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Films For When You’re Avoiding Your Thoughts Late At Night

Films for when youre avoiding your thoughts late at night. Includes The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Pulp Fiction, Interstellar and more, curat...

You know what is in there and you are not ready to go near it. That is allowed. These films are good company for the avoidance -- absorbing enough to hold you, nothing that will accidentally open the door.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King movie poster
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2003 · ★★★★½ 8.5/10

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.​

Steady and contained. Gives the avoidance a legitimate place to be.

Clean absorption

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.

Steady and contained. Gives the avoidance a legitimate place to be.

Does not open doors

Interstellar movie poster
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2014 · ★★★★½ 8.5/10

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

Good clean absorption. Nothing in here will accidentally open the door you are keeping shut.

Does not open doors

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.

Good clean absorption. Nothing in here will accidentally open the door you are keeping shut.

Clean absorption

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie poster
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2001 · ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

Good clean absorption. Nothing in here will accidentally open the door you are keeping shut.

Clean absorption

Clean absorption

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers movie poster
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2002 · ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

Steady and contained. Gives the avoidance a legitimate place to be.

Clean absorption

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movie poster
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2018 · ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.

Good clean absorption. Nothing in here will accidentally open the door you are keeping shut.

Does not open doors

The Empire Strikes Back movie poster
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1980 · ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

Steady and contained. Gives the avoidance a legitimate place to be.

Clean absorption

Inception movie poster
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2010 · ★★★★☆ 8.4/10

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

Good clean absorption. Nothing in here will accidentally open the door you are keeping shut.

Clean absorption

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse movie poster
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2023 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.

Steady and contained. Gives the avoidance a legitimate place to be.

Clean absorption

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