I Know I Died with It (2003)

This action thriller is made with the hope that the black youth of America will feel empowered, and realize the significance of their heritage.

Yes, "Nope" is definitely about the modern obsession with turning tragedy and horror into a spectacle for people’s enjoyment. But it's also about the power of looking, who has the right to look, and what happens to those who are looked upon.

"His Girl Friday" set the bar for romcoms and gave us a feminist heroine before feminism was cool.

Unfortunately, People We Meet on Vacation didn’t hold up quite as well as I’d hoped.

Netflix’s new comedy drama, Don’t Say Good Luck, is a heartwarming tearjerker as well as a love letter to the transformative power of being a theater kid. Directed by Julia Hart, Don’t Say Good Luck follows Sophie (Sunny Sandler), a theater kid who finally gets the lead role in her school’s production of Waitress - just as she finds out her mom Elizabeth (Melanie Lynskey) is dying of cancer. While the singing is by no means spectacular and Sandler’s acting is stiff, the film is grounded in the moving performance of Lynskey as a mother who wants nothing more than for her daughter to achieve her dreams, even if she can’t be there to see them.

Based on the best-selling novel by Angie Thomas and a maxim of the late Tupac Shakur.