Good Movies to Watch when Bored

Alone? Feeling as if the walls surrounding you will gulp you down? Has everything in the house started biting you?.. If so, then you are suffering from a severe case of boredom. Symptoms? I do not know, nor do I know about the causes. But the treatment consists of some fabulously good movies to watch when bored. So, start an early treatment by jotting down these movie names and consult a local DVD store!
What could be a better 'bore-buster' than lazing down on your nice comfy sofa and watching some good movies to watch when bored? Watching movies, I believe, is the best way to chase boredom out of your mind and your house, and it is also one of the easiest ways to kill time. What do you have to do? Switch on the TV, grab the remote and some popcorn, and feel your presence throughout the movie. See no sweat! With so many types of movies, options are endless! However, here we are talking about good movies to watch when bored. The word is 'bored', meaning your mind is going through a phase of little inactivity and 'load-shedding'. You know what I mean! So in such a case, movies to be chosen should be stuffed with thrill, suspense, actions (may be the violent ones!), humor and laughter and not like some boring documentary about a pine tree or something. So, I have presented all the good movies to watch when bored according to their different genres, or types, precisely!

Good Movies List

Animation
Animation, my very first choice among all! Animated movies take people to a different world all together, a place where everything seems just so perfect and fine. What's more? Great work is personified with splendid humor and fun. The following animated movies are definitely, one great remedy to cure your boredom.
  • Madagascar (2005)
  • Madagascar 2 (2008)
  • Sleeping Beauty (1959)
  • Ice Age (2002)
  • Ice Age 2 (2006)
  • Ice Age 3 (2009)
  • Wall E (2008)
  • Robots (2005)
  • Ratatouille (2007)
  • Finding Nemo (2003)
  • Open Season (2006)
  • The Bee Movie (2007)
  • Aladdin (1992)
  • Tarzan (1999)
  • Shrek (2001)
  • Shrek 2 (2004)
  • Shrek 3 (2007)
  • Shrek 4 [to be released on 21st May 2010 (USA)]
  • Where The Wilds Things Are (2009)
  • The Lion King (1994)
  • Over The Hedge (2006)
  • The Ant Bully (2006)
  • The Jungle Book (1967)
  • Balto (1995)
  • Bolt (2008)
  • Happy feet (2006)
  • The Princess and The Frog (2009)
  • Kung Fu Panda (2008)
  • Monster Inc. (2001)
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
  • Watership Down (1978)
  • A Bug's Life (1998)
  • Monsters Vs Aliens (2009)
  • Igor (2008)
  • Cars (2006)
  • The Incredibles (2004)
  • Brother Bear 2003)
  • Toy Story (1995)
  • Toy Story 2 (1999)
  • Toy Story (upcoming in 2010)
  • Alice In Wonderland [to be released on 5th March 2010 (USA)]
Not only as bore-busters, but these are some of the chosen and most adored good movies for kids as well. Whether kids are bored or not, they simply love to watch such movies.

Horror
Weekend nights are supposed to be the sleepless nights and to make such nights more interesting, you can choose from some of these intensely horrifying movies to watch. I would suggest you to get some of your friends to watch these movies together, because, if you are alone, you may feel some slimy creepy hands reaching for your neck from behind...
  • The Grudge (2004)
  • The Grudge 2 (2006)
  • The Grudge (2009)
  • The Ring (2002)
  • The Ring 2 (2005)
  • The Unborn (2009)
  • My Bloody Valentine (2009)
  • The Uninvited (2009)
  • Friday the 13th (2009)
  • Feast III: The Happy Finish (2009)
  • Drag Me to Hell (2009)
  • Final Destination 4 (2009)
  • Shutter (2008)
  • The Birds (1963)
  • Village of the Damned (1995)
  • The Howling (1981)
  • Poltergeist (1982)
  • Army of Darkness (1992)
  • The Hitcher (2007)
  • The Fly (1986)
  • Salem's Lot (1975)
  • Scream (1994)
  • Misery (1990)
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
  • Child's Play (1988)
  • Hellraiser (1987)
  • Cape Fear (1991)
  • 28 Days Later (2002)
  • Saw (2004)
  • Pet Cemetery (1989)
  • Carrie (1976)
  • Hostel (2005)
  • Evil Dead 2 (1987)
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
More on the top 10 horror movies.

So this would be it for all the creepy and bone chilling horror movies for the weekend. As I mentioned, saving time for some suspense and action movies, are great as good movies to watch when bored and alone on a holiday. Here they are...

Suspense and Action
  • Se7en (1995)
  • Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  • The Usual Suspects (1995)
  • Sixth Sense (1999)
  • Psycho (1960)
  • The Others (2001)
  • Rear Window (1954)
  • Primal Fear (1996)
  • What Lies Beneath (2000)
  • Paycheck (2003)
  • Jaws (1975)
  • The Shining (1980)
  • Rosemary's Baby (1968)
  • Wrong Turn (2003)
  • Wrong Turn 2 (2007)
  • Funeral in Berlin (1966)
  • Scream of Fear (1961)
  • The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
  • Terminator (1984)
  • Terminator 2 (1991)
  • Terminator 3 (2003)
  • Terminator 4 (2009)
  • Rocky (1976)
  • Rocky 2 (1979)
  • Rocky 3 (1982)
  • Rocky 4 (1985)
  • Rocky 5 (1990)
  • Ong-Bak (2003)
  • Ong-Bak (2008)
  • Avatar (2009)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • Apocalypto (2006)
  • Predator (1987)
  • Batman Begins (2005)
  • 300 (2006)
  • Blade (1998)
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2003)
  • The Fifth Element (1997)
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  • The Rock (1996)
  • Quantum of Solace (2008)
  • Seven Samurai (1954)
  • First Blood (1982)
  • Desperado (1995)
Some Good Movies of 2011
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
  • Immortals
  • In Time
  • Jack and Jill
  • Puss in Boots
  • Real Steel
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • Super 8
  • The Adventures of Tintin
  • The Tree of Life
  • Thor
Gosh! You see the number goes on and on and... These are not all, there are still some more which I have not listed and those which I have, are among the most popular ones. So, get the DVDs and watch your boredom fly far, far away!
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Last Updated: 11/28/2011
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