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Film List: for a cozy night in

I was thinking which films make me feel cozy? You know, the kinds you could watch over and over, snuggled under some blankets…So I made a film list to share with you, because I think many of us enjoy a cozy evening at home.

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Ratatouille (2007)

Storyline A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau.

Forrest Gump (1994)

Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field. Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him.

About Time (2013) - IMDb

Directed by Richard Curtis. With Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson. At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.

Amélie (2001) - IMDb

Quotes [first lines] : On September 3rd 1973, at 6:28pm and 32 seconds, a bluebottle fly capable of 14,670 wing beats a minute landed on Rue St Vincent, Montmartre. At the same moment, on a restaurant terrace nearby, the wind magically made two glasses dance unseen on a tablecloth.

The Great Gatsby (2013)

An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

The Karate Kid (1984)

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards " Storyline Daniel and his mother move from New Jersey to California. She has a wonderful new job, but Daniel quickly discovers that a dark haired Italian boy with a Jersey accent doesn't fit into the blond surfer crowd.

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

3 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards " Storyline Self-made billionaire Thomas Crown is bored of being able to buy everything he desires. Being irresistible to women, he also does not feel any challenge in that area. But there are a few things even he can't get, therefore Thomas Crown has a seldom hobby: He steals priceless masterpieces of Art.

Sabrina (1954)

Storyline Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work -- busily running the family corporate empire with no time for a wife and family. David is all play -- technically employed in the family business but never showing up for work, spending all his time entertaining, and having been married and divorced three times.

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Won 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 8 nominations. See more awards " Storyline Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly. Holly's lifestyle confuses and fascinates Paul; in public she flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air, but when they're alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses.

The Breakfast Club (1985)

They were five students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At 7 a.m., they had nothing to say, but by 4 p.m., they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends.

The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) - IMDb

Directed by Juan José Campanella. With Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Carla Quevedo. A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.

Beyond The Hills (2012)

Directed by Cristian Mungiu. With Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta, Dana Tapalaga. The friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.

Fill the Void (2012)

13 wins & 13 nominations. See more awards " Storyline A devout 18-year-old Israeli is pressured to marry the husband of her late sister. Declaring her independence is not an option in Tel Aviv's ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community, where religious law, tradition and the rabbi's word are absolute.

I, Anna (2012)

2 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards " Storyline A noir thriller told from the point of view of a femme fatale, who falls for the detective in charge of a murder case. Details Release Date: 7 December 2012 (UK) Company Credits Technical Specs See full technical specs " Did You Know?

A Separation (2011)

Directed by Asghar Farhadi. With Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini. A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

Departures (2008) - IMDb

Storyline Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over.

The Class (2008) - IMDb

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 16 nominations. See more awards " Storyline Teacher François Marin and his colleagues are preparing for another school year teaching at a racially mixed inner city high school in Paris. The teachers talk to each other about their prospective students, both the good and the bad.

Footnote (2011)

Directed by Joseph Cedar. With Shlomo Bar-Aba, Lior Ashkenazi, Aliza Rosen, Alma Zack. Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.

Ajami (2009)

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 15 wins & 7 nominations. See more awards " Storyline Ajami is an area of Jaffa where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians try to live together in an atmosphere that is -to say the least - electric. Omar, an Israeli Arab, struggles to save his family from elimination by a gang of extortionists.

Biutiful (2010)

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 33 nominations. See more awards " Storyline Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as he is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Incendies (2010)

Storyline A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to the Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.

Like Father, Like Son (2013)

Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. With Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki, Rirî Furankî. Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth, he must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Directed by Richard Eyre. With Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Andrew Simpson, Tom Georgeson. A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.