E26 Academy Award Winning Movies to Help You Improve Your English

📽️Need some movie recommendations to increase your English input and improve your speaking ability? We got you covered! Watching movies in English is a great way to get exposure to the language and help improve your listening skills, vocabulary and pronunciation. Not only do you get to listen to native speakers, but you can also be exposed to the written language if you watch with subtitles.

✨In this episode, we give you five fun films to watch and use on your English journey. But these aren't just any movies; they are all films that have won the Academy Award for Best Actress. These films all have great performances, but they can also help you increase your English vocabulary and phrases, improve your listening comprehension, and learn about American culture.

🍿This selection of films spans decades, genres, and narratives, and we've arranged them chronologically, starting from the golden era of Hollywood to the contemporary cinema. At their core, each movie explores the intricacies of human relationships, whether it be romantic, familial, or societal. Love, loss, and self-discovery are recurring themes throughout these stories, and highlight the importance of resilience and personal growth in the face of challenges.

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📝 Vocabulary list

1) Proponent: A person who advocates for a cause or idea.

2) Backdrop: The setting or environment of an event or situation.

3) Gut punch: A metaphorical blow or impact that leaves one feeling emotionally overwhelmed.

4) Ambiguous: Unclear or having more than one interpretation.

5) Dark humor/Black comedy: humor that is about serious or unpleasant subjects

6) Remorse: a feeling of guilt about something you have done

7) Multiverse: A hypothetical set of multiple possible universes, including the one in which we live.

8) Stylistic: Relating to the distinctive manner or style of something.

9) Absurd: Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.

10) Internal debate: A personal struggle or conflict within oneself over a decision or action.

11) Quirky: Characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits.

12) Flair: a special style or quality

13) Crowning achievement: The most significant or noteworthy accomplishment in one's career or life.