8 Comfort Movies to Rewatch When the Week Was Rough

All PG or PG-13, all loved by audiences, all safe to fall asleep to halfway through. Your couch knows what to do.

Number one has small furry warriors, and Empire fans are already mad.

1. 8
   Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)9.0

   Held together with tape, and it doesn't matter one bit.

   CinemaScore A+, $1.92 billion worldwide, audiences above 99% of notable movies. Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon have real friend energy, and it carries all 148 minutes.
2. 7
   Knives Out (2019)9.3

   A whodunit you can rewatch even after you know who.

   97% on Rotten Tomatoes, $312.9 million worldwide on a $40 million budget. The second time is all Chris Evans's sweater and a family that deserves each other.
3. 6
   E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)9.2

   Elliott and his siblings are the most real kids in movies.

   CinemaScore A+, 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, 115 minutes. A kid hides an alien in his closet with the stuffed animals, and the alien blends right in.
4. 5
   The Wizard of Oz (1939)9.5

   Every song is a bop. Yes, even the Munchkin ones.

   Made for $2.8 million in 1939, 102 minutes, 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. Judy Garland sings her way out of one seriously bad day, and that's the whole mood.
5. 4
   Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)9.6

   The most rewatchable movie ever made. No debate.

   115 minutes with no dead air, an $18 million budget and a CinemaScore A+. John Williams's march alone can fix a bad mood.
6. 3
   It's a Wonderful Life (1946)9.6

   The ultimate rough-week movie, because his week was worse.

   Audiences rank it above 100% of notable movies. That's the ceiling. Donna Reed's Mary is the real MVP, and 130 minutes in Bedford Falls feels like going home.
7. 2
   The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)9.4

   The longest comfort movie here, and Sam is the reason.

   CinemaScore A+, and audiences rank it above 99% of notable movies. Samwise Gamgee is the friend everyone deserves, and yes, you're allowed to skip the spider part.
8. 1
   Return of the Jedi (1983)8.1

   Empire is the better movie. Jedi is the better Sunday.

   Critics rank it above 62% of notable movies, audiences above 99%. That gap is pure Ewok. Speeder bikes, Jabba's palace, and nothing you have to think about.

$8,352 says you spend longer picking one of these than the movie actually runs.

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