Feel Good Movies Worth Watching

Looking for a fun, happy films to watch? Here's a list - feel free to suggest any that you enjoyed!

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Feel Good Movies Worth Watching

Looking for a fun, happy films to watch? Here's a list - feel free to suggest any that you enjoyed!

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Feel-Good Movies Worth Watching

Friend-recommended list of movies to watch. The movies on this list make us feel good and have hope. Bolded movie titles are the films that I’ve watched so far.

List started in August 2020 and are listed in alphabetical order:

1. 42, 2013 American biographical sports film

2. A Beautiful Mind, 2001 American biographical drama

3. A Fish Called Wanda, 1988 heist comedy

4. A Knight's Tale, 2001 American medieval adventure-comedy

5. All Is Lost, 2013 survival drama

6. Always, 1989 American romantic comedy-drama

7. A River Runs Through It, 1992 American drama

8. Being There, 1979 American comedy-drama

9. Big, 1988 American fantasy comedy-drama

10. Billy Elliot, 2000 British dance drama

11. Breaking Away, 1979 American coming of age comedy-drama

12. Cast Away, 2000 American survival drama

13. Collateral Beauty, 2016 American fantasy drama

14. Dead Poets Society, 1989 American teen drama

15. Disobedience, 2017 romantic drama

16. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, 2002 American comedy-drama

17. Dogma, 1999 American fantasy comedy

18. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, 2020 slapstick comedy

19. Forrest Gump, 1994 American comedy-drama

20. Fried Green Tomatoes, 1991 American comedy-drama

21. Glory, 1989 American war drama film

22. Good Will Hunting, 1997 American drama

23. Gladiator, 2000 British-American epic historical drama

24. Gran Torino, 2008 American drama

25. Green Book, 2018 American biographical comedy-drama road film

26. Hidden Figures, 2016 American biographical drama

27. I Am Sam, 2001 American drama

28. I Walk the Line, 1970 American neo-noir drama

29. Invincible, 2006 American sports drama

30. Jerry Maguire, 1996 American romantic comedy-drama sports film

31. Jojo Rabbit, 2019 comedy-drama

32. Julie & Julia, 2009 American comedy-drama

33. Just Mercy, 2019 American biographical legal drama

34. Legally Blonde, 2001 American comedy

35. Legends of the Fall, 1994 American epic historical drama Western

36. Little Miss Sunshine, 2006 American comedy-drama

37. Local Hero, 1983 Scottish comedy-drama

38. Lone Star, 1996 American neo-Western mystery

39. Luce, 2019 American social thriller drama

40. Marshall, 2017 American biographical legal drama

41. Midnight in Paris, 2011 fantasy comedy-drama

42. Moonstruck, 1987 American romantic comedy

43. My Cousin Vinny, 1992 American comedy

44. Notting Hill, 1999 romantic comedy

45. Pay It Forward, 2000 American drama

46. Practical Magic, 1998 American romantic comedy fantasy film based on novel by Alice Hoffman

47. P.S. I Love You, 2007 American romantic drama based on the 2004 novel by Cecelia Ahern

48. Roxanne, 1987 American romantic comedy

49. Say Anything, 1989 American teen romantic comedy-drama

50. Seabiscuit, 2003 American sports film

51. Secondhand Lions, 2003 American comedy-drama

52. Secretariat, 2010 American biographical sports drama

53. Seven Pounds, 2008 American drama

54. Silver Linings Playbook, 2012 American romantic comedy-drama

55. Stardust, 2007 romantic fantasy adventure

56. State of Play, 2009 political thriller

57. Sweet Home Alabama, 2002 American romantic comedy

58. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, 2013 Swedish comedy

59. The Art of Racing in the Rain, 2019 American comedy-drama

60. The Blind Side, 2009 American biographical sports drama

61. The Cider House Rules, 1999 American drama

62. The Fault in Our Stars, 2014 American romantic tragedy film

63. The Firm, 1993 American legal thriller

64. The Founder, 2016 American biographical drama

65. The Intouchables, 2011 French buddy comedy-drama

66. The Games Maker, 2014 Argentine-Canadian adventure film

67. The Greatest Showman, 2017 American musical drama

68. The King's Speech, 2010 British historical drama

69. The Life of David Gale, 2003 drama

70. The Lincoln Lawyer, 2011 American legal thriller

71. The Notebook, 2004 American romantic drama based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks

72. The Peanut Butter Falcon, 2019 American comedy-drama

73. The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006 American biographical drama

74. The Search for Bobby Fischer, 1993 American docu-drama

75. The Visitor, 2007 American drama

76. The Upside, 2017 American comedy-drama (English language version of the Intouchables)

77. There's Something About Mary, 1998 American comedy

78. This Beautiful Fantastic, 2016 British romantic drama (gardening!)

79. Under the Tuscan Sun, 2003 American romantic comedy-drama

80. View from the Top, 2003 American romantic comedy

81. Woman in Gold, 2015 biographical drama

82. Yesterday, 2019 romantic comedy

2020’s top 50 movies

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/01/the-50-best-films-of-2020-in-the-us-50-41

https://www.vulture.com/article/best-movies-on-netflix-right-now.html May 2021

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Published 17/04/2024, 05:53:29

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