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Animation Movies For Mental Exhaustion From The 2020S

Animation movies for mental exhaustion from the 2020s. Includes Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light, If An...

Thinking is off the table tonight. These films are fine with that.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.7/10

The Demon Slayer Corps are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where Tanjiro, Nezuko, and the Hashira face terrifying Upper Rank demons in a desperate fight as the final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji begins.

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

The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.7/10

With the help of the "Dragon Sin of Wrath" Meliodas and the worst rebels in history, the Seven Deadly Sins, the "Holy War", in which four races, including Humans, Goddesses, Fairies and Giants fought against the Demons, is finally over. At the cost of the "Lion Sin of Pride" Escanor's life, the Demon King was defeated and the world regained peace. After that, each of the Sins take their own path.

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

If Anything Happens I Love You movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.7/10

In this Oscar-winning short film, grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child after a tragic school shooting.

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

The Bad Guys 2 movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.

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

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

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.

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

A film for mental exhaustion has one job: be worth your remaining energy. These are.

Visual language over dialogue. Easy to receive.

Onward movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.

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

Belle movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.

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

Back to the Outback movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they are monsters, a ragtag group of Australia's deadliest creatures plot an escape from their zoo to the Outback, a place where they'll fit in without being judged.

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

Zootopia 2 movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia's history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De'Snake arrives and turns the animal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before.

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

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

After a guardian of magical jewels turns an awkward girl and a popular boy into superheroes, they can never reveal their identities - even to each other.

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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