Thinking is off the table tonight. These films are fine with that.
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
Low cognitive demand, high reward. The rare film that works when you have nothing left.
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.
Low cognitive demand, high reward. The rare film that works when you have nothing left.
A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.
Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.
During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian, she realizes that despite her happy marriage to Heck, she is falling for Luce. As she questions her sexual orientation, Rachel must decide between her stable relationship with Heck and her exhilarating new romance with Luce.
Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.
The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.
Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.
A film for mental exhaustion has one job: be worth your remaining energy. These are.
Emotionally clear without being complicated. Absorbs well.
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.
Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.
Low cognitive demand, high reward. The rare film that works when you have nothing left.
A dweeby, mild-mannered man comes to the aid of a drunk young woman on a subway platform. Little does he know how much trouble he's in for.
Low cognitive demand, high reward. The rare film that works when you have nothing left.
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
Low cognitive demand, high reward. The rare film that works when you have nothing left.
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
Asks almost nothing of your processing power. You can be fully present or half asleep and still get it.
These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.