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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Maniac 2018
Series
Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, they're assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. Things do not go as planned.
The sides of Maniac
- A drug trial that promises to fix everything
- Two strangers sharing the same dreams
- A computer with feelings running the experiment
Good for you if
- you like each episode jumping into a new dream world.
- you like a retro future with every set carefully designed.
- you like piecing together what is real across the trial.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief and mental illness at the heart of a story.
- you need the science to make sense.
About: mental illness · grief · connection
The Midnight Gospel 2020
Series
Traversing trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, Clancy the space caster explores existential questions about life, death and everything in between.
The sides of The Midnight Gospel
- A space caster interviewing people in dying worlds
- Real podcast conversations about death and meditation
- A last talk between a son and his mother
Good for you if
- you like psychedelic worlds where anything can melt or explode.
- you like long, calm conversations about life and death.
- you like being moved, and the last talk between Clancy and his mother can bring tears.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you need a plot that moves, and Clancy mostly talks while worlds end around him.
About: death · acceptance · meditation
Constellation 2024
Series
When a fatal accident occurs on board the International Space Station, a lone astronaut makes the heroic journey back to Earth, only to discover key pieces of her life—including her young daughter—have changed.
The sides of Constellation
- An accident on the International Space Station
- An astronaut coming home alone
- A daughter who seems different
Good for you if
- you like piecing together which reality you are watching.
- you like a mother who can't trust her own memories.
- you like a story that starts with an accident aboard the International Space Station.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that moves faster.
- you need the quantum physics to make real sense.
About: identity · motherhood · reality
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
Paprika 2006
Anime
Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stolen, she must stop rogue elements from merging the dream and waking worlds.
The sides of Paprika
- A psychologist who enters her patients' dreams
- A stolen dream machine
- A parade of objects marching out of dreams
Good for you if
- you like a dream that spills into the waking city.
- you want every frame packed with shifting images.
- you like not knowing whose dream you're in.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a machine to follow rules. This one runs on dream logic.
About: dreams · identity · technology
The Haunting of Hill House 2018
Series
Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
The sides of The Haunting of Hill House
- Five siblings and the house they fled
- A night their father never explained
- Ghosts hiding in the background of shots
Good for you if
- you want ghosts you only spot in the corner of the frame.
- you like a horror story that is really about brothers and sisters.
- you like a reveal that makes you rethink the first episode.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief, addiction and suicide on screen.
- you need horror that moves fast. This one lingers on memories.
About: grief · family · memory
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
Legion 2017
Series
David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.
The sides of Legion
- A young man diagnosed with schizophrenia
- Voices that might be real powers
- A psychiatric hospital that is not what it seems
Good for you if
- you like a superhero story told from inside a confused mind.
- you like dance numbers, bold colours and dreamlike staging.
- you like not knowing what is real and piecing it together with David.
Bad for you if
- you want a story where everything is clearly explained.
- you want superhero fights more than a trip through a man's head.
About: mental illness · identity · memory · love
The Boy and the Heron 2023
Anime
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
The sides of The Boy and the Heron
- A boy who lost his mother in the war
- A talking gray heron
- A tower that leads to another world
Good for you if
- you like a world of parakeets, pelicans and a stone tower.
- you love Miyazaki's hand-drawn worlds.
- you like a boy learning to accept a new mother.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want a story where every symbol is explained.
About: grief · family · growing up
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2021
Anime
In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth. There, each lives a life far different from their days as an Evangelion pilot. However, the danger to the world is far from over. A new impact is looming on the horizon—one that will prove to be the true end of Evangelion.
The sides of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
- Pilots living in a farming village after the end of the world
- A father who will not explain himself
- A last fight staged in a place that stops looking real
Good for you if
- you like a story you have to piece together from everything that came before it.
- you like giant robots and red oceans framed like paintings.
- you want Shinji's story to actually reach an end.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- two and a half hours of mecha and metaphysics is too much for one evening.
- you don't want to sit with depression and grief all night.
About: depression · fatherhood · letting go
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
Bruja Escarlata y Visión 2021
Serie
Combinando el estilo clásico de las sitcoms con el MCU (Universo Cinematográfico de Marvel), cuenta la historia Wanda Maximoff y Vision, dos seres con superpoderes que viven una vida idílica en las afueras de una ciudad hasta que un día comienzan a sospechar que no todo es lo que parece.
Las caras de Bruja Escarlata y Visión
- Una pareja que vive en viejas comedias de situación
- Un barrio residencial perfecto con grietas
- Un duelo que tuerce la realidad
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una serie que cambia de década y de estilo en cada episodio.
- te gusta ir descubriendo poco a poco lo que pasa de verdad.
- te gusta una serie de superhéroes que en realidad trata del duelo.
Mala para ti si
- las viejas comedias de situación en blanco y negro te parecen anticuadas. Los primeros episodios las imitan a propósito.
- necesitas una lógica que se sostenga, y esta funciona con magia y con las reglas de las comedias de situación.
Temas: el duelo · la negación · el amor