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Tue Sep-05-06 12:41 AM
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List movies that leave you with a happy feeling. |
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It's become a cliché now that in order to be taken seriously as a "real movie," a film must leave you with at least one negative emotion. You must feel either sad, depressed, disgusted, frightened, freaked out, bewildered, grossed out, angry, hateful, ashamed, horrified, helpless, humbled, shocked, uneasy, disturbed, embarrased, frustrated or hopeless. If it doesn't include at least one of these feelings, it's not "ART" and it's just a disposable movie.
What I'm looking for is a list of really good films that actually leave you feeling happier than you were before you watched them.
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Tue Sep-05-06 12:43 AM
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1. Jimmy Stewart..."it's a wonderful life" |
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Tue Sep-05-06 12:49 AM
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5. Good one - a happy ending which seems completely fitting. The thing |
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I don't get is why is it always shown at Christmas time, when it's not really a Christmas movie. The last 30 minutes or so are on Christmas Eve, but other than that it has nothing to do with Christmas.
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Tue Sep-05-06 12:44 AM
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My favorite movie of all time. Stars Christian Bale pre-puberty.
It lost best picture to The Last Emperor. Though thats a good movie too...nowhere as good as Empire of the Sun.
Debbie Does Dallas...leaves me with a happy ENDING feeling.
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Tue Sep-05-06 12:48 AM
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3. I thought "The Last Emperor" could have been a good movie, but it was |
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destroyed by bad editing. They cut back and forth in time over and over again, in a clumsy attempt to be "arty." If they had simply assembled the scenes in chronological order, it would have been a far better film, in my opinion.
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Tue Sep-05-06 02:59 PM
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46. Oh cripes, I HATED EotS. |
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Tue Sep-05-06 12:49 AM
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Muriel's transformation over the course of the movie is an inspiration and you end up feeling great at the end.
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Tue Sep-05-06 12:50 AM
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6. That was a very funny movie - I'll have to watch it again. |
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Tue Sep-05-06 06:02 PM
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a feel good movie! One of my favs!:thumbsup:
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Superman Returns...damn, all superman movies to be honest. Spiderman II, Batman Begins, Sin City, Boondock Saints...a lot of movies make me feel happier after watching them....:) About the only ones that make me feel sad/negative are drama's, aka schindlers list, BB Mt....
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Tue Sep-05-06 12:51 AM
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8. Oddly, we watched only the first 30 minutes of it - we thought it was |
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dull - I guess I'll have to give it another chance.
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Tue Sep-05-06 12:54 AM
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10. boondock saints was a cool movie n/t |
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Tue Sep-05-06 12:55 AM
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was amazing, it took me by surprise, and I like it when movies surprise me, because half the time, I know whats going to happen before it does...:)
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Tue Sep-05-06 12:53 AM
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9. The Commitments -- one of my favorite movies, ever! |
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Whenever I am feeling a little down, I watch this movie and it makes me feel better.
Check it out if you get a chance...you won't be sorry.
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Tue Sep-05-06 02:56 PM
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44. Second The Commitments! |
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Wonderful film. One of those gems few know about.
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The only feel good movie in 20 years where the end didn't involve getting married and spawning.
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Tue Sep-05-06 08:40 AM
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30. That movie made me mad, because: |
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1) They stated that Disneyland opened in 1956. With all Spielberg's millions, he couldn't be bothered to hire a fact checker?
2) They showed kids discovering a buffet loaded with fancy desserts, and what do they do? The eat the BROCCOLI. Preposterous.
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Tue Sep-05-06 01:23 AM
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Finding Nemo Rudy Forever Young The Ghost and Mrs Muir The Natural The Bishop's Wife (Cary Grant version) Seabiscuit
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Tue Sep-05-06 01:59 AM
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14. "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
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Tue Sep-05-06 02:00 AM
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15. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. |
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Tue Sep-05-06 12:48 PM
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34. Merci Beaucoup PeeWee! |
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Tue Sep-05-06 02:06 AM
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A good old-fashioned uplifting, happy ending.
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Tue Sep-05-06 08:29 AM
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25. Is that anything like |
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Yes, it's exactly like that, only with an idiot watching it! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
It's really not funny, I suppose...my brain is going downhill fast these days. Oh well, waddaya gonna do? :shrug:
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Tue Sep-05-06 02:37 AM
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17. I guess I must not like that type of film |
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because all of my favorite movies don't qualify
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Tue Sep-05-06 08:41 AM
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31. I don't insist on happy endings, in fact I like it when the movie doesn't |
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end the way you expect it to or want it to. But I am tired of movies that leave you with an overall queasy feeling.
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Tue Sep-05-06 02:59 AM
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Any Buster Keaton movie will do, but here's one you can download for free (& legitimately) now! It's also probably his greatest. http://www.archive.org/details/SherlockJrhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015324/
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Tue Sep-05-06 05:50 AM
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Babe
The Ghost and Mrs Muir
The Secret of Roan Inish
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Tue Sep-05-06 06:11 AM
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21. Star Trek IV (the one with the whales) |
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Raiders of the Lost Ark Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House Galaxy Quest Bringing Up Baby The Madness of King George (honestly. I liked this before our own installed himself.) My Favorite Year
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Pleasantville The Majestic and Little Miss Sunshine
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First time I saw that movie I wasn't expecting a good ending.
And I've watched it many times just to see that something finally can work out for somebody.
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From that catchy tune played throughout the movie, to the particles connecting mid-flight, to Mark Wahlberg's affirmation of "Word!" following a statement by Jason Schwartz, it's the perfect balm to soothe my occasional existential crises.
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Wed Sep-06-06 01:03 PM
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66. That's my pick too. nt |
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It gets better every time I see it.
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Tue Sep-05-06 08:38 AM
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29. Last Exit to Brooklyn |
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The Grifters Leaving Las Vegas
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Tue Sep-05-06 02:33 PM
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39. Really? I don't mean to offend you but... |
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those three movies were all kind of difficult to watch. All excellent films, but they painted a devastating picture of people.
Assuming you are serious, why did they leave you with a happy feeling?
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Tue Sep-05-06 10:02 PM
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52. Perhaps I was less than serious |
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Tue Sep-05-06 08:58 AM
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32. Let It Ride, The Hudsucker Proxy,Bad Santa. |
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Tue Sep-05-06 01:28 PM
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But I can't promise that these are all "quality" movies. Some are just a good time, end of story.
Dumb & Dumber Dazed & Confused National Treasure Van Helsing Mr. Skeffington It Happened One Night It's a Wonderful Life Yours, Mine & Ours (original) The Parent Trap (original) The Girl Most Likely To... 101 Dalmatians The Breakfast Club Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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Tue Sep-05-06 02:26 PM
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We lived it..thus we loved it.
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You get dragged through a lot of terrible feelings, but in the end, you get happy--for both Celie and Shug, and even Albert, who finally learns that happiness comes from making someone else happy.
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Wed Sep-06-06 02:42 PM
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74. The only movie that makes me cry tears of happiness at the end |
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And a good part of that is because Albert does finally get it, but also for Celie to be reunited with her sister and children is just so happy after she suffered so much pain in her life.
Spielberg was robbed of the oscar he deserved for the movie. I can see where the academy would have split the supporting actress oscar and neither Oprah nor Margeret Avery won, but Whoopi deserved a win, too.
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Tue Sep-05-06 02:33 PM
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40. Bend It Like Beckham. |
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Janet Jones, back in the day, and Matt Dillon, on the same screen...wow.
don't know why in particular, it just popped into my head.
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Tue Sep-05-06 02:35 PM
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42. ooh, also: Cast Away...that is to say I was happy when it was over |
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Tue Sep-05-06 02:39 PM
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You knew the Tom Hanks character was going to die, but justice prevailed. Plus the Springsteen title song is one of the best of that type, ever.
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Tue Sep-05-06 02:58 PM
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45. The American President ~ |
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Tue Sep-05-06 03:01 PM
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47. A Christmas Carol and It's A Wonderful Life |
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I'm often pretty happy anyway when I watch them, but they definitely get me even more in the spirit of the Season.
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Tue Sep-05-06 05:50 PM
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48. Speaking of Christmas - A Christmas Story |
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Tue Sep-05-06 07:28 PM
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Love it! :thumbsup:
That's probably my favorite movie ever.
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and the chocolate factory - the original with gene wilder, of course! :thumbsup:
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"Let it ride", not a great film but it always leaves me in a better mood.
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Tue Sep-05-06 10:47 PM
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55. "When Harry Met Sally" nt |
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Big Phish Second Hand Lions Notting Hill On A Clear Day (British...laid off grandfather swims English Channel) The Bishops Wife That British movie about the grandmothers doing a calendar of nude pictures for a fundraiser which I can't remember the name of ....
Hook
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Wed Sep-06-06 12:53 PM
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64. "That British movie..." |
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If only all movies were as good as this one... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166396/
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Tue Sep-05-06 11:31 PM
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58. Chocolat, Sense and Sensibility, Seabiscuit |
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Sneakers The Bourne Identity / Bourne Supremacy movies (I just like 'em) Air America The Russia House (though I know the movie has a happier ending than the book) About a Boy Ronin Matchstick Men Laurel Canyon
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Tue Sep-05-06 11:33 PM
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wow, that movie was awesome.
Disney doesnt make those kind of movies anymore.
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Tue Sep-05-06 11:41 PM
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A Knights Tale (Heath Ledger before he scored big - yummy!) Pirates of the Caribbean Don Juan DeMarco Shakespeare in Love
Shit. I just noticed these are mostly comedic romances. Sigh. So shallow but so light and frothy - definitely designed to make you feel better. Okay some that aren't comedic romances....
Calendar Girls and it's brother film: The Full Monty Back to the Future Strictly Ballroom A Christmas Story
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Wed Sep-06-06 12:01 AM
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63. Shirley Valentine, 1989 |
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The lead actress, Pauline Collins OBE, had an Oscar nomination* for it, and won the Tony for playing the same role on Broadway.
Such a "small" film, it's not even on DVD yet (AFAIK).
* This was the year Jessica Tandy got the Oscar
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Wed Sep-06-06 12:55 PM
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65. While You Were Sleeping |
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Wed Sep-06-06 01:57 PM
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67. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
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probabliy my favorite film of the past five years
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A perfect little movie, with lots laughs, a few tears, and lots of heart.
When I saw it in the theatre, I walked out at the end with a big smile on my face -- it's not often you get such a sense of satisfaction from being so thoroughly entertained.
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Wed Sep-06-06 02:21 PM
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70. I really liked "Red Dirt" |
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It just felt really homey to me...Karen Black's character in that film speaks so much like my great aunt even though it's set in Mississippi, it's really hard to do that kind of accent in particular and she kind of almost pulls it off. I love the affair between the two guys; even though the ending is kind of contrived it's nice to see it evolve and the scenery also kind of made me homesick.
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Wed Sep-06-06 02:24 PM
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Possibly my favorite movie of the past 10 years. It's a message of hope for everyone.
Others -
The Green Mile A Clockwork Orange The Sandlot
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Great ending and she looked like a normal woman in that shirt! :hi:
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You'll feel absolutely wonderful at the end.
Also "The Full Monty" and "Splash" are films that communicate strong senses of happiness.
And, of course, "E.T."
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