The Enterprise guide to watching movies during the lockdown: With all these streaming services, deciding on which movies to watch is a chore unto itself. Things get easy when you have a favorite genre. And even if you don’t, chances are you have a favorite film for each genre. We have an internal strategy for how to consume movies when we’ve exhausted our genre-based selections.

Franchises: When you are stuck for a potentially long time, you have to think in terms of sagas, and story lines that play out over the course of at least six hours. As Hollywood’s bread and butter, these usually try to grab audiences of all ages, so you will generally find plenty of franchise movies to watch as a family. Here’s our selection of franchises to watch, while stuck at home:

Directors: A marathon of your favorite directors is probably the best kind of marathon there is. The strategy almost always lands you hours deep into movies you will love. Here’s a lineup of some of our favorite directors and the movies they’ve done that we’d recommend.

Nostalgia: Then there are times when you just want to be reminded of the good old days. The movies of your childhood or adolescence, that come with a particular memory attached. Or maybe you’re just a hipster, who prefers the styles and sensibilities of times that were before you. Either way, here are recommendations for films from ‘70s, ‘80s, and 90’s that were considered classics of their times:

1970s films:

1980s films:

1990s films:

Awards: If you choose to buy into the illusion that awards matter and aren’t political, then this is the list for you. Don’t get us wrong. We may not buy into that notion, but many times, they do give out Oscars to films that deserve it. Our top 5 Academy Award winners for Best Film (who haven’t been named in any previous list in this issue) are:

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