An Ultimate List of Feel Good Films (with the best rom-coms around, if I say so…)

  I’ve had a wobbly week (Liv, it’s Monday), have got my period and don’t know when I’ll next get to see my family again- and I’m unfortunately sure 100% of you will relate to at least one part of that too. So- throwing a stab in the dark here, might I suggest that it may be time to settle in to one of the below?

After asking Instagram for the finest chick flicks (a term which caused much discussion- with my stance being that we need to ‘reclaim’ the genre and celebrate it, in a nutshell)- lots of wonderful people online came to my rescue and supplied one of the heartiest (and heartfelt) lists of films I’ve ever seen. Obviously once you start scrolling, you’ll realise these films span all genres- from romance, drama, family, comedy and musical- with few tears left unshed too. Comprised of a list of films I turn to again and again when I need a lift, to the ones that you all love wholly too- hopefully you’ll find something to pick you up in these continually uncertain times- whether you’re after a love story, total weepy, big-town sing-a-long or a ‘SHIT! I haven’t seen that in years!’

As a disclaimer, I haven’t seen all of these, but based on your recommendations I’ve tried to categorize to the best of my ability and include near enough everything (I think!) that I think you’ll devour quicker than a batch of Anna’s cookies…

 

Throw me a classic!
Bridget Jones (all of them) – Notting Hill – Dirty Dancing – Footloose – You’ve Got Mail – Legally Blonde – Jerry Maguire – Ever After – Roman Holiday – While You Were Sleeping – Four Weddings and a Funeral – Serendipity – Breakfast at Tiffanys – The Holiday – My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Pride and Prejudice – Emma (either version) – Muriel’s Wedding – Bridesmaids
I WANT FILMS WITH SONGS I WILL SING ALL WEEK PLEASE
The Sound of Music – Mamma Mia! 1 & 2 – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang  – La La Land – Grease –  Singin’ In The Rain – Blinded by the Light – Sing Street – That Thing You Do!  – Kinky Boots – Yesterday – Oklahoma! – The Young Girls of Rochefort! – Gigi – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes – Meet me in St. Louis – Dream Girls – Sister Act 1 & 2 – Some Like It Hot – Little Shop of Horrors – Annie – About A Boy (kind of…) – Funny Girl – The Sapphires – Umbrellas of Cherbourg – The Hannah Montana Movie (sorry not sorry)

Oh no, please no singing!
Julie and Julia – The Devil Wears Prada – The Princess Diaries – Love, Rosie – Crazy Stupid Love – Friends with Benefits – The Big Sick – Forgetting Sarah Marshall – About Last Night – Something’s Gotta Give – How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days – It’s Complicated – Mona Lisa Smile –  Two Weeks Notice – French Kiss – Sense and Sensibility – Home Again – Sabrina – Crazy Rich Asians – The Women – Marie Antoinette – Say Anything – The Intern – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
I’d quite like to just… let it all out with a weepy
Brooklyn –  The Notebook – The Theory of Everything – About Time – P.S I Love You – Up – A Star Is Born
I want to be soppy (and still maintain that I like a ‘cool’ film)…
500 Days of Summer – Call Me By Your Name – Moonrise Kindgom – Amelie – Almost Famous – Empire Records – The Boat That Rocked

Give me teenage BRILLIANCE!
She’s All That – Never Been Kissed – The Perks of Being A Wallflower – To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before – 13 Going On 30 – Ladybird – Me Without You – Josie and the Pussycats – 10 Things I Hate About You – Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
I want Eighties! HAIR, MUSIC AND POWER DRESSING
Pretty Woman – When Harry Met Sally – Sleepless in Seattle – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Working Girl – Mystic Pizza – Pretty in Pink – Father of the Bride 1 & 2 – Steel Magnolias – 9 to 5 – Gregory’s Girl – Sixteen Candles
So what if it’s only PG rated…
Paddington 1&2 – The Lizzy McGuire Movie – The Little Mermaid – A Cinderella Story – Princess Protection Programme – She’s the Man – Labyrinth – My Neighbour Totoro – Hunt for the Wilderpeople – The Parent Trap – Christopher Robin – That Darn Cat! – Big Hero 6 – 101 Dalmatians – Mary Poppins – The Goonies – The Railway Children – The Secret Garden – Matilda – Peter Rabbit – Inside Out – Tangled – Mulan – It Takes Two (and really any Mary-Kate and Ashley film)

The one you may not have heard of…
This Beautiful Fantastic – A Fish Called Wanda – The Truth About Cats & Dogs – I Love Lucy – Stepping Out – Tootsie – Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day – What If  – Only You – Begin Again – Little Manhattan – Last Holiday – Love Story – Sunshine on Leith – Under The Tuscan Sun – Mermaids – Man Up – What’s Up Doc – The Hundred-Foot Journey – Maggie’s Plan – Ladies in Black
For when you want to keep things platonic…
Clueless – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Little Women – Wonder – What We Did On Our Holiday – The Grand Budapest Hotel – Booksmart – Erin Brockovich – Chef – Hidden Figures – The Peanut Butter Falcon – 20th Century Women – Big – Mrs Doubtfire – The Help
Actually- can we just do a TV show?
Schitt’s Creek – Modern Family – Brooklyn 99 – Crazy Ex Girlfriend – Never Have I Ever – New Girl – Gilmore Girls – The Darling Buds of May – Derry Girls – Normal People – The Durrells
JUST DON’T CHECK THE ROTTEN TOMATOES RATINGS…
Housesitter – 27 Dresses – Bewitched – But I’m A Cheerleader – Now and Then – Letters To Juliet – Runaway Bride – Leap Year – Fools Rush In

Are there any others that should be added? The bigger the hair/the more songs the better!

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