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Posted on 08/20/2026 1:53:38 PM PDT by Chickensoup
Looking for Film DvD Bluray recommendations. Life is hard right now and I am looking for immersive films and shows that aren't too treacle sweet but have a bit of depth. Not violent, complex is good. Nice is good.
My beloved Morse trilogy has worked, Gentlemen prefer Blonds, Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend, Harvey, the original All Creatures Great and Small, the Poiot series, Babbetes Feast, Primer, Signs, singing in the Rain, It happened one night,Mrs Miniver, Blast From the Pat, Galexy Quest, Christmas in Connecticut, An ebayer is trying to screw me over by having sent me the wrong region when i asked for Make Way for Tomorrow.
I guess I am looking for feel good black and whites and early color films. Some films that have left you smiling. Not haha comedy. Just nice. Like Singing in the Rain nice.
Ones without a message.... just watched the film Pleasantville and found it beyond stupid. Was it marketed to young teens?
Anyhow again I will compile and put together a lost and post it at the end of the thread for everyone to have to print off.
Thank you.
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One, Two, Three
Yeah, love it.
I concur.
I also recommend "Master and Commander; the far side of the world".
Song of Music
Try the BBC Lovejoy Mysteries with Ian McShane from the late 80s - early 90s.
Just watched “The Quiet Man” (1952, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara) with a 97-year-old neighbor who hadn’t seen it before. He really enjoyed it. I did too; I had seen it a couple of times in the past, but not for about 20 years.
Arsenic and Old Lace.
Father of the Bride (both the Spencer Tracy/Katherine Hepburn or the Steve Martin versions are good).
A Good Year
Ridley Scott director
Russell Crowe lead
It’s a beautiful fun romantic comedy
1940s noirs.
Terminator Salvation.
The Music Man starring Shirley Jones and Robert Preston
Pocket Money starring Paul Newman and Lee Marvin
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
They're one of my guilty pleasures.
Many of them could be considered a bit "dark" and,therefore,perhaps not suitable for what the OP is looking for.
Mildly surprised nobody has mentioned this one:
“The More the Merrier” - Charles Coburn, Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea share a flat during the housing shortage in WW2 DC.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036172/
I don’t remember a reprise season.
Mr. Bean has always tickled my giggle box in ways few others have. I used to watch his DVD collection over and over, as I found that even the same scene played repeatedly would make me laugh hysterically like few other things could!
Can you stand a few more? Good.
Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Egg and I. I also recommend the book.
The “Road” movies with Hope and Crosby.
The Spanish Prisoner.
Topper. BOth the movie and the series.
Topper Returns.
Auntie Mame (How could I have left this one off before!?)
The Red Shoes.
The Devil at 4’O’clock.
Noises Off.
I know that Mr Bean was wildly popular both in Britain and here. I’m a much bigger fan of another comedy Rowan Atkison did in the 1980s called “Blackadder”.Funny...not slapstick funny but “intellectual” funny. Check it out...I’ll bet you’ll like it. But skip the first season...different writers than the excellent succeeding seasons.
Never heard of it! Thank you very much!
The last scene though, hard to watch it without choking up.
Hilarious! I’m not sure why he gets me so good, it may be how he keeps such a straight face while delivering the punch line, like few can or will do. Thanks!
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