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We Were the Lucky Ones

2024 · Miniseries · TV-MA · ★ 7.5 · 86% critics

Drama

A Jewish family is torn apart as World War II begins, forced into separate paths across multiple countries. As danger closes in, each person fights to survive while holding onto the hope of finding their loved ones again.

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Streaming on Hulu.

7 hours to watch · 8 episodes.

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Details
Years
2024
Release date
2024-03-28
Network
Hulu
Language
English
Rated
TV-MA
Max quality
UHD
Critic score
86/100
TMDB rating
7.5/10 (83 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an intense, emotionally driven true-story miniseries about resilience and family bonds under wartime terror; Not for you if you want light viewing or simple plots like Say Nothing.

Pros: powerful family survival story; gripping tension throughout; strong performances | Cons: heavy emotional watch; many threads to track; uneven character focus

Themes

  • based on novel or book
  • holocaust (shoah)
  • world war ii
  • jew persecution
  • based on true story
  • holocaust (shoah) survivor
  • miniseries
  • family

Cast & crew

Episodes1 season · 8 episodes

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