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┏━━━━━Train to Busan ═╣ ╠═ Smiling Friends
┃ ┌─ Get Out ═╣ ╠═ South Park
Last of Us ━┫ ├─ Parasite ═╣ ╠═ BoJack Horseman
┃ │ ╠═ Parasyte ║
┃ │ ╠═ Midsommar ━┓ ┏━━ Tuca and Bertie ═╣
┃ │ ╠═ Pearl ┃ ╭─────────────╮ ┃ Fiona and Cake ═╝
╭─────────┸───╮ │ ╠═ Jennifer’s Body ┣━┥ FEMALE ┝━┫ Turning Red ─┐ ╭─────────────────╮
│ APOCALYPTIC │ │ ╠═ Decarnation ┃ │ PROTAGONIST │ ┃ Lady Bird ─┴──────────────────────┤ MOTHER-DAUGHTER ├─ The Coconut Children ─┬──AUSTRALIAN FICTION
╰─────────┰───╯ SOCIAL ╚═ Border (Gräns) ━┛ ╰─────────────╯ ┃ Pan's Labyrinth ━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ │ DYNAMIC │ Past the Shallows ─┤
┃ COMMENTARY ┃ Chinese Cinderella ┃ ╰─────────────────╯ │
╭───────────┸──────╮ │ ┃┌─ The Handmaid's Tale ┃ DYSFUNCTIONAL
│ POST-APOCALYPTIC │ │ ┗┿━ The Hunger Game ┃ FAMILY
╰───────────┰──────╯ ├─────────┬────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┃
Snowpiercer ━╂────────┤ │ ╭──┸──╮
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream ━╂────────┘ │ │ WAR │
Wall-E ━┛ SURVIVAL ╰──┰──╯
DRAMA ┣━ Life is Beautiful
│ ┣━ The Flowers of War
├─ Battle Royale ┗━ Grave of the Fireflies --- Studio Ghibli ---animation studio
└─ Squid Game
Battle Royale
MULTIPLE ADAPTATIONS: NOVEL ( 1999 ) → MOVIE & MANGA ( 2000 )
Oler than The Hunger Games franchise, Battle Royale is a dystopian action survial drama of high school students. The movie was highly praised by Quentin Tarantino (American filmaker) and influenced other survival drama genres.
Age Rating: MATURE
BoJack Horseman SERIES ( 2014 - 2020 )
Tragicomedy story of an anthropomorphic horse allow viewers to peek into the entertainment and writers industries. The show explore multiple mature themes, exploration of mental health and the human experience.
Age Rating: MATURE
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BoJack is a horny piece of shit.Border (Gräns)
MOVIE ( 2018 )
Magical realism which have a troll sex scene . Magical and morbid at the same time.
Age Rating: MATURE
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I love people's reaction to this movie. It's what snobs would call *avant-garde*Chinese Cinderella
BOOK ( 1999 )
read this book when i was 13, need to reread this BRB
Age Rating: General
Decarnation
GAME ( 2023 )
Story follows a Parisian cabaret dancer forced to retire early or restart her career led to a psychological horror story.
Age Rating: MATURE
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I love the art direction and story telling, but the plot is a bit predictableFiona and Cake
SERIES ( 2023 - 2025 )
Spin-off of Adventure Time follows Simon and Ice King's fanfic 'Fiona the human and Cake the cat'.
Age Rating: MATURE
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the cat annoys me. This series is amazing on it's own set in both modern human time and magical Ooo kingdom.Get Out
MOVIE ( 2017 )
Unique almost comedic and satirical concept well executed as a horror movie. I'm a fan of Key and Peele so I was pleasantly suprised when Peele came out with a horror movie (my fave genre).
Age Rating: MATURE
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off topic but this was deffo better than US. I liked Us as a concept and social commentary. When I stayed at a resort house, it reminded me of Us. Spooked me out. Sometimes I wonder if rich people get scared of the movie Us.Grave of the Fireflies
MOVIE
Age Rating: General
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
NOVEL GAME
People have always been sceptical of technology, but this in particular haunts me. The setting and antag is very reminiscent of what I assume to be our future as persuit of technological advancements eventually kill us.
Age Rating: Mature
Jennifer’s Body
MOVIE
Cult classic for a reason. Really leaned into the man-eater troupe.
Age Rating: Mature
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this movie was ahead of its time. I think male viewers at the time were somewhat spooked by the idea that girls can harm them, and that the nerdy chick can get laid.Lady Bird
MOVIE
Not my favourite movie but I like the debate around it. I think this was like one of the first movies that talked about the complicated mother-daughter dynamics in movies
Age Rating: Parental Guidance
Last of Us
GAME SERIES
Intersting take on the apocalyptic genre- fungi. I like the storyline and diverse characters.
Age Rating: Mature
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I only watched the series, I know the game is very popular which is why it recieved an adaptation.Life is Beautiful
MOVIE
Watched this in English class (HS). It made me cry. Such a beautiful movie I will recommend this 10 times over!!!
Age Rating: Parental Guidance
Midsommar
MOVIE
Love the foreshadowing, still did not expect the ending.
Age Rating: Mature
Pan's Labyrinth
MOVIE
unexpectedly political and horific told as childlike wonder.
Age Rating: Parental Guidance
Parasite
MOVIE
Watched it when it first release. If you remember this year, it was the same or similar time as the Joker movie which I watched in the cinemas. I think this movie was more moving and I cried at the end. I love everything about this movie and it still have a cult following
Age Rating: Mature
Parasyte
MANGA SERIES
Age Rating: Mature
Past the Shallows
BOOK
Age Rating: Parental Guidance
Pearl
MOVIE
Triology movie. Pearl was my favourite one, the rest was your basic slasher movies (IMO)
Age Rating: Mature
Smiling Friends
SERIES
Age Rating: Parental Guidance
Snowpiercer
MOVIE
Age Rating: Parental Guidance
South Park
SERIES
Age Rating: Mature
Squid Game
SERIES
Age Rating: Parental Guidance
The Coconut Children
BOOK
Age Rating: Parental Guidance
The Flowers of War
MOVIE
Amidst my interest in World War 2, I found out about imperial Japan's war crimes. This movie is about the Nanking Massacre staring Christian Bale (WTF).
Age Rating: Parental Guidance
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this movie disillusioned me from Japan (I was 14-15yrs). Admittedly after this movie, my consumption of Japanese media decreased overtime.The Handmaid's Tale
BOOK SERIES
Age Rating: Mature
The Hunger Game
BOOK MOVIE
Age Rating: Parental Guidance
Train to Busan
MOVIE
Age Rating: Parental Guidance
Tuca and Bertie
SERIES
Two adult birds living life. Proving once again, life doesnt end after 30.
Age Rating: Mature
Turning Red
MOVIE
Watched this with my bestfriend and we cried together. Lovely movie about coming of age, cultural identity and mother-daughter dynamics.
Age Rating: General
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it is a shame that there is a lack of films like this.Wall-E
MOVIE
Age Rating: General