The Best Episodes of Homemade

Buzz sends his drone over Montfermeil and captures the contrasts brought about by the lockdown, in a nod to the director's 2019 film "Les Misérables."

Director: Ladj Ly

Writer: Al-Hassan Ly, Ladj Ly

As a mysterious virus attacks the solar system, one man attempting to survive in solitude struggles to maintain the simple comforts he once knew.

Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal

Writer: Maggie Gyllenhaal

Stuck at home. Suffering from insomnia. Taunted by crickets. In an exhausted haze between waking and sleep, a young woman tries to turn off her brain.

Director: Kristen Stewart

Writer: Kristen Stewart

In Rome, two lonely figures meet, flirt and ponder a lifetime of social distancing. But can romance survive when they butt little plastic heads?

Director: Paolo Sorrentino

Writer: Paolo Sorrentino

A filmmaker composes a loving, lyrical tone poem to her son and hopes that he'll remember the everyday magic of being 5 during an extraordinary time.

Director: Rachel Morrison

Writer: Rachel Morrison

A man, who lives in a nursing home, video conferences a former girlfriend from decades ago and professes his never-ending love for her.

Director: Pablo Larraín

Writer: N/A

Candid images — and even more candid text messages — capture a couple's crumbling relationship and humorous attempts at connection during lockdown.

Director: Rungano Nyoni

Writer: Reto Caffi, Besa Chisanga, Susan Eigbefoh, Gabriel Gauchet, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Ndaba Mazibuko, Rungano Nyoni

A young, determined child in isolation tries everything she can to keep herself entertained and occupied at her home.

Director: Natalia Beristáin

Writer: Natalia Beristáin

A man dealing with the day-to-day monotony of life in lockdown finds unexpected company in this short film that was shot solo over a single weekend.

Director: Sebastian Schipper

Writer: Sebastian Schipper

During Japan's state of emergency, the pandemic spurs a boy to contemplate human life on Earth in an impressionistic film shot in Nara.

Director: Naomi Kawase

Writer: N/A

Snapshots of a Glasgow teen's life under lockdown seize on the tedium and strangeness, flights of imagination, and fleeting moments of connection.

Director: David Mackenzie

Writer: N/A

Trapped in a room together with her toy unicorn, little Mayroun conjures up an imaginary world that gets scarier by the minute.

Director: Nadine Labaki,

Writer: N/A

Two sequestered women's sensible caution spikes into full-blown fear after their daughter discovers a mysterious, unconscious stranger at the shore.

Director: Antonio Campos

Writer: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, Antonio Campos

A man shares a glimpse of life during isolation in Mexico and makes dumplings in a heartfelt video letter to his mom, who might never watch it.

Director: Johnny Ma

Writer: Johnny Ma

In a loving look at her family's life in lockdown, the director uses the unexpected gift of time to connect with her kids and grieve for loved ones lost.

Director: Gurinder Chadha

Writer: Ronak Chadha Berges, Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha, Kumiko Chadha Berges

A woman sings about surviving life in quarantine as she cleans, dances and muses about how the pandemic affects humanity.

Director: Sebastián Lelio

Writer: N/A

One woman's seemingly serene bike ride highlights a hauntingly deserted but eerily captivating Los Angeles during the 2020 lockdown.

Director: Ana Lily Amirpour

Writer: Ana Lily Amirpour