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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
Louie 2010
Series
Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.
The sides of Louie
- A divorced comedian raising two daughters
- Stand-up sets in New York clubs
- Episodes that drift into the absurd
Good for you if
- you like laughing at loneliness, aging and awkward dates.
- you like a comedy that turns absurd without warning.
- you like a portrait of one tired man more than a plot.
Bad for you if
- you want a comedy that leaves you feeling good.
- you need momentum. Louie lets long, awkward silences hang and scenes wander.
About: fatherhood · loneliness · divorce
Birdman o La Inesperada Virtud de la Ignorancia 2014
Película
Después de hacerse famoso interpretando a un célebre superhéroe, un actor trata de darle un nuevo rumbo a su vida, recuperando a su familia y preparándose para el estreno de una obra teatral en Broadway.
Las caras de Birdman o La Inesperada Virtud de la Ignorancia
- Un actor de superhéroes en decadencia en Broadway
- Una película que parece un solo plano
- Una voz en su cabeza
Buena para ti si
- te gustan los actores que se entregan por completo, dentro y fuera del escenario.
- te gusta una cámara que flota por un teatro sin detenerse.
- te gusta una mirada amarga y divertida sobre la fama y el ego.
Mala para ti si
- el realismo mágico y los actores que flotan no son para ti.
- necesitas un final claro. El último plano te deja adivinando qué fue de Riggan.
Temas: el ego · la relevancia · el arte
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
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
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
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
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
El faro 2019
Película
Ambientada a finales del siglo XIX, cuenta la historia de dos fareros que trabajan juntos en una misteriosa isla perdida de Nueva Inglaterra.
Las caras de El faro
- Dos fareros en una isla remota en la década de 1890
- Una tormenta que no termina
- Una luz que el joven farero nunca puede tocar
Buena para ti si
- quieres ver a Willem Dafoe y Robert Pattinson destrozarse el uno al otro.
- te gusta una imagen cuadrada en blanco y negro que parece una fotografía antigua.
- te gustan las sirenas, las gaviotas y una locura que no distingues de la realidad.
Mala para ti si
- el blanco y negro se te hace pesado.
- quieres saber al final qué era real.
Temas: el aislamiento · la locura · el poder
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
Atlanta 2016
Series
Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.
The sides of Atlanta
- Earn managing his cousin's rap career
- Paper Boi, a rapper getting famous
- A season on tour in Europe
Good for you if
- you like a comedy where an invisible car or a surreal detour can show up any episode.
- you like laughing at race, money and fame in ways that sting.
- you like Earn, Paper Boi, Darius and Van more than any plot.
Bad for you if
- you want each episode to explain what it meant.
- you need a story that moves forward every week.
About: race · money · fame · family
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
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 hoyo 2019
Película
Un lugar misterioso, una prisión indescriptible, un agujero muy profundo. Un número desconocido de niveles. Dos reclusos viviendo en cada nivel. Una plataforma descendente que contiene alimentos para todos ellos. Una lucha inhumana por la supervivencia, pero también una oportunidad para ser solidario.
Las caras de El hoyo
- Una prisión en forma de torre con una sola plataforma de comida
- Niveles de arriba abajo
- Quién come y quién no
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las historias extrañas y alegóricas.
- te gusta una idea cruel y sin rodeos.
- te gusta no saber en qué nivel despertarás.
Mala para ti si
- el gore y el canibalismo te arruinan la película.
Temas: la desigualdad · la solidaridad · la codicia
Cómo ser John Malkovich 1999
Película
La vida de Craig Schwartz está llegando al final de un ciclo. Craig es un marionetista callejero con un gran talento, pero él tiene la impresión de que su vida carece de sentido. Nueva York ha cambiado mucho y la gente no le presta mucha atención. Lleva diez años casado con Lotte, que trabaja en una tienda de animales y está obsesionada con su trabajo. Él consigue encontrar trabajo en la planta 7'5 del edificio Mertin-Flemmer de Manhattan, donde encuentra una pequeña puerta que le permite el acceso a un pasillo secreto que le aspira y que le permite acceder al cerebro de John Malkovich.
Las caras de Cómo ser John Malkovich
- Una oficina en el piso siete y medio
- Una puertecita a la cabeza de un actor
- Un triángulo amoroso a través del cuerpo de otro
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un portal que te deja al borde de una autopista de Nueva Jersey.
- te gusta un titiritero que convierte a un hombre en su marioneta.
- te gusta John Malkovich interpretándose a sí mismo, poseído.
Mala para ti si
- quieres una comedia tierna y nada inquietante.
- necesitas que las reglas de una historia tengan sentido.
Temas: la identidad · el deseo · el control
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
Tales from the Loop 2020
Series
The story of the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe – making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction.
The sides of Tales from the Loop
- A small Ohio town above a strange machine
- Rusted robots in snowy fields
- A different neighbour in each episode
Good for you if
- you like quiet, patient episodes with long silences.
- you like Simon Stålenhag's paintings brought to life.
- you like science fiction that feels small, personal and strange.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope, and many episodes end on loss and loneliness.
- you want the mysteries of the Loop explained.
About: time · loneliness · family
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
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
La naranja mecánica 1971
Película
Gran Bretaña, en un futuro indeterminado. Alex es un joven muy agresivo que tiene dos pasiones: la violencia desaforada y Beethoven. Es el jefe de la banda de los drugos, que dan rienda suelta a sus instintos más salvajes apaleando, violando y aterrorizando a la población. Cuando esa escalada de terror llega hasta el asesinato, Alex es detenido y, en prisión, se someterá voluntariamente a una innovadora experiencia de reeducación que pretende anular drásticamente cualquier atisbo de conducta antisocial.
Las caras de La naranja mecánica
- Un joven matón que adora a Beethoven
- Una cura que quita la elección
- Bares de leche y una jerga extraña
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una película con un aspecto que nunca olvidarás.
- te gusta el cine perturbador y provocador.
- te gusta una sátira que te incomoda.
Mala para ti si
- la violencia presentada como entretenimiento es demasiado para ti.
- la violencia sexual en pantalla es demasiado para ti.
- las películas de 1971 te parecen raras y anticuadas.
Temas: el libre albedrío · la violencia · la sociedad