Best Movies to Watch in Self-Quarantine

Written By Taylor Lauren Williams

The past few weeks have been frightful. With travel bans in place in several countries, we have all been confined to our homes—leaving us with very little to do. Aside from picking up several new hobbies, I’ve been spending a ton of time watching new films and rewatching old favorites and cult classics. Here’s a list (in no particular order) of films I’ve enjoyed while on lockdown, all available on your favorite streaming sites.

Have you watched all of these films already? Is there nothing here that peaks your interest? Don’t worry because this list will be updated as lockdown continues. Feel free to comment below any films you’ve enjoyed while on lockdown thus far.

Two childhood friends find love within one another and dream of a future together until one is arrested for a crime they didn’t commit.

If Beale Street Could Talk (Hulu and Amazon Video)

Two childhood friends find love within one another and dream of a future together until one is arrested for a crime they didn’t commit.

“Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.”

Parasite (Hulu and Amazon Video)

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

“A look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young black man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to manhood is guided by the kindness, support and love of the community that helps raise him.”

Moonlight (Netflix and Amazon Video)

A look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young black man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to manhood is guided by the kindness, support and love of the community that helps raise him.

Though an extremely dangerous mission, the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department is set to expose the Ku Klux Klan by going undercover with his Jewish partner.

BlacKkKlansman (Hulu and Amazon Video)

Though an extremely dangerous mission, the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department is set to expose the Ku Klux Klan by going undercover with his Jewish partner.

“In 1980, police in Brooklyn, N.Y., wrongfully charge Trinidadian immigrant Colin Warner with murder. Convicted for a crime he didn't commit, Colin spends 20 years in prison while his friend Carl King fights for the young man's freedom.”

Crown Heights (Amazon Video)

In 1980, police in Brooklyn, N.Y., wrongfully charge Trinidadian immigrant Colin Warner with murder. Convicted for a crime he didn't commit, Colin spends 20 years in prison while his friend Carl King fights for the young man's freedom.

“A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend's rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.”

Midsommar (Amazon Video)

A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend's rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

“Marion McPherson, a nurse, works tirelessly to keep her family afloat after her husband loses his job. She also maintains a turbulent bond with a teenage daughter who is just like her: loving, strong-willed and deeply opinionated.”

Lady Bird (Amazon Video)

Marion McPherson, a nurse, works tirelessly to keep her family afloat after her husband loses his job. She also maintains a turbulent bond with a teenage daughter who is just like her: loving, strong-willed and deeply opinionated.

A young black man in San Francisco seeks to reclaim the house built by his grandfather and keep his family’s name alive.

Last Black Man in San Francisco (Amazon Video)

A young black man in San Francisco seeks to reclaim the house built by his grandfather and keep his family’s name alive.

“Released from juvenile detention, a teenager and her 10-year-old sister embark on a quest to avenge the death of their mother.”

Night Comes On (Amazon Video)

Released from juvenile detention, a teenager and her 10-year-old sister embark on a quest to avenge the death of their mother.

“Two teenage science prodigies spend every spare minute working on their latest homemade invention: backpacks that enable time travel. When one of their older brothers is killed, they put their unfinished project to the test to save him.”

See You Yesterday (Netflix)

Two teenage science prodigies spend every spare minute working on their latest homemade invention: backpacks that enable time travel. When one of their older brothers is killed, they put their unfinished project to the test to save him.

A young man goes against his father’s wishes of leading the family business to become a master sommelier.

Uncorked (Netflix)

A young man goes against his father’s wishes of leading the family business to become a master sommelier.

A look inside the life of “the most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York”, Roxanne Shante.

Roxanne Roxanne (Netflix)

A look inside the life of “the most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York”, Roxanne Shante.

single mother and college student seeks to make a better life for her family through the art of stripping.

The Players Club (Netflix and Amazon Video)

Single mother and college student seeks to make a better life for her family through the art of stripping.

“Looking to prove her worth, a woman steps up to the challenge to work with her crude and eccentric brother when her father, Chief Ernest Obiagu is forced to take a step back due to health issues.”

Lionheart (Netflix)

Looking to prove her worth, a woman steps up to the challenge to work with her crude and eccentric brother when her father, Chief Ernest Obiagu is forced to take a step back due to health issues.

“Bitten by a radioactive spider in the subway, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops mysterious powers that transform him into the one and only Spider-Man.”

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Netflix and Amazon Video)

Bitten by a radioactive spider in the subway, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops mysterious powers that transform him into the one and only Spider-Man.

“Fed up with her life, a woman leaves her grown kids behind and hits the road in search of a fresh start.”

Juanita (Netflix)

Fed up with her life, a woman leaves her grown kids behind and hits the road in search of a fresh start.

“Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood decides that joining the all-boys wrestling team is the only way back to her estranged father.”

First Match (Netflix)

Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood decides that joining the all-boys wrestling team is the only way back to her estranged father.

“This documentary focuses on drag queens living in New York City and their "house" culture, which provides a sense of community and support for the flamboyant and often socially shunned performers.”

Paris is Burning (Netflix)

This documentary focuses on drag queens living in New York City and their "house" culture, which provides a sense of community and support for the flamboyant and often socially shunned performers.

Aspiring artist Jessica James navigates through her newly single life.

The Incredible Jessica James (Netflix)

Aspiring artist Jessica James navigates through her newly single life.

“In a world where families are allowed only one child due to overpopulation, resourceful identical septuplets must avoid governmental execution and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.”

What Happened to Monday? (Netflix)

In a world where families are allowed only one child due to overpopulation, resourceful identical septuplets must avoid governmental execution and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.

“A sports agent pitches a controversial business opportunity to a rookie basketball player during a lockout.”

High Flying Bird (Netflix)

A sports agent pitches a controversial business opportunity to a rookie basketball player during a lockout.

Poetic Lara Jean is forced to express her feelings for her childhood crushes.

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Part 1 & 2 (Netflix)

Poetic Lara Jean is forced to express her feelings for her childhood crushes.

“Six individuals from all around the globe, each the very best at what they do, have been chosen not only for their skill, but for a unique desire to delete their pasts to change the future.”

6 Underground (Netflix)

Six individuals from all around the globe, each the very best at what they do, have been chosen not only for their skill, but for a unique desire to delete their pasts to change the future.

“In the future, prisoners housed in vertical cells watch as inmates in the upper cells are fed while those below starve.”

The Platform (Netflix)

In the future, prisoners housed in vertical cells watch as inmates in the upper cells are fed while those below starve.

“For 10 idyllic years, young Mija has been caretaker and constant companion to Okja - a massive animal and an even bigger friend - at her home in the mountains of South Korea. But that changes when family-owned, multinational conglomerate Mirando Co…

Okja (Netflix)

For 10 idyllic years, young Mija has been caretaker and constant companion to Okja - a massive animal and an even bigger friend - at her home in the mountains of South Korea. But that changes when family-owned, multinational conglomerate Mirando Corporation takes Okja for themselves.

Every creatives favorite love story—need I say more?

Love Jones (Netflix and Amazon Video)

Two urban African-Americans, Darius (Larenz Tate), an aspiring writer, and Nina (Nia Long), an aspiring photographer, share an instant connection after a chance meeting at a Chicago club. The two bond over music, photography and poetry, and eventually begin a torrid romance.

Again…say less.

Kill Bill Volume 1 & 2 (Netflix and Hulu)

It's stars Thurman as the Bride, who swears revenge on a team of assassins (Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, and Vivica A. Fox) and their leader, Bill (David Carradine), after they try to kill her. Her journey takes her to Tokyo, where she battles the yakuza.

“If they hear you, they hunt you.”

A Quiet Place (Hulu and Amazon Video)

If they hear you, they hunt you.

“In an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, Calif., telemarketer Cassius Green finds himself in a macabre universe after he discovers a magical key that leads to material glory.”

Sorry to Bother You (Hulu and Amazon Video)

In an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, Calif., telemarketer Cassius Green finds himself in a macabre universe after he discovers a magical key that leads to material glory.

“A bystander films the death of a black man at the hands of police, which sparks rising tensions in a New York neighbourhood as some are moved to take a stand.”

Monsters and Men (Hulu)

A bystander films the death of a black man at the hands of police, which sparks rising tensions in a New York neighborhood as some are moved to take a stand.

A young woman with supernatural powers is on the run.

Fast Color (Hulu and Amazon Video)

A young woman with supernatural powers is on the run.

In a violent, drug-infested neighborhood in Houston, Jason finds hope within Lyric.

Jason’s Lyric (Amazon Video)

In a violent, drug-infested neighborhood in Houston, Jason finds hope within Lyric.

Follow thirteen-year-old Kayla throughout the remaining weeks of her eighth grade year.

Eighth Grade (Amazon Video)

Follow thirteen-year-old Kayla throughout the remaining weeks of her eighth grade year.

Taylor Lauren Williams

Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, which is known as “The City of Good Neighbors”, Taylor has always had a good sense of community. She is passionate about her work. Her love for sharing knowledge is how she found her way into Journalism. She prides herself in making sure that people have accurate information because it aids in obtaining the best outcomes. In May of 2019, Taylor received a Bachelor’s degree from Canisius College in Journalism and Communications and minor studies in Sociology with a concentration in Child, Family, and Community Studies.

Taylor is currently pursuing dual Master’s degrees and licensing in Counseling. She will receive her Master’s degree and licensing in School Counseling in December 2024, followed by a Master’s degree and licensing in Mental Health Counseling in May 2025. These advanced studies reflect her dedication to fostering mental health and well-being in both educational and community settings.

Although she may seem quiet or shy upon first introduction, Taylor has a vibrancy that is undeniable once you're allowed a look within. She is observant and curious, and the passion behind her curiosities is what ensures her drive. As a mediator-type personality, Taylor is often trying to understand other people’s true feelings. She is creative and a risk-taker. She finds her own lane and when that one seems to look a bit over-saturated, she’ll begin setting the foundation down for a new one.

Authenticity is a cornerstone of Taylor’s character. She seeks opportunities for self-expression and remains true to herself in all endeavors. She values the differences among people while appreciating the commonalities they share. Open-minded yet loyal to her own values, Taylor navigates her world with integrity and insight.

Taylor’s efforts are aimed at sharing her situated knowledge and the extended insights of those she welcomes to her platform, providing valuable perspectives on various topics. As a future counselor, her traits of empathy, active listening, patience, and strong ethical values will undoubtedly enrich the lives of those she serves.

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