A film mixed for a cinema has a lot to say at both ends: a whispered line, then something that rattles the floor. Headphones make that swing more intimate, and a lot more tiring if the pair is wrong for the job. The right choice depends less on brand than on four plain facts about your evening: where you sit, how the sound reaches your ears, how long the film runs and what you want to spend.
Answer all four and your pair appears here.
Bluetooth sends sound as a stream that has to be packed, transmitted and unpacked, and that takes a moment. Music does not care. A film does, because you can see a mouth move and the sound arrives a fraction late. Phones and laptops often hide the gap by delaying the video to match. A TV usually cannot, unless it has a delay setting, so a cable or a transmitter that supports a low-latency codec is the dependable route when you want dialogue to look right.
Active noise cancelling uses small microphones to cancel steady low sound. It does not replace a good seal, and it does nothing to a talking housemate. Closed-back means the ear cups are sealed, so sound stays in and the room stays out; open-back lets sound escape for a more spacious feel. Battery hours are often quoted with cancelling off, so look for the figure with it on. Weight is a better guide to long-evening comfort than any sound spec.
The three pairs at the end suit the brief above at different budgets. Each works wirelessly and also takes a cable, so you can switch to a wire if the picture and voices drift. Prices change, so each pick links to a page that shows the current offers.