Culture and film critic Emily Nussbaum frequently shares her family movie night picks and crowdsources suggestions on her Twitter feed. Before Twitter disappears, I wanted to compile the list of films she’s mentioned and been recommended. This way, I can always find something to watch from someone whose tastes I trust.
Family Movie Night Picks
Adaptation
Aftersun
Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar
Begin Again
Being John Malkovich
Big Businesses
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Breaking Away
Bridesmaids
C’mon C’mon
Cabin Boy
Camp
Chicago
Citizen Ruth
Cocaine Bear
Dave
Death of Stalin
Deathtrap
Eurovision
Ex Machina
Flirting with Disaster
Flying
Game Night
Get Shorty
Gimme Shelter
Goodbye Lenin!
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hudsucker Proxy
Joe vs the Volcano
Living in Oblivion
Metropolitan
Midnight Run
Minari
Moonstruck
Murder by Death
Muriel’s Wedding
My Dinner with Andre
Naked Gun
Sing Street
Spinal Tap
State and Main
Stories We Tell
Sword of Trust
The Apartment
The Conversation
The Last of Sheila
The Lives of Others
The Social Network
The Squid and the Whale
The Station Agent
The Taking of Pelham 123
The Tale
Thelma & Louise
Thoroughbreds
Three Days of the Condor
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything
West Side Story
You’ve Got Mail
Follower Recommendations
Arsenic and Old Lace
Bringing Up Baby
Down With Love
Enough Said
Gettin’ Square
It’s a Mad Mad Mad World
Philadelphia Story
Raising Arizona
Safety Not Guaranteed
So I Married an Axe Murderer
The Menu
The Russians are Coming
Tommy Boy
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