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Paranoia Agent 2004
Anime
Musashino, Tokyo. An elementary schooler repeatedly attacks people in the streets. Known only to the public as "Lil Slugger", none of the victims can recall the young boy's face and only three distinct details are left in their memories: golden inline skates, a baseball cap, and the weapon: a bent golden baseball bat. Detectives Ikari and Maniwa set out to track down the perpetrator and put an end to his crimes.
The sides of Paranoia Agent
- A boy with a golden bat attacking people
- Two detectives chasing a rumor
- A mascot dog all of Tokyo loves
Good for you if
- you like Satoshi Kon blurring dream and reality.
- you like a mystery that jumps from one victim's life to the next.
- you like a bleak satire with strange, funny detours.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch suicide and despair on screen.
- you don't watch anime.
About: escapism · guilt · mass hysteria
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
Maniac 2018
Series
Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, they're assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. Things do not go as planned.
The sides of Maniac
- A drug trial that promises to fix everything
- Two strangers sharing the same dreams
- A computer with feelings running the experiment
Good for you if
- you like each episode jumping into a new dream world.
- you like a retro future with every set carefully designed.
- you like piecing together what is real across the trial.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief and mental illness at the heart of a story.
- you need the science to make sense.
About: mental illness · grief · connection
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
Rick y Morty 2013
Serie
Comedia animada que narra las aventuras de un científico loco Rick Sánchez, que regresa después de 20 años para vivir con su hija, su marido y sus hijos Morty y Summer.
Las caras de Rick y Morty
- Un abuelo genial y su nieto nervioso
- Aventuras a través de las dimensiones
- Una familia que se desmorona en cada universo
Buena para ti si
- te gustan los chistes nihilistas sobre todo.
- te gustan las ideas tan raras que no deberían funcionar.
- te gustan los episodios rápidos y absurdos.
Mala para ti si
- no ves series de animación.
- no soportas el gore en dibujos animados, con Rick haciendo pedazos a alienígenas.
Temas: la familia · el nihilismo · la inteligencia
SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.
The sides of Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
- An armed assault on the NERV headquarters
- A boy who refuses to pilot
- The end of humanity as one shared mind
Good for you if
- you can take the end of the world shown without mercy.
- you like giant surreal images, live-action shots and a sea of orange liquid.
- you like a finale you argue about for years.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand soldiers gunning down staff or Eva Unit 02 torn apart.
- a teenager's despair and self-hatred on screen are too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: loneliness · the end of the world · the fear of others
BoJack Horseman 2014
Series
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?
The sides of BoJack Horseman
- A washed-up 90s sitcom horse
- Hollywoo, where humans and animals live side by side
- Friends he keeps letting down
Good for you if
- you like animal puns next to jokes about addiction and death.
- you want a show that looks hard at why BoJack keeps hurting the people who love him.
- you can take a comedy that doesn't promise anyone gets better.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch addiction, depression and an overdose on screen.
- you don't watch animated series.
About: fame · addiction · depression · regret
El show de Truman 1998
Película
Truman Burbank es un hombre corriente y algo ingenuo que ha vivido toda su vida en uno de esos pueblos donde nunca pasa nada. Sin embargo, de repente, unos extraños sucesos le hacen sospechar que algo anormal está ocurriendo. Todos sus amigos son actores, toda su ciudad es un plató, toda su vida está siendo filmada y emitida como el reality más ambicioso de la historia.
Las caras de El show de Truman
- Un hombre cuya vida entera es un programa de televisión
- Un pueblo lleno de actores
- Un barco que navega hasta el borde del cielo
Buena para ti si
- te gusta la sensación creciente de que el mundo es falso.
- te gusta reírte de los anuncios colados en la vida de un hombre.
- te gusta un héroe que quiere algo real, cueste lo que cueste.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas que la premisa se sostenga. Un pueblo entero lleva treinta años siendo un plató de televisión.
- quieres descubrir el secreto a la vez que Truman. Aquí lo sabes desde los créditos iniciales.
Temas: la libertad · la realidad · los medios
Love, Death & Robots 2019
Series
Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.
The sides of Love, Death & Robots
- Short animated stories, each in its own style
- Robots touring a world after humans
- Monsters, soldiers and spaceships
Good for you if
- you like every episode drawn or rendered in a different style.
- you like strange short stories that end before you expect.
- you like a story that turns on its last minute.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you can't stand gore, and many episodes have it.
- you'd rather not see sex and nudity, or you watch with others.
About: technology · death · humanity
Smiling Friends 2020
Series
Smiling Friends Inc. is a small company whose main purpose is to bring happiness and make people smile. The series follows the day-to-day lives and misadventures of its representatives, the lazy, cynical Charlie, and the cheerful, optimistic Pim, as they try to cheer up and comfort the troubled people who call their company's hotline. They receive seemingly simple requests but the jobs turn out to be more complicated than they seem, making it difficult to bring happiness to the world.
The sides of Smiling Friends
- A small company that makes people smile
- Pim the optimist and Charlie the cynic
- Clients who are never simple
Good for you if
- you like short, absurd episodes where every job goes wrong.
- you like a cartoon that switches styles and gets stranger by the minute.
- you like laughing at sad clients and grim jokes.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you can't stand sudden gore, even in a cartoon.
About: happiness · work · friendship
Wilfred 2011
Series
Everyone else sees Wilfred as just a dog, but Ryan sees a crude and somewhat surly, yet irrepressibly brave and honest Australian bloke in a cheap dog suit. While leading him through a series of comedic and existential adventures, Wilfred the dog shows Ryan the man how to overcome his fears and joyfully embrace the unpredictability and insanity of the world around him.
The sides of Wilfred
- A depressed lawyer after a failed suicide attempt
- His neighbor's dog, seen as a man in a dog suit
- A basement full of strange visions
Good for you if
- you laugh at a crude dog leading a lost man into trouble.
- you like Elijah Wood talking to a man in a cheap dog costume.
- you like never being sure what is real.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story that starts with a suicide attempt.
- you need a story that explains itself logically.
About: depression · friendship · sanity
Puella Magi Madoka Magica 2011
Anime
She has a loving family and best friends, laughs and cries from time to time... Madoka Kaname, an eighth grader of Mitakihara middle school, is one of those who lives such a life. One day, she had a very magical encounter. She doesn't know if it happened by chance or by fate yet. This is a fateful encounter that can change her destiny. This is a beginning of the new story of the magical witch girls.
The sides of Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- A schoolgirl offered a wish
- A small white creature with a contract
- Witches hiding in strange labyrinths
Good for you if
- you like a cute magical girl story that turns dark.
- you can take a story where every wish has a price.
- you like witches' lairs drawn like surreal collages.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want a light magical girl show to relax with.
About: sacrifice · hope · despair
Swiss Army Man 2016
Film
Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the duo go on an epic adventure to bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.
The sides of Swiss Army Man
- A man stranded on a tiny island
- A corpse that washes ashore and becomes his tool
- A trek through the woods back to the girl he likes
Good for you if
- you like a man riding a farting corpse like a jet ski.
- you laugh at a dead body slowly learning to talk again.
- you like a lonely man and Daniel Radcliffe's corpse becoming real friends.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that stays inside the rules of the real world.
- you can't laugh at jokes about a dead body.
About: loneliness · shame · friendship
Living with Yourself 2019
Series
Burned out on life, Miles undergoes a strange procedure at a strip mall spa -- and wakes to find he's been replaced by a better version of himself.
The sides of Living with Yourself
- A burned-out man at a strip mall spa
- A happier clone of himself
- Paul Rudd playing both
Good for you if
- you like laughing at a man replaced by a happier copy of himself.
- you like Paul Rudd playing two versions of the same man.
- you like a strange premise played completely straight.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not watch a comedy about depression and a marriage in trouble.
- you want a twisty clone thriller, not a marriage comedy.
About: self-worth · marriage · midlife crisis
Russian Doll 2019
Series
Nadia keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday party. She's trapped in a surreal time loop -- and staring down the barrel of her own mortality.
The sides of Russian Doll
- A woman dying again and again at her own birthday party
- A stranger stuck in the same loop
- A New York subway train into the past
Good for you if
- you like laughing as Nadia dies once more on her 36th birthday.
- you can't look away from Natasha Lyonne as Nadia, raspy, wry and self-destructive.
- you like a New York that bends in strange ways.
Bad for you if
- you can't face a story about a mentally ill mother and an old childhood wound.
- you want every rule of the loop explained.
About: death · mothers and daughters · self-destruction
Dorohedoro 2020
Anime
Amnesiac Caiman seeks to undo his lizard head curse by killing the sorcerer responsible, with his friend Nikaido's help. In the Hole, that's a threat.
The sides of Dorohedoro
- A man with a lizard head and no memory
- A grimy city called the Hole
- Sorcerers who practice magic on humans
Good for you if
- you like a world where a lizard man bites sorcerers' heads to find his face.
- you like gory fights followed by a cosy plate of gyoza.
- you like a filthy, detailed world of doors between humans and sorcerers.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand dismemberments and blood everywhere.
- you don't watch anime, even in CGI.
About: identity · friendship · revenge
Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 2025
Anime
Six studios and seven directors adapt the early works of Tatsuki Fujimoto, the mastermind behind "Chainsaw Man," into an anime anthology. Each episode is an anime adaptation of a short story he drew from ages seventeen to twenty-six, including the first manga he ever submitted for competition. Watch as vivid tales of young love, chaos, madness, and the bonds between people unfold in each episode.
The sides of Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26
- Early short stories by the author of Chainsaw Man
- A different studio for each tale
- Young love next to chaos and madness
Good for you if
- you like stories that turn absurd without warning.
- you like seeing a new animation style in every episode.
- you laugh at Fujimoto's mix of tenderness and carnage.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want characters you can follow for a whole season.
- you can't stand sudden blood in a love story.
About: first love · madness · youth
Brazil 1985
Film
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
The sides of Brazil
- A clerk lost in endless paperwork
- Daydreams of flying in armour
- Robert De Niro as a rogue heating engineer
Good for you if
- you like Terry Gilliam's surreal, crowded world of ducts and forms.
- you like laughing at a state that kills by clerical error.
- you like retro machines and giant pipes in every frame.
Bad for you if
- you need a hopeful ending.
- two hours and twenty minutes is too much for you.
About: bureaucracy · escape · totalitarianism
Doom Patrol 2019
Series
The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.
The sides of Doom Patrol
- A robot with a human brain
- A pilot wrapped in bandages
- A woman with dozens of personalities
Good for you if
- you like a team facing the strangest threats imaginable, including a living street.
- you like broken misfits working through their trauma together.
- you laugh at a swearing robot and absurd disasters.
Bad for you if
- you can't take trauma, abuse and grief at the heart of every character.
- you want superheroes who mostly fight, not talk through their pasts.
About: trauma · found family · acceptance
Pluribus 2025
Series
The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.
The sides of Pluribus
- A novelist immune to a world gone happy
- Humanity joined into one calm mind
- An almost empty Albuquerque
Good for you if
- you like a strange premise where happiness is the threat.
- you like Rhea Seehorn carrying a series almost alone.
- you like laughing at one angry woman against a smiling world.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that moves fast.
- you want an end of the world with fights and chases.
About: loneliness · free will · happiness