Next to You

Next to You (2023) blends Thriller and Drama elements. Top cast includes Miriam Margolyes, Arnaud Humbert, and Isidora Simijonović. The narrative builds around escalating stakes, urgent decisions, and action-driven momentum.

Actor: Miriam Margolyes • Genre: Thriller movies

Set five years on from the school days of director Stevan Filipovic's previous film Next to Me, a state of emergency exists and politicians are accused of capitalising on public anxiety around Covid-19, which makes the shocking situation that reunites the characters significantly more extreme. The story centres on Ksenija (newcomer Mina Nikolic), a driven young woman striving to move from tabloid hack to a career journalist in a world of click-bait headlines and showbiz scandals cooked up to feed the masses. Ksenija's personal and professional journey is hampered when Vera tests positive for Coronavirus and Ksenija must question how far she will bend to survive in a climate where political pressure is increasingly overt and can be said to capitalise on fear during the pandemic.