The most uplifting movie you’ve ever seen?

Secondhand Lions - it made me realize I cant sit around waiting for the end. I need to fill my life with experiences and fun.

The Birdcage.

Robin Williams and Nathan Lane are absolutely brilliant. And I love how the families come together in the most chaotic ways possible, and all the different ways that a loving relationship can manifest.

Weirdly, Ratatouille. Creative professionals get it. The artist’s relationship to a family that neither understands nor cares about nuance and detail, and the relationship to critics more interested in shitting on good work than taking a chance on something different. The ending just kills me every time. That fucking rat.

I'm going to go with Shawshank Redemption.

The secret life of Walter Mitty

Cinema Paradiso. Especially if you like movies about the power of movies.

The Peanut Butter Falcon. It's got it all: hope, goodwill, optimism, redemption. My heart was fuzzy and glowing afterward.

There are many for sure. But one I distinctly remember watching was Remember the Titans. It was on an airplane back when they lowered the screens and everyone watched together using headphones. At the end of the movie (or the end of the big game), the entire plane erupted in cheers and it gives me chills to this day thinking about it.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

It's gotta be LOTR original trilogy for me. The main themes of fighting for good no matter how small you in this world is such an uplifting message. Sam's speech at the end of Two Towers always brings a tear to my eye. So relevant today too

Amelie always brings a happy tear to my eye at the end

Big fish

Secondhand Lions

Chef. Such a great movie

Office Space. Sometimes the most uplifting message is that work sucks.

Princess bride

Won't You Be My Neighbor? - documentary on Mr Rogers

School of Rock (2003). No matter who you are you have some amazing talent and you can achieve great things. Edit: type-o

Remember the titans. There’s nothing like watching friendship and love triumph over bigotry and hatred especially when it involves the most emotional insecure people on Earth: teenagers.

Lars and the Real Girl.

Funny movie about suffering from mental illness in a supportive, compassionate community.

Paddington and its sequel

Rocky

Edit: I also like the secondary love story between Adrian and Rocky. She’s as much of an underdog as he is and they both succeed together.

Papillon (1973)

Not sure if it’s the most but the most recent was Peanut Butter Falcon. I work with folks like him and it really hit home

Babe

Wall-E

August Rush is a great uplifting movie! Also, Secondhand Lions! Absolutely enjoyed both of these movies.

Troop Zero. Nothing sad about it, just a heartwarming story of some misfit scouts doing a david bowie tribute.

The friggin’ SANDLOT!!! What a treasure.

Forrest Gump

It’s A Wonderful Life, though old fashioned, has an enlightening message to empower and change your perspective on life. All the good deeds he did for others were paid back in full with added interest! 🤣

Rudy. With Sean Astin.

Coco.

Ponyo for me it's just so wholesome and it gives me hope. I feel like kids are so incident and awesome and we lose so much growing up but this captures the joy and wonder of being a child

Back to the Future always brings a huge smile on my face!

Being there

The World's Fastest Indian. A little bit cheesy, but that helps with the upliftment thing.

Kikis delivery service. Good vibes all around. Shawshank redemption had a good happy ending.

The Martian

Secondhand Lions

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022). Such a wholesome movie.

Field of dreams.

Scrooge (A Christmas Carol) - 1951 version with Alistair Sim as Scrooge

Chef. Spent the whole movie waiting for the other shoe to drop - instead it concluded with everyone being the best version of themselves. 10/10

About Time ♡

Legally Blonde, Hunt for the Wilder People, Captain Fantastic, Harold and Maude, Little Miss Sunshine, and 9-5.

Spirited Away (2001)

Independence Day - humanity banded together united by their mutual hatred of aliens.

Hitchiikers guide to galaxy

The Natural with Robert Redford

To Wong Foo, thanks for everything! Julie Newmar. I LOVE this movie so much. There's something about seeing such amazing actors bringing to life incredible characters

Rocky

My top five: The Shawshank Redemption, The Pursuit of happyness, Cast away, The Green mile, Forrest Gump.

Gattaca

Babe. My son and l danced around the room at the end. It's one of my most joyful memories.

We are Marshal always gets me.

Brittany Runs A Marathon

Rabbit Proof Fence

Spirited away- Studio Ghibli

Lion (2016) with Dev Patel. Some sad parts but I found it uplifting.

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On has to be the sweetest movie I’ve ever seen.

"The Pursuit of Happyness" is incredibly uplifting, showcasing resilience and the triumph of the human spirit.

Spider-man Into the Spiderverse
"Anyone can wear the mask"

Apollo 13

A Matter of Life and Death

Wings of Desire - Wim Wenders

The Impossible (2012)

Rudy was solid.

Loads of really good suggestions

But I’ve scrolled a long way down and found no mention of COOL RUNNINGS

The endless optimism, that they’re a laughing stock at home and in the Olympics and that last run. Plus John Candy. Love it.

Planes, trains and automobiles as well.

Stand and Deliver. I remember watching it at the lab while it was still in POST before it was released.

Nomadland - made me realise that I too can survive if my situation gets tough

Speed Racer

Mrs. Doubtfire.

I just let it play and Robin Williams puts a smile on my face.

Everything Everywhere All At Once

The bad news bears The matrix, ernst goes to college

A documentary called Craigslist Joe.

Mary and Max

I loved "Amelie".

Koyaanisqatsi (1982). Don't ask me why. Just after that film, I start looking at everything a little differently.

An animated movie called "Spirit" never got its due for being uplifting

The other guys

August Rush. It's basically Oliver Twist, but with a happy ending. TBH, not sure if the Dickens story has a happy ending or not.

Remember the Titans

The Miracle Worker. Makes me cry every time I watch it.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Goodwill Hunting, in the movie, Will undergoes significant personal growth, learning to confront his past traumas and embrace his potential.

Ratatouille

Whale Rider (2002)

Chocolat

I love the chemistry between Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. It's a great story about the importance of enjoyment and the little things in life.

Dirty Dancing

Sing Street (2016) caught me off guard

Oh brother, where Art thou. I can watch that movie over and over again and never get tired of Clooney’s coiffure, Pete’s who done R U N N O F T and Delmar who just wants the family Farm back?

Galaxy Quest is a feel good movie for me. There is one part where my heart breaks a little, but I bounce back before the end of the film and it’s so worth it for the joy that movie brings.

Begin Again

Napoleon Dynamite. Every sick, depressing thing you think is going to happen doesn't.

It totally took me off guard, but “Babe”. I watch it when I need a pick-me-up.

Gettysburg. It started 123 years ago today . Awesome movie with great acting from Martin Sheen, Tom Berenger, Sam Elliott, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, and others Spoiler alert: we win.

Harold and Maude.

Good Will Hunting

Walking ned

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Cinema Paradiso

Life of Pi

Blue Giant - it's an anime movie about a guy who wants to become the world's greatest Jazz musician and the people who accompany him in both Jazz and life.

Arrival and Chariots of Fire. For very different reasons.

Good, will Hunting...

Dead Poet's Society

I always really enjoy Remember the Titans. As a quick tv show shout out, Shrinking on Apple TV was incredible

Paddington 2, might be the most beautiful and heartfelt story I have ever seen. It makes me laugh, and every time I watch it I cry tears of joy at the end.

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), easily. Consistently an absolute delight throughout.

Cinderella Man

The Shawshank Redemption. Aka, why not both?

Soul

The pursuit of happiness

Arrival was not uplifting to me in the slightest in fact it hit me like a train.

Most uplifting film is Its a Wonderful Life, I also love Looking For Eric

'Everything Everywhere all at Once'.

The Search for the Wilderpeople

The Birdcage

The Big Lebowski

The intouchables

I would think lots of sports movies apply. Not the greatest cinema, but Miracle comes immediately to mind: "Their time, it's done. It's over. This is your time! Now go out there and take it!"

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for me. Okay movie, but tremendously heartwarming and uplifting :)

Lion

Die Hard

Meet The Robinsons

12 angry men

I get uplifted by watching heroes being heroes.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. The remake with Ben Stiller.

Honestly … ‘the Holiday’ does something to me that gives me hope that one day I’ll be happy. Idk

Lots of good answers already, but I'll add Billy Elliott.

The Incredibles. One of the best superhero movies ever.

The goonies, will forever be my go to movie!

Big - (Tom Hanks)

Just because you grow doesn’t mean you can’t have fun and feel like a kid again 😄

Almost famous, idk the movie just lifts my mood up. It's a treat for Rock music lovers

The way way back

One I can think of right now is Silver Linings Playbook.

To me, Pacific Rim. The fact that the world has come together, pooled its resources to fight back against the Kaiju, that it's not just the Americans that are the heroes. It's so uplifting and hopeful and has an actual happy ending. I was not expecting all of that from a "silly little Kaiju movie". That's why it's my favorite movie of all time.

The original Rocky (1976) inspired so many of my favourite inspirational films that I have to default to that as my answer.

My personal choice is Silver Linings Playbook.

Soul

The Princess Bride

Besides the ever popular Shawshank Redemption, Parenthood with Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, and an all-around 1st rate cast. It probably helps if you're a little older and have a child. That movie gets me every time, especially at the end. I would also recommend Waking Ned Devine, The Secret of Roan Inish, and that old chestnut: It's a Wonderful Life!

The way way back.

Hoosiers is a classic.

As Good As it Gets, You've got Mail, Rat Race, Eulogy, Little Miss Sunshine, While You Were Sleeping.

Wonder (2017)

Fearless (1993). I go through a lot of emotions watching this one

The Hundred Foot Journey

Good will hunting, the big Lebowski, Amelie

The Kings Speech.

True story and as someone who had to do it but hated it this was incredible.

Pay It Forward.

October Sky

Up

Yes man.. I miss this kind of cheesy comedy movies..

Touching The Void - a true story which demonstrates both the unbelievable potential strength of the human spirit and the possible profound ramifications of decisions made in extremis.

All the good ones have been taken, so I'll throw a newer movie into the ring, Gran Turismo (2023). People complain about all the product placement but its literally a movie about a product, its like if Barbie wasn't the same thing. That has caused people to overlook what a very good and uplifting movie.

Stand By Me

Princess bride

The Gods Must Be Crazy, an old one but very funny and uplifting!

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

I love 7 samurai! Masters helping people they don't know, who can't pay, with almost certain death, to help them and repel evil.

A Man Called Otto