Getting through winter can be a drudge. For a few months every year, the sun is gone, nature is sleeping, and the weather is at its worst. But as winter starts to overstay its welcome, spring arrives to cut through the clouds and kickstart the regrowth of the world. Like the start of spring, these movies can make you feel the restorative new beginnings of Spring.
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Highlighted by lush environments, vibrant colors, and turning a new leaf, these movies are either set during spring or share the sentiments that make the season unique. No matter your taste in movies, this list features a variety of themes and genres for every movie goers taste.
10Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle
22 years after the first film, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle is the sequel that no one knew they needed. Building on the themes of the first movie, this sequel leans on comedy and action beats to revitalize the franchise for modern audiences.
Filmed in Hawaii, this film uses a well-paced story to guide you through an outdoor spectacle. Trekking through the beautiful scenery, the characters are given a second chance to change their path and restore their lives' trajectory. If winter has slowed your motivation, and you’re looking forward to getting outside again, check out Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle.
9Casino Royale
Spring is the origin story of each new year, restarting growth and opening new possibilities. Like every good origin story, Casino Royale makes us care about 007 even more by understanding how it all began. Coming off of the final Peirce Brosnan Bond film, this movie reboots the franchise with a new 007 - Daniel Craig.
Starting off with a bang, a newly promoted Bond earns his license to kill. Casino Royale goes on to tell the story of a new 00 agent, set against a sunny, luxurious Montenegro. Just like spring can be the beginning of a new adventure, Casino Royale showcases how to revitalize a franchise that already has 20 films over 40 years.
8Dazed And Confused
When you’re a student, one of the best things about spring is knowing that school is almost out for summer. In this coming-of-age story, a group of kids somehow manage to survive the last day of school in 1976.
Following the lives of incoming high school seniors and first-year students as they get ready to leave the last year behind, Dazed and Confused is a day in the life of times long since gone. If you’re graduating from school, or just embarking on a new journey, Dazed and Confused will remind you to enjoy the unknown possibilities ahead.
7Good Will Hunting
Stuck in a life that he doesn’t know if he can escape, Will Hunting is sitting on unrealized genius as he works on the maintenance staff at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For anyone who’s ever felt unseen or unappreciated, Good Will Hunting is a story about the transition between the dark past and the bright future.
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Before the potential of the future can be realized, you have to get through today. Just when winter feels like it’ll never end and spring will never arrive, this film can make you hopeful for the future.
6Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
This 1986 classic stands the test of time, a quintessential John Hughes flick that’s must-watch material for any movie buff. Especially good for students during a spring semester that just won’t end, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off follows the exploits of a creative young man who gets himself and his friends out of the classroom and into an adventure.
Faking an illness to get the day off, Ferris recruits his best friend Cameron and girlfriend Sloane to explore the sights of Chicago. Particularly when you’ve been cooped up all winter, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off can inspire you to seize the day once the sun finally comes back.
5Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day is an eye-opening movie about time and personal growth. If you live your life so busy and fast that you never stop to smell the roses, this movie can change your outlook on the mundane, everyday details that we so often ignore.
Bill Murray is reliving the same day - over, and over, and over again. After experiencing everything he can in a small town in Pennsylvania, he digs deeper and learns more about the people of Punxsutawney and himself. Groundhog Day is a great reminder not to take things for granted and to start living a more meaningful life today.
4Mean Girls
Mean Girls is a comedy about a 16-year-old girl who navigates the switch from being homeschooled in Africa to entering the public school system for the first time. Socially unaware Cady goes on a journey of self-discovery while learning about the potential pitfalls of personal interactions.
A hilarious showcase of high school in the early 2000s, Mean Girls starts out like any other teen comedy film but manages to share thoughtful insights on personal reflection and pursuing your true self. If you want a film about starting over, amidst the chaotic uncertainty of growing up… get in loser, we’re watching Mean Girls.
3The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
The hero’s journey that will determine the fate of Middle-earth, The Fellowship of the Ring is the story of 9 companions that kicks off the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy. This fantasy tale perfectly emulates the feeling of spring, as the long-idle adventurers set out on a grand journey that will give their lives new meaning as they grow in ways that they never thought possible.
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If you’re hoping that spring will be the start of a new you, where anything is possible, The Fellowship Of The Ring is a great place to start. This film will have you digging deep into your own potential as you see the fellowship overcome all odds against them.
If you’ve always wanted your life to flow like the rhythm of a fairy tale, Big Fish will show you how life can blur between fact and myth. This larger-than-life tale is the life story of Edward Bloom, a man who only ever saw the flair and spectacle of the world.
When all you have is imagination and determination, you have everything you’ll ever need. Big Fish shows us that you don’t need to live a big life, to live a life full of magic. If you only stop to notice, you may realize that the story of your life is already amazing.
1Moneyball
Based on the nonfiction bookMoneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, this film is a classic underdog story. The Oakland Athletics have long had one of the smallest payrolls in Major League Baseball, yet they still need to compete against teams who spend far more on their players and facilities.
General Manager Billy Beane, played by Brad Pitt, needs to field a team on a shoestring budget that will win a championship against ball clubs that have no spending limits. If the start of spring is synonymous to you with the start of the baseball season, there is no better film to remind you that anything is possible.
