Adam is alone. His parents died in a car accident when he was 12. He’s living in his empty and forlorn childhood home; he has no confidants to commiserate with; and, worst of all, he’s a writer. Movies have a bad habit of drenching their sympathetic heroes with trauma, and the “sad artist” trope is one that even the least critical eye sees through. All of Us Strangers escapes the clichés. Directed by Andrew Haigh, the film follows the stricken Adam (Andrew Scott) as he meets a neighbor named Harry (Paul Mescal), and then begins a romantic relationship with him. Scott and Mescal are superb; their union is impassioned, soul-stirring, and (okay, allow me one cliché) beautiful. The movie is at once affecting and dreamlike, not least because Adam interacts with his parents’ ghosts throughout. Bring tissues to your viewing. There will be tears. —Jack Sullivan