I Do (2012)

The quiet ache of guilt sitting at the dinner table, the silence after a truth is buried, and the way pain is passed down like a name.

This remake of the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name brings a strong representative cast.

How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?

What seems like such a simple story of survival is so much more than that—it’s a story of family, and of war, and of destruction. It’s painful to watch, but not in a bad way. It makes its audience reflect on their own actions, and in how they are complicit in the sufferings of others as the adults in this film are. Grave of the Fireflies does not hold back from being heartbreaking, and it shouldn’t. It tells a message that needs to be heard decades after the war, and a story that cannot be forgotten by history.

Intergenerational friendships and community can be so powerful, and this was a great example.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical translates beautifully to the screen.