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Lo más cercano a Prodigal Son primero

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. The Fall 2013

    Series

    When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.

    The sides of The Fall

    • A London detective sent to Belfast
    • A family man who is a serial killer
    • A slow cat-and-mouse hunt

    Good for you if

    • you like knowing who the killer is and waiting for Stella Gibson to close in.
    • you want to watch Gillian Anderson's cool, unshakable detective.
    • you like a Belfast police task force working a serial killer case.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch killings of women shown up close.
    • you'd rather not spend hours inside a killer's daily life with his own children.

    About: obsession · control · violence against women

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  4. 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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  5. Criminal Minds 2005

    Series

    An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.

    The sides of Criminal Minds

    • An FBI team of profilers
    • Serial killers tracked by how they think
    • A jet that takes them to each case

    Good for you if

    • you like working out who the killer is from how he thinks.
    • you like racing with the team to stop the next victim.
    • you like the BAU as a family, from Reid to Garcia.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take on nineteen seasons.
    • you can't stand serial killers and what they do to their victims.

    About: evil · profiling · teamwork

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  6. Set 10 weeks after Dexter: New Blood, Dexter Morgan chases a missing Harrison to New York City, where Captain Angel Batista is hot on their trail from way down in Miami.

    The sides of Dexter: Resurrection

    • Dexter waking from a coma
    • A son he must find in New York
    • A rich man's club of serial killers

    Good for you if

    • you like rooting for a serial killer with a code.
    • you like Dexter hiding among a club of fellow killers.
    • you like a father trying to make things right with his son.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand bodies wrapped in plastic on a table.
    • you need it to be believable that Dexter came back at all.

    About: fatherhood · guilt · the urge to kill

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  7. Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.

    The sides of The Bone Collector

    • A paralysed forensic expert working from his bed
    • A rookie cop as his eyes at crime scenes
    • A killer leaving clues across New York

    Good for you if

    • you like reading clues from bones, dirt and old New York.
    • you like a race to save victims before time runs out.
    • you like the bond between Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand gruesome murder scenes.
    • you'd rather not watch a man who wants to end his life.

    About: partnership · despair · obsession

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  8. Dexter 2006

    Serie

    Dexter Morgan, un analista de patrones de salpicaduras de sangre de la Policía Metropolitana de Miami, también lleva una vida secreta como asesino en serie, persiguiendo a criminales que han escapado a la justicia.

    Las caras de Dexter

    • Un experto en sangre de la policía de Miami
    • Un asesino en serie que solo mata a asesinos
    • Un código enseñado por su padre adoptivo

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta apoyar a un asesino con reglas.
    • te gusta la voz en off inexpresiva de Dexter sobre fingir ser humano.
    • te gusta un asesino escondido en la comisaría que lo persigue.

    Mala para ti si

    • no soportas las escenas de asesinato y los cuerpos descuartizados.
    • ocho temporadas son demasiado para ti.

    Temas: la doble vida · la justicia · la familia · la identidad

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  9. El dragón rojo 2002

    Película

    Un investigador del FBI especializado en analizar la mente y el comportamiento de los asesinos en serie se ve obligado a recurrir a Hannibal Lecter, a quien mandó a la cárcel, para que le ayude en el caso de un asesino de familias, cuyo patrón de conducta le resulta imposible desentrañar.

    Las caras de El dragón rojo

    • Un perfilador del FBI que vuelve con Hannibal Lecter
    • Un asesino que ataca a familias bajo la luna llena
    • Una mujer ciega que se enamora del asesino

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una carrera para encontrar a un asesino antes de la próxima luna llena.
    • te gusta un perfilador que se mete en la cabeza de un asesino.
    • te gusta Anthony Hopkins como Lecter, burlándose desde detrás del cristal.

    Mala para ti si

    • no soportas las escenas de crimen ni los cuerpos quemados.
    • no puedes ver a un asesino que va tras familias enteras.

    Temas: la obsesión · la mente de un asesino · el miedo

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  10. 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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  11. Flight attendant Cassandra Bowden wakes in her hotel room hungover from the night before in Dubai with a dead body lying next to her. Afraid to call the police, she continues her morning as if nothing happened. In New York, she is met by FBI agents who question her about her recent layover in Bangkok. Still unable to piece the night together, she begins to wonder if she could be the killer.

    The sides of The Flight Attendant

    • A flight attendant waking next to a dead man
    • A blackout night in Bangkok
    • FBI agents and a hidden drinking problem

    Good for you if

    • you like piecing together a night nobody remembers.
    • you like a murder plot with a comic edge.
    • you like Kaley Cuoco carrying every scene as Cassie.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch alcoholism and trauma on screen.
    • you can't stand a bloody murder scene.

    About: addiction · memory · guilt

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  12. Absentia 2017

    Series

    A missing FBI agent reappears six years after being declared dead.

    The sides of Absentia

    • An FBI agent found alive six years after vanishing
    • A husband who has remarried
    • A son who doesn't remember her

    Good for you if

    • you like a heroine accused of crimes she can't remember.
    • you want to know who held Emily captive and why.
    • you like Stana Katic fighting her way to the truth.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand torture scenes.
    • you need a thriller where every turn feels realistic.

    About: identity · motherhood · trauma

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  13. 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

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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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

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  17. 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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  18. Mr. Mercedes 2017

    Series

    A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again.

    The sides of Mr. Mercedes

    • A retired detective who can't let go
    • A killer who taunts him with messages
    • A massacre at a job fair

    Good for you if

    • you like a cat and mouse game between a cop and a killer.
    • you like Bill, his young neighbour Jerome and anxious Holly becoming an unlikely team.
    • you like Brendan Gleeson as a worn out, stubborn detective.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand graphic killings.
    • a killer's twisted family life is too much for you.

    About: obsession · guilt · evil

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  19. MINDHUNTER 2017

    Series

    In the late 1970s, two FBI agents start interviewing imprisoned serial killers to understand how they think, and use what they learn on open cases.

    The sides of MINDHUNTER

    • Interviews with real killers
    • The birth of criminal profiling
    • What the work does to the people doing it

    Good for you if

    • you like tension that comes from people talking across a table.
    • you like stories built on real cases and real killers.
    • you like a slow, quiet build more than action.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand a story left unfinished, and the series stopped after two seasons with the BTK thread still open.
    • you don't want to hear crimes against women and children described in detail.

    About: evil · method · the 1970s · obsession

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  20. Black Bird 2022

    Series

    As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.

    The sides of Black Bird

    • A drug dealer sent into a maximum security prison
    • A man suspected of killing young girls
    • A confession to get out of him

    Good for you if

    • you like long conversations in a cell where one wrong word ruins everything.
    • you can't look away from Paul Walter Hauser as Larry Hall.
    • you want a true story told soberly.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't hear a man describe the murders of young women.
    • you want a prison story with fights and escapes.

    About: guilt · redemption · fathers and sons

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