The restless viewer needs forward momentum. These have it.
Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing.
Keeps moving. Matches the restless energy rather than fighting it.
While living as an ordinary deliveryman and motor racing fan, Nezha encounters old nemeses and must rediscover his powers to protect his loved ones.
Something happens every few minutes. The pacing holds the restlessness in place.
It's been ten years since the dragons moved to the Hidden World, and even though Toothless doesn't live in New Berk anymore, Hiccup continues the holiday traditions he once shared with his best friend. But the Vikings of New Berk were beginning to forget about their friendship with dragons. Hiccup, Astrid, and Gobber know just what to do to keep the dragons in the villagers' hearts. And across the sea, the dragons have a plan of their own...
Keeps moving. Matches the restless energy rather than fighting it.
Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.
Keeps moving. Matches the restless energy rather than fighting it.
After receiving a warning that Yunyun's hometown is in danger, Kazuma's party is relieved to discover it's only a joke...until it isn't. The Demon King's general has just arrived to obtain The Mage Killer, a weapon with world-ending power.
Keeps moving. Matches the restless energy rather than fighting it.
Films for restless viewers need to do something every few minutes. These never go flat.
Good for younger restlessness. Less effective for agitated adult states.
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
Something happens every few minutes. The pacing holds the restlessness in place.
When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey aren't selling out stadiums, they're using their secret powers to protect their fans from supernatural threats.
Keeps moving. Matches the restless energy rather than fighting it.
The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.
Something happens every few minutes. The pacing holds the restlessness in place.
A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
Something happens every few minutes. The pacing holds the restlessness in place.
An urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.
Keeps moving. Matches the restless energy rather than fighting it.
These films were chosen for the state you're in, not the state you wish you were in.