1. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape: This movie beautifully captures the pain in it’s unique relationships between a family and a girl who stops by their desolate town. The film heartbreakingly shows the immobilizing pain of being unable to move forward.
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2. 16 Candles: This movie is perfect if you’re missing the simpler days of being in High School. Funny and light, but still with a heartwarming message this movie will bring back all the chaos of living with you family, all the petty drama that comes from going to high school in a small town, and all the feelings of your first serious crush.
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3. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: A movie to remind you that the best of friendships can survive the test of distance and time. The magic of the pants and the magic of the friendships show all that one can accomplish when you have the support of your best friends.
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4. Mona Lisa Smile: This film will make you grateful for attending college in this day in age as opposed to in the 1950’s when sexism and gender roles hindered women trying to obtain a higher education.
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