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Comedy Movies For When Youre Recovering Alone

Comedy movies for when youre recovering alone. Includes Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Parasite, Pulp Fiction and more, curated by Moviepiq.

When you're getting back to yourself, the film needs to meet you halfway. These do.

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge movie poster
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1995 · ★★★★½ 8.5/10

Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.

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

Parasite movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★½ 8.5/10

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

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

Pulp Fiction movie poster
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1994 · ★★★★½ 8.5/10

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

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

Forrest Gump movie poster
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1994 · ★★★★½ 8.5/10

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

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

Life Is Beautiful movie poster
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1997 · ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

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

Getting better is its own state. These films are good company for it.

Laughing genuinely helps recovery. Simple and true.

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

A Dog's Will movie poster
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2000 · ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.

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

Back to the Future movie poster
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1985 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

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

We All Loved Each Other So Much movie poster
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1974 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.

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

Dedicated to my ex movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

The film tells the story of Ariel, a 21-year-old who decides to form a rock band to compete for a prize of ten thousand dollars in a musical band contest, this as a last option when trying to get money to save their relationship and reunite with his ex-girlfriend, which breaks due to the trip she must make to Finland for an internship. Ariel with her friend Ortega, decides to make a casting to find the other members of the band, although they do not know nothing about music, thus forming a band with members that have diverse and opposite personalities.

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

The Great Dictator movie poster
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1940 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

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

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

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