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  1. The Alienist 2018

    Series

    New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.

    The sides of The Alienist

    • New York in 1896
    • A psychologist hunting a killer
    • Theodore Roosevelt as police commissioner

    Good for you if

    • you like a killer tracked through the first steps of criminal psychology.
    • you like the gaslit streets of 1890s New York.
    • you like a dark hunt that tightens episode after episode.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand mutilated bodies on screen.
    • you can't watch murders of young boys forced into prostitution.

    About: madness · justice · women in a man's world

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  2. 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

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  3. L.A. Confidential 1997

    Película

    Los Ángeles, años 50. El departamento de policía vive tiempos agitados en una ciudad revuelta y sacudida continuamente por escándalos que destapa la prensa sensacionalista, y donde todo el mundo busca la fama, drogas, alcohol, sexo o dinero. Dos agentes de caracteres opuestos, en cambio, guian sus acciones por nobles sentimientos: Bud White (Russell Crowe) se mete en todo tipo de líos pero no soporta que maltraten a una mujer. Mientras, Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) es un novato que quiere "limpiar" el cuerpo de policía de la corrupción imparable que invade todo el escalafón policial, aunque le cueste el desprecio de sus compañeros. Cada uno tiene sus tareas y sus problemas, hasta que una noche aparecen muertos varios agentes en un local nocturno.

    Las caras de L.A. Confidential

    • Tres policías muy distintos en el Los Ángeles de los años 50
    • Una masacre en un restaurante abierto toda la noche
    • El glamour de Hollywood y la corrupción policial

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una conspiración que solo encaja en el último acto.
    • te gustan los policías corruptos, las call girls maquilladas como estrellas de cine y los tratos de la prensa amarilla.
    • te gusta el Los Ángeles de los años 50 detrás de la postal.

    Mala para ti si

    • no soportas los asesinatos a escopetazos ni las palizas brutales.
    • te pierdes cuando tres detectives siguen cada uno su propia pista.

    Temas: la corrupción · la ambición · la justicia

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  4. Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, this saga explores an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension.

    The sides of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

    • Los Angeles in 1938
    • A Mexican-American detective on a murder case
    • Santa Muerte against a demon who wants chaos

    Good for you if

    • you like a murder investigation in old Los Angeles.
    • you like 1938 Los Angeles, its folklore and its tensions.
    • you can't look away from Natalie Dormer playing several disguises.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand bloody, gruesome murders.
    • you lose track of a story split between police, politicians and spies.

    About: racism · faith · corruption

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  5. Chinatown 1974

    Film

    Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

    The sides of Chinatown

    • A private eye hired to catch a cheating husband
    • Water stolen from Los Angeles
    • A widow with a secret

    Good for you if

    • you like a case that grows from an affair into a city's dirty secret.
    • you can take an ending where the wrong people win.
    • you like Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes, nose bandaged and all.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take a mystery whose last secret is deeply disturbing.
    • you need momentum and a patient investigation loses you.

    About: corruption · power · the past

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  6. True Detective 2014

    Series

    Each season, different detectives work one murder case. The first follows two Louisiana detectives on a ritual killing that stays with them for seventeen years.

    The sides of True Detective

    • Two detectives, conversation as tension
    • An obsession with a case that won't close
    • A place that feels haunted

    Good for you if

    • you like long conversations in a car more than shootouts.
    • you like a case that takes its time and a mood that settles in.
    • you like dark ideas and darker places.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not keep track of one case told across two or three timelines.
    • you can't take disturbing images of murder victims.

    About: time · evil · faith · partnership

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  7. 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

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  8. Bosch 2015

    Series

    Harry Bosch, an LAPD homicide detective, stands trial for the fatal shooting of a serial murder suspect. A cold case involving the remains of a missing boy forces Bosch to confront his past. As daring recruit Julia Brasher catches his eye and departmental politics heat up, Bosch will pursue justice at all costs.

    The sides of Bosch

    • An LAPD homicide detective in Los Angeles
    • Cold cases and departmental politics
    • A detective and his teenage daughter

    Good for you if

    • you like a murder case that takes a whole season to solve.
    • you like patient police work over shootouts.
    • you like Harry Bosch, a stubborn detective with a jazz record collection.

    Bad for you if

    • seven seasons is too much for you.
    • you want chases and gunfights in a cop show.

    About: justice · the past · fatherhood

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  9. 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

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  10. 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

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  11. El intercambio 2008

    Película

    Christine Collins es una madre que recupera a su hijo, al que habían secuestrado meses antes. Pero en la locura del muy fotografiado reencuentro, comienza a sospechar que el niño que le han entregado no es su hijo. A pesar de unas fuerzas del orden corruptas y de una opinión pública más que escéptica, intenta dilucidar el misterio cueste lo que cueste. Tachada de loca e incapacitada, por fin encuentra un aliado en el reverendo Briegleb, que la ayudará en su búsqueda.

    Las caras de El intercambio

    • Una madre cuyo hijo desaparece en el Los Ángeles de 1928
    • Un niño devuelto por la policía que no es el suyo
    • Una mujer internada en un psiquiátrico por insistir

    Buena para ti si

    • quieres la historia real de Christine Collins y su lucha contra la policía de Los Ángeles.
    • no puedes apartar la vista de Angelina Jolie como una madre que no se rinde.
    • te gusta el Los Ángeles de los años veinte, con sus tranvías y sus centralitas telefónicas.

    Mala para ti si

    • no soportas un niño desaparecido y los crímenes que hay detrás.
    • dos horas y veinte te parecen demasiado.

    Temas: la maternidad · la corrupción · la verdad

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  12. A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.

    The sides of Under the Banner of Heaven

    • A Mormon detective investigating a murder
    • A young mother and her baby killed in 1984 Utah
    • A family's turn to fundamentalism

    Good for you if

    • you want a careful look at the real 1984 killing of Brenda Lafferty and her daughter.
    • you like Andrew Garfield as a believer whose faith starts to crack.
    • you like an investigation that takes its time with a family's history.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a story built around the murder of a mother and her baby.
    • you lose track of a big family of brothers and flashbacks to the church's early days.

    About: faith · doubt · family · fundamentalism

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  13. 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

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  14. Esperando poder distanciarse de la acusación de difamación que pesa sobre él, el periodista Mikael Blomkvist se traslada a una isla remota en el norte de Suecia donde la muerte aún no resuelta de una joven atormenta a su tío cuarenta años después. Alojado en una cabaña de la isla donde el asesino puede estar aún rondando, la investigación de Blomkvist le lleva a dibujar los secretos y mentiras de esta poderosa y rica familia junto a una rara aliada, la tatuada y hacker punki, Lisbeth Salander...

    Las caras de Millennium: Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres

    • Un periodista y una hacker
    • Una chica desaparecida hace cuarenta años
    • Una isla sueca helada

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una investigación oscura e intrincada.
    • te gusta la angustia en imágenes frías y limpias.
    • te gusta una protagonista feroz e inolvidable.

    Mala para ti si

    • las escenas de violación y tortura son demasiado para ti.
    • prefieres no ver escenas de sexo explícitas, o no con compañía.
    • más de dos horas y media es demasiado para ti.

    Temas: la violencia contra las mujeres · la verdad · la venganza

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  15. 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

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  16. When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

    The sides of Killers of the Flower Moon

    • Osage families murdered for their oil money
    • A marriage built on poison
    • 1920s Oklahoma

    Good for you if

    • you want to know the true story of the Osage murders.
    • you like 1920s Oklahoma, rich with oil and greed.
    • you can't look away from Lily Gladstone as Mollie.

    Bad for you if

    • three and a half hours is too much for you.
    • you need momentum, not a slow tightening noose.

    About: greed · betrayal · injustice

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  17. 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

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  18. 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

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  19. Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty crooks and other bottom-feeders, so it comes as quite a surprise when he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy who is accused of attempted murder. However, what Mick initially thinks is an open-and-shut case with a big monetary reward develops into something more sinister.

    The sides of The Lincoln Lawyer

    • A defense lawyer working from the back of his Lincoln
    • A rich client accused of attempted murder
    • A Los Angeles courtroom

    Good for you if

    • you like a simple case that turns into a trap for the lawyer.
    • you like Matthew McConaughey talking his way through courtrooms.
    • you like piecing together what really happened that night.

    Bad for you if

    • you want chases and fights, not cross-examinations.
    • you want something light, without a sinister client.

    About: guilt · justice · manipulation

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  20. 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

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