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Fall movies to get in the mood
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items Fall is the coziest time of the year, and these are the perfect films to watch, cuddled up in a blanket.
The 2019 adaptation is a perfect movie to get in the mood for autumn. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—in 19th-century Massachusetts as they navigate-womanhood, ambition, and love.
Little Women (2019)
Spooky, autumnal, and heartwarming. It's a dark fantasy stop-motion animated film about an adventurous young girl who discovers a sinister parallel world behind a secret door in her new home
Coraline
A classic romcom that's been a huge inspiration to so many others. It's the most perfect film for autumn. Two college graduates navigate a close, decade-long friendship in New York City while constantly debating whether men and women can remain stric...
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
This 2022 psychological slasher film gets you in the mood for Halloween. Filmed back-to-back with the horror film X, it serves as a vivid, Technicolor-soaked origin story for that movie's elderly villain.
Pearl (2022)
It's simply adorable and has CATS!!! This 2021 biographical comedy-drama film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the eccentric British artist Louis Wain.
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
A heartwarming yet tragic simple love story, where an ambitious chef and a recent divorcee build a profound, decade-long romance that is deeply tested when a devastating medical diagnosis forces them to cherish the time they have left.
We Live in Time (2024)
This is without a doubt one of my all time favourite movies. It's simple, comforting, yet painful, but overall so natural and real. It's about how a theater director and his actor wife navigate a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce and custody battle th...
Marriage Story (2019)
The film follows the brilliant physicist Stephen Hawking as he achieves groundbreaking scientific success and battles a life-altering motor neuron disease, all while relying on his devoted wife, Jane, who helps anchor their family through decades of ...
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Brilliant British mathematician Alan Turing leads a secret team of cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park during World War II, racing against the clock to crack Germany's Enigma code while hiding his own personal secrets. I adore the story of Alan Turing wi...
The Imitation Game (2014)
It's somber, it's comforting, it's everything you need. It explores an introverted freshman navigating the trials of high school, first love, and buried childhood trauma after being taken under the wings of two charismatic, free-spirited seniors.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Who doesn't love an autumnal Wes Anderson movie about animals in the countryside? It's about how an urbane fox succumbs to his wild instincts and raids three ruthless farmers, triggering a subterranean war of survival that forces him to lead his fami...
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Well this is without a doubt the most autumnal movie in the Harry Potter series. In his third year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter must confront the terrifying guards of Azkaban after a notorious wizard escaped prison, only to uncover shocking truths about...
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
A lonely doctor and a frustrated architect occupy the same lake house two years apart in time, communicating solely through letters left in a mysterious mailbox that allows their romance to blossom across the temporal divide. Super cosy and autumnal.
The Lake House (2006)
Tim Burton always knows what he's doing. It's a perfect non-scary Halloween film about a shy young groom accidentally reciting his wedding vows to a deceased woman in a graveyard, whisking him away to the vibrant Land of the Dead while his living fia...
Corpse Bride (2005)
Two 1960s sheepherders develop a passionate but secret romantic relationship on a remote Wyoming mountain, spending the next twenty years living a lie in conventional marriages while desperately clinging to their sporadic reunions. Truly a wonderful ...
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
I mean it's the first in the series and a perfect way to kickstart your yearly autumnal Harry Potter rewatch! WHo doest know the story? An orphaned boy discovers on his eleventh birthday that he is actually a wizard, whisking him away to a magical bo...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
With Halloween coming along, it's a perfect time to watch some American classics. A wealthy New York City investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates into a series of graphic, surr...
American Psycho
An unrecognized math genius working as a janitor at MIT is forced to confront his deep childhood trauma with the help of a compassionate therapist after a run-in with the law. An academic setting is perfect for autumn once again.
Good Will Hunting (1997)
It's comforting, inspiring, heartbreaking and the first movie I associate with autumn! A classic where an unorthodox English teacher at a strict boys' preparatory school uses poetry and the philosophy of "carpe diem" to inspire his students to challe...
Dead Poets Society (1989)
A cynical high school outcast teams up with a charismatic, sociopathic new student to accidentally kill the cruel leader of her elite clique, sparking a spiral of staged suicides that threatens to blow up the entire school. Just the perfect balance b...
Heathers (1989)
Set in Edwardian England, a young man struggles to accept his sexuality while navigating a secret university romance with an aristocratic classmate and later finding true love across rigid social classes. Tragic and dark academia? I'm in!
Maurice (1987)
It's a true American classic. Five high school students from completely different social cliques spend a Saturday in detention together, discovering they share far more common ground than their differences suggest.
The Breakfast Club (1985)
This French film is exceptional and a very cozy autumnal watch! A Parisian striptease artist desperately wanting a baby plays her reluctant boyfriend against his eager best friend in a vibrant, rule-breaking French New Wave tribute to the Hollywood m...
A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Set in England it perfectly captures the crisp, misty mornings, earthy tones, and cozy knitwear of a classic English fall. A proud Elizabeth Bennet and a wealthy, aloof Mr. Darcy must overcome their own personal arrogance and flawed first impressions...
Pride & Prejudice (2005)