Best "Feel Good" Movies?

[Fenrir]

You know, the kind of movies that leave you all joyful and uplifted by the time the end credits roll...so what are you picks? I'll start with some:

The Shawshank Redemption
It's A Wonderful Life
The Pursuit of Happyness

 

[JTStarkiller]

Little Miss Sunsine was a recent one for me.

 

[Electrix]

There was a recent '100 Most Inspirational Movies' program on recently in the UK. I suppose inspirational is kinda like feeling good. Heres the list:

1 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1946
2 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1962
3 SCHINDLER'S LIST 1993
4 ROCKY 1976
5 MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON 1939
6 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 1982
7 THE GRAPES OF WRATH 1940
8 BREAKING AWAY 1979
9 MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET 1947
10 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 1998
11 THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 1946
12 APOLLO 13 1995
13 HOOSIERS 1986
14 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI 1957
15 THE MIRACLE WORKER 1962
16 NORMA RAE 1979
17 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST 1975
18 THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK 1959
19 THE RIGHT STUFF 1983
20 PHILADELPHIA 1993
21 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT 1967
22 THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES 1942
23 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 1994
24 NATIONAL VELVET 1944
25 SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS 1941
26 THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939
27 HIGH NOON 1952
28 FIELD OF DREAMS 1989
29 GANDHI 1982
30 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1962
31 GLORY 1989
32 CASABLANCA 1942
33 CITY LIGHTS 1931
34 ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN 1976
35 GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER 1967
36 ON THE WATERFRONT 1954
37 FORREST GUMP 1994
38 PINOCCHIO 1940
39 STAR WARS 1977
40 MRS. MINIVER 1942
41 THE SOUND OF MUSIC 1965
42 12 ANGRY MEN 1957
43 GONE WITH THE WIND 1939
44 SPARTACUS 1960
45 ON GOLDEN POND 1981
46 LILIES OF THE FIELD 1963
47 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968
48 THE AFRICAN QUEEN 1951
49 MEET JOHN DOE 1941
50 SEABISCUIT 2003

 

[britrogue]

For me, it would have to be Clueless. I've loved that film since it first came out, and it always makes me laugh. Also, there's always the X-Factor Greatest Auditions DVD. Not exactly a film, but damn does that crack me up!

 

[primemover]

Rudy

 

[Dodger]

Rocky

 

[WorthyStevens]

 

[NewYorkSpider]

Rudy

Agreed. Love that movie.

 

[masterj]

Little Miss Sundace and pan's Labyrinth are recent films that make me just smile all the time. Finding Nemo has that affect too as does The Wedding Singer, wierd lol.

 

[The Chairman]

Ben-Hur
The Ten Commandments
It's A Wonderful Life
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (the cartoon version)
Almost Famous
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
The Shawshank Redemption
Return Of The Jedi
To Kill A Mockingbird

 

[Warhammer]

- The Shawshank Redemption.
- Rocky.
- Rocky Balboa.
- The Pursuit of Happyness.
- Remember The Titans.

 

[Speedball]

V for Vendetta always makes me happy at the end.

 

[Rez]

If I want to feel good I'll break out the KY and some pornos.


I suppose Love Actually always makes me feel good.

 

[Warhammer]

The ending of War of the Worlds makes me feel good.

 

[Yurka]

Shawshank,
Cinderella Man makes me feel good,
Rocky

 

[Golgo-13]

Love Actually

 

[cryptic name]

Almost Famous
Superman The Movie
Joe Dirt

 

[Secret_Riddle]

Lmfao wedding crashers for me.

 

[Speedball]

To add to V for Vendetta
Superman
Superman II
Star Wars
Return of the Jedi
Ice Age I and II
The Incredibles
Lord of the Rings:ROTK
Toy Story I and II
Finding Nemo
Geez...Pretty much any animated Disney film.

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[JLBats]

Are you guys serious?

I mean, I get that FEEL GOOD is being used interchangeably with "saccharine", but do any of these movies honestly make you FEEL GOOD?

Do any of these movies honestly rip. your. soul. out and put it into a new place? Do any of them honestly give you that slow rush of adrenaline that leaves your heart pumping and your mind SATISFIED?

Does LOVE FRICKIN' ACTUALLY leave you saying "Wow, so, uh... that was an experience."

Movies "feel good" when they tear open your mind and hook the sweet jumpcables of the UNIVERSE to it.

Seriously, has no one on this board seen any Robert Bresson movies?

 

[The Dark Defender]

 

[Speedball]

Are you guys serious?

I mean, I get that FEEL GOOD is being used interchangeably with "saccharine", but do any of these movies honestly make you FEEL GOOD?

Do any of these movies honestly rip. your. soul. out and put it into a new place? Do any of them honestly give you that slow rush of adrenaline that leaves your heart pumping and your mind SATISFIED?

Does LOVE FRICKIN' ACTUALLY leave you saying "Wow, so, uh... that was an experience."

Movies "feel good" when they tear open your mind and hook the sweet jumpcables of the UNIVERSE to it.

Seriously, has no one on this board seen any Robert Bresson movies?

V for Vendetta does that for me.
It gives me this satisfied feeling that the world can be changed for the better by one man, and also because he was victorious even after his death.

 

[The Apocalypse]

V for Vendetta, Rudy, and 24..yeah it isn't a movie but still lol

 

[blind_fury]

Superman (78)
Groundhog Day