Moonrise Kingdom

Set on a fictional New England island in the 1960s, this film captures the innocence and intensity of first love. Two young runaways escape their stifling lives, prompting a search party led by the local scout master and the island's police captain. The film is a beautiful, nostalgic look at childhood and the adult world's inability to understand it. Its color palette of warm yellows and greens perfectly captures the feeling of a long, adventurous summer.

It is arguably Anderson's most tender and heartfelt film, focusing on the purity of connection.