Black Mirror - Top Ten Episodes
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- DirectorJoe WrightStarsBryce Dallas HowardAlice EveCherry JonesA woman desperate to boost her social media score hits the jackpot when she's invited to a swanky wedding, but the trip doesn't go as planned.Expertly acted by Bryce Dallas Howard, Nosedive is the essential episode in the Black Mirror series. Most viewers will relate to this one, as it presents a terrifying prediction of how our society might evolve into the future, and the misplaced role of social media.
- DirectorCarl TibbettsStarsJon HammRafe SpallOona ChaplinThree interconnected tales of technology run amok during the Christmas season are told by two men at a remote outpost in a frozen wilderness.Sort of a mini-anthology within an anthology series, White Christmas served as a season 2 finale in 2014. Jon Hamm and Rafe Spall hold down most of the workload here, each presenting their own character’s backstory leading up to a mindbending twist ending.
- DirectorOwen HarrisStarsGugu Mbatha-RawMackenzie DavisDenise BurseWhen Yorkie and Kelly visit San Junipero, a fun-loving beach town full of surf, sun and sex, their lives are changed.An episode that appeals to the romantic in each of us, San Junipero is a love story with a sci-fi edge that boasts some beautiful imagery and an emotional well crafted viewing experience.
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDaniel KaluuyaJessica Brown FindlayRupert EverettIn a world where people's lives consist of riding exercise bikes to gain credits, Bing tries to help a woman get on to a singing competition show.While the premise of the story and the visual effects are both corny, Daniel Kaluuya makes it easy to overlook those shortcomings. The social commentary is even more relevant more than a decade later, calling to mind our tendency to assign value to meaningless currencies.
- DirectorBrian WelshStarsToby KebbellJodie WhittakerTom CullenIn the near future, everyone has access to a memory implant that records everything they do, see and hear. You need never forget a face again - but is that always a good thing?Awesome and terrifying in its portrayal of a not-so-distant future where we really have no ability to keep secrets any longer. Toby Kebbell is brilliant in the jealousy struck lead role.
- DirectorToby HaynesStarsJesse PlemonsCristin MiliotiJimmi SimpsonCapt. Robert Daly presides over his crew with wisdom and courage. But a new recruit will soon discover nothing on this spaceship is what it seems.What initially seems to be an innocent Star Trek farce turns out to be a disturbing look at a malicious and vindictive leader among coworkers, played by Jesse Plemons, who goes to extreme lengths to reverse his own feelings of inadequacy by controlling and torturing others.
- DirectorDan TrachtenbergStarsWyatt RussellHannah John-KamenWunmi MosakuAn American traveler short on cash signs up to test a revolutionary new gaming system, but soon can't tell where the hot game ends and reality begins.Playtest is a horrifying Twilight Zone-esque experiment in fear that reminds us reality is only what your senses perceive. This is one of the funner Black Mirror episodes to enjoy watching and rewatching.
- DirectorOwen HarrisStarsAnthony MackieYahya Abdul-Mateen IINicole BeharieTwo estranged college friends reunite in later life, triggering a series of events that could alter their lives forever.An interesting yarn about a very awkward virtual sexual relationship that develops between two good friends, Striking Vipers is a strange episode that explores dynamics of comradeship confronted with sexual confusion.
- DirectorTimothy Van PattenStarsGeorgina CampbellJoe ColeGina BramhillPaired up by a dating program that puts an expiration date on all relationships, Frank and Amy soon begin to question the system's logic.Another love story in the Black Mirror series, this time in a setting of technology and futuristic social constructs that blur the lines of virtual reality and real life. Hang The DJ was drastically helped by two lead actors with obvious chemistry on screen.
- DirectorJames HawesStarsKelly MacdonaldFaye MarsayBenedict WongIn near-future London, police detective Karin Parke, and her tech-savvy sidekick Blue, investigate a string of mysterious deaths with a sinister link to social media.The finale of season three, Hated in the Nation tells a tale of electronic bees hijacked to do the murderous bidding of angry social media trolls. Essentially a full length feature film with the amazing Kelly MacDonald in the lead role, it’s reminiscent of the Outer Limits.