2020 Mar 20
Boredom approaches quickly when you are confined to your home. Here’s a list of genre based movies which, if you haven’t watched, you should be watching. You can thank us later!
Drama
- Her (2013)
- Lost in Translation (2003)
- Good Will Hunting (1997)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- Cast Away (2000)
- Green Mile (1999)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
- Pride and Predjudice (2005)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
- Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
- The Piano (1993)
- The Pianist (2002)
- The Piano Teacher (2001)
- The Before (Trilogy)
- Portrait of Lady on Fire (2019)
- Blue Valentine (2010)
- 500 Days of Summer (2009)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
Sci-Fi Movies
- The Matrix 1,2 and 3(2003-2005)
- Annihilation (2018)
- Interstellar (2014)
- Arrival (2016)
- The Martian (2015)
- Bicentennial Man (1999)
- 2001 Space Odyssey (1968)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- Contact (1997)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Passengers (2016)
- Lucy (2014)
- The Fifth Element (1997) is
- E.T. The Extra – Terrestrial (1982)
- A.I Artificial Intelligence (2001)
- Moon (2009)
- In Time (2011)
- Inception (2010)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- The Lobster (2015)
- The Final Cut (2004)
Anime & Animation Movies
- All movies directed by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli
- All movies directed by Satoshi Kon
- All movies directed by Isao Takahata
- All movies directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
- Wolf Children (2012)
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
- A Silent Voice (2016)
- 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007)
- Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
- The Anthem of the Heart (2015)
- I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)
- A Letter to Momo (2011)
- Wall.E (2008)
- Toy Story (1,2,3 and 4)
- Shrek
- The Red Turtle (2016)
- The Prophet (2014)
- Ace Age
- The Garden of Words (2013)
- Your Name (2016)
- Isle of Dogs (2018)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Gangster Movies
- The Godfather (1,2 and 3)
- Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
- Scarface (1983)
- Donnie Brasco (1997)
- Casino (1995)
- Miller’s Crossing (1990)
- A Bronx Tale (1993)
- American Gangster (2007)
- Mean Streets (1973)
- Carlito’s Way (1993)
- The Departed (2006)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Road to Perdition (2002)
- The Untouchables (1987)
- Snatch (2000)
- Eastern Promises (2007)
- The Irishman (2018)
- Goodfellas (1990)
- Public Enemy (2009)
- Gotti (1996)
- Gotti (2018)
War Movies
- Atonement (2007)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Full metal jacket (1987)
- Hacksaw ridge (2016)
- Valkyrie (2008)
- War Horse (2011)
- Enemy at the gates (2001)
- The Thin Red Line (1998)
- The English patient (1996)
- Downfall (2004)
Western Movies
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
- Dances with Wolves (1990)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- The Searchers (1956)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Cowered Robert Ford (2007)
- The Wild Punch (1969)
- Ned Kelly (2003)
- Django Unchained (2012)
Time Travel Movies
- Back to the future 1, 2 and 3 (1985-1989)
- 12 Monkeys (1995)
- Looper (2012)
- Predestination (2014)
- About Time (2013)
- The Lake House (2006)
- The Jacket (2005)
- The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)
- The Butterfly Effect (2004)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Midnight in Paris (2011)
Zombies and Post-Apocalyptic Movies:
- The Road (2009)
- The Book of Eli (2010)
- I’m Legend (2007)
- 28 Days Later (2002)
- 28 Weeks Later (2007)
- Mad Max (all parts)
- World War Z (2013)
- After Earth (2013)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Snowpiercer (2013)
- Escape from New York (1981)
- Escape from L.A (1996)
- Children of Men (2006)
- Blindness (2008)
- Resident Evil (all parts)
- The Quiet Earth (1985)
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
- The Mist (2007)
- Down of the Dead (2004)
- A Boy and his Dog (1975)
- Zombieland (2009)
- Zombieland: Double tap (2019)
Outside of Hollywood Movies

- The Lives of Others (2006)
- Never Look Back (2018)
- The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
- Wild Tales (2014)
- City of God (2002)
- Cinema Paradiso (1988)
- Malena (2000)
- 8-8-1/2 (1963)
- Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
- The 400 Blows (1959)
- Incendies (2010)
- Son of Soul (2015)
- The Sea Inside (2004)
- Hunt (2012)
- Ida (2013)
- Cold War (2018)
- In a Better World (2010)
- Hero (2002)
- In the Mood for Love (2000)
- Yi Yi (2000)
- Train to Busan (2016)
- Short Film about Love (1988)
- El Sur(1983)
- The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
- Wild Strawberries (1957)
- Life is Beautiful (1997)
- Oldboy (2003)
- The last Emperor (1987)
- It’s Hard to Be Human (Trilogy)
- Songs from Second Floor (2001)
- You, The Living (2007)
- A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
- Underground (1995)
Let us know if you enjoyed any of these movies! Don’t forget to comment some of your favorites below!