Burnout needs the right company. Not loud, not demanding, not cheerful in a way that feels fake.
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
It doesn't try to fix you. It just sits with you for two hours. That's enough.
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
It doesn't try to fix you. It just sits with you for two hours. That's enough.
These films don't demand anything from you. That's the whole point.
Low-demand action. Watch without engaging. Useful.
Suitable across ages. Nobody left out.
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.
The story of Tim Ballard, a former US government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.
Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.
The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with Catholic guilt.
Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.
In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.
It doesn't try to fix you. It just sits with you for two hours. That's enough.
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
It doesn't try to fix you. It just sits with you for two hours. That's enough.
Some films earn their effect. These do.