The Visitor
2008 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 511 votes
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
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What to Watch This Weekend Movies
This SceneIt list helps you quickly choose engaging favorites worth making time for this weekend. Results are selected for the United States and balance audience response with practical watchability.
Updated 2026-08-07 · Ratings from TMDB
How we chose these titles
We rank eligible titles using TMDB audience ratings, vote confidence, relevance to the theme, and current popularity. Ratings can change as new votes are added.
On Golden Pond
1981 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 516 votes
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Now Is Good
2012 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 1,114 votes
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Remember
2015 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 764 votes
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Kung Fury
2015 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 1,987 votes
During an unfortunate series of events, a friend of Kung Fury is assassinated by the most dangerous kung fu master criminal of all time, Adolf Hitler, a.k.a Kung Führer. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Ivan's Childhood
1962 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 842 votes
In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Philadelphia Story
1940 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 1,007 votes
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 1,147 votes
Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of a nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Grizzly Man
2005 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 970 votes
Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in his attempt to protect the grizzly bears. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Watership Down
1978 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 718 votes
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Kill Your Darlings
2013 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 1,419 votes
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Trial
1962 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 572 votes
Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Little Big Man
1970 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 729 votes
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Man Who Would Be King
1975 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 721 votes
Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Partly Cloudy
2009 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 1,119 votes
Everyone knows that the stork delivers babies, but where do the storks get the babies from? This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Young and the Damned
1950 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 547 votes
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Willoughbys
2020 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 989 votes
When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sonatine
1993 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 694 votes
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
My Policeman
2022 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 780 votes
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 1,212 votes
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.