Happy Spring Break! On my breaks off from school, I love to catch up on movies I did not have the time to watch. As a self-proclaimed film connoisseur, I try to find movies of all genres and aesthetics. I keep track of films that friends recommend to me and put them on my watchlist. These films are on my watchlist, and I hope to finish them all over my break!
Directed by award-winning director Guillermo Del Toro, this film received an Academy Award nomination for “Best Picture”. The film stars Bradley Cooper as a traveling carnie who works to read people’s minds. However, he begins a project with a psychiatrist that may be his most dangerous act yet. The film was also nominated for “Best Cinematography”, “Production Design”, and “Costume Design”.
This highly anticipated film starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, and Paul Dano, hits theaters on Mar. 4, 2022. Directed by Matt Reeves, the film follows Batman as he tries to investigate the Riddler who murders political figures of Gotham.
Starring Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones, Fresh is a comedy thriller that is directed by Mimi Cave. The movie is about a young woman adjusting to her new boyfriend’s unexpected appetites.
In a rom-com directed by Jason Orley, Jenny Slate and Charlie Day play two newly dumped thirty-somethings who try to destroy their exes’ new relationships and win them back.
This Norwegian Film directed by Joachim Trier follows four years in the life of Julie, a young woman looking for the meaning of love and life in modern Oslo. The Worst Person in the World released to American theaters on Feb. 4, 2022 and is playing in select theaters.
In Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut, The Lost Daughter is about a woman alone on vacation who becomes enthralled with a young mother and her child. Starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, and Jessie Buckley, the film touches upon the ferocity of motherhood. Olivia Colman received an Academy Award nomination for “Best Actress” and Jessie Buckley was nominated for “Best Supporting Actress” for the film! The film was also nominated for “Best Adapted Screenplay”.
This watchlist covers everything from rom-coms to foreign language films! I am looking forward to watching these films and I hope this list helps you do the same. If you are looking to expand your film knowledge, try checking sites such as Letterboxd or Rotten Tomatoes to see what films are trending!