This time, we no longer advocate using the terms ‘feeling bored’ or ‘listless’. Today’s list comprises more thoughtful recommendations we usually ignore in favour of something mainstream, but they are akin to diamonds in a mine. Don’t worry, we’ve included your favourites as well.
Homebound (2025)
This is the time when Indian Cinema is quietly rebelling. I’d say this is the most heartwrenching yet beautiful tale of two marginalised best friends that it will turn your eyes into rivers of tears. A police position offers two childhood friends from a small North Indian hamlet the dignity they have long been denied, so they pursue it. However, growing desperation threatens their relationship as they draw closer to their ambition. This movie shows the true India, not glorified but real and raw, when caste, religion and survival define the being of a human rather than their status as an ‘Indian.’ For this gem, I’d rather suggest overcoming the ‘barrier’ of subtitles because ‘Homebound’ is worth every eye that watches it.
Status: Streaming on Netflix
Zootopia 2
Who doesn’t want to thirst and crush over Nick the fox again? I believe everyone. The only animated movie from the US that deviated me from anime is back again. In Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Zootopia 2,” detectives Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) and Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) are pursued by an enigmatic reptile that enters Zootopia and upends the mammal city. Judy and Nick must go undercover in uncharted nooks and crannies of town to solve the case, which puts their developing relationship to the test of the deep waters of the unknown.
Status: Currently in Theatres
Eternity
Joan must choose between the guy she spent her life with and her first love, who passed away at a young age and has been waiting for her for decades, in an afterlife where souls have one week to choose where to spend eternity. I wish she had a choice to select both of them. Rotten Tomatoes gave such a favourable review that most viewers will itch to watch it. As stated, “This is one of the purest, sweetest movies you’ll see all year. Content collapsed. The result is a rom-com that’s smart, sensational, and swoon-worthy. A high-concept romantic fantasy with a saccharine soul, David Freyne’s Eternity posits an afterlife that’s more like buying a permanent timeshare than heaven or hell.”
Status: Currently in Theatres
Stranger Things Season 5
This one was prophesied to enter this list because Will Byers has shed his awful bowl cut, leaving fans in a state of disarray. You wouldn’t want to miss this one because, in the fall of 1987, following the events of the fourth season, the crew sets out to locate and murder Vecna after the Rifts emerged in Hawkins. When the military arrives in Hawkins and starts pursuing Eleven, the mission becomes more difficult. The group must battle a lethal enemy one final time as the anniversary of Will Byers’ abduction draws near.
Status: Streaming on Netflix
No Other Choice
When this movie was released, everyone thought that something might’ve been wrong with the director’s psyche because how can he critique capitalism in such an absurd manner? How can he depict the quandary of a modern man so perfectly in this fast-paced world? A man, after working for the same company for 25 years before being abruptly fired, is desperate and will stop at nothing to get the job he wants. This is a satire on late-stage capitalism’s oddities and the brutal employment market in South Korea. It’s a nightmare akin to ‘Shounen Bat’ in which existential sorrow, oppressive bureaucracy, and comedic violence blend until they are inseparable. Park turns unemployment, the most mundane cinematic issue feasible, into a genre experiment.
Status: VOD release
Weak Hero Class 2
The most underrated series of town is back on our pages. Si-eun is still plagued by the trauma of his previous mistakes even after transferring to Eunjang High. He makes new acquaintances with Park Hu-min, Seo Jun-tae, and Go Hyun-tak, but he also has to deal with the Union, a more vicious gang commanded by Na Baek-jin and Geum Seong-je, which forces him to deal with even more brutality. Asian street fights are uncommonly portrayed in the media; they are not as famous as the Spanish ones, but let me warn you, the more underestimated they are, the more brutal they are. Even if you don’t like ‘violence’ as a genre, this series will win your heart. But also make sure to watch Weak Hero Class 1.
Status: Currently in Theatres
