Must watch films

Girl, Interrupted

James Mangold · 1999

Vuosi 1967. Susanna Kaysen elää 60-lukua kuten kuka tahansa 17-vuotias, ymmällään oleva nuori nainen. Kunnes hän päättää päästä pahasta päänsärystä ja huuhtelee purkillisen aspiriinia vodkalla, jonka seurauksena vanhemmat passittavat Susannan mielisairaalaan "lepäämään". Rajatilapersoonallisuudeksi määritelty Susanna joutuu viettämään vuoden psykiatrisessa hoidossa, ja ystävystyy pian muiden enemmän tai vähemmän häiriintyneiden nuorten naisten kanssa. Heistä voimakkain on sosiopaatti Lisa, joka opettaa Susannalle niksit selviytyä hoitolaitoksen kovasta kurista. Mutta tärkein opetus on vielä jäljellä: miten saada elämänsä takaisin?

The Breakfast Club

John Hughes · 1985

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

Free Willy

Simon Wincer · 1993

When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, with the help of kindly whale trainer Rae Lindley, develop a routine of tricks. However, greedy park owner Dial soon catches wind of the duo and makes plans to profit from them.

My Best Friend's Wedding

Inception

Inception

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

Me Before You

Thea Sharrock · 2016

A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Blake Edwards · 1961

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.

Silver Linings Playbook

David O. Russell · 2012

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

Last Night in Soho

Edgar Wright · 2021

A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Daniel Scheinert · 2022

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

The Bridges of Madison County

Clint Eastwood · 1995

La apacible pero anodina vida de Francesca Johnson, un ama de casa que vive en una granja con su familia, se ve alterada con la llegada de Robert Kincaid, un veterano fotógrafo de la revista National Geographic, que visita el condado de Madison para fotografiar sus viejos puentes. Cuando Francesca invita a Robert a cenar, un amor verdadero y una pasión desconocida nacerá entre ellos.

Soul

Pete Docter · 2020

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado de dónde provienen tu pasión, tus sueños y tus intereses? ¿Qué es lo que te hace ser... tú? Viaja desde las calles de Nueva York a los reinos cósmicos para descubrir las respuestas a las preguntas más importantes de la vida.

Fruitvale Station

Ryan Coogler · 2013

Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009.

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 Florida Project

Sean Baker · 2017

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

Sleepers

Barry Levinson · 1996

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Michel Gondry · 2004

Joel et Clementine ne voient plus que les mauvais côtés de leur tumultueuse histoire d’amour, au point que celle‐ci fait effacer de sa mémoire toute trace de cette relation. Effondré, Joël contacte l’inventeur du procédé Lacuna, le Dr. Mierzwiak, pour qu’il extirpe également de sa mémoire tout ce qui le rattachait à Clémentine. Deux techniciens, Stan et Patrick, s’installent à son domicile et se mettent à l’œuvre, en présence de la secrétaire, Mary. Les souvenirs commencent à défiler dans la tête de Joël, des plus récents aux plus anciens, et s’envolent un à un, à jamais. Mais en remontant le fil du temps, Joël redécouvre ce qu’il aimait depuis toujours en Clémentine – l’inaltérable magie d’un amour dont rien au monde ne devrait le priver. Luttant de toutes ses forces pour préserver ce trésor, il engage alors une bataille de la dernière chance contre Lacuna…

The Virgin Suicides

Sofia Coppola · 2000

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

Waves

Trey Edward Shults · 2019

A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.

Scarface

Brian De Palma · 1983

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.

Coraline

Henry Selick · 2009

Coraline é uma menina que sonhava viver num mundo melhor, com mais diversão e emoção. Ao mudar para uma nova casa, encontra uma porta trancada. Depois de muito tentar, consegue abri-la. Descobre um mundo onde tudo é alegre e os seus pais são sempre divertidos. A princípio, a única coisa estranha é que as pessoas têm botões no lugar dos olhos. Aos poucos, descobre segredos, percebe que está em perigo e vê que o mundo real não era tão mau assim.

Thirteen

Catherine Hardwicke · 2003

Good Will Hunting

Gus Van Sant · 1997

Will es un joven rebelde con una inteligencia asombrosa, especialmente con las matemáticas. El descubrimiento de su talento por parte de los académicos le obligará a elegir entre seguir con su vida de siempre -un trabajo fácil, buenos amigos, muchas cervezas y alguna bronca- o aprovechar sus grandes cualidades intelectuales en alguna universidad. Sólo los consejos de un solitario y bohemio profesor le ayudará a decidirse.

A Bronx Tale

Robert De Niro · 1993

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.

My Sister's Keeper

Nick Cassavetes · 2009

Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.

Lion

Garth Davis · 2016

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Stand by Me

Rob Reiner · 1986

Em uma pequena cidade do Oregon, quatro amigos - o sensível Gordie, o durão Chris, o destemido Teddy e o acovardado Vern - resolvem sair à procura do cadáver de um adolescente desaparecido, que foi atropelado por um trem. O objetivo dos garotos é o de ser vistos como heróis diante dos amigos e dos moradores da cidade. Assim, eles partem numa inesquecível viagem de dois dias que se transforma em uma odisseia de autodescoberta e que evolui para um evento marcante em suas vidas.

Coach Carter

Thomas Carter · 2005

Фильм основан на реальной истории, происшедшей в 1999 году в Ричмонде, штат Калифорния. Тренер школьной команды по баскетболу Кен Картер принял в середине сезона беспрецедентное решение, запретив игрокам, не испытавшим еще ни одного поражения, выходить на площадку из-за низкой успеваемости в школе. В итоге команда пропустила две игры в чемпионате, а юным баскетболистам был закрыт доступ в спортзал до тех пор, пока они не стали хорошо учиться. Поступок Картера вызвал одновременно и одобрение, и резкую критику со стороны родителей игроков и школьного руководства. Среди членов команды был и сын тренера, поступивший впоследствии в престижное учебное заведение.

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.

The Shack

Stuart Hazeldine · 2017

A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.

Interstellar

Christopher Nolan · 2014

Un grupo de exploradores hacen uso de un agujero de gusano recientemente descubierto para superar las limitaciones de los viajes espaciales tripulados y vencer las inmensas distancias que tiene un viaje interestelar.

Four Brothers

John Singleton · 2005

Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.

The Holdovers

Alexander Payne · 2023

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.

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 for precocious Ray, the oft ignored daughter of a music executive she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.

Pulp Fiction

Quentin Tarantino · 1994

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

Green Book

Peter Farrelly · 2018

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

A Time to Kill

Joel Schumacher · 1996

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Gone Girl

David Fincher · 2014

El día de su quinto aniversario de boda, Nick Dunne informa de que su esposa Amy ha desaparecido misteriosamente. Pronto la presión policial y mediática hace que el retrato de felicidad doméstica que ofrece Nick empiece a tambalearse. Además, su extraña conducta lo convierte en sospechoso, y todo el mundo comienza a preguntase si Nick mató a su esposa...

Whiplash

Damien Chazelle · 2014

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.