10 Films That Quietly Changed Me

These are the 10 films I watched (or rewatched) in 2024 that didn’t just move me—they rewired something quiet inside me. Antonia’s Line felt like One Hundred Years of Solitude—but female, earthbound, mythic. A matriarchal utopia told in soft, stubborn strength. The Taste of Things made cooking look like prayer. Hands, copper pots, light. Love layered into every simmer. Perfect Days reminded me that repetition isn’t dull—it’s sacred. Toilet cleaner by trade, poet by rhythm. Hope is a marriage falling apart without a single scream. Just honesty, and the strange peace that follows. The Dig made me want a Chinese version about Liang Sicheng & Lin Huiyin—history, heartbreak, and architecture all crumbling together. Others stayed with me too: Anatomy of a Fall. August: Osage County. Spring in Seoul. Hello, Mr. Tree. Karma. I didn’t love them because they were loud. I loved them because they lasted. #Entertainment #movie #MovieConfession