Bella Ramsey's Must-Watch List: 4 Iconic Movies 'The Last of Us' Actor Adores
Bella Ramsey shared four of their favorite films, including sci-fi classics and projects about identity, love, and pain.
Showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann had a clear request for the role of Ellie in The Last of Us: an actor who is funny, cruel, and rude at the same time. Bella Ramsey turned out to be the embodiment of these contradictions.
From role to role, they mature and change, tirelessly setting an example of resilience and courage. Recently, the actor shared their favorite films with Letterboxd.
1. 'Tomboy', 2011
IMDb Score: 7.4/10
Ten-year-old Laure has recently moved to a new place with her parents and younger sister, Jeanne. It's summer, and the neighborhood kids play in the yard all day. However, Laure doesn't know anyone yet.
She meets Lisa, a girl her own age, and pretends to be a boy named Mickaël. Thus, Laure becomes Mickaël and starts playing with the other kids. Gradually, she and Lisa grow closer, making the situation increasingly ambivalent.
Bella Ramsey admitted that this is the first film to which they connected on a deep personal level: “Watching that being like, ‘I–that's me’. I just felt such an affinity with that character.”
2. 'Call Me By Your Name', 2017
IMDb Score: 7.8/10
Seventeen-year-old Elio has never been in love. He is spending another carefree summer in Italy when a young scientist named Oliver comes to work with his father, a professor.
Director Luca Guadagnino masterfully captures the essence of first love: the tender moments, shared bike rides, and moonlit rendezvous. No matter how the first summer romance ends, the memories of the strongest feeling will never disappear.
In an interview with Vogue, Bella admitted that the film inspired them: “I couldn't stop thinking about it – I wrote a song about it.”
3. 'A Real Pain', 2024
IMDb Score: 7.1/10
This sad and melancholy dramedy by Jesse Eisenberg follows cousins on a Jewish heritage tour of Poland, where they learn more about their genocide-survivor grandmother. As is often the case, learning about history helps the characters better understand the present and themselves.
Bella revealed: “I just watched it on the plane, and I loved him [Jesse Eisenberg]. [...] He's such a genius.”
4. 'The Matrix', 1999
IMDb Score: 8.7/10
Hacker Thomas Anderson learns that his reality is actually a computer simulation. There's no need to retell the plot, though – the Wachowskis' story lies in the subconscious.
The Matrix is a challenge to the genre, a pop culture staple, the reason for people's obsession with leather coats, and simply a favorite movie of a generation.
And despite his rich filmography, Keanu Reeves remains first and foremost the chosen hero named Neo.
