Now Showing — Films, Shows, and the Tools to Pick Them
MOVIESPACK.
← Index
MOODS.
Vol. 1 · Emotional
Chapter One
💔

The Emotional Files

Stories that hit you right in the feels.


These 40 films have been quietly catalogued into a collection the editors call, simply, “Emotional.” They are not ranked by box office. They are not sorted by release. They are arranged by something harder to measure — a shared emotional frequency, a kinship of mood. What follows is the reading list. Begin where you like. Read until you find the one that looks back.

  1. 01.
    Your Name.

    Your Name.

    2016·Dir. Makoto Shinkai·106 min·8.4

    High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

    Find similar
  2. 02.
    I Swear

    I Swear

    2025·Dir. Kirk Jones·121 min·8.4

    Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of others to discover his true purpose in life.

    Find similar
  3. 03.
    Hamilton

    Hamilton

    2025·Dir. Thomas Kail·160 min·8.3

    Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.

    Find similar
  4. 04.
    Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

    Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

    2019·Dir. Soichi Masui·90 min·8.3

    In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.

    Find similar
  5. 05.
    Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc

    Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc

    2025·Dir. Tatsuya Yoshihara·99 min·8.3

    In a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where survival knows no rules.

    Find similar
  6. 06.
    1917

    1917

    2019·Dir. Sam Mendes·119 min·8.2

    At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

    Find similar
  7. 07.
    I'm Still Here

    I'm Still Here

    2024·Dir. Walter Salles·138 min·8.1

    A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.

    Find similar
  8. 08.
    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

    2018·Dir. Shinichiro Ushijima·108 min·8.1

    After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.

    Find similar
  9. 09.
    Logan

    Logan

    2017·Dir. James Mangold·137 min·8.1

    In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

    Find similar
  10. 10.
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    2017·Dir. Martin McDonagh·115 min·8.1

    After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

    Find similar
  11. 11.
    Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    2019·Dir. Céline Sciamma·121 min·8.0

    On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

    Find similar
  12. 12.
    Lion

    Lion

    2016·Dir. Garth Davis·118 min·8.0

    A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

    Find similar
  13. 13.
    All That's Left of You

    All That's Left of You

    2025·Dir. Cherien Dabis·146 min·7.9

    In the Occupied West Bank in Palestine of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family's life. Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, this epic drama traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, revealing not only the scars of ethnic cleansing, but the unbreakable spirit of survival.

    Find similar
  14. 14.
    The Holdovers

    The Holdovers

    2023·Dir. Alexander Payne·133 min·7.9

    A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.

    Find similar
  15. 15.
    How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

    How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

    2024·Dir. Pat Boonnitipat·126 min·7.9

    M, a university dropout low on money and luck, volunteers to take care of his terminally ill grandmother, in the hope of pocketing an inheritance.

    Find similar
  16. 16.
    Arrival

    Arrival

    2016·Dir. Denis Villeneuve·116 min·7.9

    Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

    Find similar
  17. 17.
    Wonder

    Wonder

    2017·Dir. Stephen Chbosky·113 min·7.9

    The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

    Find similar
  18. 18.
    Manchester by the Sea

    Manchester by the Sea

    2016·Dir. Kenneth Lonergan·138 min·7.8

    After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

    Find similar
  19. 19.
    Little Women

    Little Women

    2019·Dir. Greta Gerwig·135 min·7.8

    Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

    Find similar
  20. 20.
    Hamnet

    Hamnet

    2025·Dir. Chloé Zhao·126 min·7.8

    The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

    Find similar
  21. 21.
    All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    2022·Dir. Edward Berger·147 min·7.8

    Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

    Find similar
  22. 22.
    RRR

    RRR

    2022·Dir. S. S. Rajamouli·187 min·7.8

    A fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries' journey away from home before they began fighting for their country in the 1920s.

    Find similar
  23. 23.
    Monster

    Monster

    2023·Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda·125 min·7.8

    After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.

    Find similar
  24. 24.
    Drawing Closer

    Drawing Closer

    2024·Dir. Takahiro Miki·119 min·7.7

    With only a year left to live, 17-year-old Akito finds new meaning in life by bringing joy to a terminally ill girl who has just six months remaining.

    Find similar
  25. 25.
    Poor Things

    Poor Things

    2023·Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos·141 min·7.7

    Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

    Find similar
  26. 26.
    Dead to Rights

    Dead to Rights

    2025·Dir. Shen Ao·137 min·7.7

    During the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, a postman poses as a photo developer, helping Japanese forces while secretly sheltering Chinese refugees. He later risks his life evacuating them and revealing evidence of the atrocities.

    Find similar
  27. 27.
    Godzilla Minus One

    Godzilla Minus One

    2023·Dir. Takashi Yamazaki·124 min·7.7

    In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

    Find similar
  28. 28.
    The Worst Person in the World

    The Worst Person in the World

    2021·Dir. Joachim Trier·128 min·7.7

    The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.

    Find similar
  29. 29.
    Michael

    Michael

    2026·Dir. Antoine Fuqua·128 min·7.7

    The story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music. His journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fueled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world, highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career.

    Find similar
  30. 30.
    Only the Brave

    Only the Brave

    2017·Dir. Joseph Kosinski·133 min·7.6

    Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

    Find similar
  31. 31.
    The Whale

    The Whale

    2022·Dir. Darren Aronofsky·117 min·7.6

    A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

    Find similar
  32. 32.
    Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    2019·Dir. Quentin Tarantino·162 min·7.6

    Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…

    Find similar
  33. 33.
    Dark Waters

    Dark Waters

    2019·Dir. Todd Haynes·127 min·7.6

    A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

    Find similar
  34. 34.
    Rental Family

    Rental Family

    2025·Dir. Hikari·110 min·7.6

    An American actor in Tokyo struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese 'rental family' agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients' worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality.

    Find similar
  35. 35.
    The Mitchells vs. the Machines

    The Mitchells vs. the Machines

    2021·Dir. Mike Rianda·114 min·7.6

    A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.

    Find similar
  36. 36.
    The President's Cake

    The President's Cake

    2025·Dir. Hasan Hadi·106 min·7.6

    While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, Saddam Hussein requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates. The young girl must now use her wits and imagination to gather ingredients for the mandatory cake or face the consequences.

    Find similar
  37. 37.
    Gifted

    Gifted

    2017·Dir. Marc Webb·101 min·7.6

    Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

    Find similar
  38. 38.
    Kokuho

    Kokuho

    2025·Dir. Sang-il Lee·174 min·7.5

    Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, he decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. For decades, the two young men grow and evolve together – and one will become the greatest Japanese master of the art of kabuki.

    Find similar
  39. 39.
    Even If This Love Disappears Tonight

    Even If This Love Disappears Tonight

    2025·Dir. Kim Hye-young·106 min·7.5

    A high school girl wakes up each day with no memory of yesterday. When she agrees to date a shy classmate, can their love grow with every new beginning?

    Find similar
  40. 40.
    Drive My Car

    Drive My Car

    2021·Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi·179 min·7.5

    Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

    Find similar
— End of Chapter —