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The Rose of Versailles 1979
Anime
Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people.
The sides of The Rose of Versailles
- A woman raised as a man
- The guard of Marie Antoinette
- Versailles before the Revolution
Good for you if
- you like the French Revolution seen from inside the palace.
- you like Oscar and André's love growing over years.
- you like being moved to tears by Oscar, torn between her duty and her heart.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you find 1970s animation dated.
About: duty · gender · revolution
My Happy Marriage 2023
Anime
Miyo's abusive family deems her worthless – but together with her powerful husband-to-be, her true self and hidden powers slowly begin to shine.
The sides of My Happy Marriage
- A daughter mistreated by her own family
- An arranged marriage to a feared commander
- Supernatural gifts in old Japan
Good for you if
- you like a slow, gentle love that grows from an arranged marriage.
- you like watching Miyo learn she is worth something.
- you like old Japan with spirits and hidden powers.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a young woman being abused by her family.
- you don't watch anime.
About: self-worth · healing · arranged marriage
The White Queen 2013
Series
Set against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, the series is the story of the women caught up in the protracted conflict for the throne of England.
The sides of The White Queen
- Elizabeth Woodville marrying a king in secret
- Three women fighting over the English throne
- The Wars of the Roses seen from the palace
Good for you if
- you like the Wars of the Roses told from inside the court.
- you like mothers and queens plotting to put a son on the throne.
- you like a secret royal marriage that starts a feud.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not watch sex scenes, or you watch with others.
- you want big battle scenes, not palace intrigue.
About: ambition · motherhood · loyalty
La favorita 2018
Película
Principios del siglo XVIII. Inglaterra está en guerra con los franceses. Una reina debilitada, Anne (Olivia Colman), ocupa el trono y su amiga Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) gobierna el país en su ausencia, debido a su estado de salud y a su carácter inestable. Cuando una nueva sirvienta aparece, Abigail (Emma Stone), su encanto seduce a Sarah. Sarah ayuda a Abigail y ésta ve una oportunidad para regresar a sus raíces aristocráticas. Como la política ocupa gran parte del tiempo de Sarah, Abigail empieza a acompañar con más frecuencia a la Reina. Desarrollarán una amistad que Abigail aprovechará para saciar sus ambiciones.
Las caras de La favorita
- La reina Ana y su amiga más cercana
- Una prima que se abre paso en la corte
- Diecisiete conejos en el dormitorio real
Buena para ti si
- te gustan los chistes crueles y las bofetadas en un palacio.
- te gusta Olivia Colman como una reina enferma y de humor cambiante.
- te gustan dos mujeres que pelean por el oído de la reina.
Mala para ti si
- prefieres no ver escenas de sexo, o la ves acompañado.
- no soportas los lentes gran angular extraños ni los bailes de corte raros.
Temas: la ambición · los celos · la soledad
In This Corner of the World 2016
Anime
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
The sides of In This Corner of the World
- A young bride who moves to Kure in 1943
- Daily life in a naval port under air raids
- Hiroshima just across the bay
Good for you if
- you like a war film told through cooking, sewing and family meals.
- you like Suzu, dreamy and stubborn, keeping a household going.
- you like hand-drawn images that look like her own sketches.
Bad for you if
- you can't take air raids reaching a family's home, and the grief that follows.
- you need momentum, and most of the film is quiet everyday life.
- you don't watch animated films.
About: daily life · loss · resilience · marriage
The Great 2020
Series
A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.
The sides of The Great
- A young Catherine at the Russian court
- A childish, cruel emperor named Peter
- A plan to take the throne from her own husband
Good for you if
- you like laughing at a court where murder is a party trick.
- you like rude, quick, very modern lines in period costume.
- you like watching a young wife plot to seize an empire.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather avoid a lot of crude sex scenes.
- you need history told the way it really happened.
About: ambition · marriage · power
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya 2013
Anime
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.
The sides of The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
- A tiny girl found inside a bamboo stalk
- Suitors sent on impossible tasks
- Drawings that look like charcoal and watercolor
Good for you if
- you like images that look sketched by hand, lines left visible.
- you like being moved by a girl who just wants her childhood back.
- you like a folk tale told at its own pace.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- over two hours of an old folk tale is too much for you.
About: freedom · family · fate
The Crown 2016
Series
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
The sides of The Crown
- Elizabeth II from her young reign to old age
- Weekly meetings with her Prime Ministers
- A royal family torn between duty and love
Good for you if
- you like the second half of the 20th century seen from inside Buckingham Palace.
- you like a family drama where a sister, a husband and children all come second to the Crown.
- you like who really decides things between the palace and Downing Street.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and many episodes are quiet conversations in palace rooms.
- six seasons of royal life is too much for you.
About: duty · family · the monarchy
Moriarty the Patriot 2020
Anime
In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty strategizes to fix the entire nation. Not even consulting detective Sherlock Holmes can stand in his way. It’s time for crime to revolutionize the world!
The sides of Moriarty the Patriot
- A young William Moriarty plotting against the nobility
- Sherlock Holmes on his trail
- Victorian England split by class
Good for you if
- you like rooting for Moriarty while he kills cruel aristocrats.
- you like a cat-and-mouse game with Sherlock Holmes.
- you like Victorian England and its class divide.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese series.
About: class · justice · revenge
El ilusionista 2006
Película
En la Viena de 1900, el misterioso Eisenheim cautiva al público con sus espectáculos de magia e ilusionismo. Sus poderes sobrenaturales llegan a los oídos del príncipe heredero Leopold, un hombre pragmático que acude a su espectáculo con incredulidad, acompañado de su prometida, la bella y sofisticada Sophie. Sospechando un fraude por parte de Eisenheim, el príncipe encarga al perspicaz inspector de policía Uhl que le vigile de cerca.
Las caras de El ilusionista
- Un mago de escenario en la Viena de antaño
- Un amor prohibido con una duquesa
- Un príncipe heredero y un inspector tenaz
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un amor de infancia que regresa frente a un príncipe heredero.
- te gusta un giro final que te hace repasar toda la historia.
- te gustan las imágenes sepia y a la luz de las velas de la Viena de principios de siglo.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas ritmo, no un misterio lento y silencioso.
- quieres peleas y persecuciones junto a la magia.
Temas: el amor · la ilusión · las clases sociales
Shōgun 2024
Series
In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.
The sides of Shōgun
- An English sailor shipwrecked in Japan in 1600
- A lord outplayed by his regents
- A noblewoman translating between two worlds
Good for you if
- you like feudal Japan seen through a stranded English pilot.
- you like Toranaga quietly playing a council that wants him dead.
- you like a patient story where one look says more than a battle.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch beheadings and ritual suicide on screen.
- you won't read subtitles for much of the dialogue, which is in Japanese.
About: honor · duty · culture clash · ambition

The Magnificent Century 2011
Series
At the age of 26, when his reign began, Sultan Süleyman sought to build an empire more powerful than Alexander the Great and to render the Ottomans invincible. Throughout his 46-year reign, his fame as the greatest warrior and ruler of his age spreads both to the East and West. With his companion Pargalı İbrahim, Süleyman achieves great victories, and makes his name known in the Muslim World. Süleyman called İbrahim his brother, friend and advisor. The television series shows Süleyman's consolidation of his power: Pargalı İbrahim being grand minister of state, reinforcing the rule of law throughout the empire, meeting foreign diplomats, and preparing for military campaigns, all set against the backdrop of the tension between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire.
The sides of The Magnificent Century
- Sultan Süleyman building an empire
- A slave girl rising through the harem
- Ibrahim, the sultan's closest friend
Good for you if
- you like the Ottoman court of the 16th century in full costume.
- you like palace intrigue where every wife, vizier and son plays for power.
- you like the love story between Süleyman and Hürrem.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a Turkish series.
- four seasons of very long episodes is too much for you.
About: ambition · loyalty · jealousy · power
Scarlet Heart: Ryeo 2016
Series
A story of a 25-year-old Go Hajin who is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty. She then wakes up in the body of Lady Hae Soo and finds herself amongst the ruling princes of the Wang Family.
The sides of Scarlet Heart: Ryeo
- A modern woman waking up in the Goryeo dynasty
- Royal princes fighting for the throne
- A scarred prince who loves her
Good for you if
- you like a love triangle among the princes of Goryeo.
- you like a love story that leaves you crying at the end.
- you like court intrigue in medieval Korea.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a Korean drama.
- you need a love story to end with some hope.
About: forbidden love · fate · ambition · loss
Rishe, the duke’s daughter, is no stranger to reincarnation—it’s her seventh life, after all. Each life restarts at her broken engagement. Having been a merchant, a maid, and a knight, she now desires leisure. But her world changes when a prince, who killed her in a past life, proposes! To prevent war and live to a ripe old age, she begins her seventh life as the bride of an enemy nation’s prince.
The sides of 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!
- A duke's daughter on her seventh life
- A marriage to the prince who once killed her
- Skills from past lives as merchant, maid and knight
Good for you if
- you like a slow romance between a bride and her former killer.
- you enjoy a fantasy court with a time loop twist.
- you like a heroine who uses six past lives to outsmart everyone.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want real danger, not a mostly cozy court romance.
About: second chances · marriage · trust

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth 2024
Anime
After learning heretical teachings about the Earth and the Sun, a child prodigy searches for his master's hidden research while evading the Inquisition.
The sides of Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
- A child prodigy drawn to forbidden astronomy
- Heliocentric research hidden from the Inquisition
- Torture and burnings for heresy
Good for you if
- you like the fight over whether the Earth moves around the Sun.
- you like big, sincere speeches about why the truth is worth any risk.
- you enjoy long conversations about faith, reason and doubt.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand scenes of torture and execution.
- you don't watch anime.
About: truth · faith · sacrifice · the passing on of knowledge
Snow White with the Red Hair 2015
Anime
Shirayuki was a young girl born with unique apple-red hair. She meets a famous but foolish Prince Raji, who falls in love with her at first sight and orders her to become his concubine. With nowhere else to go, Shirayuki cuts her hair and escapes to a neighboring country. While traversing through the forests, she meets a young boy, Zen, who helps her after she boldly cures his wounds but then gets poisoned by an apple given to Shirayuki. Meanwhile, Prince Raji sends out henchmen to search for her. What will happen to Shirayuki? What is Zen's true character? A refreshing fantasy story between an optimistic heroine and a prince who constantly stays on her watch.
The sides of Snow White with the Red Hair
- A herbalist with apple-red hair
- A prince who earns her trust
- Work in a royal court pharmacy
Good for you if
- you like a slow love between Shirayuki and Prince Zen built on respect.
- you want a gentle fantasy with a heroine who solves her own problems.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need danger and high stakes in a fantasy story.
About: independence · trust · work
Alias Grace 2017
Series
Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A decade after, Dr. Simon Jordan tries to help Grace recall her past.
The sides of Alias Grace
- An Irish maid convicted of murder in 1843
- A doctor trying to unlock her memory
- A woman's life told from inside prison
Good for you if
- you like the lives of servants in 19th-century Canada.
- you like wondering, scene after scene, whether Grace did it.
- you like Sarah Gadon's calm, unreadable Grace.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and most of it is Grace and the doctor talking quietly in a prison room.
- you want to know for sure who killed Thomas Kinnear.
About: memory · guilt · women's lives · class
July 1998 - After a group of delinquents is found dead in their hangout place with all their limbs twisted and torn off, Aozaki Touko receives a request to find the murderer and asks Shiki for help. The main suspect is Asagami Fujino; a girl who was the boys' plaything until recently, who Shiki believes to be "one of her kind".
The sides of The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain
- Delinquents found twisted and torn apart
- A girl who cannot feel pain
- Shiki hunting someone like her
Good for you if
- you like a supernatural murder case to untangle.
- you love Ufotable's dark, detailed animation and its supernatural fights.
- you can take a cold story with no easy comfort.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand bodies twisted and broken on screen.
- you can't watch a story built on abuse and revenge.
- you don't watch anime.
About: pain · revenge · abuse
Monster 2004
Anime
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
The sides of Monster
- A brain surgeon who saved the wrong patient
- A manhunt across Germany
- Traces of a vanished East German program
Good for you if
- you like a doctor hunting the patient whose life he saved.
- you like dread that comes from conversation rather than action.
- you like dozens of lives that turn out to be connected.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- over seventy episodes of patient investigation is more than you want to start.
About: guilt · evil · identity
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