Powerful, Poignant Movies to Watch This September

This September, get ready for fall with a bounty of popular films.

From unforgettable performances to film classics, here are five movies to move you to tears and laughter.

In the mood for a powerhouse performance? | Back to Black

Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Back to Black explores the making of phenomenal singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse's (Marisa Abela) titular album. From the influence of her father (Eddie Marsan) and grandmother (Lesley Manville) to the love of her life (Jack O’Connell), the film shows us Amy’s complicated road to success through her own eyes. “Abela's not doing an Amy Winehouse impression,” writes MovieWeb. “She vanishes into the role from every possible angle.”

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In the mood for a heart-warming watch? | Limbo

In Limbo, Ben Sharrock follows four asylum seekers from different countries who’ve been relocated to the Outer Hebrides off the coast of Scotland. Sharrock finds humor and humanity in their fate, as well as the drive and hope that motivates each of them. “I’ve never seen the refugee crisis told in this way, so heart-warming and funny and accessible to everyone,” says actor Amir El-Masry in the production notes. The Los Angeles Times writes, “Limbo is the kind of original work of art that moves the needle on an issue by delving into the human factor rather than hanging out on the impersonal surface.”

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In the mood for riotously funny action? | Hot Fuzz

In Hot Fuzz, Edgar Wright makes both the action and jokes razor-sharp as a hot-shot cop (Simon Pegg) and his bumbling partner (Nick Frost) race to uproot the web of evil in a bucolic English village. Named the best cop film ever made by Screenrant and one of the 25 best British comedies of all time by Complex, Hot Fuzz is “everything an action-comedy should be,” as AV Club writes. “It achieves through parody what most films in the genre can't accomplish straight.”

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In the mood for a hypnotic psychological thriller? | Inside

Willem Dafoe delivers an acting tour de force in Vasilis Katsoupis’ psychological thriller, Inside. When a heist to steal a priceless Egon Schiele self-portrait goes wrong, the art thief (Dafoe) finds himself locked inside a high-tech, uber-luxurious apartment. The scenario sets the stage for, as Deadline writes, “a psychological thriller about survival, an art film all about art and its meaning in our lives.” For Collider, “Everything is glued together by another Dafoe performance that proves he’s one of the greatest actors of all time.”

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In the mood for love? | Of An Age

Goran Stolevski's Of An Age is “a universal, thought-provoking story that explores the enduring nature of first love,” writes the San Francisco Chronicle. Set in Melbourne during the summer of 1999, the life of 17-year-old Kol (Elias Anton) is utterly changed when he accidentally meets Adam (Thom Green), the brother of his dance partner. Given 24 hours before Adam is to leave Australia, Kol discovers feelings that will last a lifetime. “Elias Anton and Thom Green will still steal hearts, with a central romance equally uplifting as it is heartbreaking,” writes Flickering Myth.

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