Posted on 01/19/2026 7:30:54 AM PST by 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!
A lot of films, but the one I would submit is “The Sting.”
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"Prisoner of Zenda" starring Peter Sellers, Peter Sellers, and Peter Sellers. My favorite character in this movie is actually Count Rupert of Hentzau, played by Stuart Wilson.
Both movies are very entertaining comedies, plus the added pleasure of having the support of Henry Mancini background and theme music.
I always liked this movie. In the Conan Doyle stories, Watson is portrayed as an intelligent, brave, and perfectly competent man, albeit not a genius like Holmes. Somehow, "not a genius" got turned into "complete idiot" by the Baker Street Dozen and lots of other film adaptations. So "Without a Clue" inverts the premise by making Holmes the idiot - a clever move!
A great War Comedy from Poland
Jak Rozpętałem Drugą Wojnę Światową (How I Won The Second World War)
This is the movie that has the famous “Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz” scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfKZclMWS1U
My favorite one-scene character in the movie was Dylan Baker as “Owen”, especially the moment where he wipes the tobacco spittle from his mouth and shakes Martin’s hand.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
While you were sleeping (Sandra Bullock)
Here Comes the Boom (Kevin James)
available ONLY on VHS, Lighthorsemen (about the Aussie mounted rifles in the Middle East in WW I)
Hoax (Richard Gere)
Gold (Matt McConaghey
White Chicks (Wayans Bros)
(a little bit of language, sexual situations) Serial (Martin Mull)
Up in the Air (Clooney)
I agree with others that Second Hand Lion is a good one and would add October Sky.
Hollywood Knights
Lion
Temple Grandin
The Last Sin Eater
The ZooKeeper’s Wife
Not sure if these fit in your template, but I have these filed as recommended movies. They are some of my favorites and I don’t watch too many movies. Enjoy.
A big YES to Local Hero.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqyXKLV72qQ
That’s “The Great Train Robbery” with Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland. Funny, exciting, little violence. The main characters are of course criminals. But it is upbeat!
Speaking of crooks, the original of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was called Bedtime Story (Marlon Brando, David Niven). Also very funny, hardly sixty seconds without a laugh. Not currently on youtube but probably on amazon and worth every cent.
Or you can watch Laurel and Hardy, that’s what I do for cheers. Hard to top Sons of the Desert.
A Good Year
Wild America just came to mind.
Slapshot - hockey film from the 70’s
Rudy - 1980’s Notre Dame football
The Secret Life of Pets - cartoon movie
Up! - Pixar
Ice Age - cartoon movie
Sense and Sensibility - 1995 mini series
Emma (1996)
Persuasion (2007)
Alpha - dog and boy movie in the ice age (2018)
The Hunt - Twilight Zone episode 84
Another vote for Captain Ron. Quirky humor with a bit of adventure thrown in.
Thanks in advance for such a list.
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I’ll be back! BTTT!
Of course, there is “Diehard” - it has a happy ending but some of the cast may not agree!
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“A Fish Called Wanda”
I love Back to the Future, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Grease.
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