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post #31 of 69
8/2/03 at 11:30pm
Moulin Rouge - does it everytime, especially the sequences "Your Song" and "Elephant Love Song Medley".

Punch-Drunk Love
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Back to the Future
Life of Brian
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post #32 of 69
8/3/03 at 12:16am
Singin' In The Rain
Ikiru
Steamboat Bill Jr.
Sullivan's Travels
It Happened One Night
It's A Wonderful Life
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo De La Cruz
Smiles Of A Summer Night
Stardust Memories
8 1/2
Boyfriends and Girlfriends
Searching For Bobby Fisher
The Secret Of Roan Inish
The Big Lebowski
Raising Arizona
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

and many more...
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post #33 of 69
8/3/03 at 12:50am
Good question!

Mine are easy:

The Princess Bride
Young Frankenstein
Toy Story
Ruthless People (LOVE the ending!)
Swingers
Almost Famous
Dazed & Confused
A Christmas Story
A Fish Called Wanda
Shrek

...and hundreds more...
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post #34 of 69
8/3/03 at 12:52am
Without a doubt As Good As It Gets. Great characters, great writing, just great everything. That is the one movie that can make me happy regardless of any situation.
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post #35 of 69
8/3/03 at 1:50am
Thread Starter 
Arizona Dream!
Watching Gallo's recreation of the crop-dusting scene from NORTH BY NORTHWEST is enough to make my day
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post #36 of 69
8/3/03 at 2:15pm
I've seen Mrs Doubtfire a number of times, and I've always found it very agreeable.
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post #37 of 69
8/3/03 at 2:19pm
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
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post #38 of 69
8/3/03 at 2:52pm
October Sky
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post #39 of 69
8/3/03 at 3:17pm
My Sassy Girl

Shaolin Soccer

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post #40 of 69
8/4/03 at 2:00am
High Fidelity above all others!
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post #41 of 69
8/4/03 at 7:11am
Memento.
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post #42 of 69
8/4/03 at 10:30am
Thread Starter 
It's very interesting to see how people get different feelings out of a movie. Memento, for example, makes me feel very sad. I find the whole movie gloomy and maybe because I have always been uncomfortable with the thought of different possibilities and kinds of mental traps and vicious circles that one's mind can fall into; I feel sorry each time I watch that film. I still think it's a good movie though.
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post #43 of 69
8/4/03 at 1:11pm
Definately THE RAINMAKER!

I never get tired of watching this movie. Makes me feel good to see the little good guy beat the big bad guys against all odds.

Good performances by all involved and great cast (Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, John Voight, Danny Glover, etc, etc).
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post #44 of 69
8/5/03 at 6:20am
Babe (FINALLY getting a SE Widescreen version in the Fall)
Punch Drunk Love
Gattaca - Probally the most inspirational movie Ive ever seen.
Once Upon A Time In America
The Good The Bad & The Ugly
The Bear
Big Lebowski
O Brother Where Art Thou
Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Superman The Movie
Seven Samurai
Amadeus
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post #45 of 69
8/5/03 at 7:11am
Amelie
Chicken Run
Sullivan's Travels
The Commitments
Raising Arizona
Babe: Pig in the City
Dawn of the Dead - Makes me glad I'm not living in a world overrun with cannibalistic zombies.
Alien - Makes me glad I'm not trapped on a spaceship with a killer alien.
La Belle Noiseuse - Four words: Emmanuelle Beart really naked.
Voyager - Makes me glad I didn't have an affair with the daughter I didn't know I had and who subsequently died leaving me in the existential funk to end all existential funks.
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post #46 of 69
8/5/03 at 8:34am
Hook always makes me feel good after viewing. "seize the day"
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post #47 of 69
8/5/03 at 6:24pm
Spirited Away

And I have to confess I get a little gushy at Lilo and Stitch, especially the part when she says, "Oh good! My dog found the chain saw!" I guess we all have our guilty pleasures.
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post #48 of 69
8/5/03 at 10:35pm
Uncle Buck
King Ralph
Angus
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post #49 of 69
8/5/03 at 11:18pm
I think my fave "happy" movie has already been mentioned: Amelie.
It's the very best "feel-good" film I've ever seen. That's the very premise of the film, so no wonder...

Great fun, and beautiful. I think everyone can relate to this film in one way or another.

tony
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post #50 of 69
8/6/03 at 11:18am
Another vote for Amelie. It's my favorite out of the thousands of movies I've ever seen.
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post #51 of 69
8/7/03 at 10:08am
The Breakfast Club! When Bender (Judd Nelson) raises his fist triumphantly at the end, it makes me want to cheer!
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post #52 of 69
7/12/05 at 6:34am
Movies that make me happy:

Grumpy Old Men
Grumpier Old Men(Seen both atleast 100 times still makes me laugh out loud)
Pretty Woman
Runaway Bride
Old School
Anchorman
Zoolander
Shanghai Noon
Meet The Fockers
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Uma Thurman Kicks Ass!)
You've Got Mail
Ocean's Twelve
Sister Act
Along Came Polly
Bruce Almighty
Sleepless In Seattle
Finding Nemo

Just to name a few...
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post #53 of 69
7/12/05 at 7:39am
Toy Story
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post #54 of 69
7/12/05 at 10:10am
Shawshank Redemption
LOTR Trilogy
To Sir With Love
Rocky
Iron Giant
Incredibles
Spidey 1 & 2
ST:TMP
October Sky

....many more....
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post #55 of 69
7/12/05 at 12:14pm
I'd have to separate out movies that leave me happy because they are so funny and movies that make me smile because they are heart-warming.

A few of each:

Funny: Office Space, Billy Madison, Zoolander
Heart Warming: Love Actually, The American President
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post #56 of 69
7/12/05 at 12:42pm
AMERICAN GRAFFITI
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post #57 of 69
7/12/05 at 5:00pm
The Deer Hunter, Full Metal Jacket, Deliverence and Platoon.

I'm kidding.

No, I agree with just about every film mentioned and i'll add Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, two of the most extraordinary, not to mention frighteningly realistic, films about young love ever caught on film.

A special mention for me must be made about E.T., I have never felt such utter joy and relief during a film in my life! When the spiral doors of his ship close and it lifts off taking him home...I still lose it to this day.
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post #58 of 69
7/13/05 at 3:37am
-"Back To The Future"

-"The Little Mermaid"

-"Scarface" (This is one of those movies that causes me to jump up and down excitedly...It's partially out of excitement, but for the most part it's a stim that's related to my Aspergers' Syndrome)

-"Lethal Weapon" (I chose this because of a happy memory it relates to. It was Spring of 2001, my final year of high school. One weekend, me, my best friend, his then-girlfriend and one of my brother's friends went a few towns over, ordered some Dominos' Pizza, came back home and watched this movie on the Superstation. Considering that I really don't talk to my friend anymore [We don't hate each other...We're busy with our own lives now], it's nice to have this memory of him.)

-The first two "Beverly Hills Cop" movies

-"South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut"

-"National Lampoon's Animal House"

-"National Lampoon's Vacation" and "Christmas Vacation" (The odd-numbered "Vacation" movies have the most laughs...The even-numbered ones are lousy as Hell).

-Any "Monty Python" movie

-"Trading Places"

-Any of the first 3 Muppet movies

-"The Wizard Of Oz"

-"Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation"

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

It makes me feel good.
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post #59 of 69
7/13/05 at 4:25am
I forgot to add BEWITCHED to my list. I know it's still the theaters but it made me feel VERY VERY happy. I acctually want to go see it again and when it comes out, I will buy it.
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post #60 of 69
7/13/05 at 8:55pm
Amelie, Before Sunrise/Sunset, Dead Poet's Society, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Almost Famous, and Airplane always manage to bring a smile to my face.
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