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Films That Make Me Feel Things
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items If you’re looking for a good coming of age story, or a picture that will move you; the following list of films are ones I have come to love and adore.
Falcon Lake: A stunning & hauntingly beautiful coming of age story that shows young love and heartbreak. Set along the lakes of Quebec, Canada. (This is a subtitled film in French).
Falcon Lake
Before Sunrise: One of the best films to accurately portray love and first sight. It is not only visually stunning, but it shows the power of two different people, coming together for a short time and the magnitude of their connection.
Before Sunrise
My Old Ass: My fav. film of 2024. This film was made and took place in Muskoka Canada, a place I spend every summer. It’s also very real and deals with loss, growing older and wishing you could speak to your younger self. I absolutely adored this fil...
My Old Ass
Fly Away Home: Probably my favourite film of all time. A beautiful coming of age story about a daughter, her long lost father & a flock of geese.
Fly Away Home
A Real Pain: is a very down to earth picture. It takes you on a trip to Poland with two cousins who are vastly different. It’s about family trauma, history and learning to love even through differences.
A Real Pain
The Substance: An incredibly disturbing film, but a powerful one at that. It’s got humor, gore, and some seriously out there scenes. This was such a fun ride and it made me think about the film, days later.
The Substance
Nosferatu: Another cinematic masterpiece. This film was stunning, frightening and absolutely beautiful. Lily-Rose Depp gives an unforgettable performance with zero CGI. A film I thought about for days afterwards.
Nosferatu
Like Crazy: A stunning indie film about the realities of long distance love.
Like Crazy
Past Lives: A stunning story about two childhood best friends with a load of history, love and connection..
Past Lives
The Virgin Suicides: One of the best book to film adaptations to ever be made. Sofia Coppola has made one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking films I’ve ever seen.
The Virgin Suicides
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On: This film made me cry, as it’s about showing up for family and never giving up on the ones you love.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
The Wild Robot: This film made me weep uncontrollably. It also had a scene that very much so reminded me of my favourite film, Fly Away Home. This is a touching film for the whole family.
The Wild Robot
The Brutalist: An artistic, cinematic, thought provoking masterpiece. It was visually stunning and moved me in a very deep way
The Brutalist
Will & Harper: I think everyone should see this film, that’s all I will say.
Will & Harper
Ravenous: A french-Canadian horror zombie film, packed with action. This one made me feel so so so much. (Subtitled in French)
Ravenous
Didi: Another coming of age story that takes place in the early 2000’s. I adored this film so much.
Dìdi
Twisters: This film was so much fun and I loved it way more than I thought I would.
Twisters
Babes: A comedy about friendship, motherhood and being a woman. Freaking hilarious and beautiful.
Babes
Challengers: HOT HOT HOT - need I say more?
Challengers
I Saw The TV Glow: The tie-in to trans existence is beautiful and brilliant. I loved every strange second of this gut wrenching film.. All about trying to find your place in the world.💗
I Saw the TV Glow
Theatre Camp: So many inside theatre jokes, such a brilliant comedy. I laughed the entire time.
Theater Camp
Dune Part Two: A cinematic masterpiece. A brilliant film front to back. Probably one of the most beautiful films I’ve ever seen. Saw it in theatres 5 times!
Dune: Part Two
Being John Malkovich: This was such a wild ride, and it still holds up. What a strange and wonderful film.
Being John Malkovich
Lisa Frankenstein: Okay, I’m a little biased because my partner worked on this film, but it’s so fun and zany and wonderful. Beautifully directed by Zelda Williams, I adored this coming of age, romantic comedy. Kathryn Newton is perfection and the so...
Lisa Frankenstein
Columbus: Follows a young architect enthusiast who meets a renowned scholar in her hometown of Columbus, Indiana. A visually stunning film about success, art and acceptance.
Columbus
Firecrackers: Okay, so I’m biased again, because I worked on this film, but it’s such a powerful picture. It deals with troubled youth, trauma, friendship and survival. It’s beautifully shot & an excellent Canadian film.
Firecrackers
I’ve never related to a film more.. This one just resonated with me in a very real way. There’s something to be said about forging your own path in life and the beauty of the relationships you connect with along the way.
Nomadland
I loved the premise of this film so much. It moved me, had me on edge and also had me on the brink of tears.
Presence
Not enough love for this touching film. It hits so
many important themes. The broken and corrupt prison system, grief, masculinity, emotional maturity, friendship, community and the arts. Beyond moved by this film.
Sing Sing
Loved seeing an emotionally mature relationship on screen. This one was very real, raw and vulnerable. Florence & Andrew’s chemistry was also lovely to see.
We Live In Time