My SZN Watch Guide · Golden and wistful
The best autumn films to watch this season
The films that feel like the season turning: golden light, new beginnings and the first properly dark evening.
12 films · 7 min read
My SZN · Watch guides
Seasonal films &
What to put on when the evenings draw in. Choose the mood first — cosy, spooky, romantic or rainy — then pick from that shelf only. Every note here is ours, written for the season we're actually in.
Watch guide
Autumn nights
Films that suit low light, early dark and a season that's taking its time.
My SZN Watch Guide · Cosy and low-stakes
Cosy autumn films for a proper night in
Nothing frightening, nothing bleak — just films that feel like a blanket and a lamp.
10 films · 6 min read
My SZN Watch Guide · Romantic
Autumn romance films worth an evening
Bookshops, big coats and long conversations — romance at autumn's pace.
8 films · 6 min read
My SZN Watch Guide · Rainy day
Rainy day films for a washed-out weekend
The walk is off, the rain has set in — here's what the afternoon is for.
8 films · 6 min read
My SZN Watch Guide · Make a night of it
How to plan an autumn movie night
Pick the mood, not the film — plus four ready-made evenings you can plan straight into your SZN.
4 films · 6 min read
Watch guide
Halloween
Sorted by nerve rather than gore, so nobody ends the evening regretting it.
My SZN Watch Guide · Halloween, any strength
Halloween films for every kind of nerve
Sorted by nerve, not by gore — from playful to properly unsettling.
9 films · 6 min read
My SZN Watch Guide · Gently spooky
Not-too-scary Halloween films
Spooky enough to count, calm enough to sleep afterwards.
8 films · 5 min read
My SZN Watch Guide · Family-friendly
Family Halloween films for younger children
Short, friendly and honest about the one bit that might be too much.
7 films · 5 min read
Watch guide
Christmas
Films that suit low light, early dark and a season that's taking its time.
My SZN Watch Guide · Properly festive
The best Christmas films to watch this year
The ones that earn their place every December — plus the right week to put each of them on.
12 films · 8 min read
My SZN Watch Guide · All ages, no tears
Family Christmas films that work for everyone in the room
Nothing frightening, nothing three hours long — and a few the adults will genuinely like.
9 films · 6 min read
My SZN Watch Guide · Hushed and hopeful
What to watch on Christmas Eve
Short, calm and done before midnight — the films that suit the night before.
8 films · 6 min read
My SZN Watch Guide · Romantic and snowy
Festive romance films for a dark December evening
Big coats, snowy streets and endings you can see coming. Exactly the point.
8 films · 6 min read
My SZN Watch Guide · Festive-adjacent
Alternative Christmas films for people who've had enough of tinsel
Set at Christmas, not about Christmas. For when one more elf would finish you off.
8 films · 6 min read
My SZN Watch Guide · Planned and easy
How to plan a Christmas movie night
Pick the film first, eat before it starts, and finish before midnight. That's the whole method.
6 films · 5 min read
Make a night of it
What goes
A film night is mostly the hour either side of it. These are the bits of My SZN that go with an evening in.
- Slow-cooked beef and creamy mash to eat beforehand
- Cosy autumn decorating ideas for the room it's in
- The autumn bucket list, for the days it isn't raining
- Things to do near you this season
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