1. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Based on the play by Tennessee Williams. It is considered one of the most important works in the history of the United States.
We follow her protagonist, Blanche DuBois, a woman whose luck does not favor her and who, after being evicted, moves to live with her sister and her brother-in-law. Stanley, her brother-in-law, is a coarse, working-class man.
Little by little, we see how Blanche's reality begins to collapse around her. She creates illusions and lies that she repeats to herself to avoid falling into a catatonic state from her sadness.
Meanwhile, Blanche witnesses her brother-in-law's violent behavior towards her sister, who is pregnant with her first child.
2. Marriage Story (2019)
In one of the most successful drama films of recent years, we follow a failed marriage.
Charlie and Nicole are a creative couple. He is a very successful theater director, and Nicole was engaged in working as an actress. Both begin to have friction in the relationship and seek to smooth things out, but everything is a failed attempt.
Eventually, the separation process leads them to opt for a divorce. They both try to keep things smooth, but due to a series of circumstances they end up in a pitched battle involving lawyers and lawsuits.
In the meantime, they want to keep their son out of this situation, and thanks to this common feeling they discover that they can handle things more peacefully.
3. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
This interpretation of Akiyuki Nosaka's short novel is Studio Ghibli's third animated film.
The story takes place in the city of Kobe in Japan, in March 1945. Here we follow two children who have been abandoned to their fate due to the war. Their mother dies in a bombing, and they must move to live with their aunt.
When the woman begins to treat them with contempt, the brothers, Seita and Setsuko, decide to leave to wait for her father. But this is not an easy ordeal, and little by little the food shortage catches up with them until the little girl starts to get seriously ill.
4. Call me by your name (2017)
It is based on the homonymous novel by André Aciman. This story explores the relationship of Elio, a 17-year-old boy, who meets Oliver during a vacation trip to Italy. This 24-year-old is a student of his father, and the two establish a loving relationship that will deeply affect Elio.
Oliver, with a completely opposite personality to Elio's, teaches him to come out of his shell a bit and enjoy his days. In addition, the story covers the doubts of the environment about this type of relationship, and the fear that a teenager who is discovering his true orientation may feel.
5. Little Women (2019)
The story follows the March sisters, Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth. This group of young people, about to become women, will have to confront their true desires against what society expects of them.
Jo March lives in New York after the United States Civil War and works as a writer. Her sister Amy is in Paris, studying to be a painter, while her older sister Meg finds herself married to a professor.
When Beth, the shyest of the sisters, contracts a devastating disease, these women will have to come together and prove that they are one unbreakable family.
