Escaping our Fears: Best Movies, Books, TV Shows and Podcasts For Relaxing During a Pandemic
- 10 books
- 28 TV shows
- 25 movies
- 12 podcasts
We all deserve a break from the news cycle! Here are some of the most relaxing picks to watch, read and listen to across all genres, to de-stress while social distancing is in order.
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Some Like It Hot
1959 Movie •3.8/5
Romantic comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder.
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Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood
2019 Movie •3.5/5
Comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
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Design For Living
1933 Movie •4.1/5
Pre-Code comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch from a screenplay by...
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Carol
2016 Movie •3.9/5
Romantic drama period film directed by Todd Haynes.
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Rushmore
1999 Movie •4.4/5
Coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson about an...
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Sing Street
2016 Movie •4.4/5
Musical coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by John...
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His Girl Friday
1940 Movie •4.3/5
Screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and...
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Bringing Up Baby
1938 Movie •4.4/5
Screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, and starring...
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Dazed And Confused
1993 Movie •4.5/5
Coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Richard Linklater.
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Bridesmaids
2011 Movie •4.1/5
Comedy film directed by Paul Feig, written by Annie Mumolo and...
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The Royal Tenenbaums
2002 Movie •4.4/5
Comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson and co-written with Owen Wilson.
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Fast Times At Ridgemont High
1982 Movie •4/5
Coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Amy Heckerling (in her...
TV shows 28
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Planet Earth
2006 TV Show •4.6/5
British television series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit.
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Freaks And Geeks
1999 TV Show •4.3/5
Teen comedy-drama television series created by Paul Feig and...
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Arrested Development
2003 TV Show •4.3/5
Television sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz, which originally aired...
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Succession
2018 TV Show •4/5
Satirical black comedy-drama television series created by Jesse Armstrong.
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The Kids In The Hall
1988 TV Show •3.9/5
Canadian sketch comedy troupe formed in 1984, consisting of comedians...
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Narcos
2015 TV Show •4.1/5
Crime drama streaming television series created and produced by Chris...
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High Seas
2019 TV Show •3.8/5
Spanish mystery series released on Netflix in May 2019.
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Call My Agent!
2015 TV Show •3.1/5
French television series that aired on France 2 from 14 October 2015,...
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Yacht Rock
2005 TV Show •3.8/5
Online video series following the fictionalized lives and careers of...
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Terrace House
2015 TV Show •3.7/5
Japanese reality television show franchise consisting of five series...
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Explained
2018 TV Show •3.9/5
Documentary television series on the streaming service Netflix.
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Queer Eye
2018 TV Show •3.7/5
Reality television series that premiered on the cable television...
Books 10
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Bossypants
Book by Tina Fey •4.3/5
Autobiographical comedy book written by the American comedian Tina Fey.
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Naked
Book by David Sedaris •4.5/5
Collection of essays by American humorist David Sedaris.
4.3K
The Great Gatsby
Book by Shaun Fleming, F. Scott Fitzgerald •4.1/5
Novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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The Little Prince
Book by Gregory Norminton, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry •4.7/5
Novella by French aristocrat, writer, and military aviator Antoine de...
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Tenth Of December
Book by George Saunders •4.8/5
Collection of short stories by American author George Saunders.
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Rivers Of London
Book by Ben Aaronovitch •4.4/5
First novel in the series of the same name by English author Ben Aaronovitch.
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The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art Of Decluttering And Organizing
Book by Marie Kondō •3/5
Japanese organizing consultant, author, and TV show host.
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Calypso
Book by David Sedaris •4.4/5
Collection of 21 semi-autobiographical essays by David Sedaris.
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Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Book by Clay Stafford, Mark Twain, Ruth Palmer •3.6/5
Novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in...
Podcasts 12
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My Dad Wrote A Porno
Podcast •2.6/5
British podcast hosted by Jamie Morton, James Cooper, and Alice Levine.
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Longform
Podcast •5/5
Podcast producer and co-founder of Pineapple Street Media.
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Philosophy Bites
Podcast •5/5
Podcast series featuring philosophers being interviewed for 15–20...
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Norm Macdonald Live
Podcast •3.6/5
Weekly audio and video podcast hosted by Canadian stand-up comedian,...
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Homecoming
Podcast •3.4/5
Psychological thriller television series, based on the Gimlet Media...
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Welcome To Night Vale
Podcast •4/5
Podcast presented as a radio show for the fictional town of Night...
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The New Yorker: Fiction
Podcast •5/5
Short story writer and staff member at The New Yorker magazine.
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How I Built This With Guy Raz
Podcast •3.5/5
Podcast about "innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories...
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Decoder Ring
Podcast •5/5
Canadian Toronto-based theatre and audio production company that runs...
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Book by Jeffrey Eugenides •4.2/5
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Jeffrey Eugenides published in 2002.
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Book by Kathryn Stockett •4.4/5
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Book by Margaret Atwood •4.2/5
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Book by Joan Didion •3.8/5
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Novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, his first, that portrays...
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