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Broadchurch 2013
Series
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
The sides of Broadchurch
- The murder of an eleven-year-old boy
- Two detectives who clash
- A seaside town in Dorset under suspicion
Good for you if
- you like a whodunit where every neighbor could be the killer.
- you like Olivia Colman and David Tennant as mismatched detectives.
- you like a story about a family's grief, not only the case.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a child's death and a family's grief.
- you need chases and action, and this investigation takes its time.
About: grief · community · guilt · trust
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
The Bridge 2011
Series
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
The sides of The Bridge
- A body on the Øresund Bridge, half in each country
- Saga Norén, a Swedish detective with no filter
- A Danish cop who has to work with her
Good for you if
- you like a killer who plays a long game with two police forces.
- you like Saga Norén, blunt, literal and fiercely good at her job.
- you can take a cold Nordic noir with sad endings.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles in Swedish and Danish.
- you need a crime show that moves faster.
About: loneliness · justice · friendship
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
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
The Chestnut Man 2021
Series
At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.
The sides of The Chestnut Man
- A chestnut figure left at each murder scene
- Two mismatched Copenhagen detectives
- A minister's daughter who went missing
Good for you if
- you like a serial killer hunt in autumn Copenhagen.
- you like a missing girl case tied to fresh murders.
- you can take a cold, grim Nordic noir.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand mutilated bodies on screen.
- you won't read subtitles for a Danish series.
About: grief · the past · justice
Mare of Easttown 2021
Series
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
The sides of Mare of Easttown
- A detective in a small Pennsylvania town
- A teenage mother found dead
- A grandmother raising her late son's child
Good for you if
- you like a small-town murder where every neighbour could be hiding something.
- you like Kate Winslet as a tired, stubborn local cop.
- you like a crime story that cares as much about Mare's family as the case.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief, addiction and a son's suicide on screen.
- you need chases and shootouts more than slow detective work.
About: grief · small towns · motherhood · guilt
True Detective 2014
Series
Each season, different detectives work one murder case. The first follows two Louisiana detectives on a ritual killing that stays with them for seventeen years.
The sides of True Detective
- Two detectives, conversation as tension
- An obsession with a case that won't close
- A place that feels haunted
Good for you if
- you like long conversations in a car more than shootouts.
- you like a case that takes its time and a mood that settles in.
- you like dark ideas and darker places.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not keep track of one case told across two or three timelines.
- you can't take disturbing images of murder victims.
About: time · evil · faith · partnership
The Wire 2002
Series
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
The sides of The Wire
- Baltimore cops wiretapping a drug crew
- The docks, the schools, City Hall and the newspaper
- Dealers and detectives seen from both sides
Good for you if
- you like seeing how police, politics and schools keep a city stuck.
- you like a case built patiently over a whole season.
- you want people like Omar, Stringer Bell and McNulty to stay with you.
Bad for you if
- you lose track with dozens of characters on both sides.
- you need some hope. Baltimore rarely changes here.
About: institutions · the drug war · loyalty
Chinatown 1974
Film
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
The sides of Chinatown
- A private eye hired to catch a cheating husband
- Water stolen from Los Angeles
- A widow with a secret
Good for you if
- you like a case that grows from an affair into a city's dirty secret.
- you can take an ending where the wrong people win.
- you like Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes, nose bandaged and all.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a mystery whose last secret is deeply disturbing.
- you need momentum and a patient investigation loses you.
About: corruption · power · the past
The Outsider 2020
Series
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
The sides of The Outsider
- A boy's murder in a Georgia town
- A suspect seen in two places at once
- An investigator who sees what others miss
Good for you if
- you like dread that builds in quiet rooms and dark caves.
- you like a case with proof that a man was in two places at once.
- you like a patient story that takes its time with grief.
Bad for you if
- the murder of a child and a grieving family are too much for you.
- you need a crime explained without anything supernatural.
About: grief · belief · evil
Seven 1995
Película
Dos detectives, uno a una semana de jubilarse y otro recién trasladado, persiguen a un asesino en serie que construye cada crimen en torno a uno de los siete pecados capitales.
Las caras de Seven
- Cazar a un asesino
- Un policía veterano y uno joven
- Una oscuridad sin piedad
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una angustia que crece bajo la lluvia y nunca afloja.
- puedes con un final que te acompaña durante días.
- te gusta seguir a los detectives en cada paso de un caso.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas ver las secuelas de la violencia. La película muestra lo que se hizo, con detalle.
- ves películas para sentirte mejor después. Esta no te lo va a permitir.
Temas: el pecado · la indiferencia · la ciudad · la pareja
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
The Batman 2022
Película
Cuando un asesino se dirige a la élite de Gotham con una serie de maquinaciones sádicas, un rastro de pistas crípticas envía Batman a una investigación en los bajos fondos. A medida que las pruebas comienzan a acercarse a su casa y se hace evidente la magnitud de los planes del autor, Batman debe forjar nuevas relaciones, desenmascarar al culpable y hacer justicia al abuso de poder y la corrupción que durante mucho tiempo han asolado Gotham City.
Las caras de The Batman
- Un joven Batman detective
- Un asesino que deja acertijos
- Gotham ahogada por la lluvia
Buena para ti si
- te gusta que Batman resuelva un caso como un detective de cine negro.
- te gustan la luz roja, la lluvia y la oscuridad.
- te gusta una investigación sombría y paciente.
Mala para ti si
- tres horas son demasiado para una sola noche.
- quieres una película de superhéroes ligera.
Temas: la corrupción · la venganza · la esperanza
Dept. Q 2025
Series
A brash but brilliant cop becomes head of a new police department, where he leads an unlikely team of misfits in solving Edinburgh's cold cases.
The sides of Dept. Q
- A wounded detective sent to a basement office
- A cold case about a missing prosecutor
- A team of misfits in Edinburgh
Good for you if
- you like an old missing-person case reopened from scratch.
- you like a rude, guilt-ridden cop and the odd team around him.
- you like an investigation that takes its time.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through a dark, disturbing case where a victim's suffering is shown up close.
- you want a police show with chases and shootouts.
About: guilt · second chances · captivity
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
Gone Baby Gone 2007
Film
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
L.A. Confidential 1997
Película
Los Ángeles, años 50. El departamento de policía vive tiempos agitados en una ciudad revuelta y sacudida continuamente por escándalos que destapa la prensa sensacionalista, y donde todo el mundo busca la fama, drogas, alcohol, sexo o dinero. Dos agentes de caracteres opuestos, en cambio, guian sus acciones por nobles sentimientos: Bud White (Russell Crowe) se mete en todo tipo de líos pero no soporta que maltraten a una mujer. Mientras, Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) es un novato que quiere "limpiar" el cuerpo de policía de la corrupción imparable que invade todo el escalafón policial, aunque le cueste el desprecio de sus compañeros. Cada uno tiene sus tareas y sus problemas, hasta que una noche aparecen muertos varios agentes en un local nocturno.
Las caras de L.A. Confidential
- Tres policías muy distintos en el Los Ángeles de los años 50
- Una masacre en un restaurante abierto toda la noche
- El glamour de Hollywood y la corrupción policial
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una conspiración que solo encaja en el último acto.
- te gustan los policías corruptos, las call girls maquilladas como estrellas de cine y los tratos de la prensa amarilla.
- te gusta el Los Ángeles de los años 50 detrás de la postal.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas los asesinatos a escopetazos ni las palizas brutales.
- te pierdes cuando tres detectives siguen cada uno su propia pista.
Temas: la corrupción · la ambición · la justicia
Line of Duty 2012
Series
A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.
The sides of Line of Duty
- A police anti-corruption unit
- Interrogations that last a whole episode
- A hunt for the officer behind organised crime
Good for you if
- you like interrogation rooms that feel like a battlefield.
- you like Ted Hastings, Steve Arnott and Kate Fleming cornering a suspect with words.
- you like following a conspiracy that grows across seasons.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not commit to several seasons of one conspiracy.
- you lose track of names, ranks and police acronyms.
About: corruption · loyalty · truth
Top of the Lake 2013
Series
A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.
The sides of Top of the Lake
- A detective back in her New Zealand hometown
- A pregnant twelve-year-old girl who vanishes
- A lake town ruled by a dangerous father
Good for you if
- you like a missing-girl case in a remote New Zealand town.
- you like a patient story that lets the lake and the mountains breathe.
- you want to watch Elisabeth Moss carry a detective who is barely holding on.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch stories about the sexual abuse of girls and women.
- you want a crime show with chases and shootouts.
About: trauma · abuse · going home · motherhood