WARNING: ALL REVIEWS CONTAIN SPOILERS
Hi! My name is Ellie Phillips, I'm 18 years old, and I'm an architecture student at Miami University. I've always loved movies and TV shows but after I took a film class in high school I gained a deeper appreciation for the art. My favorite genre is definitely Sci-Fi and my favorite part of movies is the color, symbolism, music, and timing. I often write reviews on Letterboxd and I'm always looking for suggestions! I made this website so I can better express my thought and opinions on movies I've really loved and share them with other film nerds. My letterboxd is linked to the image on the left, my username is ellephilli, and the suggestion box is at the bottom of this page.
My Top 10
Inception (2010)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Description: A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
IMDb Rating: 8.8/10 ⭐
Interstellar (2014)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Description: When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
IMDb Rating: 8.7/10 ⭐
Memento (2000)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Description: Leonard Shelby, an insurance investigator, suffers from anterograde amnesia and uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife, which is the last thing he remembers.
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10 ⭐
Stand By Me (1986)
Directed by Rob Reiner
Description: A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10 ⭐
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Directed by Peter Weir
Description: Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10 ⭐
Forrest Gump (1994)
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Description: The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
IMDb Rating: 8.8/10 ⭐
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Description: High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10 ⭐
The Martian (2015)
Directed by Ridley Scott
Description: An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.
IMDb Rating: 8.0/10 ⭐
Project Hail Mary (2026)
Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Description: A science teacher wakes up alone on a spaceship. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing Earth's sun and that an unexpected friendship may be the key.
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10 ⭐
Arrival (2016)
Directed by Dennis Villeneuve
Description: Linguist Louise Banks leads a team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors.
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10 ⭐