her film set
Good for you if
- you like a stalker thriller where you can't trust what you see.
- you like a story where dream, filming and reality blur.
- you like being scared by your own reflection.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see a staged rape scene and a nude photo shoot.
- you can't stand stabbings shown up close.
- you don't watch anime.
About: fame · identity · obsession
Contratiempo 2017
Película
Barcelona, España. Adrián Doria, un joven y exitoso empresario acusado de homicidio, se reúne una noche con Virginia Goodman, una abogada experta en interrogatorios, con el propósito de urdir una estrategia de defensa.
Las caras de Contratiempo
- Un empresario acusado de asesinato
- Una abogada con tres horas para prepararlo
- Una habitación de hotel cerrada por dentro
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un final que cambia todas las versiones que te contaron.
- te gusta reconstruir distintas versiones de una misma noche.
- te gusta un solo interrogatorio que nunca afloja.
Mala para ti si
- prefieres los personajes a la trama.
Temas: la culpa · la mentira · la justicia
Memento 2000
Película
Leonard Shelby sigue la pista del hombre que violó y asesinó a su mujer. Sin embargo, la dificultad de localizar al asesino de su esposa se ve agravada por el hecho de que padece una forma rara e intratable de pérdida de memoria a corto plazo. Aunque puede recordar detalles de la vida antes de su accidente, Leonard no puede recordar qué ha pasado hace quince minutos, adónde va o por qué.
Las caras de Memento
- Un hombre que no puede crear recuerdos nuevos
- Notas, fotos y tatuajes
- Una historia contada al revés
Buena para ti si
- te gusta armar una historia al revés.
- te gusta un hombre que investiga el asesinato de su esposa con Polaroids y tatuajes.
- te gusta una película que hay que ver dos veces.
Mala para ti si
- quieres saber con certeza quién miente. Ni siquiera el final te lo dirá.
- necesitas algo de esperanza. La búsqueda de Leonard del asesino de su esposa nunca puede terminar.
Temas: la memoria · la venganza · el autoengaño
ID: INVADED 2020
Anime
Sakaido is a genius detective who can track down any criminal. But when his daughter is murdered, revenge lands him on the other side of the law. Now in prison, he helps the police solve mysteries using a system that invades a person’s identity. Little by little, a trail of blood forms, and it all leads back to his daughter’s murderer.
The sides of ID: INVADED
- A detective in prison whose daughter was murdered
- Dream worlds built from killers' minds
- A dead girl to identify in each one
Good for you if
- you like a detective who crossed the line for revenge and now works from a prison cell.
- you enjoy solving murders from inside a killer's mind.
- you like surreal worlds with their own broken logic.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand bloody murder scenes.
- you can't watch a story built on a murdered child and grief.
About: grief · guilt · revenge · the mind of a killer
And Then There Were None 2015
Series
Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts -- the improbably named Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Owen -- the weather sours and they find themselves cut off from civilization. Very soon, the guests, each struggling with their conscience, will start to die -- one by one, according to the rules of the nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys' -- a rhyme that hangs in every room of the house and ends with the most terrifying words of all: '... and then there were none.
The sides of And Then There Were None
- Ten strangers on an island off Devon
- A nursery rhyme in every room
- Guests dying one by one
Good for you if
- you like being trapped in a house with a killer among the guests.
- you like Agatha Christie at her darkest.
- you like ten guests with ten secrets, played by Charles Dance, Sam Neill and Aidan Turner.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope by the end.
- you need chases and fights to stay hooked.
About: guilt · justice · isolation
Flower of Evil 2020
Series
Hiding a twisted past, a man maintains his facade as the perfect husband to his detective wife — until she begins investigating a series of murders.
The sides of Flower of Evil
- A metal craftsman hiding his real identity
- His wife, a homicide detective
- A string of old murders coming back
Good for you if
- you like a husband trying to stay one step ahead of his own wife's investigation.
- you like a past that keeps revealing something new.
- you like a love story where you doubt whether he can love at all.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a Korean series.
- you can't stand murder scenes and their aftermath.
About: trust · identity · love · the past
El silencio de los corderos 1991
Película
Una joven aprendiz del FBI le pide ayuda a Hannibal Lecter, psiquiatra caníbal encarcelado, para atrapar a otro asesino en serie que sigue suelto.
Las caras de El silencio de los corderos
- Conversaciones a través del cristal
- Una joven que se hace valer entre hombres
- Una carrera para salvar a la próxima víctima
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una interpretación de la que no puedes apartar la vista, aunque quieras.
- te gusta una tensión hecha de dos personas hablando a través de un cristal.
- te gusta un tramo final que te hace contener la respiración.
Mala para ti si
- las imágenes sangrientas te arruinan una película. Algunas cuesta olvidarlas.
- no soportas una historia de mujeres secuestradas y privadas de comida por un asesino. Una está retenida en el fondo de un pozo en su sótano.
Temas: el miedo · el poder · la identidad · la ambición
Secret Window 2004
Film
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.
The sides of Secret Window
- A writer alone after his divorce
- A stranger accusing him of stealing a story
- A lake house in the woods
Good for you if
- you like an ending that changes everything you just watched.
- you like a stalker knocking at a lonely cabin door.
- you enjoy Johnny Depp as a scruffy writer losing his grip.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum. Much of the film is Depp alone in his lake house, waiting.
- you can't stand murders and a killed pet on screen.
About: guilt · jealousy · madness
Coherence 2014
Film
Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.
The sides of Coherence
- Four couples at a dinner party
- A comet passing overhead
- Another house just down the street
Good for you if
- you like piecing together what a comet did to one dinner party.
- you like a dinner party where the floor drops out from under you halfway.
- you like catching the glow sticks and photos the second time.
Bad for you if
- you want big effects, and this is friends talking in a living room.
- you need an ending that tells you exactly what happened.
About: identity · choice · friendship
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
Psicosis 1960
Película
Una joven secretaria, tras cometer un robo, se marcha de la ciudad y conduce durante horas, parando para descansar en un pequeño motel de carretera regentado por un joven llamado Norman. Todo parece normal y tranquilo en el apartado motel y en la casa de al lado en la que viven Norman y su madre pero, mientras está en la ducha, la joven es asesinada salvajemente a cuchilladas.
Las caras de Psicosis
- Una secretaria que huye con dinero robado
- Un motel solitario
- Una ducha
Buena para ti si
- te gusta el suspenso construido con un sobre robado y un motel solitario.
- te gusta una película que te quita el suelo a mitad de camino.
- te gusta el terror que se apoya en lo que imaginas.
Mala para ti si
- las películas en blanco y negro de 1960 te parecen demasiado antiguas.
- necesitas ritmo. El primer acto sigue el viaje nervioso de Marion en coche, despacio, kilómetro a kilómetro.
Temas: la culpa · la identidad · la locura
Old Boy 2003
Película
Sin tener idea de cómo llegó a ser encarcelado, drogado y torturado durante 15 años, un hombre desesperado busca vengarse de sus captores.
Las caras de Old Boy
- Un hombre encerrado quince años sin motivo
- Una pelea con martillo en un pasillo
- Un pulpo vivo
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un final que te deja en el suelo.
- te gusta una pelea de pasillo en un solo plano.
- te gusta una venganza sin una salida limpia.
Mala para ti si
- la violencia brutal te lo arruina.
- no lees subtítulos. Es en coreano (existe doblaje).
- no soportas la desesperación en pantalla. Un hombre encerrado quince años sale al borde del quiebre.
Temas: la venganza · la culpa · el encierro
Código fuente 2011
Película
El capitán Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) se despierta de un sobresalto en el interior de un tren de cercanías de Chicago. Aunque todos los demás pasajeros parecen conocerlo él no tiene absolutamente ninguna idea de dónde está o, incluso, de quién es. Lo último que recuerda es estar volando en helicóptero durante una misión en Afganistán, pero aquí parece ser alguien que va a trabajar por la mañana como un día cualquiera. Pero antes de que puede hacer cualquier cosa un tren se acerca por la vía contraria y explota una bomba que aparentemente mata a Colter y a todos los demás pasajeros.
Las caras de Código fuente
- Un soldado que despierta en el cuerpo de un desconocido
- Ocho minutos antes de que explote un tren
- Una y otra vez
Buena para ti si
- te gusta resolver un misterio dentro de un bucle temporal.
- te gusta un thriller corto y tenso.
- te gusta una historia de amor en ocho minutos.
Mala para ti si
- quieres un blockbuster a gran escala. Casi todo ocurre en un vagón de tren y una cápsula.
- quieres un final claro. Los últimos minutos dejan abiertas las reglas del bucle.
Temas: la identidad · la segunda oportunidad · el deber
Danganronpa: The Animation 2013
Anime
Being just a normal student without a special talent, Makoto Naegi wins a lottery to attend the prestigious Hope's Peak Academy where only the top prodigies attend. However, instead of this being the beginning of a wonderful high school life, it's a ticket to despair, because the only way to graduate from Hope's Peak Academy is to kill one of your fellow students or be one of their victims.
The sides of Danganronpa: The Animation
- Gifted teenagers locked inside an elite academy
- A robot bear running a killing game
- Class trials to unmask each murderer
Good for you if
- you like working out who did it before the class trial.
- you like knowing any classmate could be the next killer.
- you like a mastermind reveal that changes the whole game.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand students dying in cruel ways.
- you don't watch anime.
About: hope · despair · trust
Higurashi: When They Cry 2006
Anime
After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem.
The sides of Higurashi: When They Cry
- A boy who moves to a quiet village
- A yearly festival and a string of deaths
- The same summer told again and again
Good for you if
- you like a cute village slowly turning into a nightmare.
- you like piecing together a village curse across arcs that restart.
- you like friends who turn into suspects overnight.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gore, torture and beatings with a bat.
- you can't take paranoia, abuse and madness on screen.
About: paranoia · trust · fate
The Number 23 2007
Film
Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
The sides of The Number 23
- Jim Carrey as an animal control officer
- A novel that seems to tell his life
- The number 23 hidden everywhere
Good for you if
- you like chasing a number through names, dates and pages.
- you like a thriller that saves a big reveal for its last act.
- you like a man reading a book that might be a confession.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story built around suicide and murder.
- you need a mystery that stays rational.
About: obsession · guilt · identity
Bodies 2023
Series
One victim, found dead on a London street. Four detectives, in four different time periods, must solve the mystery to protect Britain's future.
The sides of Bodies
- The same body found in a London street
- Four detectives in 1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053
- A secret plan stretching across a century
Good for you if
- you like piecing together four timelines that hide one answer.
- you want to know how one dead man turns up in four different eras.
- you like Victorian Whitechapel and London during the Blitz.
Bad for you if
- you lose track when a story jumps between four eras.
- you can't stand bloody crime scenes.
About: fate · free will · identity
Seven 1995
Película
Dos detectives, uno a una semana de jubilarse y otro recién trasladado, persiguen a un asesino en serie que construye cada crimen en torno a uno de los siete pecados capitales.
Las caras de Seven
- Cazar a un asesino
- Un policía veterano y uno joven
- Una oscuridad sin piedad
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una angustia que crece bajo la lluvia y nunca afloja.
- puedes con un final que te acompaña durante días.
- te gusta seguir a los detectives en cada paso de un caso.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas ver las secuelas de la violencia. La película muestra lo que se hizo, con detalle.
- ves películas para sentirte mejor después. Esta no te lo va a permitir.
Temas: el pecado · la indiferencia · la ciudad · la pareja
Last Night in Soho 2021
Film
A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.
The sides of Last Night in Soho
- A fashion student who slips into 1960s London
- A singer she watches in the mirror
- A murder from the past
Good for you if
- you like a 1960s soundtrack of girl groups and pop hits.
- you like neon Soho and mirrors where two women swap places in a dance.
- you like a mystery that turns everything you thought about the past upside down.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a young woman exploited by the men around her.
- you can't stand ghostly faces and jump scares.
About: nostalgia · exploitation · ambition · guilt
Hannibal 2013
Series
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
The sides of Hannibal
- An FBI profiler who thinks like killers
- A psychiatrist who cooks his victims
- Murder scenes staged like works of art
Good for you if
- you like crime scenes composed like paintings and dinners shot like still lifes.
- you can't take your eyes off Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter.
- you like watching Will Graham get closer to the man sitting across from him.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand corpses turned into displays.
- you want a crime show that plays like real police work.
About: manipulation · obsession · friendship · madness