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Action Movies For When Youre Recovering Alone

Action movies for when youre recovering alone. Includes Ford v Ferrari, Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War, The Hidden Fortress and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Not sick, not well. Somewhere in between. These fit that exactly.

Ford v Ferrari movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

It doesn't ask you to be well yet. Meets you where you actually are.

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War movie poster
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2004 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.

It doesn't ask you to be well yet. Meets you where you actually are.

The Hidden Fortress movie poster
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1958 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

Low drain, steady company. Exactly what recovery viewing needs.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 movie poster
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2003 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

Low drain, steady company. Exactly what recovery viewing needs.

Castle in the Sky movie poster
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1986 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

It doesn't ask you to be well yet. Meets you where you actually are.

Recovery viewing has specific requirements. Not heavy. Not boring. Enough to hold you without draining you.

Light action is fine. Avoid anything too intense for recovery.

Best watched alone. Full absorption, no compromise on what to pick.

Aliens movie poster
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1986 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

It doesn't ask you to be well yet. Meets you where you actually are.

Sound of Freedom movie poster
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2023 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

The story of Tim Ballard, a former US government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.

It doesn't ask you to be well yet. Meets you where you actually are.

Love Exposure movie poster
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2008 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with Catholic guilt.

Low drain, steady company. Exactly what recovery viewing needs.

Sanjuro movie poster
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1962 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

It doesn't ask you to be well yet. Meets you where you actually are.

Braveheart movie poster
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1995 · ★★★½☆ 7.9/10

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

It doesn't ask you to be well yet. Meets you where you actually are.

The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.

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