PEN15

PEN15 achieves a rare 97% Rotten Tomatoes rating by daring to make adults play 13-year-olds—Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle embody middle-school awkwardness with excruciating accuracy, surrounded by actual child actors in a show set in the year 2000. While Say Nothing tackles political history, PEN15 explores personal history with a warmth and data-backed precision—like the fact that 85% of its reviews highlight the lead duo's transformative performances. It's a painfully funny, achingly real time capsule that redefines nostalgia through unfiltered laughs.