I Am Love (2009)

For such a beautifully shot film, it didn’t leave me feeling much warmth. Tilda Swinton looks out of place as the preppy-looking Russian-born matriarch of a wealthy Italian family. The entire family is stuck in their prescribed roles. That is until love manages to snap at least a couple of them out of the ennui. For Tilda, that’s having an affair with her son’s friend, a chef. The last acts particularly veer on the melodramatic in eye-rolling ways, but throughout it is still a beautiful film from the settings to the costumes to the food.

Oscar Nomination: Best Achievement in Costume Design