10 Awesome 2018 Movies You Probably Missed

7. The Kindergarten Teacher

The Kindergarten Teacher Maggie Gyllenhaal
Netflix

A rare remake of a foreign film which actually improves upon it, the English-language version of The Kindergarten Teacher benefits from a jaw-dropping Maggie Gyllenhaal performance as a teacher who becomes alarmingly obsessed with a prodigious young student.

It's an extremely tricky premise and one which could strike the wrong tone so easily, yet Gyllenhaal's tight turn knows when to crank things up and when to rein it in, finding truths both heartbreaking and unsettling in her desperately unsatisfied protagonist.

The second-hand embarrassment might be too strong for some audiences, but as low-key character dramas go, this was one of 2018's most disappointingly unsung.

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