5 Movies With Spring Vibes That Will Make You Want to Open All the Windows, Ranked by RT

Filmmakers often capture the changing seasons on screen, highlighting spring as a time of tender feelings, new beginnings, and melancholy.

We've compiled a list of eight movies that capture the essence of this time of year better than any calendar could.

5. 'Big Fish', 2003

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 76%

Based on Daniel Wallace's novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, the movie immerses viewers in a fairy tale.

Ed Bloom is known for his incredible stories about witches, giants, and other bizarre creatures. His son, Will, sees him as a fabricator.

When Ed begins to die, Will decides to recreate his father's past using fantastical plots to finally figure out where the truth ends and the stream of fables begins.

4. 'Rental Family', 2025

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%

American actor Phillip has been living in Tokyo for seven years, trying to establish his career. Lately, however, he's had little luck. He accidentally lands the role of a "sad American" at a staged funeral and soon starts working with the company Rental Family.

He plays a concerned journalist to an ambitious, yet nearly forgotten, older actor, and a single mother also hires him to play the father of her young daughter.

Phillip is initially reluctant but soon realizes that his new job truly helps people. However, not everyone at the company shares his view of business.

3. 'A Tale of Springtime', 1990

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%

Philosophy teacher Jeanne is left homeless. Rather than spending the night in her fiancé's messy apartment while he's out of town, she goes to her own place.

Unfortunately, she can't stay there either because her cousin is staying there temporarily. Jeanne ends up at a party where she meets Natacha, who offers her a room in her apartment.

Thus begins a warm friendship. However, Jeanne soon learns that Natacha wants to set her up with her father because she disapproves of his current girlfriend.

2. 'The Peanut Butter Falcon', 2019

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%

Zak, a boy with Down syndrome who is a patient in a mental institution, escapes to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler.

Meanwhile, across town, Tyler, a fisherman and con man, is hiding from his enemies and heading to Florida. The two strangers team up and embark on a grand adventure.

The Peanut Butter Falcon exudes kindness and a zest for life – the characters become friends, get into trouble, and discover themselves. The movie evokes the feeling of late spring, when new feelings bloom in your heart and something bright lies ahead.

1. 'Late Spring', 1949

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%

27-year-old Noriko lives happily with her widowed father, Shukichi, a university professor. Her aunt Masa worries that Noriko is still single and decides to help her find love.

However, when a suitable partner is found, Noriko reveals that she is quite content living with her father and has no intention of marrying. Masa insists on marriage, though, and finds a partner for Shukichi as well, so Noriko has no more excuses.

Father and daughter soon begin a new life together, but first, they embark on one last journey.