Films that have healed me
What are your go-to comfort watches? Drop your favorites, I might need them for my next movie night.
There’s something about movies that makes them more than just entertainment. Sometimes, a film doesn’t just fill time, it fills something in you. It’s like an escape therapy, but with popcorn and a soft blanket.
I’ve realized that some films don’t just sit in your memory, they sit in your spirit. They heal in soft, stubborn ways. They stay. So, no, this isn’t one of those “Top 10 must-watch movies” kind of lists. This is something more personal. This is me telling you about the films that have been my escape.
Here are a few of them:
Groundhog Day
Imagine waking up to the same day over and over again. Sounds like a nightmare, right? But somehow, Groundhog Day makes it hilarious and strangely therapeutic.
Phil, a grumpy weatherman, gets stuck in a time loop and is forced to relive one absurdly ordinary day until he figures life (and himself) out. It's my go-to comfort movie when I want to appreciate every second more.
Bohemian Rhapsody
There’s something wildly freeing about Bohemian Rhapsody. It’s not just about Queen or Freddie Mercury’s music; it’s about identity, loneliness, and the hunger to be understood. This film gave me permission to take up space. To be strange. To be unapologetic. To be free.
Eat Pray Love
Sure, it’s a little dramatic, but haven’t we all wanted to drop everything and eat pasta in Rome? It follows Liz, who leaves behind everything familiar, her marriage, her home, her routine, to travel through Italy, India, and Bali in search of herself. I high-key would love to travel the world too. It’s still a lovely escape into food, love, and self-reflection.
Sinners
Sinners isn’t just a film, it’s an experience. Set in a world where faith, shame, power, and truth collide, it follows the lives of four very different people whose pasts keep crashing into their present.
What makes Sinners such a good escape is that it pulls you into a layered, emotionally charged universe where no one is completely good or entirely bad. Everyone’s carrying something. Coogler weaves drama and depth so well that it feels like cinematic poetry.
Pirates of the Caribbean (1 – 4, before it got meh)
On days when I want to watch something chaotic, funny, and adventurous, I play this. From the moment Jack Sparrow stumbles onto the screen with swagger and rum in hand, you know you’re in for a wild, completely unserious ride.
At the end of the day, movies have been my little escape hatch, somewhere between fiction and therapy, where I can laugh, cry, dream, or just breathe. And beyond these films, I can’t forget the sitcoms that have been my warm, familiar background noise: Friends, Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, Sex and the City (series), and Golden Girls.
What are your go-to comfort watches? Drop your favorites, I might need them for my next movie night.
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