Original title (FR): Les enfants vont bien (The Children are Doing Well)

When Jeanne, a meticulous insurance assessor, is suddenly left to care for her estranged sister’s two children after their mother vanishes, her carefully ordered life begins to unravel. Confronted with unexpected responsibilities, she must balance the fragile task of earning the children’s trust while also tending to her own relationship with her girlfriend, who struggles to adjust to Jeanne’s new role. As grief, uncertainty, and shifting loyalties mount, Jeanne finds herself redefining what family and love truly mean.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1277882-les-enfants-vont-bien

Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm on the eve of her comeback performance.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1102883-mother-mary

To escape a life of oppressed obscurity, a battered former wunderkind weaponizes her obsession with clowning, serial killers, and classic movie monsters into a night of shocking infamy.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1267597-super-happy-fun-clown

When the holidays are filled with unexpected adventures and challenges, the Fraggles learn to appreciate each day for being unique and special, like a snowflake.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1566269-the-first-snow-of-fraggle-rock

When Joni was 14, her best friend Gracie Darling disappeared during a séance. Some 27 years on, the local kids in a small town get their kicks with a game of 'Playing Gracie Darling' – but the seemingly innocent game turns sinister when another girl disappears. Joni, by then a child psychologist, returns to the town and partners with a police sergeant Jay to uncover the truth, while Gracie's sister Ruth faces a mother's worst nightmare when her own daughter vanishes under hauntingly similar circumstances.

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/271823-playing-gracie-darling

When Billy witnesses his parents’ grisly murder on Christmas Eve at the hands of Santa, it ignites a lifelong mission to spread holiday fear. Every Christmas, he dons the jolly red suit and delivers a blood-soaked massacre to feed his twisted sense of justice.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/801937-silent-night-deadly-night

An oddball becomes the bodyguard for a misfit teenager and finds himself in the crosshairs of the town's family of bullies.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/900407-tapawingo

Original title (IT): Gomorra - Le Origini (Gomorrah - The Origin)

Naples, 1977. The story of how it all began — how a very young Pietro Savastano will enter a criminal world, against the backdrop of a city in transformation: poor, rough-edged, marked by cigarette smuggling and on the brink of the heroin era.

Based on Gomorrah (2008, dir Matteo Garrone).

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/293550-gomorra-le-origini

Original title (FR): Vie privée (Private Life)

Psychiatrist Lilian Steiner moonlights as an amateur sleuth following the death of Paula, one of her long-time patients. Convinced that Paula’s supposed death by suicide is actually an unsolved murder, Lilian pursues her nagging suspicions.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1290432-vie-privee

Alternate title: Turn Up the Sun

A couple of artists arrive at a manor once frequented by royalty with a perfect plan. He is taking the trendy pictures for her new, chic pop album. It seems to be an ideal weekend, but then more people arrive at the mansion, and the game begins – a psychological game, for example.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1199193-turn-up-the-sun

Original title (ES): La Buena Hija (The Good Daughter)

After her parents’ separation, Carmela and her mother move into her grandmother’s home. As Carmela struggles to adjust to her new reality, she longs to spend more time at her father’s place, a visual artist she both admires and idolizes. His presence looms over the three generations of women, pushing them to confront and decide the future they each deserve.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1563543-la-buena-hija

A romantic drama exploring how friendship, passion, and forgiveness collide. The story follows two best friends, Debra, a Type A doctor, and Shelby, a free-spirited rule breaker, as their lives intertwine with those of Leonard and Tyrese.

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/305372-eric-jerome-dickey-s-friends-and-lovers

In 18th century Venice, 20-year-old violin virtuoso Cecilia lives at the Pièta orphanage, where, despite her talent, she remains confined, knowing that marriage is the only way out. Yet, her life takes a turn after she meets Antonio Vivaldi, a brilliant and ambitious composer who becomes the new violin teacher. Guided by Vivaldi and his music, Cecilia finds the strength to challenge the destiny that once seemed inevitable.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1365683-primavera

Simon had the perfect life: loving wife and kids, great job, beautiful home. But then his eldest daughter Paige ran away and everything fell apart. So now when he finds her, vulnerable and strung out on drugs in a city park, he finally has the chance to bring his little girl home.

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/244244-run-away

In the haunting aftermath of the Civil War, principled Yankee Lawman Beau Riffen joins forces with Cody Parnum, a tormented ex-Confederate tracker. Their quest to apprehend notorious train robbers leads them to Purgatory, a town eerily deserted. Amidst the silence, they cross paths with a lone African American trapper and a prisoner harboring secrets who whispers of an ancient menace. As the shadows of Purgatory tighten, an impending confrontation with "Yee Naaldlooshii" - The Skinwalker - beckons, testing bonds of trust and humanity in their gripping fight for survival.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11908652/

Original title (): 世外 (Shì wài, Beyond the Wall)

After death, before reincarnation, the souls of the deceased transit through a fantastical realm known as, Another World. Gudo is a spirit that helps to guide these transient souls to their reincarnation. While guiding a young girl named Yuri, he learns that humans have emotions that he does not understand. Tasked by Goddess Mira to help Yuri control her rage and prevent her transformation into a monster, Gudo embarks on a perilous mission.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1470329

Original title (ZH): 燃比娃 (Ránbǐ wá)

The legend of Ran Bi Wa talks about a monkey who was raised by humans. When he sets off to the Holy Mountain to steal fire for humankind, a journey begins from which he will return transformed into a man.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1418531

Original title (KO): 광장 (Gwangjang, Square)

Isak Borg (Lee Chan-yong) is the first secretary of Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang. Even though he's a diplomat, he is secretly dating Bok-joo (Lee Ga-young), a local traffic officer. One day, after a shady man was seen at their secret meeting spot, Bok-joo goes missing. With his departure date approaching, Borg searches for Bok-joo and begins to get suspicious of his interpreter, Lee Myeong-jun.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1361054

In 2093, young filmmaker Kuve travels to the remote village of Umata to document the aftermath of a devastating war that outlawed post-2040s technology and brought ancient kingdoms back to life. There he meets Mumbi, a local filmmaker who challenges him to make his film without relying on AI, using only his hands, eyes and heart. As Kuve searches for his own voice in this unplugged world he slowly begins to understand that even in a broken world there is beauty to be found in the small human moments we so often overlook.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1520504-memory-of-princess-mumbi

Original title (ES): Volveréis (You will return)

After 15 years as a couple, Ale and Alex decide to throw a party to celebrate their separation, leaving their loved ones perplexed.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1214118-volvereis

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection follow-up Ancestral Visions of the Future is described as being “a deeply personal exploration of identity, childhood, and death,” continuing a running theme in Mosese’s work of wrestling with his childhood in Lesotho and his exile to Germany.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1405458-ancestral-visions-of-the-future

Original title (FR): Les Arènes (The Arenas)

At just 18, Brahim, a promising young footballer, is represented by his agent and cousin Mehdi. He is about to fulfil his dream of signing his first professional contract with Lyon. But the arrival of a powerful foreign agent changes all that. In this uncharted world, even loyalty comes at a price.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1001374-les-arenes

Original title (PT): O Riso e a Faca (Laughter and the Knife)

Sergio travels to a metropolis in West Africa to work for an NGO as an environmental engineer on a road project between the desert and the forest. There, he becomes entangled in an intimate yet unbalanced relationship with two inhabitants of the city, Diara and Gui. As neo-colonial dynamics among the expatriate community unravel, this fragile bond becomes his only refuge from an impending collapse into solitude or barbarism.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1103551-o-riso-e-a-faca

Original title (AR): نجوم الأمل و الألم (Nujum al'amal w al'alam, Stars of Hope and Pain)

In this sweeping love story that spans three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope, Nino and Yasmina find themselves drawn together by a magnetic relationship. As they face an impossible choice between love and survival, they must decide if they want to build a family and chart a path to happiness in Lebanon, despite the tragedies ravaging the country.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1376838

François, a 50-year-old screenwriter whose career is on the decline, cynically ticks the "transgender" box to secure funding for his latest TV series project. When, against all odds, his plan works and his project is accepted, he finds himself having to portray… Françoise, an author beginning her transition. Unable to fulfill the required role, he must team up with Sarah, a real trans writer. As Françoise, François finally achieves success. He fills his bank account and reconnects with his teenage daughter… but as his deception continues, the price to pay proves higher than expected: his truest bonds are forged around his new identity. Françoise liberates him as much as she imprisons him.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1483527-francois-e

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