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Romance Movies For Sick Days From The 2020S

Romance movies for sick days from the 2020s. Includes Gabriel's Inferno, Gabriel's Inferno: Part II, Gabriel's Inferno: Part III and more, curated by Moviepiq.

You feel terrible. A good film fixes nothing and somehow helps anyway.

Gabriel's Inferno movie poster
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2020 · ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible--forgiveness and love.

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

Gabriel's Inferno: Part II movie poster
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2020 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

Professor Gabriel Emerson finally learns the truth about Julia Mitchell's identity, but his realization comes a moment too late. Julia is done waiting for the well-respected Dante specialist to remember her and wants nothing more to do with him. Can Gabriel win back her heart before she finds love in another's arms?

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

Gabriel's Inferno: Part III movie poster
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2020 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.

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

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc movie poster
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2025 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

In a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where survival knows no rules.

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

Violet Evergarden: The Movie movie poster
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2020 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.

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.

Emotionally present without being draining. Good company.

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.

Clouds movie poster
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2020 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon.

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

Life in a Year movie poster
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2020 · ★★★★☆ 8.2/10

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.

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

20th Century Girl movie poster
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2022 · ★★★★☆ 8.1/10

In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

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

Purple Hearts movie poster
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2022 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.

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.

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