What makes for a great fall show? Sweaters, leaves, Harvard, yard decorations, anything that’s outdoors that isn’t a beach, Victorian Mansions, football, slow-moving plots, coffee mug, fire places, golden retrievers, a gust of wind… you get the point. 35 fall shows that are fallest shows that ever fall’d.
Friday Night Lights – Football
Good Will Hunting – Massachusetts, leaves, fall.
Virgin River – Slow-moving plot, fall.
Wednesday – Spooky, fall.
Forrest Gump – It just feels right.
About Time – Comfort show = fall.
Twilight – It starts out in the fall. Vampires, werewolves, forbidden love, fall.
The Longest Yard – Football, fall.
Top Gun: Maverick – Not sure, but fall.
The Fall Guy – it has the word fall. Check out 4 reasons to watch The Fall Guy.
Love Actually – It shouldn’t make sense, but it does. Pregaming the Christmas season.
Stranger Things – Spooky, suspenseful, fall.
Kicking and Screaming – soccer season, fall.
Legally Blonde – Harvard only has one season in movies, fall.
Mean Girls – Epic Halloween party, fall.
Receiver – Football, fall.
Quarterback – Football, fall.
Uncle Buck – It doesn’t feel like a summer show, so fall.
Rocky – The early morning runs, sweats, it’s a classic. Fall.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – The iconic parade happens in the fall in Chicago, fall.
13 Going on 30 – Lots of leaves and wind, fall.
My Best Friend’s Wedding – Wedding season, fall.
Good Will Hunting – It’s here twice, fall.
Little Women – There’s three versions of them on VidAngel, one to watch for each month of fall.
October Sky – October, duh.
Silver Linings Playbook – Saw a screenshot where she’s wearing a jacket and he’s holding a football. Fall.
Anne with an E – Wind, fall.
Virgin River – Slow moving, mountains are fall.
Lessons in Chemistry – It makes sense.
Emily in Paris – Slow moving, comfort show.
The Social Network – Starts in Harvard, Harvard is Boston, Boston is in New England, New England looks pretty in the fall. Therefore, this makes the list.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before – She is confronted by all of these boys at school, and high school is always at its peak during the fall. Check.
Lady Bird – Another high school storyline, and high school equals fall, as has already been pointed out.
Knives Out – Victorian mansion. Chris Evans in a chunky sweater. Cozy Autumn vibes. Fall.
If they go outdoors at any point of the movie, it’s probably fall.
