The Best Movies And TV Shows For Home Interior Inspo

Because aesthetics can be just as important as the acting.

There are films to watch for the plot, and others for the acting. But sometimes it might strike your fancy to watch something purely for the aesthetics, particularly if you’re an interiors enthusiast. Here are the big and small screen productions which promise interiors inspo galore.

It’s Complicated

Nancy Meyers is the Queen of on-screen interiors. If you’re after proof, look no further than It’s Complicated, which embraces the same style favourites for which the filmmaker has amassed a legion of fans – think plenty of white, dimly lit lamps, cosy cushions, and no shortage of natural light.

Marie Antoinette

Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette was not only a well-made period drama with a much-loved contemporary soundtrack. But the Kirsten Dunst-starring film was a pastel party, all pale blues, pinks, feathers and florals galore. It’s a true feminine feast for the senses.

A Bigger Splash

This Tilda Swinton-focused film is set on an island off Sicily and embraces a summer-favouring colour scheme of crisp white walls, colourful tiles, clashing patterns, mismatched crockery, with touches of wicker. It screams European summer – who wouldn’t want to come home to that?

Call Me By Your Name

Fellow ode to Italy can be found in the interiors of Call Me By Your Name. Set largely in a homey but grand 17th Century villa in the 1980s, you know that this movie is going to be just as tantalising with its fashion as it is with its furniture, which sees rooms casually layered and decorated with excessive books.

Out of Africa

A neutral lovers fantasy can be found in Out of Africa, the book turned film in which Robert Redford and Meryl Streep star. Swathes of linen in acres of white and earth tones sit alongside heavy woods, warm canes, and (of course) an Africa-themed flourish or two.

Grand Budapest Hotel

On-screen interiors inspo is near guaranteed with any of Wes Anderson’s film projects. The auteur has made himself very distinguishable with his whimsical interiors and symmetrical designs. The Grand Budapest Hotel is no exception – a movie heavily hued in pinks of all shapes and sizes.

Anatomy of Scandal

This Sienna Miller drama hit the small screens last year to riotous applause. But as deserving of your attention as the plotline are the interiors. Picture everything you’d expect from a well-to-do British couple, with a main townhouse swathed in swanky amounts of cream, beige, and gold accents.

The Queen’s Gambit

Sure the chess-based plotline of The Queen’s Gambit is reason enough to watch the TV series, but it’s really the combo of fashion and homes that promise to reel you right in. Based in the 1950s-1960s, the miniseries is right up the alley of the mid-century enthusiast.

Mad Men

Of course you can’t mention mid-century without discussing arguably the most stylish TV show of all time – Mad Men. Each of its 7 seasons was rife with overly stylised homes and offices, reflective of the affluence of its ever successful characters. The wall art is truly exceptional.