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Drama Movies For Sick Days

Drama movies for sick days across all eras. Includes It's a Wonderful Life, Modern Times, Sunset Boulevard and more, curated by Moviepiq.

You're not going anywhere. The blanket is already there. Pick one of these.

It's a Wonderful Life movie poster
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1946 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Modern Times movie poster
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1936 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..

The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.

Sunset Boulevard movie poster
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1950 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Once Upon a Time in the West movie poster
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1968 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.

The Intouchables movie poster
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2011 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

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.

Warm and human. Good company for a sick day.

Apocalypse Now movie poster
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1979 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Paths of Glory movie poster
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1957 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish movie poster
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2020 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.

The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion movie poster
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1997 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.

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.

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