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The Relaxing Files

Calm, beautiful films for a chill evening.


These 40 films have been quietly catalogued into a collection the editors call, simply, “Relaxing.” They are not ranked by box office. They are not sorted by release. They are arranged by something harder to measure — a shared emotional frequency, a kinship of mood. What follows is the reading list. Begin where you like. Read until you find the one that looks back.

  1. 01.
    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    2023·Dir. Kemp Powers·140 min·8.5

    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.

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  2. 02.
    Ocean with David Attenborough

    Ocean with David Attenborough

    2025·Dir. Colin Butfield·85 min·8.4

    David Attenborough takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing.

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  3. 03.
    Your Name.

    Your Name.

    2016·Dir. Makoto Shinkai·106 min·8.4

    High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

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  4. 04.
    Violet Evergarden: The Movie

    Violet Evergarden: The Movie

    2020·Dir. Taichi Ishidate·140 min·8.3

    As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.

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  5. 05.
    Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

    Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

    2026·Dir. Matt Johnson·100 min·7.9

    When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.

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  6. 06.
    Perfect Days

    Perfect Days

    2023·Dir. Wim Wenders·124 min·7.9

    Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.

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  7. 07.
    HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle

    HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle

    2024·Dir. Susumu Mitsunaka·84 min·7.8

    Shoyo Hinata joins Karasuno High's volleyball club to be like his idol, a former Karasuno player known as the 'Little Giant'. But Hinata soon learns that he must team up with his middle school nemesis, Tobio Kageyama. Their clashing styles form a surprising weapon, but can their newfound teamwork defeat their rival Nekoma High in the highly anticipated 'Dumpster Battle', the long awaited ultimate showdown between two opposing underdog teams?

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  8. 08.
    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

    2020·Dir. Kotaro Tamura·98 min·7.7

    With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.

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  9. 09.
    Suzume

    Suzume

    2022·Dir. Makoto Shinkai·122 min·7.6

    Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.

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  10. 10.
    Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

    Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

    2025·Dir. Maïlys Vallade·77 min·7.6

    The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family's housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family's idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan.

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  11. 11.
    Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll

    Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll

    2019·Dir. Haruka Fujita·91 min·7.5

    Violet Evergarden comes to a private women's academy to tutor Isabella in the ways of being a lady. Heir to the York family, Isabella feels trapped in this new and uncomfortable world. She still grieves for the only person to ever bring her happiness – now lost to her. Violet's lessons do give her a brief respite from the melancholy but with the absence of joy, how long does it take to truly heal?

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  12. 12.
    Weathering with You

    Weathering with You

    2019·Dir. Makoto Shinkai·112 min·7.5

    The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.

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  13. 13.
    The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie

    The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie

    2022·Dir. Masato Jimbo·136 min·7.4

    When five lovely young girls who hate studying hire part-time tutor Futaro, he guides not only their education but also their hearts. Time spent has brought them all closer, with feelings growing within the girls and Futaro. As they finish their third year of high school and their last school festival approaches, they set their sights on what’s next. Is there a future with one of them and Futaro?

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  14. 14.
    Dìdi (弟弟)

    Dìdi (弟弟)

    2024·Dir. Sean Wang·94 min·7.3

    In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.

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  15. 15.
    Hoppers

    Hoppers

    2026·Dir. Daniel Chong·105 min·7.3

    Scientists have discovered how to 'hop' human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals. Animal lover Mabel seizes an opportunity to use the technology, uncovering mysteries within the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined.

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  16. 16.
    Arco

    Arco

    2025·Dir. Ugo Bienvenu·89 min·7.3

    10-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by all means to help send him back to his era.

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  17. 17.
    SPY x FAMILY CODE: White

    SPY x FAMILY CODE: White

    2023·Dir. Takashi Katagiri·110 min·7.3

    While under the guise of taking his family on a weekend winter getaway, Loid's attempt to make progress on his current mission Operation Strix proves difficult when Anya mistakenly gets involved and triggers events that threaten world peace.

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  18. 18.
    The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

    The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

    2022·Dir. Tomohisa Taguchi·83 min·7.2

    Urashima Tunnel – Once you enter that tunnel, you can get whatever you want, but at a price. Kaoru Tohno, who seems to have an elusive personality and traumatic past, and Anzu Hanashiro, who is struggling to reconcile her ideal image and true-to-heart attitude, team up to investigate the Urashima Tunnel and get what they want. This is an unforgettable summer story of nostalgia and sprinting in a remote countryside.

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  19. 19.
    WALL·E

    WALL·E

    2008·Dir. Andrew Stanton·98 min·8.4

    After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

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  20. 20.
    Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur

    Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur

    2020·Dir. Kazuaki Imai·111 min·7.1

    Nobita accidentally finds a fossil dinosaur egg mixed with rocks in the dinosaur fossil exhibition site that he had visited before. He returns it to its original state with the 'time blanket'.

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  21. 21.
    Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

    Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

    2026·Dir. Shingo Yamashita·141 min·7.1

    Iroha's life gets knocked off its orbit when Kaguya, a carefree runaway from the Moon, moves in and convinces her to perform in a virtual world together.

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  22. 22.
    Up

    Up

    2009·Dir. Pete Docter·96 min·8.3

    Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.

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  23. 23.
    Belle

    Belle

    2021·Dir. Mamoru Hosoda·121 min·7.0

    Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.

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  24. 24.
    Last Night in Soho

    Last Night in Soho

    2021·Dir. Edgar Wright·117 min·7.0

    A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.

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  25. 25.
    Shark Whisperer

    Shark Whisperer

    2025·Dir. JP Stiles·90 min·6.9

    Marine conservationist and social media activist Ocean Ramsey fearlessly swims with sharks in this documentary about her risky mission to protect them.

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  26. 26.
    My Old Ass

    My Old Ass

    2024·Dir. Megan Park·89 min·6.9

    An 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self. But when Elliott’s "old ass" starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn't do, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what's becoming a transformative summer.

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  27. 27.
    How to Train Your Dragon

    How to Train Your Dragon

    2010·Dir. Chris Sanders·98 min·8.1

    As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.

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  28. 28.
    Ratatouille

    Ratatouille

    2007·Dir. Brad Bird·111 min·8.1

    Remy, a rat living in Paris, possesses a palate far more refined than that of his fellow comrades. He dreams of becoming a chef, determined to create culinary masterpieces rather than scavenge for scraps. When fate deposits him in the sewers beneath one of Paris’s most famous restaurants, he finds himself ideally placed to fulfill his dream. Forming an unusual alliance with a bumbling young kitchen worker, Remy begins a daring culinary double life. Together, they must outwit the scheming Head Chef Skinner, evade Remy’s disapproving colony, and impress renowned food critic Anton Ego, who strikes fear in the hearts of chefs all throughout France.

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  29. 29.
    Avatar

    Avatar

    2009·Dir. James Cameron·162 min·7.9

    In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.

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  30. 30.
    A Whisker Away

    A Whisker Away

    2020·Dir. Tomotaka Shibayama·104 min·6.7

    A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.

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  31. 31.
    Cars 3

    Cars 3

    2017·Dir. Brian Fee·102 min·6.7

    Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and a few unexpected turns.

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  32. 32.
    Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

    Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

    2016·Dir. Tim Burton·127 min·6.7

    A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

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  33. 33.
    Brokeback Mountain

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005·Dir. Ang Lee·134 min·7.7

    In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

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  34. 34.
    Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani

    Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani

    2023·Dir. Karan Johar·179 min·6.5

    Gym-freak brat Rocky falls in love with Rani, who comes from a well-educated Bengali family. Being from polar opposite worlds, the two decide to switch their families to adjust to each other's cultures and backgrounds and to know if their marriage will survive. Rocky and Rani are trapped in a world where they are united by love but divided by families and the ultimate question is will they fit in?

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  35. 35.
    The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

    The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

    2019·Dir. Mike Mitchell·107 min·6.5

    It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO® invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.

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  36. 36.
    Sonic the Hedgehog

    Sonic the Hedgehog

    2020·Dir. Jeff Fowler·99 min·6.5

    Powered with incredible speed, Sonic The Hedgehog embraces his new home on Earth. That is, until Sonic sparks the attention of super-uncool evil genius Dr. Robotnik. Now it’s super-villain vs. super-sonic in an all-out race across the globe to stop Robotnik from using Sonic’s unique power for world domination.

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  37. 37.
    Midnight in Paris

    Midnight in Paris

    2011·Dir. Woody Allen·94 min·7.6

    While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.

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  38. 38.
    Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

    Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

    2005·Dir. Steve Box·85 min·7.5

    Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal Gromit run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods, which turns their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.

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    The Family Plan

    The Family Plan

    2023·Dir. Simon Cellan Jones·118 min·6.3

    Dan Morgan is many things: a devoted husband, a loving father, a celebrated car salesman. He's also a former assassin. And when his past catches up to his present, he's forced to take his unsuspecting family on a road trip unlike any other.

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  40. 40.
    Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

    Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

    2018·Dir. Genndy Tartakovsky·97 min·6.3

    Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship’s captain, Ericka, who’s secretly a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster slayer.

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