Let’s face it: Regardless of who you voted for in the US presidential election, this is a very stressful time as all the votes are still being counted. And it could take days before we know the outcome.
You have two choices: stay glued to election coverage and slowly lose your mind, or completely cut yourself off, let the process take place, and find something to distract you. And that’s where Netflix can help.
There’s a great collection of titles right now that can distract you from the election and relieve your stress and anxiety. Everything from Matthew McConaughey rom-coms like “The Wedding Planner” and “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,” classic outlandish comedies such as “Airplane” and “Up in Smoke,” and even light-hearted Netflix originals, including “Dolemite Is My Name” and “Between Two Ferns: The Movie.”
Here are some movies you can watch right now that might distract you from the world around you.
Note: Numerous Netflix titles drop off the service monthly, so the availability of titles below may change.
You can’t go wrong with this light-hearted action movie, starring the late Heath Ledger that features a lot of classic rock songs.
“Airplane!”
This is one of the funniest movies ever made and took slapstick comedy to another level we never thought possible. In the film, we follow a flight that suffers food poisoning. Some of these jokes will stay with you for days.
“Baby Mama”
The “Saturday Night Live” dynamic duo, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, star in this great comedy in which Fey plays a successful businesswoman wanting a child who hires Poehler’s outlandish character to be her surrogate.
“Big Daddy”
This classic from Adam Sandler never gets old. Here he stars as a slacker, who finds purpose when a boy shows up at his door and he’s tasked with taking care of him.
“The Christmas Chronicles”
Sit back and think about the holiday season with this movie that stars Kurt Russell as St. Nick, who needs the help of two kids (and some song and dance) to save Christmas.
“The Disaster Artist”
This comedy looks back on the worst movie ever made, “The Room.” It focuses on it creators, Greg Sestero (Dave Franco) and Tommy Wiseau (James Franco), and their journey trying to make it big in Hollywood though having no clue what they are doing.
“Dolemite Is My Name”
Eddie Murphy leads an all-star cast in this hilarious retelling of the making of the blaxploitation classic, “Dolemite.” And the story is just going to make you feel good inside.
“Don’t Mess with the Zohan”
In this Adam Sandler comedy, he plays a special forces soldier who fakes his death so he can go to New York City and become a hairdresser. This is definitely one of Sandler’s least appreciated comedies.
“Eddie Murphy: Delirious”
Hands down this is one of the funniest stand-up movies ever made, and the blueprint for countless other comics. The jokes made by Eddie Murphy here are still gut-busting funny. Rush to watch this movie if you’re having a bad day.
“For Love or Money”
This one is a classic Michael J. Fox rom-com. In it he plays a concierge at a luxury hotel, who is tasked with keeping an eye on a girl and then falls for her.
“Free Fire”
This action-comedy stars Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, and more, who make up two rival gangs. During a meeting, they all suddenly find themselves in a shootout. The funny insults come as fast and often as the bullets.
“Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”
I wouldn’t say this is peak McConaughey rom-com, but we’ll take what we can get these days. Here McConaughey plays a womanizer, visited by former girlfriends, who finally get him to realize his awful ways.
“National Security”
In this comedy during the prime star power era of Martin Lawrence, the comic teams with Steve Zahn to play security guards who go beyond their job to stop a smuggling operation.
