Let's narrow the focus a bit.

[shouldazagged]

How about a poll of favorite feel good movies, the kind of flicks that leave you smiling when the closing credits roll.

Some of my favorites, in no particular order:

"The African Queen" (Bogart at his best); "The Gray Fox" (Richard Farnsworth, a charming lady as his love interest, and gorgeous scenery); "The Full Monty" (great ensemble cast of Brits I didn't know); and "Cocoon" (a gaggle of old pros and wonderful direction by Ron Howard).

I should include "The Addams Family", with its really inspired casting, and "The Sting". "The Hunt For Red October", if you can live with a Lithuanian submarine captain in the Russian Navy, played by a Scot who uses the same accent in everything he does.

And lest we forget. "Monty Python And The Holy Grail", or their "Life of Brian" with the most hilariously twisted ending in the history of movies.

Jump in, folks.

 

[Doug627]

"Finding Forrester"

 

[ContinentalOp]

Off the top of my head, the Kung Fu Panda series of animated movies.

Stop looking at me like that...

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I guess I feel that a way about Forrest Gump.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Yes, Forrest Gump, The Hunt for Red October, and The Sting.

Also, Patriot Games; Space Cowboys; and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

McLintok, Dirty Harry, and most of John and Clint's others rank right up there, too.

 

[Absalom]

....the kind of flicks that leave you smiling when the closing credits roll.
....

"Boondock Saints"

 

[shouldazagged]

My only choice for a John Wayne feel good flick would be "The Quiet Man".

 

[ameridaddy]

Room With A View - takes me to a different time, different place, a little love story, lots of laughs, beautiful photography, locations, costumes and music, good acting, happy ending.
and a sleeper, Get Low starring Robert Duvall. The story has more twists than a length of rope, but all's well in the end.

 

[amazingflapjack]

The original "Call of the Wild."

 

[pawngal]

Blazing Saddles, saw at a drive-inn so it was probably me that was "feeling good"

 

[sigp220.45]

Little Miss Sunshine.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Rudy
Cinderella Man
Shawshank Redemption
Big
Remember The Titans
The Green Mile
The Pursuit or Happyness

 

[Golddollar]

Rocky IV. Catch the scene in Russia out in Siberia between Rocky and Duke, Apollo Creed's old trainer.

 

[JayFramer]

A moving picture from when I was but a young lad, The Jazz Singer.

 

[ParadiseRoad]

...Brighton Beach Memoirs...

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[Walena]

My Cousin Vinny

 

[rwsmith]

Huh?????????????

The original "Call of the Wild."

The guy in 'The Call of the Wild' DIES at the end

But I guess the dog lived and took off to find a new master. After taking a few bites of his old one.

 

[rwsmith]

'The.......

'The Princess Bride'. Like Peter Faulk said, it had some of everything.

"Hallo. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

 

[rwsmith]

Oh, in that case.......

Blazing Saddles, saw at a drive-inn so it was probably me that was "feeling good"

It has to be that movie that was on at the drive-in that I didn't see a minute of.

 

[DWFAN]

I think you have to much time on your hands. You need to go climb a rock.

DW