A Glean movie guide
Rainy Day Retreat
Grab a blanket and press play.
Warm, whimsical, and low-stress films perfect for curling up indoors.
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The movie list
- 01
Paddington 2
A masterclass in kindness and community with a bright, storybook visual style.
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
- 02
My Neighbor Totoro
A gentle, slow-paced masterpiece that finds magic in nature and childhood wonder.
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
- 03
Amélie
A whimsical journey through Paris focused on the beauty of small, everyday pleasures.
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
- 04
The Holiday
Escape into the ultimate cozy cottage setting with this warm and atmospheric romantic comedy.
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
- 05
Kiki's Delivery Service
A soothing coming-of-age story set in a beautifully detailed coastal town.
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
- 06
Midnight in Paris
A nostalgic and lighthearted fantasy that celebrates the aesthetic beauty of Paris in the rain.
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
- 07
Fantastic Mr. Fox
This tactile stop-motion adventure uses a warm, autumnal palette to tell a quirky family story.
The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
- 08
The Princess Bride
A classic fairy tale framed as a grandfather’s bedtime story, offering pure comfort and wit.
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
- 09
You've Got Mail
Revisit the nostalgic charm of 1990s New York and the warmth of an independent bookstore.
Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
- 10
The Secret World of Arrietty
A quiet, contemplative look at the intricate and cozy details of a hidden domestic life.
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
- 11
About Time
A heartfelt exploration of family life featuring one of cinema's most charming rainy sequences.
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.
- 12
Little Women
A tactile and nostalgic period drama that radiates domestic warmth and strong family bonds.
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.