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The Leftovers 2014
Series
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
The sides of The Leftovers
- Two percent of the world vanishing at once
- A police chief holding his family together
- A silent cult dressed in white
Good for you if
- you like grief so raw it moves you to tears.
- you can live with never learning where the vanished went.
- you like Kevin and Nora, two broken people trying to go on.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief, suicide and despair on screen.
- you need a story that moves fast, not three seasons of mourning.
About: grief · faith · loss
2001. Una odisea del espacio 1968
Película
Mientras investigan la aparición de misteriosos monolitos en el universo, dos astronautas luchan contra la inteligencia artificial de su nave.
Las caras de 2001. Una odisea del espacio
- Simios que descubren las herramientas
- Una computadora que no abre las puertas
- Un viaje más allá del infinito
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las naves que bailan un vals al ritmo de El Danubio azul, en planos perfectamente compuestos.
- te gusta una película que avanza como una sinfonía.
- quieres sentirte pequeño ante el universo.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas personajes con los que conectar. Dave y Frank siguen fríos y tranquilos, y la computadora HAL es la que muestra más sentimiento.
- quieres que pase algo. Hay tramos largos en silencio.
- quieres una explicación clara del final.
Temas: la evolución · la tecnología · lo desconocido
Under the Skin 2014
Film
A seductive stranger prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.
The sides of Under the Skin
- An alien in a woman's body driving around Glasgow
- Men lured into a black liquid void
- Hidden cameras on real Scottish streets
Good for you if
- you like Scarlett Johansson as an alien studying humans from a van.
- you like a film that explains almost nothing.
- you like images of men sinking into black liquid, under a strange score.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum and can't sit through long silences.
- you'd rather avoid a lot of nudity.
About: humanity · the body · loneliness
The Virgin Suicides 2000
Film
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
The sides of The Virgin Suicides
- Five sisters kept at home by strict parents
- Neighbourhood boys who watch them from afar
- A Michigan suburb in the 1970s
Good for you if
- you like Sofia Coppola's hazy, sunlit images of 1970s suburbia.
- you like a dreamy soundtrack by Air.
- you're fine with never fully knowing why.
Bad for you if
- you can't face teen suicide on screen.
- you need a plot that moves rather than a mood.
About: adolescence · memory · isolation
La llegada 2016
Película
Unas misteriosas naves espaciales aterrizan por todo el mundo. Un equipo, liderado por la lingüista Louise Banks, intenta descifrar el motivo de su visita. A medida que la humanidad se tambalea al borde de la guerra, Louise y su equipo luchan contra el tiempo, llegando a poner en peligro su vida y, muy posiblemente, la del resto de la humanidad.
Las caras de La llegada
- El duelo bajo la ciencia ficción
- Extraterrestres realmente ajenos
- Entender como trama
- Un tiempo que no va en línea recta
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una película que te rompe en silencio al final.
- te gustan las escenas pacientes en las que la gente intenta entenderse.
- te gustan los extraterrestres tratados como un problema real de lenguaje y ciencia.
Mala para ti si
- quieres una invasión alienígena con batallas. No hay ninguna.
- prefieres no esforzarte para seguir una historia. Los recuerdos de Louise solo encajan en el último acto.
Temas: el lenguaje · el duelo · el tiempo · la elección
Undone 2019
Series
After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death.
The sides of Undone
- A woman bending time after a car crash
- Her dead father guiding her
- Rotoscoped animation over real actors
Good for you if
- you like reality slipping away from Alma scene after scene.
- you like painted animation traced over real actors.
- you like a daughter trying to save the father she lost.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you want to know for sure whether Alma's visions are real.
About: grief · mental illness · time
Severance 2022
Series
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
The sides of Severance
- Office workers with their memories split in two
- The endless white corridors of Lumon Industries
- A team sorting numbers they don't understand
Good for you if
- you like piecing together what Lumon really does.
- you like goats in an office basement and a waffle party as a reward.
- you like Mark slowly realising what his other self lives through.
Bad for you if
- you need things to move fast from the first episode.
- you want answers at the end of every season.
About: work · identity · grief · control
Angel's Egg 1985
Anime
In the ruins of a strange city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. She bonds with a boy who is searching for a bird he saw in a dream.
The sides of Angel's Egg
- A girl guarding a giant egg
- A drowned city of shadows
- A soldier who barely speaks
Good for you if
- you like Yoshitaka Amano's designs in dark, flooded streets.
- you like a film that leaves you to decide what the egg means.
- you like a dream with almost no words.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need momentum, and this is long silences and slow walks.
About: faith · hope · emptiness
Aniquilación 2018
Película
Cuando su marido desaparece durante una misión secreta, la bióloga Lena se une a una expedición a una misteriosa región acordonada por el gobierno de Estados Unidos. El grupo, compuesto por varias mujeres científicas, investiga la Zona X, un intrigante lugar controlado por una poderosa fuerza alienígena del planeta Tierra. La Zona X es un lugar al que han ido otras expediciones, pero del que ninguna ha vuelto.
Las caras de Aniquilación
- Cinco científicas que entran en el Resplandor
- Una naturaleza que muta en otra cosa
- Un oso que grita
Buena para ti si
- te gusta la ciencia ficción que parece una pesadilla.
- te gustan los paisajes mutados de colores arcoíris.
- te gusta un final que se niega a explicarse.
Mala para ti si
- el horror corporal y una criatura aterradora son demasiado para ti.
- necesitas ritmo. La expedición avanza despacio y en silencio por el Resplandor.
Temas: la autodestrucción · el cambio · el duelo
Katla 2021
Series
A year after a subglacial volcano erupts, mysterious elements from prehistoric times emerge from the melting ice, bringing unforeseen consequences.
The sides of Katla
- A village under an erupting volcano
- People coming back out of the glacier ice
- A grieving family in Vík
Good for you if
- you like strangers walking out of the ice with familiar faces.
- you like a quiet mystery that takes its time.
- you want black ash and Icelandic glaciers on screen.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for an Icelandic series.
- you want every mystery explained by the end.
About: grief · guilt · the past
Raised by Wolves 2020
Series
After Earth is ravaged by a great religious war, an atheistic android architect sends two of his creations, Mother and Father, to start a peaceful, godless colony on the planet Kepler-22b. Their treacherous task is jeopardized by the arrival of the Mithraic, a deeply devout religious order of surviving humans.
The sides of Raised by Wolves
- Two androids raising human children on a far planet
- A religious war that ruined Earth
- An android mother with a deadly scream
Good for you if
- you like a strange planet full of bones and buried secrets.
- you like Ridley Scott's stark, empty landscapes.
- you can take a story where faith and atheism tear people apart.
Bad for you if
- you need answers, and the story stops after two seasons.
- you can't watch gory deaths on screen.
About: faith · parenthood · survival
Haibane Renmei 2002
Anime
A dream of falling from the sky...and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of female beings with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed on her head and she is told that she must work in the nearby town of Grie. She soon realizes that the town and the entire world they live in are confined behind the Wall, a tall, impenetrable wall that none except the mysterious Toga are allowed to exit.
The sides of Haibane Renmei
- A girl born from a cocoon with small wings
- A walled town nobody may leave
- A house of young winged women
Good for you if
- you like quiet days of odd jobs in a small walled town.
- you like the bond between Rakka and Reki, the older girl who looks after her.
- you like a mystery about the Wall that never fully answers itself.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't face a story that circles around guilt and suicide.
About: rebirth · guilt · forgiveness
Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995
Anime
At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.
The sides of Neon Genesis Evangelion
- A boy ordered by his father to pilot a giant robot
- Angels attacking Tokyo-3
- A final two episodes inside his head
Good for you if
- you like a series that leaves you with more questions than answers.
- you care more about the pilots' minds than the robot fights.
- you like an ending that goes somewhere no one expected.
Bad for you if
- you can't take depression and self-loathing on screen.
- you don't watch anime.
About: depression · fathers and sons · loneliness
Dark 2017
Serie
Tras la desaparición de un niño, cuatro familias desesperadas tratan de entender lo ocurrido a medida que van desvelando un retorcido misterio que abarca tres décadas.
Las caras de Dark
- Un rompecabezas a través del tiempo
- Un pueblo con un secreto enterrado
- El destino frente al libre albedrío
- Cuatro familias, un solo nudo
- Lluvia gris y una música pesada
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un árbol genealógico que hay que dibujar en papel.
- te gusta un misterio frío y paciente.
- te gusta una serie que se entiende mejor la segunda vez.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas un poco de esperanza. En Winden, las familias pierden a sus hijos y luego todo lo demás.
- no lees subtítulos. Está en alemán (existe doblaje).
Temas: el tiempo · el destino · la familia
I Origins 2014
Film
A molecular biologist's study of the human eye has far-reaching implications about humanity's scientific and spiritual beliefs.
The sides of I Origins
- A scientist studying how the eye evolved
- A love affair that ends in loss
- A search for a little girl in India
Good for you if
- you like science running into something it can't explain.
- you like an intense, strange love story between a skeptic and a believer.
- you like a film that leaves you moved at the end.
Bad for you if
- you need the science to hold up from start to finish.
- you want a clear answer, not a question about reincarnation left open.
About: faith · science · grief · love
Ballad of a Small Player 2025
Film
Amid the glittering casinos of Macau, a gambler running from his past—and his debts—becomes fascinated by an enigmatic woman at the baccarat table.
The sides of Ballad of a Small Player
- A British gambler hiding out in Macau
- Baccarat tables and growing debts
- A mysterious woman at the casino
Good for you if
- you like the neon of Macau casinos and its waterfront at night.
- you want Colin Farrell as a man losing himself at the tables.
- you like a gambling story that drifts toward something dreamlike.
Bad for you if
- you need a plot that moves, not a man drifting from casino to casino.
- you want a film where every question gets a clear answer.
About: addiction · guilt · chance · escape
Blade Runner 2049 2017
Película
Han pasado 30 años desde los acontecimientos ocurridos en Blade Runner (1982). El oficial K, un blade runner caza-replicantes del Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles, descubre un secreto que ha estado enterrado durante mucho tiempo y que tiene el potencial de llevar a la sociedad al caos. Su investigación le conducirá a la búsqueda del legendario Rick Deckard, un antiguo blade runner en paradero desconocido, que lleva desaparecido 30 años.
Las caras de Blade Runner 2049
- Qué hace humano a alguien
- Lenta, inmensa, abrumadora
- Un amor que quizá no sea real
- Un futuro gastado, habitado, en ruinas
Buena para ti si
- quieres que cada plano parezca un cuadro del futuro.
- te gustan las escenas largas y silenciosas que dejan mirar.
- te gusta una música que retumba en el pecho.
Mala para ti si
- casi tres horas a este ritmo son demasiado para ti.
- quieres una película de ciencia ficción rápida y de acción.
Temas: la humanidad · la memoria · la soledad
Serial Experiments Lain 1998
Anime
Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches.
The sides of Serial Experiments Lain
- A shy schoolgirl who logs on to the Wired
- A classmate's suicide and the emails she sends afterwards
- A world where the network and real life blur
Good for you if
- you like a quiet, eerie anime where the internet starts to feel haunted.
- you like piecing together who Lain really is across thirteen strange episodes.
- you're happy to finish with questions and your own theory.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- a teenage suicide at the very start is too much for you.
About: identity · the internet · loneliness · reality
Scavengers Reign 2023
Series
When a deep space freighter is damaged by a solar flare its surviving crew are stranded on a beautiful and unforgiving planet. They begin to learn the true nature of this planet as they try to survive long enough to escape or be rescued.
The sides of Scavengers Reign
- A crew stranded on an alien planet
- Creatures and plants that live off each other
- A survivor travelling with a robot
Good for you if
- you like an alien ecosystem with its own strange rules.
- you like castaways fighting to stay alive and find each other.
- you like every frame drawn like a painting.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you get scared by body horror and creatures that feed on people.
About: survival · nature · loneliness
Night on the Galactic Railroad 1985
Anime
Lonely and awkward, Giovanni struggles with his sick mother, absent father, and an afterschool job that isolates him from his peers. But on the night of the Festival of Stars, he is magically transported onto a celestial train with his only friend, Campanella. Together, they embark on an extraordinary journey through the galaxy, encountering mysterious characters and grappling with life's deepest questions.
The sides of Night on the Galactic Railroad
- A lonely boy drawn as a cat
- A train through the stars
- A last journey with his only friend
Good for you if
- you like a quiet train ride through the Milky Way.
- you like a patient, dreamlike pace with long silences.
- you like a gentle story that leaves you crying over a friendship.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you can't take a children's film about death and grief.
About: friendship · death · loneliness · sacrifice