10 A24 Films to Watch in Spring｜Lingering Stories for the Season of Light

Spring is not only a season of light. Sometimes the world begins to move before the heart is ready to follow.

In this feature, we’ve selected 10 A24 films that quietly accompany that in-between state. Rather than offering simple recommendations, this is an attempt to reread lingering stories through the lens of spring.

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I｜The Beginning of Spring, Still in Gentle Light
A quiet fresh start — a time to look at someone again.

Spring is not just a season of new beginnings. It is also a time when we want to stop for a moment and face someone again.

🎬 C’mon C’mon (2021)

Johnny, a radio journalist, takes care of his nephew, and in his journey to record the voices of children, he begins to reexamine his own loneliness and his relationship with his family. A quiet and gentle road movie depicted in black-and-white images.

Spring sky and this piece:Listening to someone's story is sometimes like listening to one's own heart. Watching the film in the quiet spring air, the tenderness that can be conveyed without words slowly seeps into your heart.

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🎬 mid90s (2018)

Set in Los Angeles in the 1990s, this coming-of-age drama depicts Stevie, a boy searching for a place to belong, meeting fellow skaters and growing up. It quietly but surely conveys the anxiety and elation of stepping out into a new world.

Spring sky and this piece:The anxiety and elation of jumping into a new environment are always a bit similar. The temperature of youth, unstable like a spring breeze, leaves you with a quiet sense of nostalgia after watching the film.

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🎬 The Whale (2022)

A human drama about Charlie (Brendan Fraser), a man leading a lonely life who tries to reconnect with his long estranged daughter. The film is adapted from the 2012 stage play of the same name by playwright Samuel D. Hunter.

Spring sky and this piece:Even if we cannot change the past, there will always be a moment when we try to reach out to someone. Watching this film in the softness of the spring season makes me think that forgiveness is not a big event, but a small decision.

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Perhaps the beginning of spring begins not with flashy changes, but with quiet breathing.

Ⅱ｜The rustle of spring, wanting to change but unable to
The season when the contours of our hearts begin to shake.

Spring is said to be the season of moving forward. But sometimes only the heart remains in its place. Memories do not always become kinder with time. In the light of spring, they may instead take on a clearer outline.

🎬 aftersun (2022)

The film depicts an 11-year-old girl, Sophie, reflecting on a vacation she spent with her father at a resort as an adult. Through fragmented memories and images, the time between father and daughter and the emotions behind them quietly emerge. ......

Spring sky and this piece:Memories can change their meaning later. When viewed in the soft light of spring, the tenderness of time gone by and the pain of not being able to recognize it quietly linger in the heart.

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🎬 CLOSE (2022)

This human drama depicts the relationship between two 13-year-old boys who used to be best friends, but whose relationship gradually changes under the eyes of those around them. Winner of the Grand Prix at the 75th Cannes International Film Festival. Distributed in the U.S. by A24.

Spring sky and this piece:Environment changes people little by little, even if they do not want to change. Watching this film during the season of spring, the changes in emotions and distance that cannot be named are felt with a sense of realism.

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🎬 A Different Man (2024)

A man struggling with a severe facial condition undergoes a medical procedure that transforms his appearance and seemingly grants him a new life. Yet even after achieving his ideal face, his sense of self begins to fracture in unexpected ways.

Spring sky and this piece:The desire to be reborn becomes a little stronger in the spring. But what does it really mean to change? This work quietly asks the question.

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Spring breezes can push us back, but sometimes they can also make us lose sight of our own contours.

III｜Spring with too much light
A24 depicts pain and quiet fear

Spring light is not only gentle. It clearly illuminates even the things we don't want to see. The more we want to look away, the more relentlessly spring approaches.

🎬 The Zone of Interest（2023）

This work depicts the daily life of a family living next to a concentration camp during World War II. While avoiding direct depictions of violence, the film quietly reveals the strangeness of the everyday and the extraordinary existing side by side. Winner of the International Feature Film Award at the 96th Academy Awards.

Spring sky and this piece:Everyday life sometimes consists of what we don't see. The more you watch this film in a bright season, the more the discomfort behind the stillness stands out and makes you think about what you are seeing and what you are not seeing.

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🎬 Hereditary (2018)

A horror film about a family caught up in unexplained events following the death of a family member, it is known as one of A24's best-known works and is a multilayered depiction of psychological terror and family disintegration.

Spring sky and this piece:The past does not disappear when a new season begins. When viewed in the brightness of spring, the pain and anxiety that lurk within the proximity of family comes to the fore more clearly.

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The stronger the light, the darker the shadows. This is also one of the faces of the season of spring.

IV｜The nightmare of spring and its lingering aftermath
Films that make the world seem a little off

Spring is supposed to be a new season, but sometimes it blurs the boundary between dreams and reality. Unexplained feelings of discomfort and unexplainable emotions also silently exist in the light of spring.

🎬 LAMB (2021)

One day, a couple living in the mountains of Iceland begin to raise a mysterious being with the characteristics of a human and a sheep. Nature and man, loss and hope intersect in this quiet fantasy drama.

Spring sky and this piece:There are moments when we just want to accept what we don't understand. Watching this film in the quiet spring air makes this strange tale seem somewhat like a gentle prayer.

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Beau Is Afraid (2023)

The main character Bo, who suffers from extreme anxiety, embarks on a journey to see his mother, but a series of events that are neither real nor fantastic occur. Director Ari Aster's psychological road movie transcends genres.

Spring sky and this piece:There are days when I feel as if the world is turning a little against me. Watching the film in the brightness of spring, one realizes that the feeling of anxiety is not a special one, but one that lurks in everyone's heart.

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The end of spring often leaves more lingering questions than answers.
The feeling is similar to the emptiness in my heart when I listened to GLAY at the end of winter. spelled out with famous songs.“Why Does GLAY’s Winter Music Stir the Sky of Our Hearts?”, I explore that same lingering afterglow.

Summary｜Seeing A24 through the Spring Sky

Spring is said to be the season of hope. In truth, however, it is also a season of beginnings and endings, of anticipation and anxiety at the same time.

The films in A24 do not force us to sort through these ambiguous emotions. They simply show the shadows in the brightness and the murmurs in the quietness as they are.

The ten films selected for this feature are not meant to brighten your spring. Rather, they are films that sit beside you on days when your inner sky feels slightly overcast.

If there is an unspoken emotion lingering somewhere in your heart right now - it may be a sign that the season of spring is quietly beginning to move.

Spring skies aren't just sunny days. That is why there are films that accompany that cloudy sky.

If you're looking for more spring movies, you can also check out our summary of the hottest movies coming out in spring 2026. For those who want to enjoy the afterglow of winter, there are also 10 movies to enjoy the snow.

• Click here for a summary of new releases for Spring 2026.
  → Summary of movies to watch in the spring of 2026
• For those who want to enjoy the aftermath of winter, click here.
  → 10 Films to Watch in Winter｜10 Films to Enjoy Snow
• For those who are interested in spring foreign dramas as well as movies
  → 15 Foreign Dramas to Watch in Spring

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