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Favorite Movies (in no particular order)
39
items cinematic masterpieces of many genres (ALSO). The streaming services I listed are how I personally watch them. If you are interested, please Google it to see if there are other streaming options!
Sections
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Murder Mysteries and Clever Twists
Quirky, Beautiful, and Completely its Own Thing
Warm, Nostalgic, and Full of Heart
Westerns, Outlaws, and Southern Grit
Dark Comedy, Satire, and Chaos
Gothic Horror and Supernatural DreadDark Comedy
Murder Mysteries and Clever Twists
A glamorous honeymoon cruise becomes a sealed circle of resentment when a wealthy newlywed is murdered. With nearly everyone carrying a motive.
Death On the Nile (1978)
Detective Benoit Blanc investigates the suspicious death of a wealthy novelist while every member of the man’s dysfunctional family becomes a suspect. It is clever, crazy, funny, and packed with satisfying twists.
Knives Out - Prime TV
Benoit Blanc visits a billionaire’s private Greek island, where an elaborate murder mystery game becomes dangerously real.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Benoit Blanc joins a young priest to investigate an apparently impossible crime inside a church with a dark history.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery - Netflix
Six blackmailed guests gather at a mansion where bodies begin piling up and everyone has a motive. The classic board game becomes a frantic and endlessly quotable ensemble comedy.
Clue (1985) - Prime TV
Quirky, Beautiful, and Completely its Own Thing
Three escaped prisoners cross Depression era Mississippi in search of hidden treasure. It is a funny, soulful Southern adventure loosely inspired by Homer’s Odyssey.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Prime TV
visuals are amazing, storyline is not at all what you'd expect. It's interesting, it's beautiful and it's funny too. Has been in my top 3 favorite movies for 10 years
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Apple TV
Two lonely twelve year olds disappear into the wilderness together, leaving an increasingly frantic island behind in search of them. Beautiful scenes and colors. I love this movie.
Moonrise Kingdom - Prime TV
A year after their father’s accidental death, three estranged brothers reunite for a carefully planned train journey across India in search of spiritual healing. With matching luggage and no shortage of old resentments, their attempt at enlightenment...
The Darjeeling Limited
Warm, Nostalgic, and Full of Heart
Four Atlanta teenagers approach graduation while friendships, romance, family obligations, and local conflicts reshape their futures.
ATL - Prime TV
A Brooklyn widow agrees to marry one brother but unexpectedly falls for the other. It is romantic, hilarious, and filled with beautifully messy Italian family life. AND IT HAS CHER!!!!!!!!
Moonstruck - Prime TV
Fantastic movie. Insane cast and it makes you really feel a range of emotions. Also… it will make you hungry
Chef - Apple TV
Scooby and the gang face a new mystery when they're lured to Spooky Island, where a sinister force is brainwashing college partygoers into a dark cult.
Scooby-Doo Live Action - Netflix
A cheerful Texas brothel faces closure after a television reporter turns it into a public scandal. Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds lead this warm, funny musical about loyalty and small town hypocrisy. I don't typically like movies with musical numbers...
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - Prime TV
Mia is finally ready to inherit the throne, until Genovian law gives her thirty days to find a husband first, or forefeit. Watch Mia find her Prince Charming and be a bad a**
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement - Prime TV
When the always-dramatic Lola moves from the center of everything in New York City to the center of a cultural wasteland in suburban New Jersey, she feels her life is simply not exciting enough. But no matter who or what gets in the way, Lola won't g...
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen - Disney+
Westerns, Outlaws, and Southern Grit
A freed man teams up with a bounty hunter disguised as a dentist to rescue his wife from a vicious plantation owner. It is a stylish, violent revenge story with sharp humor.
Django Unchained - Prime TV
Outlaw Nat Love reunites his gang after learning that his ruthless enemy has been released from prison. This Western combines bold visuals, quick and sharp humor, and an OUTSTANDING soundtrack.
The Harder They Fall - Netflix
Two boys find a fugitive living alone on an island in the Mississippi back rivers and are drawn into his plan to reunite with the woman he loves. What begins as an adventure slowly exposes the distance between romantic promises and adult reality. Tre...
MUD - Prime TV
Two former Texas Rangers come out of retirement to track Bonnie and Clyde when modern police methods fail.
The Highwaymen - Netflix
Dark Comedy, Satire, and Chaos
A lonely German boy devoted to Nazi propaganda discovers that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Absurd humor and heartbreak expose the cruelty and foolishness of hatred.
Jojo Rabbit - Prime TV
A group of criminals kidnap a wealthy man’s ballerina daughter and discover that they are trapped with something far more dangerous than a child. It is bloody, energetic, and genuinely funny… and it was one of Angus Cloud's final roles before his pas...
Abigail - Prime TV
THIS IS A MUST WATCH! Quentin Tarantino rewrites World War II through intersecting revenge plots against the Nazi leadership. It is tense, violent, darkly funny, and packed with unforgettable dialogue.
Inglourious Basterds
Gothic Horror and Supernatural DreadDark Comedy
A hospice nurse takes a job in a decaying Louisiana mansion with a lot of secrets.
The Skeleton Key - Prime TV
A lawyer visits an isolated estate and discovers the history of a vengeful ghost connected to the deaths of local children. It is an atmospheric and traditional Gothic ghost story.
The Woman in Black - Apple TV
An estate agent, Renfield, travels to Transylvania to complete a real estate transaction with Count Dracula. Unbeknown to Renfield however - despite warnings of evil by some of the locals - Dracula is a vampire and the visitor is soon his unwilling s...
Dracula (1931) - Apple TV
Twin brothers return to 1930s Mississippi to open a juke joint, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. AMAZING SOUNDTRACK
Sinners - Apple TV
If you are looking for a deeply atmospheric thriller that will stay with you long after the credits roll, this is a must watch. The story centers on a deeply isolated nineteenth century town whose elders have negotiated a fragile peace with the terri...
The Village (2004) - Peacock
Magical Animation and Childhood Favorites
Two sisters move to the countryside and discover gentle forest spirits living near their new home. It is a peaceful, imaginative story about childhood, nature, and finding comfort during uncertainty.
My Neighbor Totoro - Prime TV / HBOMax
A wrong turn strands Chihiro in a bathhouse for spirits. Dreamlike, unsettling, and tender. NYT named it 9th out of 100 on the list “The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century” in 2025.
Spirited Away - Prime TV
When ghostly pirate Davy Jones comes to collect a blood debt, Capt. Jack Sparrow must find a way to avoid his fate lest his soul be damned for all time.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Prime TV
It doesn't matter how old you are… this movie is AMAZING
Moana - Disney+
Been a favorite of mine since I was 7. Visually stunning, interesting story, wizards and witches, and cooking scenes that will make you hungry
Howl's Moving Castle - HBOMax
Mystery Inc. reunites to investigate a haunted Louisiana island.
Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island - Prime TV
Mystery Inc. visits a New England town and investigates the legend of a witch.
Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost - Prime TV
A fieldmouse named Mrs. Brisby must move her family to a safe location before the farmer plows the field where they live, but her invalid son Timmy cannot go outside due to his pneumonia. She enlists the aid of some highly-intelligent, escaped lab ra...
The Secret of NIMH - Prime TV
Social Horror and Survival
This is the prequel explaining how the annual event began. Great revenge story, more emotionally attached to these characters than any other Purge movie…and it has an interesting socioeconomic premise / plot.
The First Purge - Peacock
Jordan Peele combines home invasion horror with ideas about identity, privilege, and buried social divisions. Also Lupita's monologue: “once upon a time, there was a girl…” is something that will STAY WITH ME for the rest of my life
Us - HBOMax
Fast, Stylish, and Full of Trouble
INSANE opening scene, great plot, locks you in, GREAT CAST, some romance, it's wonderful
Watch Baby Driver - Prime TV