Movies during midterms? Yes, you heard it right. Sometimes we lack focus to prepare for our exams when we feel burnt out. What’s better than taking a break by watching a movie which is consequently going to motivate you at the end? We’ve got you covered by curating a list of top movies to watch to release the exam season stress.
1. Legally Blonde: The story follows Elle Woods (Witherspoon), a sorority girl who attempts to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Davis) by getting a Juris Doctor degree at Harvard Law School, and in the process, overcomes stereotypes against blondes and triumphs as a successful lawyer.
2. The Social Network: On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication.
3. Whiplash: A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student’s potential. Nineteen-year-old Andrew Niemann wants to be the greatest jazz drummer in the world, in a league with Buddy Rich.
4. Every Day: The film stars Angourie Rice as 16-year-old Rhiannon, who falls in love with a traveling soul who wakes each morning in a different body; Justice Smith, Debby Ryan and Maria Bello.
5. Hawking: Hawking is a BBC television film about Stephen Hawking’s early years as a PhD student at Cambridge University, following his search for the beginning of time, and his struggle against motor neuron disease. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Hawking and premiered in the UK in April 2004.
6. Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac. His passion and ingenuity have been the driving force behind the digital age.
7. Desert Flower – In A World Far From Home, A Spectacular Bloom: A biographical drama tracks Waris Dirie’s journey from her native Somalia to the high-fashion catwalks — and onward to a high-profile career as an activist.
8. The Blind Side: The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family. Based on the true story of Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy who take in a homeless teenage African-American, Michael Oher.
9. Like Stars on The Earth: Young Ishaa lives in an imaginative world of wonders like colors, fish, dogs, and kites, but the adults in his life are more interested in things like homework, grades, and neatness. When he gets into more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school.
10. Doctor Strange: Strange and Mordo save the world? Sadly, Dr Stephen Strange, a brilliant but arrogant New York City neurosurgeon on top of his game, is more interested in fame and his perfect success rate than saving lives. And then, a nearly fatal car accident robs Stephen of his impeccable career.