Movies from John Green

Back to the Future

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
John Green
Blogger, Writer
There's this moment near the end of the movie Back to the Future when George McFly receives finished copies of his first novel in the mail. This 5-second scene was all I knew about book publishing in my childhood--and every time I've published a book, the moment of seeing that boxful of finished books overwhelms me. In the six years since tfios was published, I've often worried I'd never have another George McFly moment, but now it has arrived, and I'm so grateful to everyone whose patience and support and generosity made this book real. Here's to George McFly.
Movies from John Green

Bo Burnham: Make Happy

Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles cans.
John Green
Blogger, Writer
Sarah and I just watched @boburnham 's Netflix show. Nuanced, brilliant analysis of internet culture and living with an audience. Also funny.
Movies from John Green

After Everything

When Elliot, a brash 23-year-old living carefree in New York City, meets the sensible Mia and receives a damning diagnosis all in the same week, his world is turned completely upside down. But as their love blossoms amidst the chaos of his treatment, they discover that Elliot's illness is not the real test of their relationship – it's everything else.
John Green
Blogger, Writer
Furthermore, have you seen the movie After Everything? I loved it.
Movies from John Green

Life Itself

As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.
John Green
Blogger, Writer
I saw this film at an early screening, and like everyone there, I wept and wept (and laughed). Months later, I still feel the story's presence. Congrats to @Dan_Fogelmanand everyone who made it. Can't wait for the world to see Life Itself!
Movies from John Green

Eighth Grade

Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
John Green
Blogger, Writer
I loved @boburnham 's movie Eighth Grade, which features a wrenchingly brilliant performance from @ElsieKFisher . The film wrestles with social media with a complexity I haven't seen on screen before.
Movies from John Green

First Man

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
John Green
Blogger, Writer
I saw First Man today. It left me feeling hopeful about what humans can accomplish together, and awed by human courage and compassion. What a movie.
Movies from John Green

The Hate U Give

Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.
John Green
Blogger, Writer
I saw The Hate U Give movie a few days ago. One of the great YA novels of all time has been adapted into one of the great YA films of all time. Amandla Stenberg's performance is gutwrenching and riveting and revelatory. I cannot recommend the movie (or the book!) highly enough.
Movies from John Green

Dope

Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
John Green
Blogger, Writer
All good movies, but Dope's my favorite of the bunch.
Movies from John Green

Rushmore

When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.
John Green
Blogger, Writer
I'm John Green and two of my favorite movies are Rushmore and Harvey.
Movies from John Green

Harvey

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.
John Green
Blogger, Writer
I'm John Green and two of my favorite movies are Rushmore and Harvey.