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Outer Range 2022
Series
A rancher fighting for his land and family stumbles upon an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness, forcing a confrontation with the Unknown in ways both intimate and cosmic in the untamable American West.
The sides of Outer Range
- A Wyoming rancher and his family
- A strange black hole in a pasture
- A feud over land
Good for you if
- you like a hole in the ground that nobody can explain.
- you like a western that turns into something cosmic.
- you like Josh Brolin as a father keeping secrets to protect his ranch.
Bad for you if
- you need the story tied up by the end of season two.
- you need momentum and can't sit through long quiet days on the ranch.
About: time · land · guilt
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
Aniquilación 2018
Película
Cuando su marido desaparece durante una misión secreta, la bióloga Lena se une a una expedición a una misteriosa región acordonada por el gobierno de Estados Unidos. El grupo, compuesto por varias mujeres científicas, investiga la Zona X, un intrigante lugar controlado por una poderosa fuerza alienígena del planeta Tierra. La Zona X es un lugar al que han ido otras expediciones, pero del que ninguna ha vuelto.
Las caras de Aniquilación
- Cinco científicas que entran en el Resplandor
- Una naturaleza que muta en otra cosa
- Un oso que grita
Buena para ti si
- te gusta la ciencia ficción que parece una pesadilla.
- te gustan los paisajes mutados de colores arcoíris.
- te gusta un final que se niega a explicarse.
Mala para ti si
- el horror corporal y una criatura aterradora son demasiado para ti.
- necesitas ritmo. La expedición avanza despacio y en silencio por el Resplandor.
Temas: la autodestrucción · el cambio · el duelo
2001. Una odisea del espacio 1968
Película
Mientras investigan la aparición de misteriosos monolitos en el universo, dos astronautas luchan contra la inteligencia artificial de su nave.
Las caras de 2001. Una odisea del espacio
- Simios que descubren las herramientas
- Una computadora que no abre las puertas
- Un viaje más allá del infinito
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las naves que bailan un vals al ritmo de El Danubio azul, en planos perfectamente compuestos.
- te gusta una película que avanza como una sinfonía.
- quieres sentirte pequeño ante el universo.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas personajes con los que conectar. Dave y Frank siguen fríos y tranquilos, y la computadora HAL es la que muestra más sentimiento.
- quieres que pase algo. Hay tramos largos en silencio.
- quieres una explicación clara del final.
Temas: la evolución · la tecnología · lo desconocido
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
Devs 2020
Series
Young computer engineer Lily Chan investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend.
The sides of Devs
- A tech campus hidden in the redwoods
- A quantum computer that can see the past
- An engineer looking into her boyfriend's death
Good for you if
- you like Lily digging into what the secret Devs team is really building.
- you like long silences and a quiet, humming dread.
- you want Alex Garland's golden lab and composed frames.
Bad for you if
- you want chases and shootouts with your tech thriller.
- you need the physics on screen to be real physics.
About: free will · grief · technology
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
Dark 2017
Serie
Tras la desaparición de un niño, cuatro familias desesperadas tratan de entender lo ocurrido a medida que van desvelando un retorcido misterio que abarca tres décadas.
Las caras de Dark
- Un rompecabezas a través del tiempo
- Un pueblo con un secreto enterrado
- El destino frente al libre albedrío
- Cuatro familias, un solo nudo
- Lluvia gris y una música pesada
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un árbol genealógico que hay que dibujar en papel.
- te gusta un misterio frío y paciente.
- te gusta una serie que se entiende mejor la segunda vez.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas un poco de esperanza. En Winden, las familias pierden a sus hijos y luego todo lo demás.
- no lees subtítulos. Está en alemán (existe doblaje).
Temas: el tiempo · el destino · la familia
Undone 2019
Series
After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death.
The sides of Undone
- A woman bending time after a car crash
- Her dead father guiding her
- Rotoscoped animation over real actors
Good for you if
- you like reality slipping away from Alma scene after scene.
- you like painted animation traced over real actors.
- you like a daughter trying to save the father she lost.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you want to know for sure whether Alma's visions are real.
About: grief · mental illness · time
Las vidas posibles de Mr. Nobody 2009
Película
En el año de 2092, Nemo Nobody, un hombre de 120 años de edad, es el último humano mortal viviendo entre humanos que se han vuelto inmortales gracias a increíbles avances científicos. Cuando Nemo se encuentra en su lecho de muerte, revive varias posibles existencias y matrimonios que tal vez pudo experimentar.
Las caras de Las vidas posibles de Mr. Nobody
- El último hombre mortal en 2092
- Un niño que debe elegir entre sus padres
- Tres amores en tres vidas posibles
Buena para ti si
- te gusta armar vidas que se ramifican a partir de una sola decisión.
- te gusta una película que te deja sin saber cuál fue la vida real.
- te gustan las grandes preguntas sobre el tiempo, el azar y la elección.
Mala para ti si
- dos horas y veinte de vidas ramificadas son demasiado para ti.
- necesitas que la ciencia de una historia se sostenga.
Temas: la elección · el tiempo · el amor
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
Dark Matter 2024
Series
Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his real family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.
The sides of Dark Matter
- A Chicago physics professor kidnapped into another life
- A box that opens onto endless worlds
- A man fighting another version of himself
Good for you if
- you like Joel Edgerton playing two versions of the same man.
- you like a man racing his own double to get home.
- you like a story driven by a husband trying to get back to his wife and son.
Bad for you if
- you need the quantum physics to hold up.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt talks about the life a man could have had.
About: the road not taken · identity · marriage
La llegada 2016
Película
Unas misteriosas naves espaciales aterrizan por todo el mundo. Un equipo, liderado por la lingüista Louise Banks, intenta descifrar el motivo de su visita. A medida que la humanidad se tambalea al borde de la guerra, Louise y su equipo luchan contra el tiempo, llegando a poner en peligro su vida y, muy posiblemente, la del resto de la humanidad.
Las caras de La llegada
- El duelo bajo la ciencia ficción
- Extraterrestres realmente ajenos
- Entender como trama
- Un tiempo que no va en línea recta
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una película que te rompe en silencio al final.
- te gustan las escenas pacientes en las que la gente intenta entenderse.
- te gustan los extraterrestres tratados como un problema real de lenguaje y ciencia.
Mala para ti si
- quieres una invasión alienígena con batallas. No hay ninguna.
- prefieres no esforzarte para seguir una historia. Los recuerdos de Louise solo encajan en el último acto.
Temas: el lenguaje · el duelo · el tiempo · la elección
Donnie Darko 2001
Película
Donnie es un chico americano dotado de gran inteligencia e imaginación. Tras escapar milagrosamente de una muerte casi segura, comienza a sufrir alucinaciones que lo llevan a actuar como nunca hubiera imaginado y a descubrir un mundo insólito a su alrededor, pues en sus visiones un gran conejito lo manipula para cometer una serie de crímenes.
Las caras de Donnie Darko
- Un adolescente perturbado y un conejo gigante
- Un motor de avión que cae sobre una casa
- Veintiocho días para el fin
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las películas extrañas y soñadoras con un lado oscuro.
- te gusta armar una historia que no se explica sola.
- te gusta discutir el final después.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas algo de esperanza. El mundo de Donnie cuenta atrás hacia el fin desde los primeros minutos.
- quieres algo suave y seguro. Un motor de avión se estrella en el cuarto de Donnie al principio.
Temas: el destino · el tiempo · la adolescencia
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
Children of the Sea 2019
Anime
Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and begins to realize that she has the same sort of supernatural connection to the ocean that they do. Umi and Sora's special power seems to be connected to strange events that have been occurring more and more frequently, such as the appearance of sea creatures far from their home territory and the disappearance of aquarium animals around the world. However, the exact nature of the boys' power and of the abnormal events is unknown, and Ruka gets drawn into investigating the mystery that surrounds her new friends.
The sides of Children of the Sea
- A girl spending summer at her father's aquarium
- Two boys raised by dugongs
- Sea creatures vanishing around the world
Good for you if
- you like hand-drawn oceans full of fish and light.
- you want a film about the sea and the birth of the universe.
- you like whales, dugongs and summer by the shore.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you want a story where everything is explained.
About: the ocean · the origin of life · belonging
I Origins 2014
Film
A molecular biologist's study of the human eye has far-reaching implications about humanity's scientific and spiritual beliefs.
The sides of I Origins
- A scientist studying how the eye evolved
- A love affair that ends in loss
- A search for a little girl in India
Good for you if
- you like science running into something it can't explain.
- you like an intense, strange love story between a skeptic and a believer.
- you like a film that leaves you moved at the end.
Bad for you if
- you need the science to hold up from start to finish.
- you want a clear answer, not a question about reincarnation left open.
About: faith · science · grief · love
Archive 81 2022
Series
An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.
The sides of Archive 81
- An archivist restoring burned videotapes
- A 1994 apartment building and a cult
- A missing filmmaker on VHS
Good for you if
- you like piecing together what happened to Melody from old tapes.
- you like slow, creeping horror in a strange apartment building.
- you like two timelines that slowly meet.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand a story left on a cliffhanger with no second season.
- you need horror that moves fast.
About: obsession · the past · grief · cults
Katla 2021
Series
A year after a subglacial volcano erupts, mysterious elements from prehistoric times emerge from the melting ice, bringing unforeseen consequences.
The sides of Katla
- A village under an erupting volcano
- People coming back out of the glacier ice
- A grieving family in Vík
Good for you if
- you like strangers walking out of the ice with familiar faces.
- you like a quiet mystery that takes its time.
- you want black ash and Icelandic glaciers on screen.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for an Icelandic series.
- you want every mystery explained by the end.
About: grief · guilt · the past
Backrooms 2026
Film
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
The sides of Backrooms
- A doorway in a furniture showroom basement
- Empty rooms that go on forever
- Something waiting in the halls
Good for you if
- you like horror that comes from empty spaces more than jump scares.
- you like a door that should not be there.
- you like the eerie look of old video and empty offices.
Bad for you if
- you want every mystery explained by the end.
- you need momentum, and much of it is wandering through endless empty halls.
About: the unknown · trauma · isolation