A Glean movie guide
The Ultimate Rainy Day Movie Guide
Grab a blanket and press play.
Comforting films for when the weather keeps you inside.
Handpicked for this guide
The movie list
- 01
Paddington 2
A masterclass in kindness and community with a vibrant, 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 masterpiece featuring some of cinema’s most iconic and peaceful rainy scenes.
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 cozy English cottage in this warm romantic comedy about fresh starts.
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
Amélie
A whimsical journey through a stylized Paris that celebrates life’s smallest 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?
- 05
You've Got Mail
A nostalgic 90s romance capturing the charm of bookstores and cafes in 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.
- 06
Midnight in Paris
A magical, rain-soaked exploration of art and history that feels like a warm conversation.
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
Kiki's Delivery Service
A quiet and scenic coming-of-age story set in a beautiful, breezy 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.
- 08
Pride & Prejudice
Immerse yourself in the slow-burn romance and lush landscapes of the English countryside.
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.
- 09
About Time
A sentimental and beautifully shot film that finds magic in the ordinary moments of life.
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.
- 10
Fantastic Mr. Fox
A tactile stop-motion adventure wrapped in a warm, autumnal palette of oranges and browns.
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.
- 11
Singin' in the Rain
The ultimate feel-good musical that turns a downpour into a joyful celebration of life.
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.
- 12
Little Women
A rich period drama that radiates domestic warmth and the strength of family bonds.
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.