A Glean movie guide
Rainy Day Retreat: The Coziest Films
Grab a blanket and press play.
Warm, gentle, and atmospheric movies perfect for curling up on the sofa.
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The movie list
- 01
My Neighbor Totoro
A gentle masterpiece featuring iconic rainy-day scenes and the quiet wonder of the natural world.
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.
- 02
Paddington 2
A bright and heartwarming adventure centered on kindness, community, and the perfect marmalade sandwich.
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.
- 03
About Time
A sentimental drama that finds magic in ordinary moments against a misty, atmospheric English backdrop.
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.
- 04
Little Women
A beautifully shot celebration of sisterhood and domestic warmth that feels like a hug from the past.
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
- 05
Singin' in the Rain
A joyful and optimistic classic featuring the most iconic rainy-day sequence in cinema history.
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
- 06
Kiki's Delivery Service
A quiet, low-conflict tale of a young witch finding her way in a picturesque 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.
- 07
Amélie
A whimsical journey through a stylized Paris that celebrates small pleasures and human connection.
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?
- 08
You've Got Mail
A classic romantic comedy that evokes seasonal comfort through its cozy bookstores and New York charm.
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.
- 09
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
An incredibly gentle and unique film that finds immense beauty in life’s smallest details.
Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. When a documentarian discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, his resulting short film brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family.
- 10
The Secret World of Arrietty
A quiet and contemplative story that explores a lush, rainy garden through the eyes of tiny people.
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.