20 Most Critically Adored Films 2018 (According To Rotten Tomatoes)

20. The Cakemaker

Rating: 98%

This Israeli-German film follows Thomas, a young German baker who is in the midst of an affair with Oren, an Israeli married man. When his lover is killed in a car crash in his own country, Thomas travels to Jerusalem in secret seeking answers about his death and successfully infiltrates the life of Anat, Oren's wife.

As he seeks to protect the truth, he ends up losing himself deeper and deeper to his lie.

Sample Review:

"A tender, tactile and just-sweet-enough story of hidden love, challenged faith and unwittingly shared grief." - Variety