Entertainment & Media
For AAPI Month, here are some of my recommendations for movies to watch now that summer’s here!
Entertainment & Media
For AAPI Month, here are some of my recommendations for movies to watch now that summer’s here!
By Diya Sebastian
Overall
1. Everything Everywhere All At Once*
2. Searching
3. Minari
4. Tigertail
5. The Farewell
6. The Big Sick
7. Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King
8. Always Be My Maybe
9. Turning Red
*I genuinely spent the ride home sobbing my heart out and had to get comfort Wendys. This movie blew my mind and I’ve never been the same since.
Top Five Korean Movies
1. Train to Busan**
2. Parasite
3. Okja
4. A Taxi Driver
5. The Wailing
**Literally any movie with Gong Yoo is an absolute masterpiece. I’ve watched this movie at least seven times and it’s still as good as the first time
Top Three Malayalam Movies
1. Ohm Shanthi Oshaana***
2. Premam
3. Forensic
***When I say that the main character is me, I literally mean that she’s the same book-loving, daydreaming hopeless romantic. It’s my comfort movie and I feel like I’m back home again.
Top Ten Bollywood Movies
1. Padmaavat****
2. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
3. Jodhaa Akbar
4. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
5. Bang Bang
6. Dangal
7. 3 Idiots
8. Veer-Zaara
9. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
10. English Vinglish
****The most bad*ss heroine ever. This movie had me going through a roller coaster of emotions and I was once again left an emotional wreck.