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Comedy Movies For Mental Exhaustion From The 2020S

Comedy movies for mental exhaustion from the 2020s. Includes One Battle After Another, Babylon, Bugonia and more, curated by Moviepiq.

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

One Battle After Another movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.

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

Babylon movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.

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

Bugonia movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

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

The One and Only Ivan movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

A gorilla named Ivan who's living in a suburban shopping mall tries to piece together his past, with the help of other animals, as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.

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

Migration movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, the Mallard family embarks on a family road trip, from New England, to New York City, to tropical Jamaica.

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

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

Nothing demanded. Just watch. Just laugh.

Through My Window movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

Raquel's longtime crush on her next-door neighbor turns into something more when he starts developing feelings for her, despite his family's objections.

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

Palm Springs movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

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

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.

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

The Boss Baby: Family Business movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

The Templeton brothers - Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted - have become adults and drifted away from each other. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again ... and inspire a new family business.

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

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

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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