Monday, December 12, 2011

30 Good Mood Films

If you were to pick some films to boost the spirit of someone who is down (or yourself), what would they be?

My own quick choices:


  1. Local Hero


  2. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World


  3. The In-Laws (the version with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin)


  4. A Night at the Opera


  5. Strictly Ballroom


  6. Cinema Paradiso


  7. The Muse


  8. Moonstruck


  9. Radio Days


  10. Harvey


  11. Napoleon Dynamite


  12. Animal House


  13. A Shot in the Dark


  14. My Favorite Year


  15. A Day at the Races


  16. Bell, Book and Candle


  17. The Egg and I


  18. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines


  19. Groundhog Day


  20. Sideways


  21. Galaxy Quest


  22. O Brother, Where Art Thou?


  23. Other People's Money


  24. The General


  25. The Freshman


  26. The Secret of Santa Vittoria


  27. Play It Again, Sam


  28. The Full Monty


  29. Bowfinger


  30. Arsenic and Old Lace

Others?

4 comments:

Dan in Philly said...

History of the World, Part I

Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail

Airplane!

The Princess Bride

John said...

Benny and Joon

Jonathan said...

The Muppet Movie (the original)

Rudy

Scent of a Woman

Amelie

Michael Wade said...

Great additions. I've seen all of them but Benny and Joon. Will check it out.

Another one I should have listed: "Michael" with John Travolta.