Dystopia doesn’t always start with nuclear annihilation or a virus that turns people into zombies. In Families Like Ours, the slowly rising North Sea forces Denmark to follow Holland’s example and—in an orderly and civilized manner—evacuate the entire country. France will take some of the refugees; Germany and Poland, already overwhelmed, not so many. The least connected end up in Romania. The series focuses on the dynamics of one Danish family and the stripping away of their—and our—delusions about climate change, status, exile, and separation. It’s a tense family drama that is remarkably well imagined and absorbing. And it comes with a bonus point. The series refutes two of Donald Trump’s bigger lies: climate change and the depravity of undocumented immigrants. —Alessandra Stanley
The Arts Intel Report
Families Like Ours

Amaryllis April August as Laura in Families Like Ours.
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Streaming on Netflix