Movies Similar to And Yet We're Not Super Heroes

Little Girl(2020)

7-year-old Sasha has always known that she is a girl. Sasha’s family has recently accepted her gender identity, embracing their daughter for who she truly is while working to confront outdated norms and find affirmation in a small community of rural France.

That Kid(1976)

A group of educators led by Fernand Deligny are working to create contact with autistic children in a hamlet of the Cevennes.

In Loving Memory (of Who We Used to Be)(2021)

Puberty, sibling rivalry, and school crushes make up the small world that 10-year-old Vicky lives in. But the memories of birthday cakes and carefree days begin to get muddled when persistent anxieties set in to haunt the past. The clutter, clash, and recollection of her mistakes, insecurities, and triumphs reconstruct the ever-changing phases of Vicky's tween life. A stranger to her own self, director Vicky Lee reflects on the naive girl that she once was.

The Final Day(2024)

Yadira, a creative young Cuban girl, struggles packing on her final day home. Embarking on an immigration journey alone, her suitcase feels too small to carry everything her heart holds.

Carnations(2025)

Seven strangers are interviewed to talk about the relationship they have with their mother.

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood(2022)

A man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the moon.

Spectrum(2022)

Life Is Boundless and Full of Dangers(1995)

Cédric is a child like millions of others. The only difference is that the little boy is seriously ill and must spend six months in a hospital. Fortunately, the medical staff are well aware that Cédric, like other kids named Steve or Dolores, must - above all else - live his child's life.

See You Tomorrow(2022)

Nick and Michi roam the streets and meadows of their neighbourhood inseparably, but when Michi surprises Nick with unexpected news, they try to suppress it in their own way.

The Birds Changed Names And The World Turned Into Ice(2022)

Migrant families experience violence, but they also keep beautiful memories when they arrive in new lands. Fantastic and intimate stories, recalled from childhood, travel across time and space, magically intermingling with the help of the four elements and breaking the boundaries of cinema.

Mui(2021)

During a short trip, a young man and his grandmother are confronted with horrible memories. Amidst grandma’s usual nonstop nagging, it feels as if suffering will persist simultaneously in the past and the present.

I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die(2020)

A harsh and dreamy story of a young girl from the American West and her longing heart. Through Betty we experience a tight family clan of children born by children born by children where love and dependency go hand in hand.

NDDJ (Notre-Dame-du-Jambon)(2022)

Karan and Rohan, two biracial brothers raised in a marginal environment, are finding ways to get stimulated on a normal summer day. They embark on a trip to buy candies to avoid boredom. This film plays with the sense of boundaries between what is real and what is fiction. It is a film about the love of two brothers and their singular reality in the countryside of Quebec.

Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces(2007)

A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.

James May: My Sisters' Top Toys(2007)

James May celebrates the toys that made his childhood hell as he opens the lid on his sisters' toy box. Sandwiched between elder sister Jane and younger one Sarah, many of their favourites he couldn't understand - or stand the sight of - or see the point of.

The Echo(2024)

In the remote village of El Echo that exists outside of time, the children care for the sheep and their elders. While the frost and drought punish the land, they learn to understand death, illness and love with each act, word and silence of their parents. A story about the echo of what clings to the soul, about the certainty of shelter provided by those around us, about rebellion and vertigo in the face of life. About growing up.

Everybody knew(2025)

In 2023, the Ombudsman presented a report on sexual abuse in the Church in Spain. Victims' accounts reached the European Parliament. Among them were the abuse suffered by two brothers at the boarding school where they attended as children.

Me and My Magnet and My Dead Friend(2019)

My childhood memories carry two important symbols, a large magnet that I pulled around behind me and a dead friend.

Welcome Home Freckles(2025)

After four years away, Huiju returns home to South Korea. Exchanges with her loved ones are awkward and clumsy. Huiju turns once again to her familiar rituals: pruning the trees, preparing a sauce, tying a braid.

My Father's Shoes(2019)

A father recounts to his daughter the extraordinary journey of four young explorers throughout the world. Fascinated by this story, the little girl will discover that the adventure told to her by her father is at border between reality and fiction.