Films to Watch In Your 20s 🎞️
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Little Women
Greta Gerwig · 2019
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Uptown Girls
Boaz Yakin · 2003
Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny to Ray - the precocious, oft-ignored daughter of a music executive - she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.
Dazed and Confused
Richard Linklater · 1993
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
My Oxford Year
Iain Morris · 2025
An ambitious American fulfilling her dream of studying at Oxford falls for a charming Brit hiding a secret that may upend her perfectly planned life.
People We Meet on Vacation
Brett Haley · 2026
After a decade as unlikely best friends and travel buddies, free-spirited Poppy and routine-loving Alex wonder if they might be a perfect romantic match.
Love, Rosie
Christian Ditter · 2014
Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other - but is it just friendship, or something more?
Stuck in Love
Josh Boone · 2013
Años después de su divorcio, el veterano novelista Bill Borgens (Greg Kinnear) sigue obsesionado con Erica (Jennifer Connelly), la mujer que lo abandonó por otro hombre. A pesar de los esfuerzos de su vecina Tricia (Kristen Bell), él sólo tiene ojos para Erica. Cuando Bill descubre que su hija Samantha (Lily Collins) acaba de publicar su primera novela, se da cuenta de que él hace tiempo que no escribe. Al mismo tiempo, su hijo Rusty (Nat Wolff) intenta también encontrar su camino como escritor de ficción.
The Dreamers
Bernardo Bertolucci · 2003
When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.
Rien à foutre
Nina Faure · 2012
Another insecure contract, an intolerable boss and abusive assignments paid at minimum wage ? In the merciless world of temporary work, there is sometimes a useful weapon with which to annoy your superiors: the Labour Code.
Across the Universe
Julie Taymor · 2007
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.
Girl, Interrupted
James Mangold · 1999
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.
Adventureland
Greg Mottola · 2009
In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Her
Spike Jonze · 2013
Los Angeles, dans un futur proche. Theodore Twombly, un homme sensible au caractère complexe, est inconsolable suite à une rupture difficile. Il fait alors l'acquisition d'un programme informatique ultramoderne, capable de s'adapter à la personnalité de chaque utilisateur. En lançant le système, il fait la connaissance de 'Samantha', une voix féminine intelligente, intuitive et étonnamment drôle. Les besoins et les désirs de Samantha grandissent et évoluent, tout comme ceux de Theodore, et peu à peu, ils tombent amoureux…
Lady Bird
Greta Gerwig · 2017
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.
The Darjeeling Limited
Wes Anderson · 2007
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).
Y Tu Mamá También
Alfonso Cuarón · 2001
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Causeway
Lila Neugebauer · 2022
A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home in New Orleans. When she meets local mechanic James, the pair begin to forge an unexpected bond.
The Farewell
Lulu Wang · 2019
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
(500) Days of Summer
Marc Webb · 2009
Tom aún sigue creyendo, incluso en este cínico mundo moderno, en la noción de un amor transformador, predestinado por el cosmos y que golpea como un rayo sólo una vez. Summer no cree lo mismo, para nada. La mecha se enciende desde el primer día, cuando Tom, un arquitecto en ciernes convertido en un sensiblero escritor de tarjetas de felicitación, se encuentra con Summer, la bella y fresca nueva secretaria de su jefe. Aunque aparentemente está fuera de su alcance, Tom pronto descubre que tienen un montón de cosas en común. La historia de Tom y Summer cubre desde el enamoramiento, las citas y el sexo hasta la separación, las recriminaciones y la redención, todo lo cual se suma al caleidoscópico retrato del por qué y el cómo seguimos esforzándonos de modo tan risible y rastrero para encontrar sentido al amor… y esperar convertirlo en realidad.
Anora
Sean Baker · 2024
Anora, una joven prostituta de Brooklyn, tiene la oportunidad de vivir una historia de Cenicienta cuando conoce e impulsivamente se casa con el hijo de un oligarca. Cuando la noticia llega a Rusia, su cuento de hadas se ve amenazado, ya que los padres parten hacia Nueva York para intentar conseguir la anulación del matrimonio.
Past Lives
Celine Song · 2023
La familia de Nora emigra a Canadá cuando ella tiene 10 años. Pierde el contacto con su amor de la infancia. Muchos años después, cuando Nora está estudiando teatro en Nueva York, se reencuentra con él online.
Amélie
Romy Roth · 2021
Rotem is a teenage boy who lives in the kibbutz and feels like he doesn’t belong there. The main reason is that Rotem is also a Drag Queen known as Amelie. Rotem goes through a process with himself and his family – he has a unique story.
The Worst Person in the World
Joachim Trier · 2021
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
20th Century Women
Mike Mills · 2016
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola · 2003
Bob Harris y Charlotte son dos norteamericanos que se encuentran en Tokio. Bob es una estrella de cine de mediana edad que ha venido a rodar un anuncio. Charlotte es una mujer joven que acompaña a todas partes a su marido, un fanático del trabajo. Incapaces de dormir, los caminos de Bob y Charlotte se cruzan por casualidad y no tardará en nacer entre ellos una sorprendente amistad. Se aventuran juntos en la vida nocturna de Tokio, comparten inolvidables experiencias con los habitantes de la ciudad y terminan descubriendo una nueva manera de ver la vida.
Before Sunrise
Richard Linklater · 1995
An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.
Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach · 2013
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
