John Leguizamo's Watchlist
by IMDb-Editors | created - 1 month ago | updated - 1 month ago | PublicJohn Leguizamo stopped by the IMDb studio at SXSW, where he was premiering his new film, 'Bob Trevino Likes It,' and shared some of his favorite films.
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1. El Conde (2023)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Fantasy, History
After living 250 years in this world, Augusto Pinochet, who is not dead but an aged vampire, decides to die once and for all.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger
Votes: 13,283
Pablo Larraín's 'El Conde' rocked my world because only Latin people can tell political-comical stories that are current, and this Pinochet story really rocked me because it parallels so much that is going on in America politically with the demise of democracy.
2. Four Daughters (2023)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary
Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania | Stars: Olfa Hamrouni, Eya Chikhaoui, Tayssir Chikhaoui, Nour Karoui
Votes: 2,713
This is a documentary that's Oscar-nominated and it's groundbreaking. It's about a Tunisian mom who has four daughters and two of them get radicalized by ISIS. They don't have the daughters, so they hired actresses to play the daughters that are missing, and an actress to play the mom when the mom gets too emotional. But then the actresses started becoming a family and doing therapy with each other. It’s so powerful. It’s the most groundbreaking documentary I’ve ever seen.
3. Io Capitano (2023)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama
A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawadogo, Hichem Yacoubi
Votes: 9,922
An Italian Oscar-nominated film, which is an immigrant story about two Senegalese boys trying to get to Italy. It was great because it parallels so much of the immigrant journey and the border issues we have in America but from a different point of view. The beautiful and painful journey of these boys is surreal at the same time. It'll rock your world.
4. Bob Trevino Likes It (2024)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
After searching for her estranged father online, a people-pleasing young woman unexpectedly forms a close bond with a grieving, childless man with the same name as her father on Facebook. Inspired by a true story.
Director: Tracie Laymon | Stars: Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo, French Stewart, Rachel Bay Jones
Votes: 82
I've got this movie screening at SXSW, 'Bob Trevino Likes It.' I play Bob Trevino. It's a beautiful true story that Tracie Laymon wrote and directed, with Barbie Ferreira, who's outstanding — breakout talent. It's about this girl who has a terrible relationship with her father and stops talking to him. She goes on Facebook to find him and make up, but she hits the wrong Bob Trevino and she makes this new relationship with this Facebook dad who's a better dad than her real one.
5. Encanto (2021)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.
Directors: Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith | Stars: Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo
Votes: 262,135 | Gross: $96.09M
It's such a powerful movie, especially because it was all Latinx and all Latinx diaspora in it. All the shades, including Black, Afro-Latinos, Indigenous Latinos, and all in one family. Kids all over the world found this movie and — I don't know — I feel like it changed lives. Kids get shocked, though, when their parents come up to me and go, "You gotta meet the real Bruno." And then they see my face and they don't relate it to the cartoon. They're very confused. It's a very strange moment for kids. I never get sick of that song. I'm waiting for 'Encanto 2' when we only talk about Bruno.
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