Stories by @teeyutes

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1997)

My favorite movie about racism.

As Good As It Gets (1967)

New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon Bishop is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. Additionally, Carol Connelly, the only waitress willing to put up with Melvin at the only restaurant at which he is willing to eat, must leave work to care for her ill son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast. —Paraphrased from Jon Reeves on IMDb

Grand Hotel (1952)

Five guests struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache at the Grand Hotel of Berlin in the 1920s.

The Grapes of Wrath (1970)

The story of the Joads, an Oklahoma family of sharecroppers, who, after losing their farm to increased mechanization during the Great Depression in the 1930s, become migrant workers, and eventually end up in California.

We’re No Angels (1975)

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 1895.

Going My Way (1964)

Catholicism

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1957)

In New York the clumsy Walter Mitty is the publisher of pulp fiction at the Pierce Publishing house owned by Bruce Pierce. He lives with his overbearing mother and neither his fiancée Gertrude Griswold and her mother nor his best friend Tubby Wadsworth respects him. Walter is an escapist and daydreams several times every day. One day, while Walter is commuting, he stumbles in the train with the gorgeous Rosalind van Hoorn, who uses Walter to escape from her pursuer. Walter unintentionally gets involved with a dangerous ring of spies that are seeking a black book with notes about a hidden treasure. —Paraphrased from Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Terms Of Endearment (1963)

The relationship between a mother and daughter who march to different drummers.

Forrest Gump (1964)

Look it up.

Notting Hill (1969)

A divorced, middle-class owner of a travel book store in Notting Hill, England has a romantic encounter with a famous American movie star.

The Bucket List (1977)

Two terminally ill men escape from their hospital bed and travel the world with intent to do all the things they want to do before they kick the bucket.

Something’s Gotta Give (1973)

Something

Hatari! (1972)

Romantic comedy in the jungle.

The Woman in Red (1954)

A happily married San Francisco advertising man suddenly becomes infatuated with another woman.

Good Will Hunting (1947)

The story of janitor Will Hunting, whose mathematical genius is discovered by a professor at MIT.

Captains Courageous (1967)

Rudyard Kipling

The Grapes of Wrath (1960)

The story of the Joads, an Oklahoma family of sharecroppers, who, after losing their farm to increased mechanization during the Great Depression in the 1930s, become migrant workers, and eventually end up in California.

Places in the Heart (1954)

Places in the Heart (1954)

Stagecoach (1969)

In the old west, nine eclectic people ride on a stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory.

Norma Rae (1939)

Like a lot of her family before her, Norma Rae works at the local textile mill, where the pay is hardly commensurate with the long hours and lousy working conditions. But after hearing a rousing speech by labor activist Reuben, Norma is inspired to rally her fellow workers behind the cause of unionism. Her decision rankles her family, especially her fiancé, Sonny, and provokes no shortage of contempt from her employers. —Jwelch5742 on IMDb