Adderbox76 19 points 6 months ago

Princess Bride, of course.

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Marthirial 5 points 6 months ago

And Pride and Prejudice.

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Anchorxiety 19 points 6 months ago

Have you seen Amélie? Not at all my usual kind of film, but I watched it because I heard good things about it. It's a very quirky and endearing film and I really enjoyed it.

It's French though so you'll need subtitles. Unless you are a French speaker lol

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NameTaken 15 points 6 months ago

Pretty general description but a few movies come to mind. I Swear The Holdovers The Peanut butter falcon Little Miss sunshine

Not sure if any of those are exactly what you're looking for but hope that helps

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roger.wood 11 points 6 months ago

Secondhand lions.

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IntrovertTurtle 3 points 6 months ago

I fucking love that movie, and a few years later I realized the kid is Sora in Kingdom Hearts!

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roger.wood 2 points 6 months ago

It's probably the most "feel-good movie" I can think of

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IWW4 11 points 6 months ago

I am going to assume you know all the main ones such as The Princess Bride, Stardust, A League of Their Own and various romcoms, When Harry Met Sally, You Got Mail.

Here are some others that may have what you are looking for.

Flow. It is about a cat leading a group of animals to safety during a flood.
Good Night Oppy. It is the story of the Mars Lunar Landers and the amazing way they were used. It is incredibly inspiring, as is so much that NASA does.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On: It is a stop motion movie about a shell and damn it is so good.
The Florida Project. This is an odd one, but it does have a lot of tackiness too it, but not in an overt way.

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LadyButterfly 8 points 6 months ago

Mate I would never have picked Good Night Oppy but I'm watching it now and really enjoying it! Thanks so much

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IWW4 6 points 6 months ago

It is so excellent! Glad you are enjoying it!

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HowlsSophie 7 points 6 months ago

Seconding Marcel the Shell with Shoes on!

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B0NK3RS 9 points 6 months ago

Napoleon Dynamite
Brassed Off
October Sky
Fighting With My Family

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DagwoodIII 5 points 6 months ago

"Fighting With My Family" is so ridiculously good.

The most violent Hallmark movie ever.

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MirrorGiraffe 2 points 6 months ago

Normally I'm a bit of a movie snob and would never have picked up s title called Napoleon Dynamite but I'm glad I was convinced, one of my favourite movies!

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ozymandias 8 points 6 months ago

Beetlejuice

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Rai 5 points 6 months ago

I rewatched it for the first time since childhood with my partner and we were both shocked at how little screen time and lines a Beetlejuice had compared to our memories of the movie! Still one of my favorites, though. Mega holds up. …also we were on acid.

Tap for spoiler

NICE FUCKIN’ MODEL! …honk honk!

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ozymandias 6 points 6 months ago

yeah it’s always risky watching beloved childhood movies. With you be flooded with nostalgia or ruin a special memory?
Beetlejuice was a family classic for me growing up… we only had a few VHS’s and that was one so we rewatched it 1,000,000 times.

Bettlejuice 2 sucked but it did manage to milk a couple drops out of my nostalgia gland.

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rumschlumpel 8 points 6 months ago

I really enjoyed this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_(2014_film)

Might be a little tacky, but its literal history and AFAIK they did a good job with it.

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LadyButterfly 3 points 6 months ago

As a rainbow person I approve

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Overspark 7 points 6 months ago

Moonrise Kingdom is always worth a (re)watch.

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misk 6 points 6 months ago

Probably whole Wes Anderson filmography up until he went off the rails with the formula (Grand Budapest Hotel and later) would fit.

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AnalogHole 4 points 6 months ago

Wrong. It went to shit starting with Isle of the Dogs. GBH was peak

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misk 5 points 6 months ago

Grand Budapest Hotel is a very good movie (and so is Isle of Dogs) but it’s around that time when Wes Anderson became too much style over substance imo and OP wanted to avoid „tacky” which I would say those are.

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FinjaminPoach 1 point 6 months ago

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whotookkarl 7 points 6 months ago

The hunt for the wilder people - Taika Waititi directed Sam Neill and the kid from Deadpool 2, fun and heartwarming

Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams adapted book, towels and bypasses

The blues brothers - a little old but I think it's pretty good, plenty of good music

Duck soup - Marx brothers comedy that mostly hold up, very old so a couple things mentioned that were cultural references at the time are no longer known but that's pretty rare overall

Some other worth mentioning: animated Robin hood, o brother where art thou, free solo

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Rai 4 points 6 months ago

The Hunt for the Wilderpeople…

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Happy Birthday Ricky Baker randomly plays in my head ALL THE TIME and I’ve only seen the movie once and I was blasted out of my mind on sass and remember NOTHING ELSE about the movie

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AZX3RIC 6 points 6 months ago

The Way Way Back.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1727388/

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uhmbah 4 points 6 months ago

@LadyButterfly you'll enjoy this one.

Edit: #LadyButterfly

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LadyButterfly 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks bud

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djdarren 3 points 6 months ago

That's a solid cast in that movie. I'll add it to my list.

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B0NK3RS 3 points 6 months ago

Thanks. Haven't seen this before so will watch it tonight.

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LadyButterfly 2 points 6 months ago

That looks lovely thanks

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B0NK3RS 1 point 6 months ago

I watched it today with my kids and it was great :)

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TotallyNotSpezUpload 6 points 6 months ago

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BigBananaDealer 6 points 6 months ago

is chef considered tacky? thats an ultimate feel good movie

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Jackhammer_Joe 4 points 6 months ago

It is amazing!

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DagwoodIII 5 points 6 months ago

Old gold.

"Sullivan's Travels."

Big shot Hollywood boy genius director decides he's going to make a movie about the poor and downtrodden. His boss points out that the director grew up well off and has been making $10,000 a week since he graduated college.

So he decides to hit the road and see what poverty is really like...

Classic Hollywood screwball comedy

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Doubleohdonut 4 points 6 months ago

The foundation of the Coen brothers career ❤️

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mbp 5 points 6 months ago

Wow, the other comments are amazing.

My partner and I love this genre in particular and y'all took most of my answers!

Some that I did not see mentioned yet:

Paddington / Paddington 2: so so so so good. The second might be better than the first
Rushmore: Wes Anderson before he was a meme. A bit crass but quite fun.
Ponyo: Myazaki movie, lovely animation, brings us to tears and is suitable for many moods
Polyester: Devine-starred comedy that is over the top, full of love, and so funny
Lars and the Real Girl: Ryan Gosling is a hermit and falls in love with a sex doll. The entire small town rallies together to try and reintegrate him into society.

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subOrange 5 points 6 months ago

If you are in a “what is love / would anyone love me / would I love anyone” type of period, I recommend you watch Before Sunrise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_Sunrise

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misk 4 points 6 months ago

I couldn’t believe this movie was downloaded when I set Radarr to download IMDb top250. The premise of the movie is that two relatively wealthy people smell each others farts for an hour and a half.

Character 1: I have this incredibly popular worldview which makes me sound cool.

Character 2: I can’t believe it! I’m also a very smart free thinker! I thought I was the only one :O

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dr_yeti 5 points 6 months ago

The old Alan Rickman movie Truly madly deeply is great. Definitely not tacky. Probably wholesome? I definitely felt more happy than sad when credits rolled, and better for having watched it.

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besmtt 4 points 6 months ago

Stranger than fiction.

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Maestro 4 points 6 months ago

"Bicentennial Man" with Robin Williams and Sam Neill. It's about a robot who gains consciousness.

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dellish 3 points 6 months ago

If you get Australian humour, The Castle is fantastic. Very wholesome and very funny, although I have known non-Australians to watch it and have most of it go over their head.

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BlameTheAntifa 3 points 6 months ago

The Menu

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jimmoslice 3 points 6 months ago

Wonder Boys is one of my all time favourites

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RaoulDuke25 3 points 6 months ago

The Intern