Looking for a feel good movie

Keitel

Anyone got suggestions...

Like Amazons 'if you like X then you'll like Y'...

Looking for an American Beauty, Forrest Gump, Shawshank type movie...

Piriz

hi Kietel,
i'd strongly recommend The Diving Bell and the Butterfly!
absolutely quality film, let me know what you think, good luck

Magic Eight Ball

I think Stranger than Fiction might do it for you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_than_Fiction_(film)

Keitel

Piriz wrote: »

hi Kietel,
i'd strongly recommend The Diving Bell and the Butterfly!
absolutely quality film, let me know what you think, good luck

A little more heartbreaking than feel good bit i enjoyed it none the less.
Thanks

mewso

Just watched The Great Buck Howard. Loved it. John Malkovich in excellent form as an old "mentalist" who was a Johnny Carson regular years ago and is now on the road performing at all these remote towns. Couldn't recommend it highly enough. One of those simple but enjoyable films with a definite feel good ending.

Otis Driftwood

I wouldnt really consider American Beauty to be a feel good movie but what do I know.

As for a recommendation,you've probably seen it but I watched Juno recently and really enjoyed it.Just a really nice movie.

bnt

Looks to me like what you're after is not just "feelgood", but also a "journey" movie - one where a character takes a journey of some sort, and comes out happier at the other end. So, I'd recommend something like:

• Spirited Away
• Secretary
• L.A. Story
• The 40-Year-Old Virgin

mike65

Little Miss Sunshine!

opr

In the vein of films your looking for "Garden State"

Opr

Eirebear

mike65 wrote: »

Little Miss Sunshine!

Thats exactly what i was gonna say.

The Straight Story Would be my suggestion after that.

BTW, American Beauty a "Feelgood movie"...i must have missed that part...

johnny_ultimate

Eirebear wrote: »

BTW, American Beauty a "Feelgood movie"...i must have missed that part...

Must have missed the post-credit scene where they all sit around and bond over Grateful Dead CDs. Very moving sequence :pac:
As for good feel good films? My Neighbour Totoro always puts a smile on my face, as does every Pixar film. Kikujiro by Takeshi Kitano is a nice and happy little film too, a distressingly underviewed little gem! Almost Famous is another one which tends to put me in a sunny mood.

liah

The end of American Beauty may not be the most feel good but the rest of it, imo, is.

McGrath5

Slumdog millionaire

Black Swan

Just saw Duplicity starring Clive Owen and Julia Roberts. Romantic drama with several ironic twists.

L31mr0d

Cheung Gong 7 hou: Think ET but a lot cuter, funnier and endearing.

syklops

Try and get your hands on "Whatever happened to Harold Smith?". Its a fantastic movie, which was over shadowed by other Brit films such as east is east which is far inferior in my opinion.

Other recommendations would be:

The pursuit of happiness
The Full Monty


Er.... cant think of any more.

speedboatchase

Cool Runnings

Magic Eight Ball

syklops wrote: »

Try and get your hands on "Whatever happened to Harold Smith?". Its a fantastic movie, which was over shadowed by other Brit films such as east is east which is far inferior in my opinion.

Other recommendations would be:

The pursuit of happiness
The Full Monty


Er.... cant think of any more.

'Whatever happened to Harold Smith' is a little gem.

No one else gonna get behind 'Stranger than Fiction'?

gangqin

"Spirited Away" is phenomenal, and I think you might like "Adaptation" too.

Claregirl

Looking for an American Beauty, Forrest Gump, Shawshank type movie...[/quote]


If you liked Shawshank then gotta be "The Green Mile" also by Stephen King.

Dozen Wicked Words

Goodbye Lenin and Amelie are both great feelgood films if you don't mind subtitles.

Bubble Boy, Saving Grace, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Terminal, Finding Neverland are all good too.

p to the e

you'd be hard pressed to find a more harmless film than "Driving Miss Daisy". Morgan Freeman is brilliant in it. also i came across a film late one night called "Joe Vs. The Volcanoe". it's got a young Tom Hanks in it and it's quite quirky and funny and definitely feel good.

senordingdong

Rambo IV.

Makes me feel good every time I watch it.

banshee_bones

Stardust

The Princess Bride

Lost In Translation

Mully

Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist ... A nice hug of a film.

Nevyn

Shortbus.

m83

Life is Beautiful, you've probably seen it, if not you're in for a treat.

civildefence

Dodgeball

ChumpStain

banshee_bones wrote: »

Stardust

The Princess Bride

Yes!! The Princess Bride = HAPPINESS. Stardust is quite similar but the Princess Bride is awesome. Gonna watch it myself now . And must watch Diving Bell and the Butterfly, I kept thinking it might be a bit heavy but i've been hearing it's really uplifting lately.

Lamper.sffc

Almost Famous. Absolute classic when it comes to feel good movies.

bnt

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

No one else gonna get behind 'Stranger than Fiction'?

Oh, I'm behind it, all right - saw it again on TV a few weeks ago. Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson are also excellent in it - and the ending leaves you wondering what happened to those two.

+1 for The Princess Bride, too. Now, who's going to back me up re Secretary? :pac:

j0e

21 grams

Dumb

Hannah Montana

ziedth

i came on to say a princess bride and stardust but you bet me too it.

I'm going to say remember the titans just a great fluff of a movie.

Also, a mention must go to welcome to the jungle with the rock, just so silly and ott it had me smiling all day.

Lol @ 21 grams.

speedboatchase

Big

latenia

Men Behind The Sun

Big Knox

The Mighty Ducks 1 + 2.

Coach Bombay FTW!!

also...

The Mist.

Famous45

Little Miss Sunshine is so funny and definitely a feel good movie, never thought I'd watch it but when I did I was so impressed.

Tableman

Its a Wonderful life

Stranger than Fiction

Freedom Writers

The pursuit of happyness

emeraldstar

banshee_bones wrote: »

Stardust

The Princess Bride

Agreed. Stardust, especially, is one of my favourites.

Also: Amelie

Saibh

Groundhog Day

Good Will Hunting

Forrest Gump

Daelus

Wes Anderson's 'The Darjeeling Limited' is a good journey/feelgood film.

uncleoswald

emeraldstar wrote: »

Also: Amelie

Nuff said.

And while we're on the continent Cinema Paradiso.

But I'd actually describe any movie I really really loved as "feel good." I watched 2001 A Space Odessy the other day and it gave me a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

And does the whole movie have to be feelgood or is a life affirming ending enough?

More traditional recommendations:
Ferris Buellers Day Off
The Breakfast Club
Uncle Buck...... Okay any 80's John Hughes.
Babe
Ghostbusters
Mama Mia! (hangs head in shame but its actually infectious, anyone not smiling ear to ear when Brosnon assaults S.O.S. is inhuman)
Raising Arazona
My Cousin Vinny
Shaolin Soccer
Pleasantville
About Schmidt

BopNiblets

Happy Go Lucky

Gadfly

Field of Dreams

emeraldstar

uncleoswald wrote: »

Nuff said.

And while we're on the continent Cinema Paradiso.

God, I'd actually forgotten about this! I used to love this movie. "Alfredo, Alfredo!"

Liber8or

The Bucket List
Lars and the Real Girl
Pay It Forward
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Just to name a few that have not been mentioned yet, as far as I know.

emeraldstar

Liber8or wrote: »

The Bucket List
Lars and the Real Girl
Pay It Forward
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Really? I hated this.

Pay It Forward was okay.

krattapopov

The Worlds Fastest Indian - Anthony Hopkins at his best

tunguska

emeraldstar wrote: »

Really? I hated this.

Pay It Forward was okay.

I'd have to (respectfully) disagree, I thought pay it forward was contrived nonsense. Lars and the real girl is a beautiful film, really genuine and heart warming stuff.
Anyway for the original poster heres some feelgood movies I liked:

- Lars and the real girl
- The gameplan (I know, being a bloke I really shouldnt like this or even admit to liking it but its just a nice film and the rock is very funny)
- The miracle (you dont have to like hockey or even sports, this is top class and a true story. Graet aerosmith song at the end aswell)
- Starter for 10 (Guaranteed to make you smile)
- Beautiful Girls
- In the shadow of the moon (Its a documentary but I cant imagine anybody coming away from this not feeling great)
- Stranger than fiction
- Michael Clayton (I know this seems like an odd choice but I think it is uplifting for michael's redemption)
- Gung ho( I know its a bit cheesy but its genione and its got a big heart)

Thats all I got, hope it helps.

Murts-Rig

My Second Holy Communion

The best Irish Film I have ever seen, Fantastic acting. Pity it was banned