Comedy movies that help after burnout when youre bored. Includes Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Parasite, Pulp Fiction and more, curated by Moviepiq.
Post-burnout is its own state. These films were made for it without knowing it.
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.
Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
It doesn't try to fix you. It just sits with you for two hours. That's enough.
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
It doesn't try to fix you. It just sits with you for two hours. That's enough.
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.
These films don't demand anything from you. That's the whole point.
Laughter is recovery. Simple and true.
Solves boredom immediately. No warm-up required.
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.
Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
It doesn't try to fix you. It just sits with you for two hours. That's enough.
Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
It doesn't try to fix you. It just sits with you for two hours. That's enough.
The film tells the story of Ariel, a 21-year-old who decides to form a rock band to compete for a prize of ten thousand dollars in a musical band contest, this as a last option when trying to get money to save their relationship and reunite with his ex-girlfriend, which breaks due to the trip she must make to Finland for an internship. Ariel with her friend Ortega, decides to make a casting to find the other members of the band, although they do not know nothing about music, thus forming a band with members that have diverse and opposite personalities.
Gentle. Present. Not asking you to do anything but watch. Perfect for after burnout.
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
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.
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