#MovieNight

Written By Laura Villaloz

By Venus

Feelings and emotions can sometimes be hard to express.

Sometimes we might not feel comfortable expressing them, whether it's because of judgment from others, or from our very own selves.

But feelings are valid and it's okay to have emotions and be vulnerable, it’s what makes us human.

Bottling up your emotions can end up hurting you or the ones around you in the long run. 

Emotions are valid, especially during teen years when there are so many of them. It’s important to understand your own feelings and learn how to regulate them and express them in a healthy way.

One way to connect with your emotions can be to watch movies that evoke different feelings.

Next time you need to laugh, cry, let it all out, or just scream, without hurting anyone else or yourself,  check out this list of movies for some different moods:

Trigger warning: Please note that some of these films contain mature themes and subject matters and may be triggering for some viewers.

List of movies to watch when you need a good cry to let it all out:

  • The Notebook 

  • Five feet apart 

  • Inside out

  • Up

  • Forrest Gump

  • Romeo and Juliet

  • The Titanic 

  • Dumbo 

  • Roma

  • The pursuit of Happiness 

  • Lala land 

  • Love story 

List of movies to watch to lift you up and put you in a better mood:

  • Good Will Hunting 

  • Ladybird 

  • Clueless

  • Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

  • Freaky Friday

  • Mean Girls

  • Moana 

  • Encanto 

  • Ice Age 

  • 21 candles 

  • Burlesque 

  • Mamma Mia! 

  • Anne

  • Hairspray 

  • Hamilton

  • Grease

  • Yesterday

  • Indiana Jones 


List of movies to make you laugh, and sprinkle a little joy and humour in your life:

  • Pineapple express

  • 21 jump street

  • 22 jump street 

  • Don’t lookup

  • Shrek 

  • School of Rock

  • Borat

  • Eddie Murphy Coming to America

  • Dumb and Dumber

  • White Chicks

  • Step Brothers

  • Pete Davidson, alive from new york

  • Grown Ups 

  • Murder Mystery 

  • Just go with it

  • Rough night

  • Mr. Bean’s holiday 

Representation on television matters.

We can all work towards bettering our understanding of other people’s lives and situations by listening to and watching their stories.

Stories of individuals in minority groups in every community are unique and valuable.

Here’s a list of movies you can watch for more representation and education on the LGBTQ2S+ community, the Black community, and the First Nations community.  


LGBTQ2S+ movies:

  • Call me by your name 

  • Love, Simon

  • Luca

  • Moonlight

  • Call her Ganda 

  • Making the boys

  • Boy meets Girl

  • The pass 

  • The half of it

  • Single all the way

  • Almost love 

  • Edge of seventeen 

  • Pray away 


Black films: 

  • 13th

  • Moonlight

  • Get out

  • Malcolm X

  • The Hate U Give

  • Precious 

  • Fruitvale Station

  • Blindspotting 

  • Boyz N The Hood 

  • Queen and Slim

Indigenous Films: 

  • Indian Horse

  • Kayak to Klemtu

  • Red Snow

  • Empire of Dirt

  • Our People Will be Healed

  • Rise

  • The Grizzlies 

  • The Sun at Midnight 

  • Rustic Oracle

  • The Angry Inuk

  • Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

Laura Villaloz
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