Like Roma, but more emotional
Roma's quiet gaze on ordinary life — but films that let emotion in rather than holding it at a documentary remove.
Aftersun
2022A holiday remembered from adulthood — the most heartbreaking recent film
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The Farewell
2019A family secret, a fake wedding, and how cultures hold grief differently
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Shoplifters
2018A found family on the margins — Koreeda at his most tender
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Beasts of the Southern Wild
2012Poverty and magic through a child's eyes — achingly alive
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Capernaum
2018A Lebanese child sues his parents for giving him life — devastating
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