for when you want to feel something, a list by William Surya Darma

7.3

/30654/

72

/1582/

71

/382/

3.8

/178092/

85

/231/

61

/31/

69

/42/

3.0

age 15+

Fresh out of college and stuck at his New Jersey home without a clear path forward, 22-year-old Andrew begins working as a party starter for bar/bat mitzvahs—where he strikes up a unique friendship with a young mom and her teenage daughter.

83

7.8

/64595/

78

/2558/

77

/1380/

4.2

/132289/

93

/155/

89

/688/

79

/36/

3.5

age 13+

In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.

81

7.3

/28122/

71

/1066/

73

/618/

3.9

/43709/

97

/150/

82

/136/

80

/34/

4.0

age 14+

Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.

85

7.8

/369717/

80

/9938/

81

/8555/

4.1

/1826584/

87

/190/

90

/33012/

82

/38/

4.0

age 10+

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

83

8.1

/84432/

80

/4608/

79

/1444/

4.1

/209721/

97

/159/

93

/460/

83

/25/

3.0

age 11+

Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

79

7.1

/95013/

68

/1493/

66

/921/

3.6

/77803/

91

/156/

82

/5415/

85

/31/

4.0

age 16+

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.

82

7.6

/40016/

78

/1703/

77

/961/

4.0

/135207/

98

/131/

88

/211/

85

/22/

3.0

age 16+

A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

82

7.8

/174782/

78

/3925/

77

/2754/

4.0

/175100/

81

/37/

89

/2028/

74

/18/

4.0

age 10+

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

82

7.8

/81649/

80

/3475/

79

/2193/

4.2

/400693/

95

/21/

90

/1519/

75

/4/

MAL

8.2

/224797/

age 10+

Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'.

76

7.6

/54075/

77

/2878/

79

/1907/

3.9

/295571/

71

/14/

72

/22/

MAL

8.0

/180226/

3.0

age 9+

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

78

7.2

/20408/

71

/858/

68

/383/

3.8

/85468/

94

/153/

84

/77/

77

/30/

3.5

age 15+

A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.

74

7.7

/269909/

78

/9471/

78

/7498/

3.7

/805890/

65

/144/

84

/5572/

55

/28/

3.5

age 14+

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.

72

7.0

/23100/

68

/370/

65

/261/

3.6

/24797/

83

/150/

73

/1230/

70

/36/

3.0

age 15+

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.

82

8.0

/117347/

82

/6092/

83

/3025/

4.4

/1052577/

84

/57/

89

/1220/

67

/17/

MAL

8.5

/426577/

age 16+

Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

72

6.3

/168832/

60

/6426/

61

/3691/

3.6

/354468/

83

/259/

55

/2644/

83

/49/

4.0

age 18+

A seductive stranger prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.

75

7.6

/91993/

78

/2850/

79

/2363/

3.7

/196882/

69

/124/

87

/14587/

64

/29/

age 13+

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

86

8.0

/38187/

78

/673/

75

/705/

4.2

/49189/

97

/36/

93

/731/

88

/18/

4.0

age 12+

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

77

7.4

/101291/

75

/2960/

73

/1771/

4.0

/601435/

92

/192/

78

/1005/

82

/35/

2.5

age 16+

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

63

6.1

/33285/

61

/1121/

61

/899/

3.1

/215526/

70

/129/

49

/312/

69

/34/

3.0

age 16+

A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

67

6.6

/64412/

67

/1662/

63

/1070/

3.3

/49316/

70

/152/

62

/1392/

68

/38/

3.0

age 15+

A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.

67

6.6

/34990/

66

/1112/

63

/492/

3.3

/57056/

71

/141/

62

/781/

59

/37/