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One of the best ways to improve your understanding of the English language is by watching movies. Movies are not only entertaining, but can also provide you with some common colloquial phrases and expressions as well as vocabulary and grammar in context.
TIPS on watching movies:
– Watch the movies with English subtitles
– Watch all movies in the same accent (American, British, Australian, etc.)
– If you really enjoy a movie, watch it more than once. Repetition is key to learning a language.
Here is a list of 10 fantastic movies to help you learn English:
1. The Wizard of Oz
Genre: family/ musical
Year: 1939
Dorothy, a young girl who lives on a farm in Kansas, is caught in a tornado’s path with her dog Toto. They magically end up on a journey to Oz, where she makes some special new friends.
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Genre: family/ adventure/ comedy
Year: 2005
Charlie wins a tour at the famous chocolate factory run by a most unique candy maker.
3. Back to the Future
Genre: action/ sci-fi
Year: 1989
Marty McFly is sent back in time to the 1950s in a time machine and needs to do what it takes to make sure his parents fall in love.
4. E.T.
Genre: family/sci-fi
Year: 1982
Elliot is a boy living in California who one day discovers an alien who he decides to befriend.
Elliot and his siblings keep the alien, E.T., a secret until their new friend falls ill and needs help.
5. Toy Story
Genre: animation/ adventure
Year: 1996
Andy has a room full of toys that he loves to play with, but what he doesn’t know is that these toys come to life when he isn’t home. His cowboy Buddy rivals the new toy, Buzz Lightyear, but soon this rivalry turns to friendship.
6. Finding Nemo
Genre: animation/adventure/comedy
Year: 2003
Nemo is an eager, young clown fish who gets lost in the ocean on his first day of school. His desperate father and a forgetful new friend Dory take a journey through the ocean in search of dear Nemo.
7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer´s Stone
Genre: adventure/ fantasy
Year: 2001
Eleven-year-old Harry Potter suddenly discovers that he is a wizard when he receives a letter inviting him to attend Hogwarts, a boarding school for witches and wizards. On the Hogwart´s Express train he meets two kids who will become his best friends at this unique school.
8. King Kong
Genre: action/ adventure/ drama
Year: 2005
A film producer from New York in the 1930’s brings his cast and crew to the mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter King Kong, a giant ape.
9. Forrest Gump
Genre: comedy/drama/ romance
Year: 1994
A film that chronicles the life of Forrest Gump, an intellectually disabled man, between the 1950s and the 1980s. A series of flashbacks brings you back to Forrest´s childhood in the South with his “mama” and how his life progresses.
10. Spider Man
Genre: Action
Year: 2002
Peter Parker is a nerdy teenager that turns into a super-hero when he gets a bite from a genetically modified spider. Spider Man fights against crime with his amazing spider powers.
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