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There’s comfort viewing, and then there are movies in which the characters are comfortable. They’re not always the same thing. Some of these movies are comfy, cozy watches—though tastes vary wildly.

For some, a Hallmark holiday movie is the gold standard to relax by. For others, a Scream movie will serve the same function. Though entirely non-religious, I’ve seen The Last Temptation of Christ more times than I can count.



There’s no accounting for taste, but nor is there much value in judging anyone else’s comfort viewing. This list is all vibes, though, and these movies are all about characters who find themselves in warm and comfortable locales and situations: hanging in cozy cabins, eyeing gorgeous fall leaves, eating hot and delicious-looking food, etc. Those vibes may or may not last throughout a film’s run time: a bucolic country house could be the setting for romance, or for murder.

Or many murders. Leave Her to Heaven (1945) ORIGINAL TRAILER Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde kick off a whirlwind romance that sees Tierney leaving her fiancé, Vincent Price, to marry the hot writer. The two kick off married life in a gorgeous technicolor cabin in Maine—only for Wilde to discover that his new bride is less happy homemaker than film noir femme fatale.

The Princess Bride (6/12) Movie CLIP – As You Wish (1987) HD The picturesque setting here looks far comfier than any real-life medieval counterpart might have been, and the sharp and silly romance is deeply com.

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