The Top Comfort Movies
Monday January 12, 2009
Movie Mom blogger Neil Minow put together a list of the top Comfort Movies--flicks that go down just right on those no-good, crummy, sniffling, sneezing days. Not a bad list, and hard to quibble with something as idiosyncratic as this....
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My favorites for cheering myself up are:
Galaxy Quest, Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Contact, and What the Bleep Do We Know...also K-Pax. All a little spacey I guess (no pun intended...!)
Bonnie Bonsor
January 12, 2009 8:56 PM
My favorites for cheering myself up are:
Galaxy Quest, Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Contact, and What the Bleep Do We Know...also K-Pax. All a little spacey I guess (no pun intended...!)
"Comfort movies?" Interesting. Let's see....
"The Sandlot"; "Young Frankenstein"; "An American President"; "Toy Story"/"Toy Story 2"; "Roxanne".
"Young Frankenstein" is the best. I must say "Mama Mia" is up there now also.
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pretty in Pink
The Adventures of Gumby
Say Anything
A Christmas Story
I strongly advise nothing by Lars Von Trer. His movies are so upsetting, they may cause hospitalization if you are already ill.
A few more:
I agree on "A Christmas Story" and "Galaxy Quest".
More:
"This Is Spinal Tap"
"Places in the Heart"
"The Princess Bride"
"Wayne's World"
I can't believe I didn't think of "The Princess Bride." Triple duh. I'd also add "Waiting for Guffman."
Lots of good selections here!
I'm with Jes regarding Von Trier. Much as I loved "Breaking the Waves," it's pretty bleak to watch when ill. And the rest of his ouvre is just pretentious and misogynist and...ugh.
My five:
The Godfather
Waiting For Guffman (or any Christopher Guest mockumentary, really)
The Winslow Boy
Wings of Desire
Rear Window
I have to agree with some that have been mentioned.
Princess Bride
Rudy (I am a sucker for that movie)
Band of Brothers
Warren Miller's 'Off The Grid' (any Warren Miller movie)
DOA (The one with Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan)
Man it is hard to limit yourself to only five, but right now those are what comes to mind...Tomorrow it might be different.
I agree re. Bottle Rocket. Also enjoy Galaxy Quest but since I'm limited to five I wouldn't put it on my list.
it also depends on what kind of crummy day I'm having, but here are some old reliables that always cheer me up:
Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein
Some Like It Hot
Guys & Dolls
Truly Madly Deeply (only if I want to be cheered up AND cry copious tears)
The Man Who Knew Too Little (an underrated and hysterical Bill Murray movie)
I love all these suggestions! I am sorry I had to limit my list to 10 as I had a lot of runners-up. Maybe I'll make it an annual tradition.
(Oh, and can you please correct the spelling of my name? Nell Minow -- and many thanks for mentioning my gallery.)
Sorry, Neil! Fixed now.
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