Top 7 Movies on Showtime This Month
Showtime has a huge library of the latest movie releases as well as classic movies. You can watch movies on Showtime on its cable network or you can stream directly from your phone or tablet. This month had a lot of great movies that got people talking, including Green Room, The Farewell, and The Florida Project, and all of them featured star-studded casts.
List of Top 7 Movies on Showtime This Month
Here Are the 7 Best Movies To Watch
This list will be in descending order, starting from the 7th best movie all the way to number 1, to keep you reading.
7. Whiplash
Director: Damien Chazelle, Year: 2014, Starring: Miles Teller, J.K Simmons
Whiplash is a 2014 musical drama film.
The movie tells the story of an aspiring drummer, Andrew (Miles Teller), who enrolls at a cutthroat music school. There he manages to catch the attention of the school’s jazz band instructor, Fletcher (J.K Simmons). The instructor mentors Andrew with intimidating and ruthless methods and, at some point, pushes Andrew to tears.
But, can what seems like a tormenting experience be worthwhile if the protégé endures?
6. Minari
Director: Lee Isaac Chung, Year: 2021, Starring: Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri
The movie is a modest representation of the American dream. It tells the story of a young Asian-American family, with their two children, and later grandma of the family, who try their hand at farming.
Jacobi Yi, and his skeptical wife Monica, move to Arkansas, in the 80s, to start a farm. But, in a new place, there are always challenges for a family coming from a different culture. That coupled with the threat of financial doom.
But Grandma’s resiliency turns out to be the glue to hold the family together. A heart-warming movie for the family.
5. First Cow
Director: Kelly Reichardt, Year: 2020, Starring: John Magaro, Orion Lee
The story of a cook in the American West, who abandons a group of disrespectful fur trappers after he befriended a mysterious man who is fleeing from some Russians.
Together, they end up on the run from the vengeful group. But they also have dreams of getting rich, and their plan secretly involves the cooperation of a wealthy man’s valuable cow.
4. The Farewell
Director: Lulu Wang, Year: 2019, Starring: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma
A heart-warming comedy about a Chinese family finding out that the matriarch has a short time to live, although she does not know.
To make grandma have the best of the time she has left, her American-raised granddaughter, Billie (Awkwafina), and other family members, organize the union of scattered family members under the guise of an expedited wedding.
While Billie was initially reluctant to be in China, she discovers the importance of time with family.
3. Green Room
Director: Jeremy Saulnier, Year: 2015, Starring: Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin
Green Room is a unique horror, combining elements of neo-Nazism and punk rock culture.
A member of a rock band, Pat (Anton Yelchin), discovers the murder of a woman by the band leader, Darcy (Patrick Stewart), and decides that the only way to protect himself is to kill him and his bandmates.
But, under ruthless Darcy, the band becomes the hunter, and Pat the hunted.
2. First Reformed
Director: Paul Schrader, Year: 2018, Starring: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried
Ethan Hawke stars in this film as Father Ernst Toller, a divorcee and former military chaplain who lost his only child and son in Iraq.
Now the pastor of a small church and having spent decades descending into a state of anxiety and loneliness, Ernst is in a crisis of faith. But, when a pregnant new member of his church, Mary (Amanda Seyfried), introduces him to her environmentalist husband, will the soul-shaking experience re-ignite or crash his faith?
1. The Florida Project
Director: Sean Baker, Year: 2017, Starring: Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe
The story follows a young tongue-in-cheek mother, Halley, and her six-year-old care-free daughter. Monee spends the summer stealing from tourists at the motel they have been graciously allowed to live in.
Halley and Monee’s living arrangements are in stark contrast to the Walt Disney World surrounding them, but can Halley handle the moments of sadness mixed with rare bursts of joy to maintain her daughter’s utopia?
There you go. Those were the best movies on Showtime in June. Honorable mentions would be Ex Machina, Moonlight, and, The fits, but the list would be endless and they deserve their own time. Hopefully, you enjoy those movies.
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