Looking for Film DvD Blu ray 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

Chickensoup

[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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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: movies; shows

[Chickensoup]

I will but sometimes best means hardest to watch like Days of Wine and Roses.

Too hard. No smile.

[Dr. Sivana]

The Philadelphia Story
The 49th Parallel (Brit/Canadian WWII proganda flick, but really well done with an exceptional cast)
Nero Wolfe series (A & E, directed by Timothy Hutton)(a little murder mystery violence, but the show is about the characters, no worse than Poirot)
Jeeves & Wooster (ha ha funny but still worth it, minus Season 4, when it went off the rails)
Martin Chuzzlewit (BBC, 1980s)
The Man Who Would Be King (faithful to the Kipling short story, a little violent)
1970s Columbo series (similar to Poirot)
North by Northwest

[spintreebob]

Football season is here. DRAFT DAY is the best football movie.

[Chickensoup]

Could I pay for no ads?

[Red Badger]

Psycho.........

[Leaning Right]

If you liked the Poirot series, you might like the Sherlock Holmes series starring Jeremy Brett.

Brett is far and away the best Holmes, in my opinion.

The complete Granada TV series is available on Amazon. It’s rather pricey at around $100.

I don’t know how they get away with it, but most episodes are on YouTube, for free. Here’s one:

https://youtu.be/g3EAjzRnbL0?is=RxpTyo—M6dvJZ4E

[Texan4Life]

Bringing Up Baby

[abb]

Hatari! John Wayne, Red Buttons. Directed by Howard Hawks. Just the right amount of comedy and adventure. One of my top 5 movies of all time. Happy ending.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Temple Grandin, nice true story

Second Hand Lions, not a true story, but you kind of wish it was.

Gifted Hands, true story

[Zhang Fei]

Whit Stillman made a bunch of films about young people in urban settings that were eminently watchable - Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco ...

For stupid, schmaltzy comedy, Adam Sandler.

[Chickensoup]

I saw just one of those. I could dovgentle space with a green Lenord Nimoy

[God luvs America]

American Graffiti

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

Most of the entire Audrey Hepburn catalog is just like that.

The most popular one is Roman Holiday.

There's also a fun story with Peter O'Toole, How to Steal a Million with lots of charm and a touch of adventure.

[V_TWIN]

The poster is looking for non violent my friend.....True Grit fails that test....ESPECIALLY the remake. Lol!

I say one thing though, in parts, the remake was absolutely hysterical.

Coulda gone my whole life without seeing that horse getting stabbed at the end though. That was pretty brutal.

[Chickensoup]

Bad Badger!

[Skywise]

Oliver! Scrooge (the musical), shaggy dog, that darn cat, what’s up doc, Oscar (Sylvester Stallone), the happiest millionaire.

Basically any Disney live action movie pre-1970 should fit the bill

[V_TWIN]

The Notebook....if your heart can take it.

[Nateman]

An old classic based on a 1898 story by H.G. Wells. ‘The Man Who Could Work Miracles’. The film about this story was made in 1937 and is a delightful movie to enjoy.

[Chickensoup]

Thank you. I had forgotten....

[Dr. Sivana]

just watched the film Pleasantville and found it beyond stupid.

I also found Pleasantville stupid, and disgustingly filthy. I don't mind retro movies taking a satirical look at the 1950s, but it has to be grounded in reality, and there is no reason for it to be mean-spirited. "Galaxy Quest" made fun of Star Trek, while showing affection for the show at the same time. "Back to the Future" and "Peggy Sue Got Married" poke gentle fun with 1950s time travel, but was not at all mean-spirited or contemptuous.