
Families Like Ours
2024 · Miniseries · 50 min · ★ 7.1 · 86% critics
In a near-future Denmark, rising waters force a full national evacuation, turning everyday life into a painful countdown. Amid the chaos, a teenager is pulled between family loyalties and first love while facing the loss of home and everything familiar.
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Details
- Original title
- Familier som vores
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-10-20
- Network
- TV 2
- Language
- Danish
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (26 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to intimate human drama set against large-scale crisis, especially if The Rain appeals to you; Not for you if you want escapist fun or a fast-paced disaster thriller.
Pros: timely premise; emotional stakes; unsettling atmosphere | Cons: bleak mood; stressful family conflict; slow for some
Themes
- climate change
- miniseries
Cast & crew

Amaryllis August
as Laura

Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt
as Elias

Nikolaj Lie Kaas
as Jacob

Paprika Steen
as Fanny

Helene Reingaard Neumann
as Amalie

Esben Smed
as Nikolaj

Magnus Millang
as Henrik

David Dencik
as Peter

Asta Kamma August
as Christel
- MH
Max Kaysen Høyrup
as Lucas
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Episodes1 season · 7 episodes
Season 17 episodes
- S1E1The Hour Draws Near49mNetflix
- S1E2Separating the Wheat from the Chaff50mNetflix
- S1E3The Angel's Watch50mNetflix
- S1E4Farewell50mNetflix
- S1E5Beyond all Boundaries50mNetflix
- S1E6A Time to Get and a Time to Lose50mNetflix
- S1E7I Make All Things New50mNetflix