Gravity (2013)

An accident in the middle of nowhere, that space-silence that makes your throat go dry, and two astronauts trying not to turn into “things that just keep falling” forever. It’s razor-thin tension cinema, the kind that makes you stare at a rope like it’s the best friendship in the whole universe.

Why watch it: because it drops the feeling of free fall right into your body, and at the same time plants in your head how important it is to stay connected to something: a person, a plan, a tiny decision that keeps you in orbit.

Put it on with the lights low and a blanket over your paws, and when it ends, stay still for a minute, feeling the floor under your feet. Sometimes the best ending is realizing: “okay, I’m still here, and that already feels like a gravity hug”.