Indie Films
This film is the story of a kid with Down syndrome and a crab fisherman who go on a journey to find a professional wrestling school in Florida.
Hint: The title is a combination of a delicious sandwich ingredient and the unofficial mascot of our school.
What is The Peanut Butter Falcon?
A dream within a dream -- the story of infiltrating someone's mind to plant an idea while they are asleep.
Hint: The soundtrack is by Hans Zimmer and it's amazing.
What is Inception?
"Wakanda forever."
Hint: Chadwick Boseman :(
What is Black Panther?
A 2019 movie starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Hint: Murder mystery. Chris Evans wears a lot of sweaters.
What is Knives Out?
A disillusioned man who lives with his mother turns to a life of crime.
Hint: Gotham
What is Joker?
This is a Wes Anderson film that takes place on an island. It follows the story of two kids who fall in love and run away together into the wilderness.
Hint: Edward Norton plays a Boy Scout troop leader at fictional "Camp Ivanhoe."
What is Moonrise Kingdom?
This movie is about a family hiding from creatures who hunt only by sound.
Hint: Shhhh.
What is A Quiet Place?
"I'm not throwing away my shot."
Hint: Broadway. Founding Fathers. Immigrants.
What is Hamilton?
A 2000 movie starring Tom Hanks.
Hint: "Wilson!" :(
What is Cast Away?
Set in LA, an actor and a musician fall in love amidst a lot of singing.
Hint: I love the ending.
What is La La Land?
This film is based the true story of a father trying to save his drug-addicted son and his family.
Hint: Steve Carell plays the father, and Timothée Chalamet plays the son.
What is Beautiful Boy?
This is an animated movie about a well-known superhero and all the versions of him.
Hint: Miles Morales
What is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
Hint: Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, teen angst, great soundtrack.
What is The Perks of Being a Wallflower?
A 2012 movie starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, and Anne Hathaway.
Hint: ONE DAY MORE. Another day, another destiny...
What is Les Misérables?
A country music star battling his addictions falls in love with a struggling artist. It doesn't end well.
Hint: "I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in." Also, I cried when I watched it.
What is A Star Is Born?
This film is the modern-day story of a girl who is graduating from 8th grade and entering high school. It explores what it's like to grow up as a teenager in today's age of social media.
Hint: Bo Burnham directed this film.
What is Eighth Grade?
This story is set in a future where earth is becoming uninhabitable. A group of explorers take to the stars and find a wormhole somewhere along the way.
Hint: Matthew McConaughey stars in this and cries in one of the best movie scenes of all time.
What is Interstellar?
"I just know that every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel."
Hint: A WWII movie starring Tom Hanks.
What is Saving Private Ryan?
A 2009 movie starring Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Hint: This is a love story, but not really a love story. Also, from about 2009-2011, I based my style exclusively on Joseph Gordon-Levitt in this movie.
What is (500) Days of Summer?
This story is about a boy who gets separated from his brother one night in India. This boy eventually gets adopted by an Australian couple and grows up, and 20 years later, he heads back to his home country of India to attempt to track down his long-lost brother.
Hint: DEV PATEL and a great soundtrack. That's all that needs to be said.
What is Lion?
This film is the story of a two people who date, break up, and attempt to erase each other from their lives by undergoing a procedure using a new memory-erasing technology... but they can't seem to let each other go.
This is maybe Mr. Greenwalt's favorite movie of all time.
Hint: Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet star in this film.
What is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?
Based on the classic novel, this is the story of four sisters and their family living in America after the Civil War.
Hint: Saoirse Ronan is my celebrity crush.
What is Little Women?
"It's not your fault."
Hint: In this movie, a janitor gets discovered as a genius. It stars Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Robin Williams. I cry when I watch it.
What is Good Will Hunting?
A 2004 movie starring Zach Braff and Natalie Portman.
Hint: One of my favorite movie soundtracks, and so, so, so, so sad. If you get this one, you REALLY know movies.
What is Garden State?
The story of the turbulent bond between a mother and her teenage daughter who is just like her: loving, strong-willed, and deeply opinionated.
Hint: Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet. I LOVE THE ENDING SCENE OF THIS MOVIE.
What is Lady Bird?