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Films For When You Need To Stop Overthinking Late At Night

Films for when you need to stop overthinking late at night. Includes Gifted, Loving Vincent, Paperman and more, curated by Moviepiq.

The thinking is not solving anything -- it is just going. What you need is something that takes up enough of the channel that the loop has to stop. These films are that thing.

Gifted movie poster
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2017 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

Immersive without being demanding. The mind follows without having to work.

Takes the channel

Loving Vincent movie poster
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2017 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

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.

Immersive without being demanding. The mind follows without having to work.

Takes the channel

Paperman movie poster
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2012 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

An urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.

It takes up just enough of the channel that the thinking has to stop.

Takes the channel

Jojo Rabbit movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Jojo, a lonely German boy during World War II has his world shaken when he learns that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Influenced by a buffoonish imaginary version of Adolf Hitler, he begins to question his beliefs and confront the conflict between propaganda and his own humanity.

Immersive without being demanding. The mind follows without having to work.

Gentle immersion

The Gold Rush movie poster
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1925 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

Immersive without being demanding. The mind follows without having to work.

Gentle immersion

Takes the channel

Love, Simon movie poster
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2018 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.

Immersive without being demanding. The mind follows without having to work.

Takes the channel

Toy Story movie poster
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1995 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.

It takes up just enough of the channel that the thinking has to stop.

Gentle immersion

Cruella movie poster
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2021 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

Immersive without being demanding. The mind follows without having to work.

Takes the channel

In a Heartbeat movie poster
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2017 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.

Immersive without being demanding. The mind follows without having to work.

Takes the channel

Transformers One movie poster
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2024 · ★★★★☆ 8.0/10

The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

Immersive without being demanding. The mind follows without having to work.

Takes the channel

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