Paradise Is Burning

2023

Swedish

6.6

♡ 5

100%

Mika Gustafson Director

Nathalie Lindén as Fighting Girl

Ida Engvoll as Hannah

Peter Larsdotter as Rolf

Isabella Kjellberg as Sandra

Left to their own devices by their absent mother, Laura and her two sisters revel in the excitement of freedom, letting their days unfold without the constraints of adult supervision. However, when Laura receives a call that threatens to place them in foster care, she frantically searches for a substitute mother to avoid this fate.

Ray & Liz

2018

English

6.7

♡ 7

94%

Richard Billingham Director

Ella Smith as Liz

Tony Way as Lol

Justin Salinger as Ray

Michelle Bonnard as Zeinab

On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling humor, three episodes unfold as a powerful evocation of the experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat.

Close-Knit

2017

Japanese

7.2

♡ 7

100%

uncle niece relationship

unmarried couple

Naoko Ogigami Director

Misako Tanaka as Fumiko

Noriko Eguchi as Kanai

Eiko Koike as Naomi

Shûji Kashiwabara as Yoshio

After being neglected by her mother, a little girl is taken in by her uncle and his transgender girlfriend, who create a loving home for her.

Rocks

2019

English

7.4

♡ 5

97%

81%

Action

brother sister relationship

Sarah Gavron Director

Ruby Stokes as Agnes

Sharon D. Clarke as Anita

Layo-Christina Akinlude as Funke Omotoso

Bukky Bakray as Shola 'Rocks' Omotoso

15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has left them. Against all odds, and with the help of her loyal friends, she evades the authorities and navigates the most defining days of her young life.