A brilliant surgeon's past returns with a vengeance, unraveling his life in a bleak, suspenseful mystery.
A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Netflix.
Nothing past what a TV-14 promises: no sex or nudity and mild language.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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Dark (2017)Suspenseful · full attention · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA missing child unravels a bleak, surreal mystery spanning generations, forcing families to confront their intertwined, gritty past.
Another (2012)Properly scary · graphic gore · emotionally devastating · measuredA new student uncovers chilling secrets and a pervasive dread in a class shrouded in silence.
ERASED (2016)Suspenseful · full attention · strong violence · mildly scaryA struggling artist with a unique ability travels through time to prevent deaths and solve a murder.
Girl from Nowhere (2018)Properly scary · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA mysterious girl exposes the dark underbelly of high school, revealing grim truths with darkly-comic flair.
Death Note (2006)Dark satire · suspenseful · full attention · mildly scaryA brilliant student uses a supernatural notebook to purge evil, leading to a gritty, darkly-comic game of cat and mouse.
Classroom of the Elite (2017)Suspenseful · late-night trip · strong violence · emotionally heavyA prestigious academy's dark secrets unravel as a measured, cerebral game of survival begins.Monster is on our 2000s, Drama on Netflix, Animation on Netflix, Mystery on Netflix and Crime on Netflix lists.
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