Feel Good Movies, a list by dave Miller

6.7

/243128/

70

/6648/

66

/3516/

3.5

/330133/

69

/88/

73

/14225/

58

/19/

3.0

age 10+

Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.

53

5.9

/87140/

64

/2495/

61

/1563/

2.7

/33369/

40

/42/

36

/1736/

51

/23/

2.5

age 12+

In the South Pacific island of Makatea, career-driven magazine editor Robin Monroe is on a week-long vacation getaway with her boyfriend, Frank Martin. An emergency work assignment in neighboring Tahiti requires Robin to hire the cantankerous pilot Quinn Harris who had flown them to Makatea on a small transport plane. While flying, a powerful storm forces Quinn to make an emergency landing on a nearby deserted island. The dissimilar pair avoid each other at first, until they're forced to team up to escape from the island -- and some pirates who want their heads.

69

7.0

/216549/

73

/7800/

68

/3274/

3.6

/262590/

59

/154/

79

/21461/

56

/36/

3.0

age 12+

William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion—assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.

57

6.1

/185916/

65

/4762/

64

/3313/

3.4

/522218/

40

/154/

57

/27284/

47

/31/

age 13+

Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.

70

7.1

/398647/

73

/13196/

74

/8756/

3.7

/1057917/

65

/77/

68

/1183532/

51

/18/

3.5

age 15+

While on a business trip in Los Angeles, Edward Lewis, a millionaire entrepreneur who makes a living buying and breaking up companies, picks up a prostitute, Vivian, while asking for directions; after, Edward hires Vivian to stay with him for the weekend to accompany him to a few social events, and the two get closer only to discover there are significant hurdles to overcome as they try to bridge the gap between their very different worlds.

80

8.0

/731440/

79

/21621/

76

/8594/

3.8

/810957/

94

/144/

88

/14897/

72

/14/

3.0

age 11+

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.

61

6.4

/93215/

66

/2314/

63

/1443/

3.1

/62652/

52

/132/

62

/4692/

44

/27/

3.0

age 13+

When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.

73

6.8

/284479/

69

/8284/

67

/5378/

3.5

/718459/

79

/165/

81

/14146/

66

/33/

3.5

age 15+

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against expectations. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. Her charming boss takes an interest in her, and she cannot stop running into a rather disagreeable acquaintance whom Bridget cannot help finding quietly attractive.

71

IMDb 91

7.5

/576761/

75

/15892/

71

/7213/

3.5

/964042/

64

/229/

72

/927665/

55

/41/

3.5

age 15+

Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.

57

6.3

/83017/

67

/2252/

66

/1443/

3.1

/60728/

42

/158/

62

/14394/

50

/33/

2.0

age 12+

Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the kitchen to find true happiness.

58

6.4

/245712/

67

/8330/

65

/4128/

3.4

/420729/

42

/115/

69

/19644/

43

/20/

2.0

age 13+

When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.

63

6.8

/408998/

71

/14433/

68

/7546/

3.4

/769120/

45

/175/

65

/1249478/

48

/38/

3.0

age 13+

Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.

74

7.2

/378465/

73

/9650/

72

/6529/

3.7

/1228310/

84

/106/

79

/14725/

68

/34/

3.0

age 13+

London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.

63

6.7

/68896/

70

/2021/

67

/1450/

3.2

/97090/

53

/128/

73

/7834/

48

/29/

age 10+

Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soulmate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company? This untraditional fairy tale is about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.

62

6.5

/16995/

64

/422/

62

/271/

3.2

/3590/

64

/59/

65

/1037/

54

/20/

An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and accepts a ride home with Scarlet, a cashier who is about to interview for a new job. The actor rediscovers the essence of his craft while helping Scarlet gain the confidence she needs to change her life.

82

7.8

/380324/

77

/10221/

76

/6173/

4.0

/996490/

93

/270/

86

/6758/

84

/43/

3.5

age 14+

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

68

7.3

/90827/

75

/3006/

72

/1498/

3.5

/40058/

69

/142/

81

/1511/

55

/36/

2.0

age 12+

A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.

58

7.3

/269919/

75

/7389/

71

/3978/

3.3

/133725/

40

/176/

77

/20554/

42

/34/

1.0

age 14+

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.

71

7.7

/105401/

76

/3265/

80

/3236/

3.8

/372037/

54

/76/

79

/1068/

45

/24/

3.5

age 11+

When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.

59

6.9

/450134/

73

/23044/

68

/10365/

3.6

/1047507/

35

/57/

62

/19689/

46

/22/

2.0

age 10+

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.

59

6.5

/313312/

69

/8202/

68

/4332/

3.8

/1764870/

42

/149/

77

/26737/

45

/31/

1.5

age 13+

It's the battle of wills, as Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days, whereas Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clock is ticking—and the wildly entertaining comedy smash is off and running in this irresistible tale of sex, lies and outrageous romantic fireworks!

69

7.1

/237900/

73

/9923/

68

/4614/

3.6

/240420/

73

/55/

85

/9597/

47

/16/

age 15+

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

79

7.7

/267778/

77

/7314/

74

/4430/

4.1

/954830/

88

/129/

89

/12295/

76

/17/

3.0

age 16+

Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry's fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other?

77

7.2

/354283/

74

/12933/

70

/5998/

3.8

/1061268/

92

/199/

64

/1335862/

82

/41/

3.5

age 10+

Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.

53

5.9

/96020/

67

/4493/

67

/3359/

3.5

/395640/

25

/119/

59

/12468/

43

/31/

1.5

age 8+

Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Accompanied by her friend Lilly, Mia continues her 'princess lessons', like riding horses side-saddle and archery. But her already complicated life is turned upside down once again when she learns that she is to take the crown as queen earlier than expected, all while she meets a mysteriously charming young man.

65

6.4

/106383/

68

/5945/

67

/4438/

2.6

/275359/

73

/118/

66

/1075/

56

/28/

3.0

age 14+

Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together they'll face the school's mean girl and remind everyone that we are all someone's DUFF… and that's totally fine.

53

6.1

/58855/

68

/1727/

68

/1236/

3.0

/74122/

12

/139/

67

/4944/

32

/34/

2.5

age 15+

With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be the groom's best man. Determined to show everyone -- most of all Jeffrey -- that her romantic life is as full and thrilling as ever, Kat hires a charming male escort as her date.

77

7.3

/257240/

74

/8576/

71

/3886/

3.6

/310066/

98

/81/

82

/9806/

73

/20/

age 13+

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.

50

6.2

/87206/

65

/4582/

69

/2314/

2.6

/275646/

45

/60/

54

/226/

44

/15/

0.5

age 16+

Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.

66

6.7

/24983/

69

/516/

67

/359/

3.3

/32268/

52

/33/

71

/514/

3.0

Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union based on friendship and respect.

73

7.0

/224396/

72

/5361/

65

/1863/

3.4

/177738/

82

/203/

74

/15188/

70

/34/

3.5

age 17+

Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward "man-dates."

79

7.7

/537300/

78

/29549/

76

/12098/

4.0

/2012495/

89

/227/

87

/11256/

71

/34/

age 5+

Feisty teenager Rapunzel, who has long and magical hair, wants to go and see sky lanterns on her eighteenth birthday, but she's bound to a tower by her overprotective mother. She strikes a deal with Flynn Rider, a charming wanted thief, and the duo set off on an action-packed escapade.

74

7.4

/607447/

75

/16146/

72

/9025/

3.7

/1268333/

80

/236/

78

/7420/

68

/40/

3.0

age 14+

Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.

76

6.9

/206451/

72

/12048/

70

/3873/

3.5

/881649/

91

/373/

76

/2724/

74

/51/

3.5

age 13+

An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous.

62

6.4

/196418/

65

/7605/

60

/2641/

2.8

/164042/

64

/210/

56

/9243/

63

/36/

3.0

age 18+

Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does nothing but play video games in his basement. But they get a chance to brighten their future by changing their past after a night of heavy drinking in a ski-resort hot tub results in their waking up in 1986.

60

6.4

/179320/

70

/8258/

70

/5182/

3.7

/1094838/

49

/117/

68

/17293/

52

/27/

1.5

age 8+

A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.

60

6.2

/131429/

68

/4170/

64

/1626/

2.8

/138679/

38

/159/

78

/18638/

45

/35/

3.0

age 13+

New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.

70

7.5

/65873/

78

/1729/

72

/805/

3.6

/31790/

60

/134/

84

/3395/

52

/33/

3.0

age 10+

The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.

63

6.6

/346856/

68

/10252/

65

/6077/

3.1

/251415/

68

/184/

62

/1109726/

58

/36/

2.5

age 13+

Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships.

73

7.1

/344379/

74

/17866/

66

/4412/

3.5

/1002865/

85

/204/

79

/32406/

66

/39/

3.0

age 8+

When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.

64

6.4

/190004/

68

/5151/

68

/3221/

3.5

/750022/

44

/113/

79

/41694/

45

/28/

3.0

age 12+

Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola's twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.

72

6.7

/170975/

72

/6587/

72

/4415/

3.8

/983405/

87

/52/

70

/17563/

63

/19/

3.0

age 6+

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.

73

7.1

/478663/

75

/16184/

72

/9273/

3.8

/2754030/

84

/220/

66

/1243725/

66

/39/

3.0

age 13+

Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

50

6.4

/239950/

67

/6060/

65

/3690/

2.6

/165455/

14

/173/

60

/15150/

28

/31/

2.0

age 16+

A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.

68

7.0

/174510/

72

/6435/

71

/4725/

3.4

/238640/

63

/142/

75

/18410/

53

/30/

3.0

age 13+

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.

59

6.7

/38173/

70

/957/

70

/722/

3.3

/35170/

34

/97/

76

/2495/

30

/28/

2.5

age 14+

Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.

76

7.1

/85543/

75

/2279/

74

/1538/

3.7

/84871/

91

/66/

84

/16536/

66

/22/

3.0

age 8+

Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother, Rodmilla, is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.

87

8.4

/1301974/

84

/47716/

81

/19785/

4.2

/2362408/

95

/258/

90

/50436/

95

/39/