HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAV MOVIES!
I've been on a bit of movie watching spree and I thought I'd share some of my all-time favourite movies (the list is not in order by the way)! Hopefully you get some inspiration for your next watch! (No spoilers included!)
starting with the obvious: PROJECT HAIL MARY (2026)- I watched this back at the start of May for the first time and I have genuinely been obsessed ever since. this movie moved me in so many ways and I wholeheartedly believe that this is a movie for everyone. it's got sci-fi/fantasy/dystopian themes, political/drama themes and it's got platonic soulmates. this movie will make you scream, cry, throw-up, jump up and down, spin around, bounce off the walls, all of the above. it's got a beautiful soundtrack, amazing actors and i can't even begin to explain how incredible the cinematography is. I also love how they used real wire acting and a puppet for Rocky! this movie will stay with me for the rest of my entire life.
anyways moving on! the next one is LEGALLY BLONDE (2001)! - now I don't even know how many times I have watched this movie, just that I have been watching this movie over and over again since I was a wee babe. Now I do understand that this may not be a movie for everyone, but I love it so so much. If you love badass female characters who don't need no man, the colour pink, showing assholes where the door is, and cute wittle chihuahuas named bruiser then this is definitely the movie for you. the ending court scene will forever remain seared into my brain as one of the best scenes in the history of cinema <3
if you're looking for a animated cinematic masterpiece then look no further! HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2010) is just one of those movies that will stick with you forever. Berk is a place that my heart truly longs for and I will always be homesick for a home that I cannot go to. The soundtrack, the characters, the wonderful, amazing, beautiful story, everything about this film is just perfect.
You want a romance movie? You want a comedy movie? You want high school setting? You want fabulous actors? i got the film just for you! 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999) is truly one of those 2000s (yes I know, it was released in 1999, but techincally most people would have seen it in the 2000s okayyy) romcoms that cannot be topped. I LOVE Kat Stratford, she is such a freaking icon and who doesn't adore Heath Ledger? He portrays Patrick so well and I genuinely love their story and romance. It wonderfully explores the heartwrenching themes of growing up while experiencing love and heartbreak, BUT it has just the right amount of cliches and cheesy lines that make it the perfect romcom ever.
the last movie I'm going to include in this list is AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (2015). this is my absolute favourite Marvel movie ever. Now don't get me wrong, I adore other marvel movies like Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-man and many others, BUT age of ultron has just stuck with me for so long, since i was just a kid. And you know what, I can't even tell you why this is my favourite because does it have the best soundtrack? No probably not, guardians of the galaxy takes that title, does it have all of my favourite characters? No, it has a lot of them, but we're missing the guardians and spider-man and Yelena and Bucky and Sam. Is it the most amazing storyline ever? Also probably not, BUT now that I have most likely not sold you on this movie, it is beautiful! it shows how wanting to protect something so much can end up hurting it, how everyone makes mistakes EVEN superheroes. it shows how humanity is flawed, but that's what makes us human! this movie is also a very very huge milestone in the MCU, it introduces Wanda, Pietro and Vision, shows the buildup to Civil War and also leads to Ragnarok. it's just perfect okay. no one can convince me otherwise.
there are so so many other movies that I love endlessly, but this list will have to do for now! I hope at least one of these resonates with you and if not that's okay (strange, but okay). feel free to share your favourite movies as well!