My Animal (2023)

"My Animal" is a supernatural coming-of-age drama steeped in small-town isolation and simmering desire, following a teenage girl wrestling with a monstrous inheritance and an intense attraction to another young woman. Amandla Stenberg headlines with a performance that leans into the story's raw physicality, while India Salvor Menuez brings a quiet magnetism to the relationship at the film's center. The chemistry between the two builds toward genuine heat on screen, and the hub features 2 scenes that capture the film's willingness to get explicit when the story calls for it. Fans of Stenberg's work will find this one worth digging into for how far the film pushes past typical genre restraint.