What to Do When You're Bored
Boredom is often just curiosity waiting to wake up. Here you'll find a DeLorean that travels through time, an astronaut growing potatoes on Mars, a gentleman circling the world in eighty days, a bookseller's secrets, and crowded paintings where you can find new details for hours.
Films
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1 Film
Back to the Future
A fun adventure reminding you that you can build the future with your own hands.
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2 Film
Arrival
The strength that comes from choosing to understand rather than fear the unknown.
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3 Film
Interstellar
A masterpiece whispering that the only thing that transcends time and dimensions is love.
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4 Film
The Martian (2015)
The exuberant story of a man stranded alone on Mars who never lets go of hope, thanks to humor and brains.
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5 Film
Spirited Away
A story about finding yourself where you are lost, and how courage and kindness will carry you through every door.
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6 Film
WALL·E
In a little robot's loyalty, you see that love and hope can take root even in the loneliest world.
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7 Film
G.O.R.A.
A laugh-filled journey about staying human and standing by the one you love, even in the depths of space.
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8 Film
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
A lively adventure that reminds us to stop and enjoy life.
Songs
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9 Song
Africa
A timeless melody that carries you to far horizons with its rain-like rhythms and warm chorus.
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10 Song
Take On Me
An 80s classic whose unforgettable synth riff and sky-climbing chorus make you giddy inside.
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11 Song
Levitating
A bright, sparkling disco-pop ride that makes you feel like you're floating in the moonlight.
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12 Song
Riptide
A cheerful tune that lightens your mood with its ukulele and captures the sweet flutter of young love.
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13 Song
Island in the Sun
An easygoing alternative song that slips you gently into the calm of escaping to a carefree summer island.
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14 Song
Mas Que Nada
A sunny samba-jazz that gets your body moving with Brazilian rhythms.
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15 Song
Peri Bacaları
A cheerful instrumental that takes you through Cappadocia's fairy-tale valleys, bringing the bağlama and rock together.
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16 Song
Arsız Gönül
A ska rhythm that makes you bounce, and a heart's endless cheer.
Books
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17 Book
Around the World in Eighty Days
A thrilling and entertaining journey around the world with the unflappable Phileas Fogg and the cheerful Passepartout.
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18 Book
Project Hail Mary
A science-fiction story that opens a door to hope through the friendship and solidarity of two different species in the middle of space.
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19 Book
Sophie's World
A curious doorway into the fascinating world of philosophy, opened by mysterious questions that land in a mailbox.
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20 Book
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
A magical world entered by falling down a rabbit hole, where logic is sweetly turned upside down.
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21 Book
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
A delightful treasure hunt in a mysterious night-time bookshop, where a love of books meets a curiosity about technology.
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22 Book
The Phantom Tollbooth
A bored boy rediscovers curiosity in a land of words and numbers.
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23 Book
Pale Blue Dot
A book that looks at our small place in the universe and asks us to treat one another better.
Paintings
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24 Painting
Along the River During the Qingming Festival
Markets, bridges and hundreds of people along the riverbank; a lively, endearing celebration of ordinary life.
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25 Painting
A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains
Mountains stretching out in exuberant blues and greens, seen through the admiring eyes of an eighteen-year-old painter.
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26 Painting
The Snake Charmer
A mysterious figure playing a flute in a dark forest; a fairy tale woven from Rousseau's childlike imagination.
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27 Painting
Fish Magic
Fish, flowers and stars drifting through the same darkness, a dreamworld full of childlike curiosity.
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28 Painting
The Circus
A horse circling the ring, a tumbling clown and an excited audience; an exuberant show captured in dots.