Taste attributes
Films and TV shows by taste attribute
Every title on Boxlist is tagged with the story themes that drive it. These are the attributes behind your taste fingerprint: pick one to see the films and TV shows built on it, ranked by your match once you have taken the taste test.
All-consuming quest
Stories driven by a single goal that takes over everything: the search, the heist, the voyage or the obsession that the lead will not let go of, whatever it costs.
All-consuming quest films and TV showsComing-of-age
Growing up on screen: first loves, friendships, families and the moment a young lead works out who they are. Funny, painful and often both at once.
Coming-of-age films and TV showsComplex relationship
Marriages, families, friendships and rivalries that are never simple. The relationship itself is the story, with all its loyalty, resentment and unfinished business.
Complex relationship films and TV showsDeep rivalry
Two people, teams or dynasties locked in a contest neither will lose. Sport, business, politics or a feud between families: the rivalry is what keeps you watching.
Deep rivalry films and TV showsEmpowerment and personal growth
Leads who find their voice, their confidence or their calling. Uplifting stories of people who change for the better, often against the odds or the expectations of others.
Empowerment and personal growth films and TV showsFighting evil
Heroes against villains, monsters, cults and criminal empires. Clear stakes, a threat worth stopping and someone willing to stand up to it.
Fighting evil films and TV showsFish out of water and culture clash
A lead dropped into a place, class, country or culture they do not belong to. The clash is often comic, sometimes moving, and usually changes both sides.
Fish out of water and culture clash films and TV showsGame and competition
Tournaments, contests, championships and deadly games. The rules are set, the scoreboard is clear and everything rides on who wins.
Game and competition films and TV showsHuman spirit, resilience and survival
Survival against nature, war, illness or injustice. Stories about how much people can endure, and what keeps them going when there is every reason to stop.
Human spirit, resilience and survival films and TV showsInjustice, tragedy and vengeance
A wrong that cannot stand: crimes, betrayals and losses, and the people who set out to put them right, or to get even.
Injustice, tragedy and vengeance films and TV showsLove conquers all
Romances where love beats distance, class, family, time or fate. Swooning, heart-breaking and, in the end, hopeful.
Love conquers all films and TV showsRags-to-riches
From nothing to everything: hustlers, dreamers and self-made stars who climb out of poverty, and what the climb does to them.
Rags-to-riches films and TV showsRescue, escape and jeopardy
Lives on the line: hostages, prison breaks, disasters and desperate rescues. High stakes, a ticking clock and no guarantee everyone gets out.
Rescue, escape and jeopardy films and TV showsSelf-destruction and implosion
Addiction, ambition, pride and bad choices. Character studies of people who unravel, often brilliantly, and the damage they do on the way.
Self-destruction and implosion films and TV showsSocial commentary
Stories with something to say about class, power, race, media or the way we live now, as satire, drama or quiet observation.
Social commentary films and TV showsSolving the riddle
Mysteries, twists and puzzles where nothing is what it seems. Detectives, conspiracies and unreliable narrators that keep you guessing to the end.
Solving the riddle films and TV showsTroubled leads
Flawed, haunted and difficult main characters: antiheroes, broken detectives and people at war with themselves, who are impossible to look away from.
Troubled leads films and TV showsUnderdog triumphs
Long shots, outsiders and lost causes that come good. The cheer-out-loud stories of people and teams nobody believed in.
Underdog triumphs films and TV showsUnlikely connections
Odd couples, chance encounters and friendships across age, class or species. Two people who should never have met, and are better for it.
Unlikely connections films and TV shows