Ten feel good movies to watch in these dark times

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Ten feel good movies to watch in these dark times

1
A Hard Day’s Night
A typical day in the life of The Fab Four as they tried to outrun screaming fans, find Paul s mischievous grandfather, deal with a stressed TV producer and make it to the show on time.

2
The Dish
New South Wales, 1969. Australia's largest satellite dish has the task of tracking the Apollo 11 moon mission and of transmitting the pictures of the landing. But during a party held for the visiting US ambassador, a power cut causes the dish to lose contact with Apollo 11. Will they be able to sort the problem out in time for the landing, or are they about to fluff up their big moment?

3
How to Steal A Million
The daughter (Audrey Hepburn) of a wealthy Frenchman (Hugh Griffith) who creates counterfeit art learns her father is in danger of being exposed as a crook. She decides to steal the family's forged Cellini sculpture from a museum before experts can examine it and enlists a society burglar (Peter O'Toole) to help her.

4
Without A Clue
Victorian society thrills to the crime-solving adventures of the great Sherlock Holmes, unaware that he is in fact a fictional character created by the real sleuth - Dr Watson (Ben Kingsley), as a cover for his own detecting abilities. He finds himself forced once again after firing him, to hire drunken actor Reginald Kincaid (Michael Caine) to be Sherlock Homes.

5
Big Trouble
How to describe this film based on the book by Dave Barry. Ok –
In a high-school game of "Killer", Matt Arnold has to "kill" classmate Jenny Herk with a water pistol, and decides to do it at her home. Also there to assassinate Arthur Herk, are a couple of out of town hitmen. When their attempts crosses paths, Chaos happens. Eliot Arnold, Matt's father arrives to collect his son and immediately feels a mutual attraction to Anne Herk, Jenny's mother. Arthur visits an arms dealer and ends up buying suitcase nuclear bomb thinking he has bought a Rocket – and well, it gets more crazy from there on.
The film had the bad luck to be due to be released just after 9-11 and was held until the next year and bombed. Don’t be put off, it’s a funny film.

6
Down Periscope
TV's 'Frasier' star Kelsey Grammer plays an unorthodox, maverick skipper who is ordered to take part in a naval war game with an antiquated submarine and a misfit crew.

7
The Titfield Thunderbolt
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield branch line, a group of local village residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains.

8
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
From the creators of Wallace & Gromit.
Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) sets his sights on wining the coveted Pirate of the Year Award! With his trusted dodo, Polly and rag-tag crew at his side, the he will have to to battle a diabolical Queen Victoria.

9
The Big Wedding
To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra-conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly across the world to attend. The Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing each other in the process.

10
Secondhand Lions
14-year-old Walter doesn't much fancy spending the summer with his two eccentric great uncles on their farm in rural Texas. Hub (Robert Duvall) and Garth (Michael Caine) are rumoured to have wild and wooly pasts, and once Walter starts asking a few questions, they find themselves looking for some new adventures.

Anybody have their own ten films, or any they would like to add to the list?

Comments

Movies

Thanks. I ordered four of those from Netflix.

I went to Netflix and reviewed all I've given five stars (just the As and Bs.)

20 Feet from Stardom -- Documentary
12 Angry Men
About Schmidt
As Time Goes By -- Series
Babe
Being There
Bernie
Best in Show
Big
The Big Chill

We're running out of jigsaw puzzles!

Jill

Angela Rasch (Jill M I)

A few more

1) The Biggest Little Ship in the Army
2) Some Like it Hot (naturally)
3) The_Boat_That_Rocked
4) Notting Hill
5) Anything by Ardman (Wallce and Grommit)
6) Swiss Family Robinson
7) Breakfast at Tiffany's
8) Summer Holiday (Cliif and the Shads)
9) Educating Rita
10) Shirley Valentine

Samantha

And a few more

The Devil Wears Prada

One Small Hitch

Listen to Your Heart

The Bodyguard

Moonstruck

The Proposal

Shall We Dance

Dirty Dancing

Karate Kid

Chariots of Fire

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few more..really

Dune (1984) good movie with patrick stewart.

the last starfighter

the black hole

short circuit

blade runner

blade

star trek movies any of them.

star wars 1-6 new ones not so much since they dont follow original story(singular)

bourne movies

oceans 11-13. Havent watched oceans 8 and i might but miss negative attitude sandra bullock is in it.

swamp thing from the 80s

back to the future 1-3

teen wolf

the thing 1980's. remake was not so great.

batman 1990 if you can find it.

marvel movies, well most of them. Not a fan of the "new" fantastic four.

Forgotten

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Just a few that come to mind, some of which may have been forgotten but are worth finding and watching. Most of these I can watch then re-watch immediately:

1. Little Big Man
2. Groundhog Day
3. Nickelodeon
4. Silver Streak
5. The Twelve Chairs
6. The Brass Bottle
7. Time Bandits
8. Popeye
9. Blues Brothers
10. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Some of my favourites ...

in addition to a lot of those you already listed:

  • A League of Their Own
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • D.E.B.S.
  • From Time to Time
  • Hudson Hawk
  • Letters to Juliet
  • Nanny McPhee
  • October Sky
  • St. Trinians (all of them, but especially the old ones from the 50's)
  • The Man From Earth

Some of them are bittersweet, but I find all of them uplifting.

hudson hawk

good movie with a funny story behind it on youtube

Down periscope! One of my all

Down periscope! One of my all times favorites to watch again and again. In my case it's probably due to the resemblance of the character Mr. Stepanak to someone I won't mention.

Second hand lions, another all time great movie that's easy to watch again and again.

We the willing, led by the unsure. Have been doing so much with so little for so long,
We are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

Movies I watch aren't all

Movies I watch aren't all 'feel good' though I guess they are really good (imo). Only three of them are in English. Others may be translated into English or maybe not, I'm not sure.

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

The Queen (2006)

Bless the Beasts and Children (1971)

Sexmission (1984)

Fleisch (1979)

Stalker (1979)

The Flight (1970)

Once Upon a Dog (1982)

Kin-dza-dza! (1986)

Yarik (2007)

I'll Add......

Ball of Fire (Gary Cooper & Barbara Stanwyck)
Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth)
Casablanca
The African Queen
The Van
The Commitments (great music)
The Snapper
Comfort and Joy (the one about ice cream wars)
The Efficiency Expert (Anthony Hopkins)
Love Actually
Standing in the Shadows of Motown (documentary about the musicians that played on all the hits)
Andrea Bocelli Vivere Live in Tuscany (concert)
Sleepless in Seattle
Master & Commander
Ronin
Bullitt
Le Mans
Blue Hawaii (Elvis - the plot is silly, but the scenery is exceptional as is the music)