- Movies about weird people falling in love (Science of Sleep, Eagle vs. Shark, Silver Linings Playbook, etc.)
- Coming of age movies about weird/outcast teens (Rushmore, Ghost World, Juno, etc.)
- Movies that are just one long deep conversation (My dinner with Andre, Before Sunrise-trilogy, etc.)
- Psychological thrillers (bonus if “erotic” and/or from the 90s)
- Girly teen movies (80s/90s/00s)
- Rom Coms (especially the 90s ones)
- Extremely fucked up movies dealing with uncomfortable subjects like rape, pedophilia or self-harm/suicide in a kind of way that doesn’t feel inauthentic or like trauma porn (think Todd Solondz movies)
- Atypical horror that is more focused on fucking you up psychologically rather than with gore (Ari Aster movies, Jordan Peele movies, etc.)
- Movies about dysfunctional families that are both devastating and hopeful (think Little Miss Sunshine, Kajillionaire, etc.)
- Documentaries about artists or musicians
Honorable Mentions: Screwball comedies from the 30s/40s, many different documentary sub-genres, mockumentaries, christmas movies, movies about queer people that are actually made by queer people, movies about dreamers (they’re almost always autistic-coded lol), classic murder mystery movies, stoner films, movies about music nerds,
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