On Chesil Beach (2018)

"On Chesil Beach" is a period drama about a young newlywed couple in 1962 England whose wedding night unravels as past intimacies and present anxieties collide. Saoirse Ronan carries the film's emotional weight with a performance that bares plenty of vulnerability alongside her body, her tentative wedding-night scenes forming the aching core of the story. Anne-Marie Duff appears in support, adding texture to the family drama surrounding the central romance. Between the two of them, the hub collects 6 scenes worth digging into, ranging from tender undress to the raw, fumbling sex scene that defines the picture's central tragedy. Fans of Ronan's more exposed work will find this one essential viewing.