Movies I've Enjoyed These Last 2 Years

I often watch movies but rarely think to share about whether I enjoyed them or not! I thought this was the year to start sharing more about what I've watched. So I'm starting with a large round up of movies I've really enjoyed watching these past 2 years. Not all of them were made during the last 2 years but that is when I "discovered" them.  I would happily re-watch any of these and, to me, that is a sure sign I enjoyed the movie! 

I Like Me (2025)-- I LOVED John Candy movies growing up and this documentary about him and his life was so darn sweet. 

Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022)-- I love a good based on a true story movie and this one about a man who cracked a mathematical loophole in the lottery. Then him and his wife revive their small Michigan town driving back and forth to Massachusetts to buy their tickets and create a whole company pooling investments from townsfolk that they pour back into the town.  

Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)-- While not the most intellectual film on my list, I do typically enjoy most Adam Sandler movies. In this movie, Happy is returning to the world of golf to raise money that his daughter needs to attend her fancy dance school. 

Dumb Money (2023)-- Another based on a true story movie this time about a guy who uses his online influence and genuine love of the chain to save GameStop from going out of business; sticking it to some very rich wall street tycoons as a side benefit.

Nonnas (2025)-- Another super sweet based on a true story movie about a guy that opens his own Italian eatery using actual grandmothers as chefs. I particularly enjoyed the end credit scenes where they showed footage from the actual restaurant and the actual Nonnas working in Staten Island. 

Twisters (2024)-- While sequels hardly ever live up to the first movie, I thought Twisters did a pretty good job. A team of storm chasers trying to test out a new storm scanning system who have repeated close calls while trying to set up in the path of a tornado without getting killed. 

 This Time Next Year (2024)-- As much as I love a good based on a true story movie, I also love movies based on books I've read (even if I do nearly always think the book is better)! This movie, based on a Sophie Cousins book, stars Minnie and Quinn who were both born on the same day just a minute apart have completely different lives but when a chance meeting finds them together again 30 years later they strike up a cute little will they/won't they type romance. 

Summer Camp (2024)-- I love most movies with Diane Keaton in it and this one was funny. These 3 friends used to spend every summer at camp together but as they've aged time spent together has dwindled until they accept an invitation to a reunion at their old summer camp. 

 Gifted (2017)-- Mary is an extremely gifted young child living with her uncle after her mother passed away. Raising his sister's daughter hasn't been easy for Frank but he saw how his mother pushed her sister and is afraid his mother will do the same to Mary. Frank and his mother engage in a custody battle with poor Mary stuck in the middle. It was a sweet but heart wrenching movie. 

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)-- This was such a fun movie with a great cast! A bunch of retired British citizens move to a retirement hotel in India that has been advertised at being an exotic retirement home. They arrive to find it is basically in shambles. Feeling like they have no other choices they all make the best of it; some finding new friends and romance, others finding new purpose. It was really sweet.  

 The Boys in the Boat (2023)-- Another based on a true story movie & based on a book as well. This movie about a group of young men during the great depression that make it onto the university of Washington rowing team and make their way to Hitler's Olympics in Germany. 

The Fall Guy (2024)-- I'm not sure why I enjoyed this action comedy so much as that isn't my usual favorite genre but it was fun. Colt is a stunt double for Tom Ryder but after breaking his back during one stunt he retires. Nearly 2 years later he gets a call asking him to come to the set of his ex-girlfriend's first movie. Only upon arrival, Colt finds that his ex-girlfriend is still angry with him and the star of the movie is missing. As he starts investigating it seems like someone is setting Colt up to be the fall guy. 

Me Before You (2016)-- Oh I just loved this book and the movie was super cute too. Lou is young and quirky and fun and stumbles into a job being a caregiver for Will, a wealthy young  banker that was paralyzed after an accident 2 years earlier. Lou sets out to prove to Will that life is still worth living.

 A Family Affair (2024)-- In a reverse age-gap we don't often see older woman and mother Brooke (played by Nicole Kidman) falls in love and has an affair with a young Hollywood actor Chris (played by Zac Effron) much to the dismay of her daughter Zara, a 24 year old personal assistant to Chris. 

Mother of the Bride (2024)-- I love a good wedding movie and this one was funny with the mother of the bride being thrown, not only by her daughter's wedding announcement but by the fact that the father of the groom turns out to be a man who broke her heart years ago. 

P.S I Love You (2007)-- I read this book and then wanted to watch the movie. Jerry dies from a long illness and knowing that his wife Holly is going to struggle with the loss he leaves behind a series of letters to help her try to move on. 

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)-- A fun sequel where bodyguard Michael teams up with the Hitman Darius and Darius' wife to stop a terrorist attack in Europe. 

Sound of Freedom (2023)-- A deep and powerful movie about child trafficking. When a federal agent saves a boy from human trafficking and finds that the boys sister is still captive, he quits his job to trek into the Colombian jungle to free her. 

 Happiness for Beginners (2023)-- I actually watched this movie without reading the book (that is so unlike me). But I am a good sucker for a hiking movie. 32 year old Helen gets roped into a wilderness survival course and finds that sometimes the best way to find yourself is to get lost.  

Red, White & Royal Blue (2023)- I enjoyed the book so much that I just had to watch the movie! Alex, the first son of the United States fall in love with Prince Henry but Prince Henry isn't convinced the UK can handle having a gay royal so the two agree to keep their relationship a secret at all costs.. and it nearly costs them each other. 

Regretting You (2025)-- It had been a long time since I read Colleen Hoover's book that this movie was based on but I remember loving it so much that I was thrilled to see the movie available on Prime. I enjoyed the movie a lot (though I did think the book was better, of course). Morgan Grant and her daughter are reeling from the loss of their husband/father and while the loss should bring the two closer together there are a lot of secrets that come to life after his death that Morgan is trying to protect her daughter from.

 People We Meet on Vacation (2026)-- Another book turned movie! Poppy and Alex became unlikely friends on a cross country trip in college and end up vacationing together once a summer for 10 years until something blew their relationship apart. Now years later they meet up once more at Alex's brother's wedding and neither really knows how to act but both miss each other and their friendship.

The Thursday Murder Club (2025)--   yep, another fun movie based on a great book. A group of retirees spend their time working on cold cases until an actual murder occurs. They can't help investigating 

Do you have any movie suggestions for me? 

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