A Glean movie guide
Rainy Day Retreat: The Ultimate Comfort List
Grab a blanket and press play.
Warm, whimsical, and low-stress films perfect for a cozy afternoon indoors.
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The movie list
- 01
My Neighbor Totoro
A gentle, low-conflict masterpiece featuring the most iconic rainy-day bus stop in cinema history.
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 pure, colorful celebration of kindness and community that is widely considered the ultimate feel-good film.
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
Singin' in the Rain
The quintessential rainy-day classic filled with joyful musical numbers and lighthearted optimism.
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.
- 04
The Princess Bride
A timeless storybook adventure framed as the perfect tale for a cozy day spent indoors.
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.
- 05
You've Got Mail
A nostalgic 90s romance set against the cozy backdrop of New York City bookstores.
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.
- 06
About Time
A sentimental look at family and everyday magic, featuring a famously charming rainy wedding sequence.
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 relaxed, beautifully animated slice-of-life story about finding your way in 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
Midnight in Paris
A breezy, nostalgic fantasy that explicitly celebrates the unique 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.
- 09
Amélie
A whimsical and highly atmospheric journey through the small, sensory pleasures of a quirky Parisian life.
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?
- 10
Little Women
A warm and tactile drama that focuses on the enduring bonds of sisterhood and domestic comfort.
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
- 11
Fantastic Mr. Fox
A dryly humorous stop-motion adventure wrapped in a cozy, autumnal color palette.
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.
- 12
Knives Out
A modern 'cozy mystery' that pairs a sharp whodunit with an atmospheric, sweater-weather aesthetic.
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.