Ahh - that age old question. "What Do You Want To Watch?"
It is likely no secret that we are BIG fans of watching movies. (Nazari's first priority and never ending project in our new home has been creating an in-home movie theater!). We have always shared a genuine love of winding down for the night - usually around 10pm as we are both night owls through and through - and snuggling up for a movie night in. However, we are pretty particular when it comes to what it is that we watch . So when we sit down and realize we have no idea what movie we are going to see, it's the worst! It forces us to spend the next hour perusing websites, watching previews, and vetoing one another's suggestions at which point it's too late to start a movie and we either default to a show we had been watching, or settle for something we've never heard of and don't really have an interest in watching and feel like we just wasted our life. Ever been there?
Because we have committed to doing a lot of research on the matter, we have compiled a list of some of our favorite movies we have seen over the past several years to help keep you from finding yourselves in the above scenario. Time is precious, after all, and there are sooo many great movies to be watched. Some of them we truly believe to be the best of all time. Others are just really freaking good, and most notably, we can promise they will not be a waste of your life (in our humble opinions).
Our Recommendation: Don't watch the previews! Decide what genre you are in the mood for, and just go for it. We have found that 100% of the time, movies are better when you go in with no expectations.
Our other advice? Combine your movie night with another activity - make or eat dinner together. Go on a walk. Make a fun snack together for the movie. Play a game. Read. Talk about your day and ask intentional questions prior to the movie. Just make sure you build in time to actually connect ;)
About the list: Since being married to Nazari, I feel confident in saying my taste in movies has radically improved, as has the scope of movie genres I enjoy. I used to think that I hated science fiction, but have found I actually love it (most of the time). As a long time consumer of almost only cheesy rom-coms, my favorite movies now tend to be dramas, specifically docu-dramas, and action/adventure. (Although I am still a sucker for a good romance.) Nazari defaults to sci-fi and action/adventure. (Albeit, I didn't give sci-fi it's own category, but grouped our favorites into the other sub-categories). While we have loved all of the movies listed below, those with the asterick are stand outs that top our list or recommendations. Nazari refuses to watch a movie twice, but I would re-watch any on the list in a heartbeat!
Now enjoy a cozy date night in and save yourselves some time by choosing from our pre-screened movie list :) Let us know if there are any must sees that we have missed!
(Yes, that decal is actually in our theater room :) My mom got it for us for Christmas last year!)
The Dorosh Movie List:
DRAMA
100 Foot Journey*
Gifted*
Captain Fantastic*
Passengers
We Bought A Zoo
About Time
The Martian
August Rush
The Shack
Your Sister's Sister
Arrival
The Prestige
The Illusionist
Chocolat
The Help
Silver Linings Playbook
The Perks of Being A Wallflower
Life Itself
It's A Wonderful Life
DRAMA - (these are heavy - definitely not for the faint of heart)
12 years a slave
Spotlight
Southpaw
Room
Eye in the sky
Warrior
Les Miserables (1998 with Liam Neeson)
Three Billboard Outside Ebbing Mississippi
Shawshank Redemption
Light Between Oceans
The Fault In Our Stars
Whiplash
DOCUDRAMA
Lion*
Sully
The Big Short*
Bohemian Rhapsody*
Snowden
The Founder
Race
Zookeepers Wife
Green Book
Hidden Figures
I, Tonya
Molly's Game
Stronger
The BlacKkKlansman
ROMANCE/ROM-COM
What If
The Big Sick*
The Spectacular Now
Crazy Stupid Love*
The Proposal
A Star Is Born
Ever After*
Before we go
The Notebook
P.S. I love you
500 Days of Summer
The Adjustment Bureau*
COMEDY
Game Night*
Jumanji
Zootopia
Juno
Ant Man
Thor: Ragnorak
ACTION/ADVENTURE
The Count of Monte Cristo*
Ready Player One*
13 hours
The Finest Hours
Deep Water Horizon
The Accountant
American Made
The Hunger Games
V for Vendetta*
Gladiator*
Braveheart
The Matrix
Equilibrium
Captain America
The Mountain Between Us
Black Panther
SpiderMan: Homecoming
MUSICAL
The Greatest Showman*
La La Land
OLDIE BUT GOODIE
Cant Buy Me Love
The Edge Of Seventeen
Catch Me If You Can
Patch Adams
Forest Gump
Dirty Dancing