There’s really justonetrope we’re not on board with: death.
Moonstruck(1987)
If you haven’t seenMoonstruck, are you even a fall movie fan?
Set in November in Brooklyn, the look and feel of this film are to die for, capeesh?
Mr. Fox (George Clooney) in ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’; Meg Ryan in ‘When Harry Met Sally’; Nicole Kidman in ‘Practical Magic’.Credit:Fox Searchlight/Courtesy Everett Collection; Columbia/courtesy Everett Collection;Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
Forgive us if that sounds dramatic it isn’t.
(Their hair alone deserves a standing ovation.)
(It turns out they weren’t even nominated.
Cher and Nicolas Cage in ‘Moonstruck’.Everett Collection
A perfect snuggle-in-front-of-the-fire flick,Mystic Pizzais a warm little slice of fall.
Watch it on a rainy night, or whenever you want to luxuriate in that good kind of sad.
The level of detail isbeyondlovely, and worth freezing each frame to stare at like a fine painting.
Nicole Kidman, Goran Višnjić, and Sandra Bullock in ‘Practical Magic’.Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock
Naturally, hijinks ensue.
Beetlejuicewas one of the highest-grossing films of 1988 and won the Oscar for Best Makeup.
Cozy, oddball, and very much autumnal, this movie is one of the great fall classics.
Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer in ‘The Witches of Eastwick’.Everett Collection
Best pal Chuckie Sullivan (Ben Affleck) disagrees.
And has there ever been a cozier spot than Jo’s attic when autumn’s chill descends?
The end of this film has some of the fall-iest scenes (and clothes!)
Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor, and Julia Roberts in ‘Mystic Pizza’.Everett Collection
Every challenge is thrown at the mismatched duo, who stumble forward in that terrifyingly vulnerable pre-cell/pre-internet/pre-historic time.
Elmo’s Firenever quite lives up to that proclamation, it still holds a certain aggressively wild charm.
Critics be damned, this film goes perfectly with that candy you stole from your kids' Halloween stash.
(From left to right) Ben Stiller, Jonah Meyerson, Grant Rosenmeyer, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Gene Hackman in ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’.James Hamilton/Buena Vista
Note: There are many versions, but this 1993 staple is too good to miss.
What is it about this season that puts us in the mood to solve crimes?
Touchingly offbeat,Silver Linings Playbookis a rom-com that isactuallyromantic AND really comedic, with someverrrydark corners, too.
Sean Astin in ‘Rudy’.TriStar Pictures/Everett Collection
In other words, it’s a lot like life.
Entertaining as all get out, these are characters you’re free to’t help but root for.
Hilarious and moving in equal measure,Junois a comfort watch worth revisiting again and again.
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ (2009).Fox Searchlight
‘It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown’; ‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’.Everett Collection; ABC
Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in ‘When Harry Met Sally’.Everett Collection
Michael Keaton (center) in ‘Beetlejuice’.Mary Evans/Geffen Film Co/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection
Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman in ‘Rushmore’.Everett Collection
Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw in ‘Love Story’.Everett Collection
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in ‘Good Will Hunting’.Everett Collection
(From left to right) Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan, and Eliza Scanlan in ‘Little Women’.Wilson Webb/Columbia Pictures
John Candy and Steve Martin in ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’.Everett Collection
Joan Carroll and Margaret O’Brien in ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’.MGM
(From left to right) Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Mare Winningham, Rob Lowe, and Andrew McCarthy in ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’.Getty
Andrew Knott, Heydon Prowse, and Kate Maberly in ‘The Secret Garden’.Everett Collection
Ana de Armas and Daniel Craig in ‘Knives Out’.Claire Folger/Lionsgate
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence in ‘Silver Linings Playbook’.Weinstein / TWC
Elliot Page and Michael Cera in ‘Juno’.Fox Searchlight/Courtesy Everett Collection
