Looking for a List of favorite upbeat, pleasant, funny,feel-good DVDS and Movie Films.

01.19.2026 | Chickensoup

[Chickensoup]

Looking for a List of favorite upbeat, pleasant, funny,feel-good DVDS and Movie Films.

The films you enjoy.that make you smile or laugh. The ones that you would watch again. Older ones are welcome. I love MARTY!

Boy Films. Girl Films. Love and marriage Films. Winning Films.....you name it!

[ryderann]

Yes.

[yuleeyahoo]

Second Hand Lions

[BradyLS]

Monty Python’s “Holy Grail” and “Life of Brian.”

“It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”

The original “Star Wars” and “The Wizard of Oz.”

“Down with Love” and “Chicago” (for Rene Zellweger)

“The Princess Bride”

[Hootowl]

I hesitate to nominate this one because of the title but I enjoyed “Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death.”

[Bookshelf]

Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

[dfwgator]

“Clockwise”, a relatively unknown movie with John Cleese.

[dfwgator]

Gotcha!, an underrated one from the 80s.

[telescope115]

Anything with John Candy- another is Only the Lonely…

[FamiliarFace]

Cool Runnings, The Sandlot, My Cousin Vinny, and Twins.

[dfwgator]

Cool Runnings is another good one, with John.

[yuleeyahoo]

The Princess Bride

[FlingWingFlyer]

All of the Peter Sellers Pink Panther films.

[dfwgator]

Mars Attacks! Especially when they blow up Congress.

[Psalm 73]

Unexpectedly funny and/or quirky:

“Grand Canyon”- 1991 – Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Danny Glover
“Made in Heaven” – 1987 – Timothy Hutton, Kelly McGillis
“The Trouble with Harry” – 1955 – Alfred Hitchcock, Shirley MacLaine, Jerry Mathers
“Don Juan DeMarco” – 1994 – Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway
“October Sky” – 1999 – Jake Gyllenhaal, Laura Dern, (True Story set in 1957 W.V.)
“Beyond Rangoon” - 1995 – Patricia Arquette (Historical fiction Set in 1988 Burma)
“Secret of Roan Inish” – 1994 – Irish (Fantasy) film [IND]
“Spitfire Grill” – 1996 – Ellen Burstyn (Set in American small town) [IND]
“Waking Ned Devine” – 1998 – Irish (Comedy) film [IND]
“The Gods Must Be Crazy” – 1980 – South African (Comedy) film [IND]

[tet68]

Die Hard, it’s my favorite Christmas movie !!!

[dfwgator]

The Commitments

[telescope115]

Breaking Away, 1979. Early roles for Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quade, Daniel Stern. Also Paul Dooley and Barbara Barrie.

[ansel12]

I looked it up, 1989 comedy, I’m going to give it a watch.

[FamiliarFace]

*** “Waking Ned Devine” – 1998 – Irish (Comedy) film [IND]***

I’ll second this nomination.

[Jambe]

Robin Williams - RV

Tom Hanks - Toy Story, That Thing You Do, The Terminal, Cast Away

Jennifer Lawrence - Joy