Autumn's on its way! Here is a collection of cult classics and niche cinema you can watch to get in the cozy, nostalgic feeling of early autumn.
1. Amélie (2001) dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
In a parisian café, terribly shy Amélie discovers her ability to help others. She does her best to change the lives of those around her and make them happy. But when she meets an handsome guy, she will have to find the courage to become the main character of her own story.
2. Frances Ha (2012) dir. Noah Baumbach
Aspiring dancer Frances Halladay (Greta Gerwig) shares an apartment with her best friend Sophie. She knows what she wants, but she simply doesn't have it: not talented enough to be a professional dancer, not powerful enough to prevent Sofie from falling in love and leaving their place. Yet, she lives a life filled with pure joy and awkwardness.
3. Clueless (1995) dir. Amy Heckerling
The film is a funny and stylish adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. Cher (Alicia Silverstone) is a beautiful, popular, and rich high school girl who befriends a new student and decides to give her a makeover while playing matchmaker for her teachers and examining her own existence.
4. Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) dir. Halina Reijn
In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a “killer” while the rest tries to “escape”. Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.
5. The Devil Wears Prada (2006) dir. David Frankel
Andy (Anne Hathaway) moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is Miranda Priestley (Meryl Streep) and a million girls would kill for her job. But Andy doesn’t feel to fit in the standard demanded by the world of fashion.
6. Mermaids (1990) dir. Richard Benjamin
Fifteen-year-old Charlotte (Winona Ryder) hopes to settle down after moving to a town in Massachusetts with her eccentric mother (Cher) and little sister (Christina Ricci). The family must learn to accept one another for who they truly are.
7. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) dir. Wes Anderson
The Fantastic Mr. Fox, after finding himself and his wife Felicity inside a trap, switches profession and becomes a journalist. Tired of his current life, he takes part in a heist against the local farmers. The farmers, tired of them robbing their chickens, seek revenge against him and his family.
8. Notting Hill (1999) dir. Roger Michell
William Thacker (Hugh Grant), bookstore owner, conduces a monotone existence, until famous American actress Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) enters in a shop in Notting Hill. He's catapulted in a romantic yet painfully hard life and as they draw closer, the struggle to conciliate their different lifestyles emerges.
9. God Help the Girl (2014) dir. Stuart Murdoch
trigger warning: eating disorders
Eve is admitted to a psychiatric hospital to recover from anorexia nervosa, but she runs away hoping to make her dream come true: she wants to be a musician. At a concert in Glasgow, Eve meets James, aspiring composer, and Cass, guitar player. They soon become friends and form a band.
10. The Princess Diaries (2001) dir. Garry Marshall
Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway), a socially awkward yet very bright 15-year-old girl, discovers to be the princess of a small European country, Genovia. She must decide if she wants to live her life in San Francisco or stepping up to the throne.
11. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) dir. Wes Anderson
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife had three children, all genious, and then they separated. As the children grow up and become adults, their life is all except extraordinary: ruled by betrayal, depression and failure. The film narrates the sudden, unexpected event of the family's reunion.
12. Easy A (2010) dir. Will Gluck
A gossip ruins the life of Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone), a 17-year-old school girl, narrating the story in front of a webcam. As the lies begin to grow, Olive decides to play with it and starts wearing a red "A" on her clothes, inspired by Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter, which she is been reading in English class.
13. The Aristocats (1970) dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to her beloved family of cats, the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps Duchess and her children, leaving them on a country road. All seem lost until cat Thomas O'Malley and his alley jazz band of cats come to the rescue of the aristocats.
Mermaids has my heart and soul! Love that movie! Great list!!