People are watching more TV and adding new streaming services to cope with isolation — but statistics show they're tending to re-watch old favorites. Marco Martins / EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm hide caption
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Delivery van driver Ricky (Kris Hitchen) takes a break with his his daughter (Katie Proctor) in the Ken Loach drama Sorry We Missed You. Joss Barratt/Zeitgeist Films hide caption
Pin-Ju (Hong-Chi Lee) and Yuan (Yo-Hsing Fang) in the Netflix release Tigertail. Chen Hsiang Liu/Netflix hide caption
Do you miss sitting for long stretches of time where you don't think about anything? Glen Weldon suggests you start a puzzle. Markus Spiering/Getty Images/EyeEm hide caption
Yevgenich (Michael Gor) and Matvey (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) look sanguine in Why Don't You Just Die! Arrow Films hide caption
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers gave Americans a much-needed on-screen escape in the 1930s. Above, they dance in the 1938 comedy musical Carefree. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Fred And Ginger Cheered Us Up During The Depression. Might They Do It Again?
Two chefs get blasted in the face with a mystery entree on Dishmantled. I smell a Peabody! No, wait — marinara sauce. My mistake. Quibi hide caption
Short Attention Span Theater: A Quick Look At Quibi's Launch Titles
This year's SXSW festival was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now the films that were scheduled to be shown there have the option to be screened on Amazon. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Shepherd (Michiel Huisman) and his flock in The Other Lamb. IFC Films hide caption
An image from the last episode of MASH on June 18, 1984 at the Malibu Creek State Park in California. Paul Harris/Getty Images hide caption
Marcel (Jesse Eisenberg) in the film Resistance. IFC Films hide caption
Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) and Gemma (Imogen Poots) go house hunting and find something more in Vivarium. Mongrel Media hide caption
Roger Allam as Prospero in William Shakespeare's The Tempest directed by Jeremy Herrin at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Wanted: Stories With Happily Ever Afters - Here's Where To Start Looking
Camp Jened, in upstate New York, was the epicenter of a disability rights movement that led to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Steve Honigsbaum hide caption
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman attend An Evening With Discovery Channel's Mythbusters at The Paley Center for Media on June 13, 2011. Amanda Edwards/FilmMagic hide caption
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Chinese movie theaters are beginning to reopen as the rate of COVID-19 cases declines. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Coach Elie Rwirangira conducts a basketball lesson through a live-streaming session at YBDL Campus in Shanghai, China on March 12. Many people and companies are providing free online classes to stay fit. Aly Song/Reuters hide caption
Sidelined Movie Workers Worry About Losing Health Benefits During Coronavirus Crisis
Mary Beth (Morgan Saylor) and Pris (Sophie Lowe) get a stern talking-to from Enid (Margo Martindale) in Blow the Man Down. Jeong Park/Amazon Studios hide caption
In the 1971 movie "Harold and Maude," Bud Cort play Harold and Ruth Gordon, Maude. CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images hide caption
While Waiting Out The Pandemic, It's Worth A Watch Of These Classic Films
