Genre: Comedy, Romance
Actor: Alex Trebek, Austin Majors, Bradley Whitford, Charlie Ray, Cynthia Nixon, Jess Weixler, Josh Hutcherson, Josh Pais, Talia Balsam, Timothy Adams, Tonye Patano, Willie Garson
Director: Mark Levin
1. Little Manhattan, 2005
At an older age, love can feel like it’s overrated, but watching Little Manhattan easily makes you remember the way love felt growing up, starting to explore all the feelings one had of the opposite gender, with childhood imagination and freedom from responsibilities making it seem so much more wonderful than it is now. Admittedly, it does suffer from a bit of the 2000s stereotypes and gender essentialism that stupid kids spouted, but as long as you remember the film comes from the perspective of a well-meaning, if a bit immature, 10-year-old boy, Little Manhattan feels like a charming recollection of how first love felt.