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Lo más cercano a Training Day (Día de entrenamiento) primero
El caballero oscuro 2008
Película
Batman/Bruce Wayne regresa para continuar su guerra contra el crimen. Con la ayuda del teniente Jim Gordon y del Fiscal del Distrito Harvey Dent, Batman se propone destruir el crimen organizado en la ciudad de Gotham. El triunvirato demuestra su eficacia, pero, de repente, aparece Joker, un nuevo criminal que desencadena el caos y tiene aterrados a los ciudadanos.
Las caras de El caballero oscuro
- Un villano que solo quiere caos
- Una ciudad obligada a elegir
- Un héroe que paga el precio
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un villano al que no puedes quitarle los ojos de encima.
- te gustan las escenas en las que cada decisión puede costar una vida.
- te gusta una tensión que nace de gente hablando, como en la sala de interrogatorios.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas terminar con una nota alta. Esta te deja un peso encima.
- dos horas y media se te hacen largas para tu noche.
Temas: el caos · el orden · el sacrificio · la corrupción
The Shield 2002
Series
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
The sides of The Shield
- A corrupt detective running his own crew
- A Los Angeles precinct called the Barn
- A cover-up that keeps growing
Good for you if
- you like following Vic Mackey even as he does the unforgivable.
- you like a cover-up tightening around the Strike Team season after season.
- you like cops, gangs and politicians trading favors.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand brutal, close-up police violence.
- seven seasons is too much for you.
About: corruption · loyalty · guilt
Mayor of Kingstown 2021
Series
In a small Michigan town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the McClusky family are the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians in a city completely dependent on prisons and the prisoners they contain.
The sides of Mayor of Kingstown
- A Michigan town built on prisons
- Brothers brokering peace between cops and inmates
- Gang wars inside and outside the walls
Good for you if
- you like a town where prisons are the only business left.
- you like a fixer making deals between cops, gangs and guards.
- you like Jeremy Renner as a brother holding the town together.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand brutal prison violence.
- you need some hope in a story.
- five seasons is too much for you.
About: corruption · family · justice
MobLand 2025
Series
Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.
The sides of MobLand
- A fixer for a London crime family
- Two mob clans at war
- Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren as the parents
Good for you if
- you like a gang war where every betrayal raises the stakes.
- you like Tom Hardy as a quiet fixer cleaning up the mess.
- you like following a family of criminals you shouldn't root for.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand brutal killings and torture.
- you lose track with two crime families and many plots crossing at once.
About: loyalty · family · betrayal
El precio del poder 1983
Película
Un emigrante cubano frío y sanguinario, Tony Montana, llega de Cuba para instalarse en Miami, donde se propone hacerse con un nombre dentro del crimen organizado de Florida. Junto a su amigo, Manny Rivera, inicia una ascendente carrera delictiva.
Las caras de El precio del poder
- Un refugiado que quiere el mundo
- Cocaína y Miami en los 80
- Saluda a mi pequeño amigo
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una interpretación exagerada a propósito.
- te gusta seguir a un refugiado cubano despiadado que levanta un imperio de cocaína en Miami.
- te gusta un final sin piedad.
Mala para ti si
- las motosierras y los tiroteos te estropean la película.
- casi tres horas son demasiado para una noche.
- las películas de 1983 te parecen anticuadas.
Temas: la codicia · el poder · el exceso
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
Falling Down 1993
Film
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
The sides of Falling Down
- A laid-off man walking across Los Angeles
- A traffic jam that starts it all
- A detective on his last day before retirement
Good for you if
- you like following a man you understand less and less as the day goes on.
- you like waiting to see what sets him off next.
- you laugh at a fight over a breakfast menu at a fast food counter.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand an ordinary man turning to guns.
- you need an ending with some hope in it.
About: anger · urban decay · losing your place
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
Breaking Bad 2008
Serie
Un profesor de química de secundaria con cáncer de pulmón empieza a fabricar metanfetamina con un antiguo alumno para asegurar el futuro de su familia.
Las caras de Breaking Bad
- La lenta corrupción de un hombre corriente
- El crimen como negocio
- Una mala decisión que se descontrola
- Desierto, tensión, largos silencios
Buena para ti si
- te gusta apoyar a alguien a quien sabes que no deberías.
- te gusta una tensión que crece durante un episodio entero antes de estallar.
- ves una serie para ver cambiar a la gente, más que por lo que pasa.
Mala para ti si
- la violencia explícita te arruina una serie. Algunas escenas cuesta olvidarlas.
- la tele es para desconectar. Esta te mantiene en tensión.
- cinco temporadas son más de las que quieres empezar.
Temas: el orgullo · la familia · el poder · las consecuencias
Peaky Blinders 2013
Serie
Una familia de pandilleros asentada en Birmingham, Reino Unido, tras la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918), dirige un local de apuestas hípicas. Las actividades del ambicioso jefe de la banda llaman la atención del Inspector jefe Chester Campbell, un detective de la Real Policía Irlandesa que es enviado desde Belfast para limpiar la ciudad y acabar con la banda.
Las caras de Peaky Blinders
- Una familia de gánsteres en la Birmingham de los años 20
- Cuchillas de afeitar en las gorras
- Un héroe de guerra que quiere poder
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un jefe de banda frío y brillante.
- te gustan el humo, los abrigos y los paseos en cámara lenta.
- te gusta el rock moderno sobre escenas de época.
Mala para ti si
- la violencia brutal de las bandas te arruina una serie.
- seis temporadas son más de lo que quieres empezar.
Temas: la ambición · la familia · el trauma
Gangster Squad 2013
Film
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop… except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara and Jerry Wooters who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.
The sides of Gangster Squad
- Mobster Mickey Cohen ruling Los Angeles in 1949
- A secret squad of cops working off the books
- Tommy guns in fedoras and pinstripes
Good for you if
- you like shootouts with tommy guns in Chinatown.
- you like the look of 1940s Los Angeles.
- you like off-the-books cops going to war on Mickey Cohen's mob.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand brutal mob violence.
- you'd rather follow morally complicated people than clear heroes and villains.
About: corruption · justice · loyalty

Banshee 2013
Series
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.
The sides of Banshee
- An ex-con wearing a dead sheriff's badge
- A small town between the Amish and a crime boss
- A fight scene in nearly every episode
Good for you if
- you want a brutal, well staged fight in nearly every episode.
- you like your crime show bloody and unflinching.
- you like following a thief who took another man's badge.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not have sex scenes this frequent or this graphic.
- you need a story whose logic holds up.
- you can't sit through scenes of abuse and trauma.
About: identity · revenge · violence
Gomorrah 2014
Series
Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of the clan's godfather, Pietro Savastano.
The sides of Gomorrah
- The Camorra clans of Naples
- Ciro, the boss's loyal right hand
- Genny, the heir who wants his father's throne
Good for you if
- you want the drug trade of Naples seen from the inside.
- you like alliances where any meeting can end in a shooting.
- you like following Ciro and Genny though you shouldn't root for them.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand cold, frequent killings.
- you won't read subtitles for a series in Neapolitan.
- five seasons of this darkness is too much for you.
About: loyalty · betrayal · power · fathers and sons
Nightcrawler 2014
Película
Un hombre sin trabajo en Los Ángeles empieza a grabar de noche accidentes y crímenes y a vender las imágenes a un canal de noticias local.
Las caras de Nightcrawler
- Un hombre al que no puedes dejar de mirar
- El negocio de las noticias en televisión
- Los Ángeles de noche
Buena para ti si
- te gusta seguir a alguien que da más miedo cuanto más éxito tiene.
- te gusta una interpretación protagonista que te pone la piel de gallina.
- puedes reírte de hasta dónde llega y sentirte mal por ello.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas estar con los nervios de punta durante dos horas. Las grabaciones nocturnas de Lou se vuelven más peligrosas cada vez.
- necesitas algo de esperanza en una historia. El Los Ángeles de Lou es solo escenas de crimen y turnos de noche.
Temas: la ambición · los medios · la ética · la soledad
Heat 1995
Película
Neil McCauley es un experto ladrón. Su filosofía consiste en vivir sin ataduras que puedan constituir un obstáculo, si las cosas se complican. Su banda la forman criminales profesionales tan cualificados que pueden impresionar incluso al detective Vincent Hanna. Pero Hannah vive tan obsesionado con su trabajo que llega incluso a poner en peligro su relación sentimental. Cuando la banda de McCauley prepara el golpe definitivo y el equipo de Hannah intenta evitarlo, cada uno de ellos comprende que tiene que vérselas con una de las mentes más brillantes a la que se ha enfrentado en su carrera.
Las caras de Heat
- Un ladrón que puede largarse en treinta segundos
- Un policía que no puede
- Un tiroteo en el centro de Los Ángeles
Buena para ti si
- te gustan dos hombres que se respetan y tienen que chocar.
- te gustan un policía y un ladrón que son el mismo hombre.
- te gusta un atraco a un banco en pleno centro que acaba en tiroteo callejero.
Mala para ti si
- casi tres horas son demasiado para una noche.
- las películas de 1995 te parecen anticuadas.
Temas: la obsesión · el profesionalismo · la soledad
Locked Up 2015
Series
Set up to take the blame for corporate fraud, young Macarena Ferreiro is locked up in a high-security women's prison surrounded by tough, ruthless criminals in this tense, provocative Spanish thriller.
The sides of Locked Up
- A young woman jailed for her boss's fraud
- A women's prison run by its inmates
- A cold, fearless inmate named Zulema
Good for you if
- you like a newcomer learning the rules of a prison where one mistake costs her.
- you like a story where everyone, guards included, is breaking the law.
- you can't look away from Zulema, the inmate you shouldn't root for.
Bad for you if
- you can't take brutal fights and killings between inmates.
About: survival · corruption · power behind bars
My Name 2021
Series
Following her father's murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss — and enters the police force under his direction.
The sides of My Name
- A daughter avenging her father
- A gang boss who trains her
- An undercover mole in the narcotics squad
Good for you if
- you like hard, close-up fight scenes.
- you like a mole who could be exposed at any moment.
- you like following a heroine who works for a gang.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand brutal fights and bloody killings.
- you won't read subtitles for a Korean series.
About: revenge · loyalty · betrayal

The Cartel 2008
Series
The Cartel follows ten friends, all of them members of a dangerous drug cartel, whose ambition for power and money will cause them to eventually kill each other. For it is an undeniable truth that, in this business, you always lose.
The sides of The Cartel
- Ten friends inside a Colombian drug cartel
- A young man drawn into the trade for money
- Traffickers turning informant to US agents
Good for you if
- you like a story from inside the Colombian cocaine business.
- you can follow young men chasing money you know will ruin them.
- you like wondering which friend will betray the others first.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand shootings and murders on screen.
About: ambition · betrayal · money
Drive 2011
Película
Durante el día, Driver trabaja en un taller y es conductor especialista de cine, pero, algunas noches de forma esporádica, trabaja como chófer para delincuentes. Shannon, su mentor y jefe, que conoce bien su talento al volante, le busca directores de cine y televisión o criminales que necesiten al mejor conductor para sus fugas, llevándose la correspondiente comisión. Pero el mundo de Driver cambia el día en que conoce a Irene, una guapa vecina que tiene un hijo pequeño y a su marido en la cárcel.
Las caras de Drive
- Un profesional silencioso con un código
- La ciudad de noche, neón y sintetizadores
- La ternura, y luego la violencia repentina
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las noches de neón en Los Ángeles.
- te gusta una banda sonora de sintetizadores para poner en bucle.
- te gustan los largos silencios y un héroe que apenas habla.
Mala para ti si
- una violencia repentina y muy brutal te arruina una película.
- quieres personajes que hablen.
Temas: la soledad · la protección · la violencia
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