A Glean movie guide
Rainy Day Retreats: The Ultimate Cozy Watchlist
Grab a blanket and press play.
Warm stories and gentle atmospheres perfect for staying inside while the weather turns.
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The movie list
- 01
Paddington 2
A masterclass in kindness and warmth featuring a polite bear and a vibrant, storybook version of London.
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, wondrous escape into the Japanese countryside filled with forest spirits and iconic rainy moments.
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
The Holiday
Escape to a snow-dusted English cottage for a slow-paced, heart-warming story of new beginnings.
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.
- 04
About Time
A sweet, time-traveling romance that finds beauty in the ordinary, including a famously charming rainy wedding.
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.
- 05
Kiki's Delivery Service
A soothing slice-of-life journey following a young witch in a picturesque, seaside European 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
You've Got Mail
The ultimate comfort watch set in a world of independent bookstores and seasonal New York City 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.
- 07
Little Women
A tactile and deeply moving celebration of sisterhood, domestic warmth, and the comforts of home.
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
- 08
Midnight in Paris
A whimsical, nostalgic stroll through the rain-slicked streets of Paris and its golden literary past.
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
The Secret World of Arrietty
A quiet, beautifully animated look at the cozy, miniature world hidden beneath the floorboards of an old house.
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
Singin' in the Rain
Turn a downpour into a celebration with this high-energy, feel-good classic from Hollywood’s golden age.
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.
- 11
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
An incredibly gentle and heartwarming story about finding wonder in the smallest details of life.
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.
- 12
Chef
A vibrant, low-stakes road trip movie that celebrates the soul-soothing power of good food and family.
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love.