Are you ready for a feel-good movie this spring? Lori Nelson Spielman’s beloved novel, The Life List, has been adapted for film and is coming to Netflix in March 2025. This mother-daughter, bucket list story of a young woman finding her path will both break and open your heart to all that life has to offer.

Alex and her mother, Elizabeth, were extremely close. When Elizabeth passes, she leaves behind a request for her daughter–go live your biggest life. Using a bucket list Alex wrote when she was thirteen, her mother’s final wishes thrust her into unexpected situations forcing joy, wonder, spontaneity, challenge and, possibly, love.

Netflix’s adaptation of The Life List will be released on March 28, 2025. Starring Sophia Carson as Brett (renamed Alex in the film) and Connie Britton as Elizabeth. Watch the trailer here!

The Life List by Lori Nelson Spielman

After her mother’s passing, Brett feels lost and alone in the world. After reviewing her mother’s final wishes, she receives a DVD with a video of her mom, telling her to complete the bucket list she created as a teen. As Brett works to finish the list, she realizes the challenges of the larger items. How is she supposed to change careers to fulfill the list item, “be an amazing teacher,” without throwing her life completely off course, and how can she improve her relationship with her dad the way her younger self hoped she would? Brett will take on the challenges of the list, with her mother’s love pushing her forward to join some of the most rewarding and eye-opening adventures of her life.

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