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Action Movies For Mental Exhaustion From The 2010S

Action movies for mental exhaustion from the 2010s. Includes Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Inception, Avengers: Infinity War and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Mental exhaustion has its own logic. These films match it.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movie poster
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2018 · ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.

Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.

Inception movie poster
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2010 · ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.

Avengers: Infinity War movie poster
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2018 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.

Avengers: Endgame movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.

Low cognitive demand, high reward. The rare film that works when you have nothing left.

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

Class 1-A visits Nabu Island where they finally get to do some real hero work. The place is so peaceful that it's more like a vacation... until they're attacked by a villain with an unfathomable Quirk! His power is eerily familiar, and it looks like Shigaraki had a hand in the plan. But with All Might retired and citizens' lives on the line, there's no time for questions. Deku and his friends are the next generation of heroes, and they're the island's only hope.

Low cognitive demand, high reward. The rare film that works when you have nothing left.

Not every film needs to be a challenge. Some nights, being pulled along is exactly right.

Does the thinking for you. All you have to do is watch.

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair movie poster
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2011 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life. After devising a hit list, The Bride sets off on her quest, enduring unspeakable injury and unscrupulous enemies.

Low cognitive demand, high reward. The rare film that works when you have nothing left.

A Taxi Driver movie poster
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2017 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he's a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.

Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days movie poster
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2018 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.

Low cognitive demand, high reward. The rare film that works when you have nothing left.

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds movie poster
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2017 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he's able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.

Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.

The Avengers movie poster
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2012 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!

Low cognitive demand, high reward. The rare film that works when you have nothing left.

These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.

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