Lopez appeared on Films to Be Buried With<\/a>, the podcast hosted by Brett Goldstein<\/a>, her co-star in Netflix romantic comedy Office Romance<\/a>, and when put on the spot to name her least favourite movie, she said: \u201cYou can tell from my taste in movies about this, but Nomadland.\u201d<\/p>\n Lopez said she knew that would be an \u201cunpopular\u201d choice, considering the film, directed by Hamnet\u2019s Chlo\u00e9 Zhao, was revered at the time of release in 2020, and went on to win three Oscars, including Best Picture<\/a>, Best Director and Best Actress for Frances McDormand.<\/p>\n She also levelled that \u201dit\u2019s hard to say \u2018worst\u2019 because it\u2019s a beautiful film\u201d and that \u201ca lot of people really enjoyed it\u201d, but said it was her \u201cworst type of film\u201d, personally.<\/p>\n Nomadland received glowing praise from critics, including The Independent\u2019s Clarisse Loughrey,<\/a> who hailed the drama as \u201ca film of fragile, humanist beauty\u201d in her five-star review \u2013 but for Lopez, films like Nomadland are \u201cnot why I go to the movies\u201d.<\/p>\n Lopez, whose credits include Maid in Manhattan, Monster-in-Law and Marry Me, said she typically prefers to watch romantic comedies, action films and musicals as opposed to dramas like Nomadland, explaining: \u201cIt\u2019s a slow-moving thing about grief, and there\u2019s no escapism to it.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cAnd I do like some movies like that. Some movies like that would be a bit\u2026 But that one, I just didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n Lopez acknowledged that \u201cit\u2019s just a taste thing\u201d, levelling: \u201cI know we need movies about grief \u2013 I understand; I just don\u2019t want to watch \u2018em \u2013\u00a0the same way I don\u2019t want to watch horror films. It\u2019s just not for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Nomadland is a meditative road movie following a widow (McDormand) who quits her life in Nevada to travel around the US in her van. <\/p>\n While Lopez \u201cdidn\u2019t enjoy the film\u201d, which she found \u201cdepressing\u201d, the star praised McDormand\u2019s performance, stating: \u201cShe\u2019s amazing \u2013 we all know this. There\u2019s no surprise there. She deserves all the Oscars.\u201d<\/p>\n Lopez currently stars in Office Romance with Ted Lasso star Goldstein, who co-wrote the film with Joe Kelly.<\/p>\n Zhao followed up Nomadland with Hamnet, the fictional drama based on Maggie O\u2019Farrell\u2019s novel about the death of William Shakespeare\u2019s 11-year-old son in the 1500s. The film imagines how the tragedy might have inspired Hamlet.<\/p>\n Shortly after the film received eight nominations, Sir Ian McKellen, a Shakespeare enthusiast who has played characters ranging from Hamlet and King Lear to Macbeth and Henry IV\u2019s John Falstaff<\/a>, said he didn\u2019t \u201cquite get\u201d the \u201cimprobable\u201d film<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Jennifer](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-at-10-57-43.png\")
Jennifer Lopez said films like \u2018Nomadland\u2019 are \u2018not why I go to the movies\u2019 (Getty Images)<\/p>\n![\"Frances](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Nomadland.jpg\")
Frances McDormand in Chlo\u00e9 Zhao\u2019s Oscar-winning \u2018Nomadland\u2019 (Searchlight Pictures\/AP)<\/p>\n