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Narcos 2015
Series
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
The sides of Narcos
- Pablo Escobar's rise in 1980s Colombia
- Two DEA agents hunting him
- The Cali cartel after him
Good for you if
- you want the hunt for Pablo Escobar told through the American agents who were part of it.
- you like seeing how cocaine money flowed from Medellín to Miami.
- you like a manhunt where every raid could go wrong.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the bombings and killings that took real lives in Colombia.
- you won't read subtitles for long Spanish-language scenes.
About: power · violence · justice
El Chapo 2017
Series
A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
The sides of El Chapo
- A Sinaloa farm boy who becomes a kingpin
- Cartel deals and government deals
- Two prison escapes and a last capture
Good for you if
- you want the three decades of a real cartel rise, year by year.
- you like watching who owns the police and the politicians.
- you can follow a man whose trade ruins lives and still want to know what he does next.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through the executions and the torture.
About: power · impunity · the drug war

Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ 2017
Series
As the Medellín Cartel crumbles, Pablo Escobar's No. 1 hit man struggles to stay alive and gain respect in the prison hierarchy.
The sides of Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ
- Pablo Escobar's chief hitman
- Survival inside a Colombian prison
- The fall of the Medellín Cartel
Good for you if
- you want a view of the Medellín Cartel from inside a prison.
- you want the real story behind Escobar's most feared hitman.
- you like a man who must outwit every rival behind bars.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand cartel killings shown up close.
About: survival · respect · loyalty

Griselda Blanco: The Black Widow 2014
Series
La Viuda Negra is a 2014 Spanish-language telenovela produced by RTI Producciones and Televisa for United States-based television network Univisión and for Colombia-based television network Caracol Television. It is an adaptation of the book La patrona de Pablo Escobar de José Guarnizo based on history from Griselda Blanco.
The sides of Griselda Blanco: The Black Widow
- The rise of Colombian drug trafficker Griselda Blanco
- Cocaine routes between Medellín and Miami
- A telenovela based on a true story
Good for you if
- you like a cartel story told across years of a trafficker's life.
- you can follow a woman who rules through fear.
- you want a drama based on the real life of Griselda Blanco.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand shootings and killings on screen.
About: ambition · drug trafficking · motherhood
Enemigos públicos 2009
Película
Basada en la obra de Brian Burrough "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43". Narra la historia de Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), el agente del FBI que en los años treinta dirigió la búsqueda del legendario atracador de bancos John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) y su banda.
Las caras de Enemigos públicos
- John Dillinger asaltando bancos en los años treinta
- Johnny Depp como Dillinger
- Un agente del FBI enviado para atraparlo
Buena para ti si
- te gustan los atracos a bancos y las fugas de prisión durante la Gran Depresión.
- te gusta la historia real de Dillinger y del joven FBI.
- te gustan los autos, los trajes y las ametralladoras Thompson de los años treinta.
Mala para ti si
- dos horas y veinte minutos son demasiado para ti.
- quieres meterte de verdad en la cabeza de Dillinger.
Temas: la fama · la ley · la libertad
La casa de papel 2017
Serie
Un enigmático personaje llamado el Profesor planea algo grande: llevar a cabo el mayor atraco de la historia. Para ello recluta una banda de ocho personas que reúnen un único requisito, ninguno tiene nada que perder. Cinco meses de reclusión memorizando cada paso, cada detalle, cada probabilidad… y por fin, once días de encierro en la Fábrica Nacional de Moneda, rodeados de cuerpos de policía y con decenas de rehenes en su poder para saber si su apuesta suicida será todo o nada.
Las caras de La casa de papel
- Un atraco planeado durante meses
- Un profesor que lo ha previsto todo
- Ladrones con nombres de ciudades
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un asedio con rehenes en el que cada hora trae un problema.
- te gusta un plan que sigue sorprendiendo hasta a la policía.
- te gusta una banda en la que cada ladrón tiene su historia.
Mala para ti si
- varias temporadas largas son más de lo que quieres empezar.
Temas: la resistencia · la lealtad · el dinero
The Serpent 2021
Series
The remarkable story of how murderer Charles Sobhraj was captured. As the chief suspect in unsolved murders of young Western travellers across India, Thailand and Nepal’s ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1975 and 1976, Sobhraj had repeatedly slipped from the grasp of authorities worldwide to become Interpol's most wanted man, with arrest warrants on three different continents.
The sides of The Serpent
- Charles Sobhraj preying on travellers in 1970s Asia
- His partner Marie-Andrée Leclerc
- A Dutch diplomat trying to stop him
Good for you if
- you want the true story of how Charles Sobhraj was finally caught.
- you like Tahar Rahim as a cold, charming killer.
- you like a diplomat closing in while the killer slips away.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the murders of real young travellers.
- you lose track when the timeline jumps back and forth.
About: deception · obsession · justice
Memories of Murder (Crónica de un asesino en serie) 2003
Película
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
Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord 2012
Series
Pablo is a man with a natural ability for business. Early in his life, Pablo is introduced to the business of cocaine and the power it yields. A young life of crime lands Pablo in and out of jail as he builds his criminal empire. Pablo expands his power through politics but it is not long before his conflicts as a Congressman and a drug lord collide. Pablo has his enemies executed, but not before the United States activates its own war on the Medellin cartel.
The sides of Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord
- The life of Pablo Escobar from petty crime to cartel boss
- A drug lord elected to Congress
- Colombia under the Medellín cartel's war
Good for you if
- you want the story of Pablo Escobar told from Colombia, about the country that lived through him.
- you like following how a cocaine empire was built, step by step.
- you like watching money buy politics until the state fights back.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch bombings and murders that happened to real people.
- a telenovela with daily-length episodes is too much for you.
About: power · violence · memory
American Animals 2018
Documentary
Lexington, Kentucky, 2004. Four young men attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in the history of the United States.
The sides of American Animals
- Four students planning to rob their university library
- The real men interviewed next to the actors who play them
- Rare books worth millions
Good for you if
- you like a heist planned by people who have no idea what they're doing.
- you like hearing the four real men tell it while actors replay it.
- you laugh at clumsy disguises and a plan that falls apart.
Bad for you if
- you want a slick heist with car chases. This one targets a university library in Kentucky.
- you want one clear version of events. The men remember it differently.
About: boredom · friendship · guilt

Bus 174 2002
Documentary
On 12 June 2000, in Rio de Janeiro, Ônibus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to kill all the passengers. Transmitted live on all national networks, this shocking and tragic event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the most terrifying examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.
The sides of Bus 174
- A bus held hostage in Rio in 2000
- Live television footage of the standoff
- The life of the young man holding the gun
Good for you if
- you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.
- you can sit through hours of a standoff that could break at any second.
- you can take a true story with no comfort at the end.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real footage of a hostage taking that ends in death.
- you can't face a street kid's life of loss, prison and police abuse.
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Portuguese.
About: poverty · police violence · invisibility
Tokyo Vice 2022
Series
A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same name.
The sides of Tokyo Vice
- An American reporter at a Tokyo newspaper
- Yakuza wars in 1990s Tokyo
- A veteran detective played by Ken Watanabe
Good for you if
- you like the yakuza underworld seen from a crime reporter's desk.
- you want neon Tokyo nights shot like a film.
- you like a story that takes its time across two seasons.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles, and much of it is in Japanese.
- you can't stand cruel gangland violence.
About: corruption · ambition · being an outsider
Ciudad de Dios 2002
Película
Basada en hechos reales, cuenta la historia del crecimiento del crimen organizado en los suburbios de la ciudad de Río de Janeiro, desde finales de los años sesenta hasta el comienzo de los ochenta, cuando el tráfico de drogas y la violencia impusieron su ley entre la miseria de las favelas.“Buscapé” tiene 11 años y es sólo un niño más en Cidade de Deus, un suburbio de Río de Janeiro. Tímido y delicado, observa a los niños duros de su barrio, sus robos, sus peleas, sus enfrentamientos diarios con la policía. Ya sabe lo que quiere ser si consigue sobrevivir: fotógrafo. “Dadinho”, un niño de su misma edad, se traslada al barrio. Sueña con ser el criminal más peligroso de Río de Janeiro y empieza su aprendizaje haciendo recados para los delincuentes locales. Dos vidas paralelas en Cidade de Deus.
Las caras de Ciudad de Dios
- Un chico con una cámara en una favela de Río
- Niños que se vuelven jefes de banda
- Veinte años de un barrio
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una película rodada con energía cruda e inquieta.
- te gustan las historias basadas en lugares y personas reales.
- te gusta ver cómo una banda de narcos se apodera de una favela de Río, de los pequeños atracos de los años 60 a la guerra abierta de los 70.
Mala para ti si
- los niños con armas y los asesinatos brutales son demasiado para ti.
- no lees subtítulos. Es en portugués (existe doblaje).
Temas: la violencia · la pobreza · la huida
Black Mass 2015
Film
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
The sides of Black Mass
- Whitey Bulger ruling South Boston
- An FBI agent who grew up with him
- A deal that protects a killer
Good for you if
- you want to watch Johnny Depp disappear into a cold, menacing gangster.
- you like the Irish mob seen from the inside.
- you want the true story of an informant the FBI shielded for years.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand close, brutal killings on screen.
- you want a gangster film with chases and shootouts, not slow menace.
About: corruption · loyalty · betrayal
Berlin 2023
Series
During his glory days, Berlin and a gang assembled in Paris for one of his greatest plans ever: stealing 44 million euros' worth of jewels in one night.
The sides of Berlin
- Berlin before Money Heist
- A jewel heist in Paris
- A thief falling in love again
Good for you if
- you like planning a 44 million euro jewel heist in one night.
- you like following Berlin, a charming thief you shouldn't trust.
- you like a heist with a love story at its heart.
Bad for you if
- you need a heist that holds up to logic.
About: love · loyalty · greed
Monster: The Ed Gein Story 2025
Series
The shocking true-life tale of Ed Gein, the infamous murderer and grave robber who inspired many of Hollywood's most iconic on-screen killers.
The sides of Monster: The Ed Gein Story
- A Wisconsin farmer and grave robber in the 1950s
- A son under his mother's hold
- The horror films built on his crimes
Good for you if
- you want to watch Charlie Hunnam vanish into a hard role.
- you want to know how one man shaped Psycho and Leatherface.
- you can spend a whole season inside the head of a Wisconsin killer.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand graphic violence and desecrated bodies.
- you can't watch abuse and madness up close.
About: madness · a mother's hold · horror and Hollywood

Locked Up: The Oasis 2020
Series
After a few years dedicating themselves to robbing jewelers, banks and casinos, it is time for Macarena and Zulema to separate.
The sides of Locked Up: The Oasis
- Two former inmates turned robbers
- One last job before they split
- A wedding in Mexico
Good for you if
- you like Macarena and Zulema, partners in crime who can't quite go their separate ways.
- you like a partnership where nobody fully trusts the other.
- you like rooting for Zulema, a criminal you should be afraid of.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather avoid stories told from the criminals' side.
About: loyalty · freedom · friendship
Narcos: Mexico 2018
Series
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
The sides of Narcos: Mexico
- The rise of the Guadalajara cartel
- A DEA agent working the Mexican border
- Police chiefs and generals on the payroll
Good for you if
- you like watching an empire built out of marijuana fields and bribes.
- you want real names and real events from 1980s Mexico.
- you like every meeting feeling like it could end badly.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through executions and torture.
- you can't take the drug trade, the addiction and what it costs families.
- you won't read subtitles, and much of the dialogue is in Spanish.
About: power · corruption · loyalty

El Capo 2009
Series
El Capo, the most wanted drug dealer in Mexico, has been intercepted while hiding with his trusted men, his wife and his lover. During his escape, he declares war on the government and his own past.
The sides of El Capo
- The most wanted drug lord in the country
- A wife and a lover on the run with him
- A war declared on the government
Good for you if
- you like a narco saga told from the boss's side.
- you can root for a drug lord at war with the state.
- you like a manhunt that never lets him rest.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand shootouts and cartel killings.
About: power · loyalty · betrayal
American Gangster 2007
Película
Nueva York, 1968. Frank Lucas es el taciturno chófer de un importante mafioso negro de Harlem. Cuando su jefe muere inesperadamente, Frank aprovecha la oportunidad para construir su propio imperio. Gracias a su talento, se convierte no sólo en el principal narcotraficante de la ciudad, inundando las calles con productos de mejor calidad y precio, sino también en un hombre público muy respetado. Richie Roberts, un policía incorruptible marginado por su honradez que conoce bien las calles, se da cuenta de que una persona ajena a los clanes trepa por la escalera del poder. Tanto Roberts como Lucas comparten un estricto código ético que les aparta de los demás y los convierte en dos figuras solitarias en lados opuestos de la ley. Cuando se encuentren, el enfrentamiento entre ellos será inevitable.
Las caras de American Gangster
- Frank Lucas importando heroína desde Vietnam
- Un policía honrado en un cuerpo corrupto
- Harlem a finales de los años 60
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una historia basada libremente en los verdaderos Frank Lucas y Richie Roberts.
- te gusta Denzel Washington como un empresario sereno e implacable.
- te gusta el ascenso y la caída de un imperio de la droga.
Mala para ti si
- dos horas y media es demasiado para ti.
- no soportas los tiroteos y las palizas repentinos a plena luz del día.
Temas: la ambición · la corrupción · el narcotráfico