Confessions.2010 — !!hot!!

addresses her rowdy, indifferent class for the final time. In a calm, steady monologue, she reveals that her four-year-old daughter, Manami, did not accidentally drown in the school pool as the police concluded. She knows she was murdered by two students in that very room—whom she identifies only as

Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5) Watch if you liked: Oldboy (2003), The Chaser (2008), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011). Where to stream: Currently available on Amazon Prime (rental) and The Criterion Channel. Confessions.2010

Shuya Watanabe (Yukito Nishii) is a brilliant inventor desperate for his absentee mother’s attention. He builds a "poison-purse" electric lock—a device that shocks anyone who opens it. He didn’t want to kill Manami out of malice; he wanted to see his invention in the news. He wanted his mother, a robotic engineer, to come home. addresses her rowdy, indifferent class for the final time