What are some of your favorite feel-good movies?

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Forgot Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

Breaking Away, The Right Stuff, The Great Santini, Big Night, Office Space, Elf, The Twelve Chairs, Run Lola Run, Diva, and Babette's Feast.

Birth of a Nation

Mamma Mia! The Bucket List As Good as it gets Something's gotta give

Strange Brew, Meet the Parents, Jack, Who`s Harry Crumb...

Beverly Hills Cop The Nutty Professor Dr. Doolittle Big Mama's House The Haunted Mansion

Slap Shot

Battle Royale 1 & 2.

I hate kids & so few survive in these films.

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add these to notginger's list.. "pixote", "calcutta"

And Hearts and Minds !

Certainly not "Revolutionary Road," which I saw this evening. boy howdy was that depressing....

I had difficulty sleeping after I saw it.

Certainly not "Revolutionary Road," which I saw this evening. boy howdy was that depressing....

on the lighter side:

animal house

airplane

caddyshack

it's a wonderful life

star wars (a new hope and empire strikes back)

jaws

young frankenstien (abby? Abby who? abby normal...)

napoleon dynamite (gosh!)

most kevin smith movies

many more...

it's a wonderful life and the wizard of oz

Lilja 4-Ever is a great film - in that vein I'd like to add Human Trafic (not really a film, but still great). There's always a warm place in my heart reserved for Man Bites Dog. Old Boy had me shedding a few tears too.

Kikujirô no natsu, Cha no aji, Akahige, Chûgoku no chôjin.

The Big Lebowsky and Labyrinth.

Unforgiven

The Karate Kid One Fine Day Pretty Woman The American President Die Hard

Yashomun (JP)

On the roads (JP)

Shogun Assasin (JP)

Shogun Samurai(JP)

A Castle of Sand(JP)

A tomb of the wild Chrysanthemum(JP)

Submersion of Japan(JP)

Gone With the Wind(US)

Seven nights in Japan(US)

Sound of the Music(US)

My Fair Lady(US)

Tora Tora Tora(US)

Posideon Adventure(US)

Cave no 7(Taiwan)

Red Cliff (HK)

Fist of fury(HK)

Way of the Dragon(HK)

Enter the Dragon(US)

Hero(China)

Ju Dou(China)

Christmas in August(Korea)

One Fine Day(Korea)

Yadoki Barat(India)

Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak(India)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Indie Jones and the (whatever)

Pride and Prejudice

Labyrinth

Young Frankenstein

Babe

K-9

Beethoven

add these to notginger's list.. "pixote", "calcutta"

I like "Snow falling on Cedar". The story was based on second world war. It was a triangular romance between caucasian US soldier, ethnic Japanese US marine and US citizen ethnic Japanse girl. In that movie, US citizens of ethnic Japanese were sent to the concentration camp. Racism and discrmination were existed at that time. Flash back scenes from court room, young lovers playing ground and small town festival parade are memorable. Ethan Hawke acting was outstanding.

My Second favourite was a old movie name as My Fair Lady". Story based on the poverty stricken liverpool of england in 19th century. Professor gambled with a friend for transforming uneducated and rude girl into presentable high society girl. Songs and music are excellent. Audrey Herburn displayed her amazing talent of acting. She was a gifted actress.

Sympathy for Mr Vengeance

I remember seeing Lukas Moodyson's Together right after 9/11 about a Swedish commune in the 1970s. The resolution of the story left me feeling so optimistic in a topsy turvy time. His next film, Lilja 4-Ever, about a Russian teenager who is sex trafficked into Western Europe, well that one belongs on Notginger's Schindler's List.

When I'm seeking reassurance from the silver screen, I often watch propaganda movies because the outcome is never in doubt, the good guys always win.

Bandits, V for Vendetta, Contact

Friday 13th.

Schindler's List. The Killing Fields. M. A Bridge Too Far.

What a great list! In fact The Killing Fields is a love story between an ambitious reporter who comes to appreciate what friendship means in a different culture after he allows his trusted translator to remain behind.

"Feel good movies" for me are those which take me back to earlier times in my life. The Ice Storm, tons of movies from Taiwan which were made in the 1980s....

A passport to Pimlico,Carry On Screaming, Holiday On The Buses and Steptoe Rides Again.

Strewth they don't make films like that anymore do they like?

Smoke. The Shawshank Redemption.

The first 20 minutes of Private Ryan. Battlefield Earth (that great cinematic masterpiece with John Travolta)/Bedtime for Bonzo (starring a chimpanzee and some hack actor)

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Schindler's List. The Killing Fields. M. A Bridge Too Far.