Dried leaves, a gentle breeze… Autumn is perhaps the most beautiful season. In this lovely time of year, let’s take a look at the movies to watch while cozy under a blanket.
1.A Ghost Story
Exploring the existence of leftovers, love, loss, and evil, the movie follows a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost as he returns home to try to reconnect with his wife. Written and directed by David Lowery, the movie stars Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara.
Information about A Ghost Story (2017)
- Title: A Ghost Story
- Director: David Lowery
- Cast: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara
- Release Year: 2017
- Duration: 92 minutes
- Country: United States
- Genre: Drama, Fantasy
- Language: English
- Age Rating: R
- Available Platforms: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max
- IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
- Similar Movies: The Tree of Life (2011), Under the Skin (2013)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: A Ghost Story on IMDb
2.World War Z
Gerry Lane is a family man who lives a happy life with his two daughters and his beloved wife. One day, when their car gets stuck in traffic, they notice that something is wrong, unlike usual. The danger is approaching quickly… Gerry, a United Nations employee, places his family in a safe area and sets off on a mission to save a world that has been divided in two. As he does so, he must race against time. The movie, in which Brad Pitt plays both the lead role and serves as producer, focuses on an extraordinary war between humans and zombies. The movie is adapted from the book of the same name by Max Brooks.
Information about World War Z (2013)
- Title: World War Z
- Director: Marc Forster
- Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz
- Release Year: 2013
- Duration: 116 minutes
- Country: United States
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror
- Language: English
- Age Rating: PG-13
- Available Platforms: Amazon Prime Video, Netflix
- IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
- Similar Movies: I Am Legend (2007), 28 Days Later (2002)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: World War Z on IMDb
3.The Hunger Games
In the near future, North America has collapsed due to drought, fires, and famines, and has been replaced by a nation called Panem, consisting of a capital and 12 districts. In this new country, the Hunger Games are held annually, with two young people selected by lottery from each district. These games, which are partly for entertainment and partly to intimidate the public, are broadcast on television throughout Panem. Twenty-four different contestants fight to eliminate their opponents and survive while the eyes of the entire nation are on them.
When Katniss‘ 16-year-old sister Primrose is chosen as the female contestant from their district, known for its mineral resources, Katniss volunteers to take her place. Together with the male contestant, Peeta, Katniss must face older and stronger opponents, many of whom have been training for this moment their entire lives…
Information about The Hunger Games (2012)
- Title: The Hunger Games
- Director: Gary Ross
- Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
- Release Year: 2012
- Duration: 142 minutes
- Country: United States
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Language: English
- Age Rating: PG-13
- Available Platforms: Amazon Prime Video, Netflix
- IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
- Similar Movies: Divergent (2014), The Maze Runner (2014)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: The Hunger Games on IMDb
4.On the Way to School
In recent years, remarkable and courageous productions have emerged, shedding light on the longstanding issue in Turkish geography, often referred to as the ‘Eastern Question’ or the ‘Kurdish Issue’. Two Languages, One Suitcase is one of the movies that demonstrates social sensitivity and addresses the subject from a broad perspective. In Two Languages, One Suitcase, a Turkish teacher’s year in a remote Kurdish village is successfully brought to the big screen. The teacher does not speak Kurdish, and the children do not know Turkish. The movie follows the teacher as he spends a year teaching Turkish to the children in a region he is experiencing for the first time. Will the children be able to learn Turkish by the end of the year?
Information about On the Way to School (2008)
- Title: On the Way to School (İki Dil Bir Bavul)
- Directors: Orhan Eskiköy, Özgür Doğan
- Cast: Emre Aydın (teacher)
- Release Year: 2008
- Duration: 81 minutes
- Country: Turkey
- Genre: Documentary
- Language: Turkish, Kurdish
- IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
- Similar Documentaries: The Class (2008), To Be and to Have (2002)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: On the Way to School on IMDb
5.Silver Linings Playbook
Pat Salitano (Bradley Cooper), a former history teacher, is a man who lost everything he valued in his life in just one day. After a serious trauma, he explodes and then undergoes eight months of treatment in a rehabilitation center by court order. Upon his release, Pat moves back into his family’s house on the condition that he puts his life in order. His sole purpose is to become a decent man, regain his job, and thus win back his wife, Vicky.
Information about Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
- Title: Silver Linings Playbook
- Director: David O. Russell
- Cast: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver
- Release Year: 2012
- Duration: 122 minutes
- Country: United States
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Language: English
- Age Rating: R
- Available Platforms: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Netflix
- IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
- Similar Movies: The Fighter (2010), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: Silver Linings Playbook on IMDb
6.Lilya 4-Ever
Pat Salitano (Bradley Cooper), a former history teacher, is a man who lost everything he valued in his life in just one day. After a serious trauma, he explodes and then undergoes eight months of treatment in a rehabilitation center by court order. Upon his release, Pat moves back into his family’s house on the condition that he puts his life in order. His sole purpose is to become a decent man, regain his job, and thus win back his wife, Vicky.
Information about Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
- Title: Lilya 4-Ever
- Director: Lukas Moodysson
- Cast: Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharskiy, Alexei Karpushin
- Release Year: 2002
- Duration: 109 minutes
- Country: Sweden
- Genre: Drama
- Language: Russian, Swedish
- Age Rating: R
- Available Platforms: Amazon Prime Video, Google Play
- IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
- Similar Movies: Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Kite Runner (2007)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: Lilya 4-Ever on IMDb
7.Good Bye Lenin!
The Berlin Wall has fallen, and capitalism has begun to emerge in East Germany. Alex, considering his mother’s already fragile health, decides to hide these facts from her. However, this will not be easy at all. As the winds of change begin to blow not only on the streets but also inside the houses, he creates a surreal fairytale world where only they exist to protect his mother from all these truths.
Information about Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
- Title: Good Bye Lenin!
- Director: Wolfgang Becker
- Cast: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova
- Release Year: 2003
- Duration: 121 minutes
- Country: Germany
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Language: German
- Age Rating: R
- Available Platforms: Amazon Prime Video, Google Play
- IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
- Similar Movies: The Lives of Others (2006), The Tunnel (2001)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: Good Bye Lenin! on IMDb
8.Madeo / Mother
The new work of the Korean creator of the world-record-breaking monster movie Alien, titled Mother, is not only a unique murder mystery but also an emotional story about motherly love. Kim Hye-ja plays the overprotective mother whose name we never learn. When her shy, quiet, and mentally disabled twenty-seven-year-old son is accused of murder and imprisoned, the woman goes after the real killer. However, as the townspeople’s secrets come to light, it becomes clear that no one is innocent. This melodrama, Korea’s Oscar nominee, shows what a woman will do to protect her child.
Information about Mother (Madeo) (2009)
- Title: Mother (Madeo)
- Director: Bong Joon-ho
- Cast: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Ku, and others
- Release Year: 2009
- Duration: 128 minutes
- Country: South Korea
- Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Language: Korean
- Age Rating: Not Rated
- Available Platforms: Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel
- IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
- Similar Movies: Memories of Murder (2003), The Chaser (2008)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: Mother on IMDb
9.Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
With this movie, Nuri Bilge Ceylan leaves his urban concerns aside and returns to the troubled world of the provinces, but this time with the tension of a murder story. The movie, which is a 12-hour tense story of a doctor and a prosecutor, stars Muhammet Uzuner, Yılmaz Erdoğan, and Taner Birsel. The script is written by Ebru, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and Ercan Kesal. The title of Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, which takes as its backdrop the monotony of the roads and the mediocrity of the town offering nothing new to people, also bears references to the classics. The movie, which competed for the Palme d’Or in Cannes this year, also earned Nuri Bilge Ceylan the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes after his victories in Distant and Three Monkeys.
Information about Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
- Title: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
- Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Cast: Muhammet Uzuner, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Taner Birsel, and others
- Release Year: 2011
- Duration: 157 minutes
- Country: Turkey
- Genre: Drama, Mystery
- Language: Turkish
- Age Rating: Not Rated
- Available Platforms: Various streaming services (availability may vary by region)
- IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
- Similar Movies: The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Three Monkeys (2008)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia on IMDb
10.Big Fish
William Bloom returns to his family home to learn more about his father, a traveling salesman, and begins collecting stories about his legendary father’s youth. The legends and myths about his father’s experiences will fall into place like pieces of a puzzle, revealing the elusive man’s life with all its victories and weaknesses. Based on the book by Daniel Wallace, Tim Burton is said to have created a breathtaking movie, as always.
Information about Big Fish (2003)
- Title: Big Fish
- Director: Tim Burton
- Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Jessica Lange, Billy Crudup, and others
- Release Year: 2003
- Duration: 125 minutes
- Country: United States
- Genre: Fantasy, Drama
- Language: English
- Age Rating: PG-13
- Available Platforms: Various streaming services (availability may vary by region)
- IMDb Rating: 8.0/10
- Similar Movies: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Edward Scissorhands (1990)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: Big Fish on IMDb
11.Dead Poet Society
Dead Poets Society is one of those movies that truly has a revolutionary perspective. Both the narrative and the high-level performance of everyone, from Robin Williams in the lead role to the young actors, add flavor to the movie. There are occasional surreal references in the movie and scenes that very effectively express the solidarity between friends. Welton Academy in the 1950s is a serious, disciplined school with high prestige in academic circles, but it is a school where bigotry is in power. The conservative and orthodox attitudes of the school administration make the school a boring and depressing place for the students. However, with the appointment of a new English teacher, John Keating, many things will change.
Information about Dead Poets Society (1989)
- Title: Dead Poets Society
- Director: Peter Weir
- Cast: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, and others
- Release Year: 1989
- Duration: 128 minutes
- Country: United States
- Genre: Drama
- Language: English
- Age Rating: PG
- Available Platforms: Various streaming services (availability may vary by region)
- IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
- Similar Movies: Good Will Hunting (1997), The Society (2019)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: Dead Poets Society on IMDb
12.A Separation
In A Separation, Nadir and Simin, who are about to divorce, are in a dilemma regarding the custody of their children and ask for help from the judge. The movie, which has won great praise at many festivals, especially relies on the successful performances of its leading actors. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin, who filed for divorce after Nader refused to leave her father, who has Alzheimer’s disease, goes to her parents’ house when her request for divorce is rejected. Termeh, on the other hand, decides to stay with her father. Nader hires a pregnant young woman to look after his daughter and father; however, this situation will cause more problems. The movie, which has a budget of $300,000, made $3,300,000 in its home country of Iran, and its budget has increased tenfold.
Information about A Separation (2011)
- Title: A Separation
- Director: Asghar Farhadi
- Cast: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, and others
- Release Year: 2011
- Duration: 123 minutes
- Country: Iran
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Language: Persian
- Age Rating: PG-13
- Available Platforms: Various streaming services (availability may vary by region)
- IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
- Similar Movies: The Salesman (2016), The Past (2013)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: A Separation on IMDb
13.Jagten / The Hunt
In Honor War, Lucas, 40, is trying to get his life back on track after a difficult divorce. He finds a job at a daycare center, has a new girlfriend, and is attempting to repair his troubled relationship with his teenage son. Just when everything is about to go well, things start to go wrong. A small lie, told just for the sake of it, spreads like a virus through his town, and Lucas finds himself fighting for his life and his dignity.
Information about The Hunt (Jagten) (2012)
- Title: The Hunt (Jagten)
- Director: Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, and others
- Release Year: 2012
- Duration: 115 minutes
- Country: Denmark
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Language: Danish
- Age Rating: R
- Available Platforms: Various streaming services (availability may vary by region)
- IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
- Similar Movies: Festen (1998), A Separation (2011)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: The Hunt on IMDb
14.The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others has been recognized as one of the most important movies of the recent period of German cinema. The movie explores the intelligence service established throughout the country to maintain the legitimacy of the government and the challenges faced by Captain Gerd Wiesler, who holds an important position within this unit. He is assigned by the Minister to follow an artist. Wiesler observes that the playwright he is spying on does not oppose the regime or exhibit any suspicious behavior, leading him to realize that there is another purpose behind this mission. As Wiesler becomes increasingly involved in the writer’s life, he inadvertently helps the writer, resulting in a secret friendship between them.
Information about The Lives of Others (2006)
- Title: The Lives of Others
- Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Cast: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and others
- Release Year: 2006
- Duration: 137 minutes
- Country: Germany
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Language: German
- Age Rating: R
- Available Platforms: Various streaming services (availability may vary by region)
- IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
- Similar Movies: Good Bye Lenin! (2003), The Lives of Others (2006)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: The Lives of Others on IMDb
15.Hotel Rwanda
In the movie Hotel Rwanda, during the days when chaos played a leading role in Rwanda’s daily life, Paul Rusesabagina managed a very expensive hotel in Kigali. For him, race was not a human characteristic that should be categorized. He was happily married to Tatiana, a Tutsi. After the peace process ended with the killing of Tutsi rebels, the Hutu militia, which initiated the massacre, turned the city into a bloodbath. Paul had to take action to protect both his family and innocent people. Terry George is in the director’s chair for Hotel Rwanda, which stars…
Information about Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- Title: Hotel Rwanda
- Director: Terry George
- Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte
- Release Year: 2004
- Duration: 121 minutes
- Country: South Africa, United States
- Genre: Biography, Drama, History
- Language: English, French, Kinyarwanda
- Age Rating: PG-13
- Available Platforms: Various streaming services (availability may vary by region)
- IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
- Similar Movies: The Pianist (2002), Schindler’s List (1993)
- Trailer: Watch the Trailer on YouTube
- IMDb Link: Hotel Rwanda on IMDb
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