Autumn in the Movies
Autumn in New York

A womanizing New York restaurateur falls in love with a beautiful young woman, unaware that she suffers from a fatal illness
Blaze

Tells the story of the life of Blaze Foley, a little-known legend of Texas' outlaw music movement
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Charlie Brown is troubled when Peppermint Patty invites herself and several friends to his house for Thanksgiving dinner when he is supposed to be going to his grandmother's
Dead Poets Society

A prep school English teacher inspires his students with poetry and encourages them to seize the day and embrace life.
Fantastic Mr. Fox 

Mr. and Mrs. Fox have a happy home life with their eccentric son Ash and visiting nephew Kristofferson until Mr. Fox decides to plan a heist of three local farms to steal all their chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys
Far from Heaven

Cathy and Frank Whitaker, a seemingly perfect fifties' couple face the breakdown of their marriage because of conflicting desires.
First cow 

Set in the 1820s Pacific Northwest, a cook and a Chinese immigrant come up with a scheme to strike it rich involving a wealthy businessman's prized dairy cow
Friday night lights

Chronicles a football season in Odessa, Texas, an All-American town that lives and dies with the fortunes of its high school football team
Good Will Hunting

A young working-class genius is hauled back from the brink of self-destruction by a gifted counselor
Love Story

As autumn sets on Cambridge, Massachusetts, something special grows between these two star-crossed lovers.
Mystic pizza

Adult romances of three waitresses from Mystic, Conn., who discover that the future is not always predictable
October Sky

True story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes
Planes, Trains and Automobiles

An advertising executive who wants to fly home to Chicago for Thanksgiving winds up on a cross-country trip with a salesman as his companion
Remember the Titans

Based on a true story, a popular white high school football coach is demoted and replaced by a black coach and the two must work together to unite a team divided by the school's recent integration
Scent of a woman

A scholarship student at an exclusive prep school becomes the caretaker of a blind, retired Lieutenant Colonel over Thanksgiving weekend
Sleepy Hollow

An eccentric investigator is sent to the small New York town of Sleepy Hollow to find out who is committing grisly murders there
St. Elmo's Fire

This 1985 movie follows seven friends searching for their places in the real world after graduating college. The stellar cast, vintage knit sweaters, and long fall car rides will make you long for autumns past. 
Sweet November

Free-spirited Sara has one month—no more, no less—to change ego-centric, workaholic Nelson's life. When it's time to say goodbye, they both discover they don't want to.
When Harry met Sally

Harry and Sally, best friends, debate the question of whether or not sex will ruin the perfect friendship
You've got mail

The owner of a book retail chain and the proprietor of a children's book shop unwittingly begin an anonymous romance via e-mail as his megastore puts her out of business
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