What is your comfort film?
I want to increase my list of comfortable films, so tell me which movie you are rewatching when you feel sad or just don’t want to relax
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The African Queen or
The Gods Must be Crazy
Oh I LOVE The God’s Must be Crazy! They have a TGMBC 2 that’s even better.
My Cousin Vinny
Seabiscuit
“Pure Luck” is one of my favorites to put me in a good mood. Over the holidays if I’m feeling lonely I put on “Pocketful of Miracles”. It’s not a Christmas movie but is set during the holidays. Never fails to cheer me up.
Casablanca
Fight Club
Lawrence Of Arabia
The Road To Rio
Almost Famous. Love that movie.
I don’t really have a ‘comfort movie’ or even rewatch films much, but I will always watch Shawshank Redemption if it’s on.
Around Christmas, I have to watch Elf and the musical Scrooge with Albert Finney.
The Great Escape / Bridge on the River Kwai / My Favorite Year The last of which I can’t find anywhere.
Local Hero is still a good one.
OMG @janbb & @Dutchess_III I didn’t know anyone else had even heard of that movie!! I love it! Now I gotta see TGMBC 2!
The Goodbye Girl & The Big Chill are a couple of my faves.
Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure.
King of the Kickboxers
Time Chasers
The Day After Tomorrow
I don’t know that I would call it a comfort film, but it sure is one that I come back to when I want a break. It’s a feelgood movie that isn’t corny and stupid: O Brother, Where Art Thou? The performances are outstanding, the odyssey is absorbing, and the music is great.
I also like to return to several of Kurosawa’s movies, particularly Ikiru and The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail.
When I really want an escape, though, it’s the Harry Potter series or the entire extended-edition boxed set of Lord of the Rings, wishing only that I could edit out Liv Tyler.
Oh, yes, and I enjoy seeing RED again when I’m up for something silly and fun after weathering too much Sturm und Drang in real life. I guess that amounts to a kind of comfort.
Young Frankenstein
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Sound of Music
Mary Poppins
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Anything by Alfred Hitchcock
@janbb yep. There is much nostalgia in watching Hitch movies to me. It takes me back to watching them with my parents and siblings as a kid. Watching Hitch movies around Thanksgiving has been a tradition and still is for even my kids.
Love Actually would be my number one. My Big Fat Greek Wedding would make me smile, though I am not sure it would rank high enough to be a comfort movie. One little known one that I like is What We Did On Our Holiday, starring Tennant, Pike, Connolly. Used to be free on YouTube, now it is rent or buy. It’s worth the money.
@lenacooper What films do I watch when I want or don’t want to relax?
Sideways
Departures ( from Japan )
Babette’s Feast
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