You're not going anywhere. The blanket is already there. Pick one of these.
After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
Working incognito at his rich dad's company to test his own merits, Teto falls for Paula and tells her he grew up poor, a lie that spins out of control.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them - a damaged, brainy troublemaker - and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
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.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
The sick-day film is a category unto itself. Not too demanding, not too forgettable.
Exactly what sick days are for. Warm, funny, effortless.
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.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
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.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
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.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.