Fresh
[Moodysson] dives into the soul of a 16-year-old Estonian girl and tears you apart.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
Lilya 4-ever
Overview
In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life — and a journey that will change everything.
Director and cast
- Lukas Moodysson Director
- Oksana Akinshina as Lilja
- Artyom Bogucharsky as Volodja
- Ljubov Agapova as Lilja's Mother
- Liilia Šinkarjova as Aunt Anna
- Elina Benenson as Natasha
- Pavel Ponomaryov as Andrei
- Tomasz Neuman as Witek
- Anastasiya Bedredinova as Neighbor
- Tõnu Kark as Sergei
- Nikolai Bentsler as Natasha's Boyfriend
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Worth every uncomfortable minute.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
A wrenching feel-bad movie graced by a luminous central performance.
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fresh
It tells a heartbreaking story, one of those tales that need to be told and about which only pain can be felt.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Fresh
It is Akinshina's presence and performance that make the pedestrian story heart-wrenching.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
More films
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018)
Crime · Drama · TV Movie · TV-14
On the night she plans on taking her own life, 17-year-old 'Lisa McVey' is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive and is raped. She manages to talk her attacker into releasing her, but when she returns home, no one believes her story except for one detective, who suspects she was abducted by a serial killer. Based on horrif...
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Jim Donovan
- Cast
- Katie Douglas, David James Elliott, Rossif Sutherland
IMDb
7.2
Manic (2002)
Drama · R
In lieu of prison, Lyle, a violent adolescent, is placed in a juvenile mental institution where he encounters a group of equally troubled teens. This motley crew—abused, sexually confused, violent, and yet hanging on by their grit and anger—becomes Lyle's last lifeline as he fights to find meaning in a world that seems to defy understa...
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Director
- Jordan Melamed
- Cast
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Don Cheadle, Zooey Deschanel
IMDb
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Metacritic
60
Eden (2013)
Crime · Drama · Thriller · R
After a night out with friends, Hyun Jae accepts a late night ride home from a young fire fighter. What begins as a night of promise quickly turns into a nightmare when she is abducted and imprisoned outside Las Vegas as a sex slave.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Megan Griffiths
- Cast
- Jamie Chung, Beau Bridges, Matt O'Leary
IMDb
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
63
Out of the Blue (1981)
Drama · R
A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Director
- Dennis Hopper
- Cast
- Linda Manz, Sharon Farrell, Don Gordon
IMDb
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
78
Stolen (2024)
Crime · Drama · Thriller · TV-MA
A young woman struggles to defend her Sámi heritage in a world where xenophobia is on the rise, climate change is threatening reindeer herding, and young people choose suicide in the face of collective desperation.
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Director
- Elle-Márjá Eira
- Cast
- Elin Kristina Oskal, Martin Wallström, Magnus Kuhmunen
IMDb
5.8
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
The Four Robinsons (1939)
Comedy · N/A
Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey
IMDb
5.8
La mantilla de Beatriz (1946)
Drama · Romance · N/A
In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert
Comments
Talk about the film with other members