good movies to watch when bored
Good Movies to Watch when Bored
Movies can be a lifesaver when you are getting bored to death. Here, we have listed some amazingly good movies to watch when you are bored. So, let's get cracking.
Certain things leave you in your life and certain things stay with you. And that's why we're all interested in movies- those ones that make you feel, you still think about. Because it gave you such an emotional response, it's actually part of your emotional make-up, in a way.
- Tim Burton
Movies are the most amazing reflection of human life. Not only do they delve deep into the human psyche but also tell us more than we thought possible. So, when we do get bored of the mundaneness of everyday life, what else is better to turn to. We may get bored most of the time of the day. But, when we have a week-long holiday with nothing to do, then guess who comes over? The mother of all boredom! The only solution to drive her away, is to get started with a movies marathon.
Here is a list of some really good movies to watch when bored. Movies that make you laugh, cry, and truly entertain. These are our pick of some excellent movies to watch when the rut has tangled you up in its clutches.
Animated Movies
• Up (2009)
• Antz (1998)
• Bolt (2008)
• Cars (2006)
• Balto (1995)
• Brave (2012)
• Ponyo (2008)
• Rango (2011)
• Shrek (2001)
• Cars 2 (2011)
• Robots (2005)
• Tarzan (1999)
• Wall-E (2008)
• Aladdin (1992)
• Ice Age (2002)
• Shrek 2 (2004)
• Tangled (2010)
• Megamind (2010)
• Toy Story (1995)
• Happy Feet (2006)
• Madagascar (2005)
• Shark Tale (2004)
• Brother Bear (2003)
• Open Season (2006)
• Ratatouille (2007)
• Toy Story 2 (1999)
• Toy Story 3 (2010)
• A Bug's Life (1998)
• Finding Nemo (2003)
• Despicable Me (2010)
• Kung Fu Panda (2008)
• Monster, Inc. (2001)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• The Ant Bully (2006)
• The Bee Movie (2007)
• The Lion King (1994)
• Over The Hedge (2006)
• Shrek the Third (2007)
• Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
• Sleeping Beauty (1959)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• The Jungle Book (1967)
• The Lion King 2 (1998)
• Castle in the Sky (1986)
• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
• My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
• The Simpsons Movie (2007)
• Alice in Wonderland (2010)
• Shrek Forever After (2010)
• Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991)
• Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
• Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
• How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
• The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
• The Princess and the Frog (2009)
• Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
• The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
Scary Movies
• May (2002)
• Saw (2004)
• 1408 (2007)
• [Rec] (2007)
• Grace (2009)
• Carrie (1976)
• Hostel (2005)
• Inside (2007)
• Kaidan (2007)
• Misery (1990)
• Scream (1996)
• Thirst (2009)
• Shutter (2008)
• Slither (2006)
• The Fly (1986)
• Calvaire (2004)
• Sinister (2012)
• The Ring (2002)
• The Rite (2011)
• Cape Fear (1991)
• Insidious (2010)
• Repulsion (1965)
• Session 9 (2001)
• The Birds (1963)
• The Thing (1982)
• Baby Blues (2008)
• Hellraiser (1987)
• Kill List (2011)
• The Grudge (2004)
• The Tenant (1976)
• The Unborn (2009)
• Them (Ils) (2006)
• Dead Birds (2004)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• Salem's Lot (1975)
• The Crazies (2010)
• The Hitcher (2007)
• The Howling (1981)
• The Shining (1980)
• Child's Play (1988)
• High Tension (2003)
• Pet Cemetery (1989)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• The Funhouse (1981)
• The Grudge 2 (2006)
• The Grudge 3 (2009)
• The Ring Two (2005)
• 28 Days Later (2002)
• The Dead Zone (1983)
• The Uninvited (2009)
• The Changeling (1980)
• The Innkeepers (2011)
• Drag Me to Hell (2009)
• Friday the 13th (2009)
• Army of Darkness (1992)
• Carnival of Souls (1962)
• The Exorcist III (1990)
• The Silent House (2010)
• The Invisible Man (1933)
• The Girl Next Door (2007)
• The Woman in Black (2012)
• Eyes Without a Face (1960)
• Final Destination 4 (2009)
• My Bloody Valentine (2009)
• Paranormal Activity (2007)
• Let the Right One In (2008)
• House on Haunted Hill (1959)
• Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
• Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
• Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
• Village of the Damned (1995)
• The House of the Devil (2009)
• The Blair Witch Project (1999)
• The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
• Feast III: The Happy Finish (2009)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Suspense/Thriller Movies
• M (1931)
• Fargo (1996)
• Se7en (1995)
• Buried (2010)
• Zodiac (2007)
• Memento (2000)
• Identity (2003)
• Breakdown (1997)
• Frequency (2000)
• Collateral (2004)
• House of 9 (2005)
• Panic Room (2002)
• Red Dragon (2002)
• Body Double (1984)
• Match Point (2005)
• Primal Fear (1996)
• Rear Window (1954)
• Come Morning (2012)
• Nick of Time (1995)
• The 39 Steps (1935)
• The Big Heat (1953)
• The Prestige (2006)
• The Machinist (2004)
• Missing Pieces (2012)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Scream of Fear (1961)
• Wake in Fright (1971)
• American Psycho (2000)
• Dressed to Kill (1980)
• Wait Until Dark (1967)
• Fatal Attraction (1987)
• The Conversation (1974)
• Funeral in Berlin (1966)
• The International (2009)
• The Lady Vanishes (1938)
• The Moon-Spinners (1964)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• The Last of Sheila (1973)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• Strangers on a Train (1951)
• The Butterfly Effect (2004)
• A History of Violence (2005)
• Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
• The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
• No Country for Old Men (2007)
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Comedy Movies
• Ted (2012)
• Click (2006)
• Flipped (2010)
• Duck Soup (1933)
• Kick-Ass (2010)
• Superbad (2007)
• Vacation (1983)
• Airplane! (1980)
• Get Smart (2008)
• Sex Drive (2008)
• Annie Hall (1977)
• Caddyshack (1980)
• Date Night (2010)
• Dirty Deeds (2005)
• Knocked Up (2007)
• The Matador (2005)
• Adam & Steve (2005)
• American Pie (1999)
• Pirate Radio (2009)
• The Hangover (2009)
• Top Secret! (1984)
• Adventureland (2009)
• Dumb & Dumber (1994)
• Life of Brian (1979)
• Hotel for Dogs (2009)
• Tropic Thunder (2008)
• Blazing Saddles (1974)
• Dr. Strangelove (1964)
• Ocean's Eleven (2001)
• The Ice Harvest (2005)
• Youth in Revolt (2009)
• Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• The Longest Yard (2005)
• Wedding Crashers (2005)
• Dan in Real Life (2007)
• Pineapple Express (2008)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• The Three Stooges (2012)
• Burn After Reading (2008)
• The Wedding Singer (1998)
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
• The Meaning of Life (1983)
• The Taste of Others (2000)
• (500) Days of Summer (2009)
• The Hangover Part II (2011)
• For Your Consideration (2006)
• The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
• A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
• I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)
• There's Something About Mary (1998)
• You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
• The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Action Movies
• 300 (2006)
• Red (2010)
• Troy (2004)
• Speed (1994)
• Con Air (1997)
• Ong-bak (2003)
• Red Eye (2005)
• Skyfall (2012)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Face/Off (1997)
• Iron Man (2008)
• Scarface (1983)
• Fast Five (2011)
• Inception (2010)
• 13 Tzameti (2005)
• Die Hard 2 (1990)
• Fight Club (1999)
• Iron Man 2 (2010)
• Real Steel (2011)
• The Matrix (1999)
• City of God (2002)
• First Blood (1982)
• Source Code (2011)
• Jack Reacher (2012)
• Men in Black (1997)
• The Avengers (2012)
• Total Recall (2012)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• Lethal Weapon (1987)
• Seven Samurai (1954)
• Casino Royale (2006)
• Men in Black 3 (2012)
• The Impossible (2012)
• The Karate Kid (2010)
• The Terminator (1984)
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• Men in Black II (2002)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• The Hunger Games (2012)
• The Public Enemy (1931)
• Quantum of Solace (2008)
• Enemy at the Gates (2001)
• X-Men: First Class (2011)
• Mission: Impossible (1996)
• Clash of the Titans (2010)
• The Bourne Identity (2002)
• The Incredible Hulk (2008)
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
• The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
• The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
• To Have and Have Not (1944)
• The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
• The French Connection (1971)
• Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
• The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Mission: Impossible III (2006)
• The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
• The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
• Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
• Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001)
• Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)