Bird Box (2018)

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

Enthralling doomsday drama works - despite utilizing an irritating premise - due mainly on a good sense for atmosphere and charcter development and an excellent performance by Sandra Bullock.

Animal Kingdom (2010)

 

 

A seventeen year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.

 

Intense and at times harrowing study of a criminal family, cast and production succedd in creating a very bleak world.

Maltin***: "Tough, uncomprimising drama always has one more surprise up its sleeve."