I need a list of upbeat movies..

Got some issues that are dragging me down. Tough stuff for me.
Need a list of upbeat films, or movies that end ok, or are just plain fun to watch..
Any titles would be appreciated..Thank you.. Stuart

Make it a Ruth Gordon film festival.

If you want to be me, be me
If you want to be you, be you.

Let's see, I always enjoy "My Favorite Year" and "The Good-bye Girl."

Christopher Walken, Dean Cain, Sharon Stone

Fun movie!

freak but I don't know if you are and IMO, there are too may to mention! I hope you feel better really soon. :hug:

"Sneakers", "Midnight Run" (really funny movie with Robert de Niro and Charles Grodin)

"Sense and Sensibility" is a chick-flick, but really well done and it is very serene (the one from the 90s with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet)

"Wonder Boys" is good, and I always like the ass-kicking Bourne movies - all three of them.

I'm sure I'll think of more -- I hope you feel better. Remember, as my mom always said, 'This too shall pass'. Might not feel like it now, but it will.

A definite enjoyment!

Along that line of Sense and Sensibility is Enchanted April, though I would consider that, in my eyes, to be a "chick flick." I have lots of those I enjoy--The Secret Garden and A Little Princess (the newer ones) are particularly pleasing.

by any chance ever played Dungeons & Dragons? I know a couple of funny movies about that.

- the animated one - the last one done while Walt was still alive, and IMO the best. Great music, fabulous animation.

Yes, it's a prison story...

But it's one of the best movies ever made, EVER.

It will be uplifting for you...

The ending makes me cry, and in a good way...

You will not be sorry!

Of course it's so old that it has a bittersweet quality to it now, but the guys are good-looking, the script is light and funny and the music is "passable". As someone sagely said once "it's like taking a happy pill.". I hope your issues are resolved.

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... as my favorite and most upbeat movie. The narration of Morgan Freeman
at the very end portrays the whole theme of the movie.
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Field of Dreams
Wizard of Oz
It's a Wonderful Life
Triplets of Belleville
The Princess Bride
Big Fish
L.A. Story
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If you can't tell, I'm a BIG fan of fairy tales.
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Back to School with Rodney Dangerfield. Most people have seen Caddyshack, which is quite fun, but Back to School has a lighter feel to it, filled with a good amount of optimism.

You could see The Missionary, with Michael Palin. Good film. Almost any of the Monty Python films is good for cheering up.

If you were a female, there are some I could suggest which are uplifting, but one you might like is Educating Rita, with Michael Caine and Julie Walters.

Almost any Bond films--I'm partial to the Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton ones, personally.

M.A.S.H.--the original with Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland.

Network

Kelly's Heroes--some people put this one down, but it's brainless and fun without any emotional baggage.

Blazing Saddles--a personal favorite, too. It never fails to make me happy. Any Mel Brooks film is funny and relatively light.

That's about it for now. Even if you don't watch them tonight or soon, put them on your list. :)

Also, "Raising Arizona" is so much fun.

'Cept the horse scene-makes me cry like a baby.
But if you counter with the diaper scene..:rofl:
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I know it doesn't sound cheery (lots of violence) but "Tombstone" has a wonderful "you called down the thunder, well now you've got it!" sequence towards the end that will cheer you up. And Val Kilmer is amazing and funny as Doc Holliday.

"Groudhog Day" is sweet and funny and uplifiting, if you haven't seen it. "Stand and Deliver" is just plain ole uplifting.

"Mystic Pizza" is a great chick-flick if you're a woman (guys wouldn't appreciate it)

and, I had barely seen anything before that as well never had HBO or anything when I was young... so, Jamie Lee Curtis was certainly memorable to a teenage me.

Eddie Murphy when he was still funny; Akyroid at the top of his game; an an incredible cast including Denholm Elliott, Ralph Bellamy, and Don Amece.

I defy anyone to feel bad after watching that.

Secretariat (I've seen it several times, and the last race never ceases to move me to happy tears) and Paul (I haven't laughed that hard in a LONG time).

I'll second MFM's vote for "Big Fish" -- one of my all-time favorites.

I also love me some darker comedies when I'm in a funk -- Lake Placid & Dogma are two favorites.

Hope things get better for you!

My Cousin Vinnie
Home for the Holidays
Moonstruck
Broadcast News
Awakenings
The Natural
Rain Man
Multiplicity
To Sir With Love
Houseboat
Groundhog Day
E. T.
Stand By Me
To Kill A Mockingbird
Love Actually
What About Bob?
Tootsie
As Good As It Gets
Silver Streak
Stanley and Iris
Norma Rae
Remains of the Day
Seabiscuit
Field of Dreams
Renaissance Man
Educating Rita
Mr. Holland's Opus
Sliding Doors
American Graffiti
The Color of Money
Bridges of Madison County
Last Chance Harvey
Good Will Hunting
Let It Ride
Harvey
How to Steal a Million
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Bull Durham
Top Gun
Hearts In Atlantis
Absence of Malice
Trading Places
Ghostbusters
No Way Out
Carlito's Way
The French Connection
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Don Juan Demarco
Dead Poets' Society
Avalon
The Accidental Tourist
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Tom Jones

It's your basic story where the everyman character works through a life crisis but I found it charming, funny, touching, unique and extraordinarily uplifting.

It's even available to watch for free on crackle.com.

The Dish

Flushed Away

Galaxy Quest

A Knight's Tale

Major League

My Favorite Year

Ratatoulle

Some Like It Hot

The Sting

Any one of Mel Brook's films (If Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein don't lift your spirits, :hug:)

Dead Poet's Society
Stand and Deliver
Apollo 13
Hoosiers
Rudy
Field of Dreams
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Norma Rae
The Right Stuff
The Shawshank Redemption
The Great Escape
Dances With Wolves
A Beautiful Mind
Chariots of Fire
Ray

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Nice story, some good laughs and some good drama and romance, with a good ending, and I LOVE the music. But then I love Wales and Celtic stuff.

"Up" is really funny, the dogs are great and the curmudgeon really grows on you. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" - even the second time I watched it.

For the science fiction fan, "Matinee" is lots of fun, especially if you know anything about William Castle or were a kid during the Cuban missile crisis. The cast is really good.

as good as it gets! (I couldn't resist, sorry.)

What's Up Doc?
Death at a Funeral (I like the original MUCH more than the second one) - despite the title, it is HILARIOUS
I Love You, Man
Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels
Seems Like Old Times

To all that added to this list.

Upbeat films will help get me thruogh a down period,
I need hip surgery, both, (not a big thing, I know, but I am scared)
And my girl friend needs shoulder sugery..six weeks till she can drive.

We will be watching these movies. Thank you again. We appreciate you.

Stuart

There are some really great upbeat films on this thread that you both will enjoy. My rec is Legally Blonde, a joyous romp from the first scene to the last. What I like the most about it is that the cast seems to be having so much fun making this film.

Best of luck to you and your partner.:-)

"Best in Show"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Blazing Saddles"
"Baghdad Cafe"
"Groundhog Day"

And a nice little weirdie: "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill". It's a documentary about an ageing hippie who adopts a flock of escaped parrots, and it's available for streaming from Netflix.

the best screwball Cary Grant movies are His Girl Friday and Arsenic and old Lace

Also, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Almost 3 hours but a great 3 hours

with Dana Carvey. It's just one of the funniest comedies I've ever seen. I'm surprised it didn't do better when in came out in the early '90s.

The First Puppy travels to Martha's Vineyard to find "the fam."

Meant to put it in the "Subtract a letter from a movie title" thread. (Which I will now do.)

Soooo good!:rofl:

Very funny, sweet, human, hopeful. Highly recommend!


Also, for a good laugh:
Galaxy Quest
My Cousin Vinny
Shaun of the Dead
Death at a Funeral

Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion

It could be a little girly (what with all the ABBA songs!) but it's one of the funnest movies I know.

I've been so down and depressed the last few years, the planet goin' to hell and all, but I've learned to use music to cheer myself up :D

on demand. It was hysterical!!!!!

Starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Dianne Keaton. I laughed out loud!

Here is a clip:
http://www.morningglorymovie.com/cast-diane-keaton.html#home

Roughly in that order.

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I just realized, nearly everyone in that movie has passed! Frigging hilarious movie, though.

Welcome to DU!

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I'm not a big Notre Dame fan, and even I think it's a great movie.

If you don't laugh at Whoopi's one liners or the sheer awfulness of the movie...well... It's actually on my top 10 list and I love it!!! "Fucka duck!"

Best for geeks, but resonates with us dorks and nerds, too.

Charlie Chaplin's little tramp is the eternal optimist. Whatever predicaments he finds himself in he is always able to get himself out of them.