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18 Movie Suggestions:
The Best Feel-Good Movies That Will Make You Smile
If you’re a fan of feel-good, happy movies that are bound to make you smile, this post is for you!
Whether you’ve had a bad day or simply just want something to watch that will make your soul happy, there’s something in this list of everyone.
Most of these movies are super well-known, and they are worth watching over and over because of how good they are!
Ready to smile from ear to ear and fill your heart up with happiness? Let’s get to the movie recommendations!
Mamma Mia
From IMDb: The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA.
Forrest Gump
From IMDb: The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate and other historical events unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
School of Rock
From IMDb: After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
Grease
From IMDb: Good girl Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John) and greaser Danny Zuko (John Travolta) fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they’re now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?
Mrs Doubtfire
From IMDb: After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.
Matilda
From IMDb: Story of a wonderful little girl, who happens to be a genius, and her wonderful teacher vs. the worst parents ever and the worst school principal imaginable.
The Terminal
From IMDb: An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
The Blind Side
From IMDb: The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
Home Alone
From IMDb: An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.
The Bucket List
From IMDb: Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.
The Parent Trap
From IMDb: Identical twins Annie and Hallie, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, later discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together.
Pitch Perfect
From IMDb: Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school’s all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.
Big
From IMDb: After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.
The Shawshank Redemption
From IMDb: Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
Legally Blonde
From IMDb: Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon), a fashionable sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school, while she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.
Dirty Dancing
From IMDb: Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances “Baby” Houseman falls in love with the camp’s dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
The Sound of Music
From IMDb: A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.
Eat Pray Love
From IMDb: A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to “find herself”.
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Are there any feel-good movies that are your favorites which aren’t on this list? Let me know what they are below in the comments!
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Some great films on this list, I’ve actually seen them all!
They’re some of my absolute favorites!
Love this list – for sure some great feel-good movies! Thanks!
Thank you!
I love all these movies! Matilda was my number one as a kid. lol
I still watch Matilda almost every year 😅
These are some great movies! Always looking for great feel-good movies!
Thank you!
Great post, Legally Blonde is one of my favorites! And anything with Sandra Bullock in it.
Same here!
Great pics! Grease is my all time favorite movie!!
Such a good movie!!
I am so glad to know that Matilda is a movie! I was in the middle of reading it with the little girl that I had reading specialist sessions with before Covid-19 cancelled them. We were enjoying this book, immensely, so I will have to watch this movie so I can find out what happens next. This was a fun read!
I haven’t read the book but the movie is SO good! You’ll definitely enjoy it!
Great choices! Love your blog!
Thank you so much!
Wow some really feel good list of movies. I have watched some of these and I can vouche on it.
Thank you!
Omg these films they are amazing! I am also now really in the mood to watch mama Mia 1&2, they are my favourite!!!
The second Mamma Mia movie is really good too!
Great list! Pitch perfect always puts me in a good mood!
Such a good movie!
Both Big and Shawshank Redemption are a few of my favorites! Polar opposites but both amazing in their own way!
Both are amazing movies!
Some great suggestions here! I think I’ve seen all but 2! I might rewatch The Bucket List soon – that’s such a great movie!
Definitely one of my favorites!
I love watching movies that makes me happy and have happy endings. Cause I feel like the world is already bad, and bad things happen to good people, all these things I cannot change or have a choice. But I have a choice for the kind of movies I watch, so no horror, thriller anything sorrowful that would make me cry is a no no.
I usually gravitate towards happy movies for the same reason as you!
What a great list! I love how a good movie can totally change your mood and make it a better day! This has me wanting to rewatch some of these classics!
Classics will always be my favorite. Love them!
I prefer films with tragic or unclear endings if I’m honest (don’t know what that says about me haha) however I do love some of these! Forrest Gump, The Terminal, and The Shawshank Redemption are amazing films. I think my favourite feel-good movie has to be Love Actually!
I don’t think I’ve watched Love, Actually! I’ll need to watch it one of these days.
Grease will FOREVER be my favourite film, just thinking about it takes me to my happy place! It’s just so bloody feel good!
Rosie
So many masterpieces on this list. Cant really go wrong with any musical also FG, Blindside and SSR are classics
They’re some of my favorites! Thank you for stopping by!
These are some classic movies, love it. I could watch Matilda and home alone even in my sleep. You listed movies featuring Sandra Bullocks and I haven’t seen it. It is time to go watch it. Thanks for sharing 💜
You will love them! I love pretty much any movie Sandra Bullock is in 😊
So many classics!!! I need to go back and watch these!!
Classics are the best, aren’t they? 😊
This is a great list of feel good movies. Thanks for sharing, I haven’t seen some of them on this lost and Excited to add them to my list.
Enjoy!
Great list of films some of my all time faves on this list. And I recently saw Shawshank redemption is available to see in Netflix. Thanks for the reminders for these films especially during these times
You’re welcome! Happy watching!
The Blind Side is one of my all-time favorite movies. He was such a great football, player!
Love the whole list. So many good ones on here.
tonyalee @ vivaciousbibliophile.com
I recently binge watched all the Pitch Perfect movies! I forgot how funny they are and they definitely belong on this list!
I still need to watch the last one, but I love the first two!
I have never seen the Blind Side but will be checking it out now! Thanks for sharing this list and giving me something new to try!
Oh you will love The Blind Side!
SO many good suggestions on this list! Legally Blonde, Dirty Dancing and School of Rock never fail to cheer me up – perfect movies for lifting the lockdown fog!
Absolutely! I’ve been watching funny and happy movies all lockdown long. There’s already enough drama in the world so I don’t need to watch anything grim!
Wow great post some of my favorites. I could watch Home Alone and Eat, Pray, Love over and over😀💙