A Glean movie guide
Rainy Day Retreat
Your ultimate comfort watch list.
Warm, gentle films perfect for curling up indoors while the weather does its thing.
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The movie list
- 01
Paddington 2
A masterclass in kindness and warm production design that feels like a cinematic hug.
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
Midnight in Paris
Atmospheric and nostalgic, featuring some of the most beautiful rainy-day cinematography in film.
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.
- 03
My Neighbor Totoro
A peaceful masterpiece that captures the quiet wonder of childhood and the beauty of nature.
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.
- 04
The Holiday
Escape to a cozy English cottage for a heartwarming story of personal growth and comfort.
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
Little Women
A tactile drama that celebrates family bonds with rich, warm production design and domestic heart.
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
- 06
About Time
A sentimental look at the beauty of ordinary life, featuring iconic scenes of rain and familial warmth.
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.
- 07
Kiki's Delivery Service
A gentle classic focused on self-discovery and the cozy charm of a seaside 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.
- 08
Amélie
A whimsical journey through a romanticized Paris filled with small, everyday joys.
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?
- 09
The Secret World of Arrietty
A slow, observational fantasy that finds magic in miniature domestic details and lush gardens.
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.
- 10
You've Got Mail
A classic romance that celebrates the comfort of bookstores, coffee, and seasonal New York.
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.
- 11
Pride & Prejudice
Moody, misty, and romantic, this adaptation is perfect for a slow, atmospheric afternoon indoors.
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
- 12
Fantastic Mr. Fox
A quirky, autumnal adventure with a warm color palette and tactile stop-motion charm.
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.