Sick days need the right film. Not too heavy, not too boring. These land right.
Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
Gru is a supervillain determined to prove he's the greatest by stealing the Moon. To pull off his plan, he adopts three orphaned girls - Margo, Edith, and Agnes - intending to use them as part of his scheme. However, as Gru bonds with the girls, his cold, villainous exterior begins to melt.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
Being sick and watching a film is one of life's more specific comforts. These films earn that role.
Absorbing enough to fill the afternoon. Not too dark for a sick day.
A wealthy playboy named Bruce Wayne and a Chicago cop named Jim Gordon both return to Gotham City where their lives unexpectedly intersect.
The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
Damian Wayne is having a hard time coping with his father's "no killing" rule. Meanwhile, Gotham is going through hell with threats such as the insane Dollmaker, and the secretive Court of Owls.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.
These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.