What to Watch During Coronavirus Quarantine

It’s been over a week in self-quarantine, and it can be hard to decide what to watch. Here are some suggestions for the streaming services:

Guide:

F-Feminist

S-Smart

B-Passes the Bechdel Test

W-Women make up at least half the cast

H-Hallmark-style movie

I-Inclusive cast

 

Netflix

Romantic Comedies:

1. Always Be My Maybe – (Starring Ali Wong and Randall Park, Keanu Reeves) (F, S, B, W, I)
2. Falling Inn Love – (Starring Christina Milian, Adam Demos) (F, H, I)
3. Life As We Know It (2010) – (Starring Josh Duhamel and Katherine Heigl)
4. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before – (Starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo, John Corbett) (F, B, W, I)
5. Hit & Run – (Starring Kristen Bell and Dax Shepherd, Bradley Cooper) (B)

Drama:

1. Laggies – (Starring Keira Knightley) (F, S, B, W)
2. Julie & Julia – (Starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams) (F, B)
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – (Starring Lily James, Michiel Huisman) (F, S, B)
4. The Shawshank Redemption – (Starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman) (S, I)
5. Silver Linings Playbook – (Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence) (S, B, I)

Action:

1. The Mask of Zorro – (Starring Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anthony Hopkins)
2. Batman Begins – (Starring Christian Bale, Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Katie Holmes)
3. Dark Knight – (Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart)
4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – (Starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery)

Fantasy & Sci-Fi:

1. Self/Less – (Starring Ryan Reynolds)
2. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – (Starring Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean)
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – (Starring Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean)
4. Inception – (Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine)
5. Avengers: Infinity War – (Starring Robert Downey Jr, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pratt, Chadwick Boseman)

Music/Dance:

1. Burlesque – (Starring Christina Aguilera, Cher)
2. Center Stage – (Amanda Schull)

Drama TV:

1. The Crown – (Starring Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Olivia Colman)
2. Mindhunter – (Starring Jonathan Groff, Anna Torv)
3. The West Wing – (Starring Martin Sheen)
4. Criminal Minds – (Starring Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore)
5. Sherlock – (Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman)

Comedy TV:

1. Parks and Recreation – (Starring Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Nick Offerman, Retta)
2. Schitt’s Creek – (Starring Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Dan Levy, Annie Murphy)

Fantasy & Sci-Fi TV:

1. The OA – (Starring Brit Marling)
2. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – (Starring Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen)
3. Star-Crossed – (Starring Aimee Teegarden, Matt Lanter)
4. Jericho – (Starring Skeet Ulrich)
5. V Wars – (Starring Ian Somerhalder)
6. iZombie – (Starring Rose McIver)

Hulu

Romantic Comedies:

1. Friends With Kids – (Starring Adam Scott, Jennifer Ehle) (F, B, I)
2. Bridget Jones’s Diary – (Starring Renee Zellweger)
3. Playing It Cool – (Starring Chris Evans, Michelle Monaghan)
4. The Escort – (Starring Lyndsy Fonseca) (F, S)
5. Music From Another Room – (Starring Jude Law, Gretchen Mol) (I)
6. Late Night – (Starring Mindy Kaling, Emma Thompson) (F, S, B, I)
7. Pride & Prejudice – (Starring Keira Knightley, Matthew McFayden) (F, S, B, W)
8. My Big Fat Greek Wedding – (Starring Nia Vardalos, John Corbett) (B)

Drama:

1. Say Anything… – (Starring John Cusack, Ione Skye)
2. 50/50 – (Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogan)

Action:

1. Into the Blue – (Paul Walker, Jessica Alba)

Fantasy & Sci-Fi:

1. High-Rise – (Starring Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elizabeth Moss)

Drama TV:

1. Prison Break – (Starring Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Sarah Wayne Callies)
2. Bones – (Starring Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz)

Comedy TV:

1. black-ish – (Starring Tracey Ellis Ross, Anthony Anderson)
2. mixed-ish – (Starring Mark-Paul Gosselar)
3. Fresh off the Boat – (Starring Constance Wu, Randall Park)

Fantasy & Sci-Fi TV:

1. Timeless
2. Buffy

Amazon Prime

Romantic Comedies:

1. Moonstruck – (Starring Cher, Nicholas Cage) (B)
2. Destination Wedding – (Starring Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves)
3. Charade – (Starring Carey Grant, Audrey Hepburn)

Drama:

1. The Edge of Love – (Starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller)

Action:

1. The Saint – (Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue)
2. The Great Escape – (Starring Steve McQueen)

Fantasy & Sci-Fi:

1. Captain America: The First Avenger – (Starring Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan)
2. Thor – (Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman)
3. Iron Man 2 – (Starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell)
4. Fast Color – (Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw)

Drama TV:

1. Luther – (Starring Idris Elba)
2. Bones – (Starring Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz)

Comedy TV:

1. Parks and Recreation – (Starring Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Nick Offerman, Retta)
2. Fleabag – (Starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge)

 

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