Touching, romantic, and heartfelt films: what to watch this weekend.

Romantic plots, incredible tales of genuine emotions, tears and disappointments, a challenging journey towards a glorious dream, lightning-fast work from directors, and professional acting performances—this is what awaits fans of touching cinema. UNN presents a selection of films to watch this weekend.

Captain Fantastic (Captain Fantastic) 2016 - Ben, the head of a large family, decides to isolate his family from capitalism and consumer society, creating a camp in the woods where they all live by his own rules. His children, with unusual names, are wise beyond their years, thoughtfully read books, celebrate the birthday of living legend and philosopher Noam Chomsky instead of Christmas, and are physically well-developed. This could have continued for a long time if not for the mental illness of his wife, Leslie, which had been lying dormant within her. She required hospitalization, and after some time, she took her own life due to depression, leaving the family to confront grief for the first time in many years. This tragedy drives them to board a bus and journey to a city full of enemies and temptations. How will this perilous adventure end?

• Genre: Film, Drama, Comedy

• Country: USA

• Director: Matt Ross

• Cast: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks, Charlie Shotwell, Trin Miller, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Zahn.

Tick, Tick... Boom! (tick, tick... BOOM!) 2021 - The film is set in the 1990s when New York was undergoing major changes and facing the AIDS epidemic. A young man named Jon dreams of becoming a composer to escape poverty with his beloved Susan and leave his job as a waiter at a local diner. To achieve his goal, he writes an unusual musical, hoping to gain fame and popularity. However, years pass in poverty, and soon Jon turns 30, while his girlfriend grows tired of waiting for success and decides to leave for a more promising man. Jon's best friend Michael also stops helping and finds stable work in finance. Heartbroken by betrayal and failure, Jon begins to sink into despair, realizing that he has missed his chance at fame.

• Film: Drama, Musical, Biography

• Country: USA

• Director: Lin-Manuel Miranda

• Cast: Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesús, Vanessa Hudgens, Joshua Henry, Jonathan Mark Sherman.

Midnight in Paris (Midnight in Paris) 2011 - Gil, a naive Hollywood writer, dreams of a bohemian life in the French capital of the 1920s and finds himself there in a completely mystical way. Arriving in Paris with his fiancée, he leaves her at the hotel and goes for a stroll through the night city. Then something incredible happens—Gil travels back in time. The hero meets his idols: Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Dali, Bunuel. Strolling through night-time Paris and meeting the celebrities of the past becomes a habit for Gil. The city lives by its own rules and warmly opens its doors to the young romantic, who realizes that he belongs to this time and wishes to stay there forever.

• Genre: Film, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy

• Country: Spain, USA, France

• Director: Woody Allen

• Cast: Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, Kathy Bates, Léa Seydoux, Kurt Fuller, Mimi Kennedy, Tom Hiddleston, Corey Stoll, Adrien Brody.

The Grand Budapest Hotel (The Grand Budapest Hotel) 2014 - The film tells the thrilling adventures of the legendary concierge Gustave and his young friend, Zero Moustafa. The hotel staff becomes witnesses to a theft and the search for priceless Renaissance paintings, the struggle for a vast fortune of a wealthy family, and the dramatic changes in Europe between two bloody wars of the 20th century.

• Genre: Film, Comedy, Crime, Adventure

• Country: Germany, USA

• Director: Wes Anderson

• Cast: Tony Revolori, Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Edward Norton, Mathieu Amalric, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Bill Murray.

Julie & Julia: Cooking Happiness by Recipe (Julie & Julia) 2009 - This story tells of the lives of two women from different eras and social classes, united by their passion for cooking and constant self-improvement.

Julie Powell dreams of a writing career, but unfortunately, nothing seems to work out. To distract herself from the daily grind, she sets a goal: to cook over five hundred recipes from the famous book by Julia Child within a year. She chronicles her culinary adventures in daily notes, published on her personal blog.

Parallel to this story is the life of Mrs. Child herself. After moving to France with her husband, she passionately begins to learn the local cuisine. She transfers her experiences into a book, which has become a hallmark of culinary art for many years.

The challenges faced by both women only make them stronger.

• Genre: Film, Drama, Romance, Biography

• Country: USA

• Director: Nora Ephron

• Cast: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Helen Carey, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jane Lynch, Joan Juliet Buck, Crystal McCrary.