- reaffirms power of human spirit (that things can get better/never to give up/how worth living life can be) films:

• life is beautiful
• forrest gump
• the intouchables
• good will hunting
• mrs doubtfire
• mary poppins
• the shawshank redemption
• secondhand lions
• it's a wonderful life
• cinema paridiso
• the wizard of oz
• to be and to have
• won't you be my neighbour?

- underdog tale, display of triumphant over unbeatable odds:

• attack the block
• the pursuit of happyness
• miracle
• the karate kid
• babe
• the martian
• rudy
• rocky
• galaxy quest
• my cousin vinny
• eddie the eagle
• the bad news bears
• billy elliot
• a knights tale
• remember the titans
• the mighty ducks
• the rookie
• cinderella man
• cool runnings
• miracle
• invincible

- silly films:

• o brother where art thou
• hunt for the wilderpeople
• airplane!
• some like it hot
• blazing saddles
• spaceballs
• the jerk
• 21 jump street
• elf
• school of rock
• despicable me
• crazy rich asians
• duck soup
• monty python and the holy grail

- high energy stories about characters you immediately love:

• clueless
• the bird cage
• the young girls of rochefort
• paddington 2
• city lights
• ernest and celestine
• his girl friday
• bells are ringing
• fantastic mr fox
• isle of dogs
• the grand budapest hotel
• singin' in the rain
• amélie

- movies that make you feel like a kid again:

• willy wonka and the chocolate factory
• la ballon rouge
• the lion king
• to kill a mockingbird
• a christmas story
• song of the sea
• ET
• the princess bride
• the goonies
• the sandlot
• holes
• hook
• home alone
• jumanji
• princess mononoke
• laputa: castle in the sky
• spirited away
• kiki's delivery service
• howl's moving castle
• my neighbour totoro

- movies transport us into falling in love:

• about time
• chungking express
• four weddings and a funeral
• the lady eve
• you've got mail
• the apartment
• breakfast at tiffany's
• when harry met sally
• roman holiday
• charade
• the artist
• love actually
• my big fat greek wedding
• sleepless in seattle
• shakespeare in love
• the gay divorcee
• swing time
• shall we dance
• top hat
• gold diggers of 1935
• it happened one night
• 42nd street

- mellow out, away from stress, care-free movies:

• empire records
• the breakfast club
• the big chill
• diner
• chef
• american grafitti
• the big lebowski
• ferris bueller's day off
• ghostbusters
• clerks
• frances ha
• my dinner with andre
• friday
• the way way back
• a hard day's night
• slacker
• boyhood
• dazed and confused
• everybody wants some

- peaceful films, those without hardly any conflict or plot at all:

• jiro dreams of sushi
• baraka
• spring, summer, fall, winter and ... spring
• samsara
• shoplifters
• our little sister
• the scent of green papaya
• winnie the pooh
• paterson
• syndromes and a century
• uncle boonme who can recall his past lives
• tropical malady
• cemetery of splendor

- bitter-sweet, let it out, sadness is a part of life films:

• tokyo story
• lost in translation
• the curious case of benjamin button
• big fish
• little women
• little miss sunshine
• eternity and a day
• stand by me
• the green mile
• harold and maude
• dead poet's society
• beginners
• call me by your name
• life is beautiful

- kill a lot of time films:

• jeanne dielman, 23 commerce quay, 1080 brussels
• the lord of the rings: trilogy
• harry potter
• star wars
• james bond
• a brighter summer day
• satantango
• out 1
• war and peace
• once upon a time in america
• as i was moving ahead occasionally i saw brief glimpses of beauty
• the irishman
• fanny and alexander