Films that make me feel fuzzy inside :-) (15 titles)
Amelie
Just classic really; fab music, fab plot, fab cinematography
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Amelie
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Yolande Moreau
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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Amelie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who glides through the streets of Paris as quietly as a mouse. With wide eyes and a tiny grin, she sees the world in a magical light, discovering minor miracles every day. A shy and reserved person whose favorite moments are spent alone skimming ..read more »
77%
from 63,123 members
Garden State
Dry comedy with a great soundtrack; Natalie Portman is also fab
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Garden State
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Zach Braff
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Aspiring actor living in Los Angles, Andrew "Large" Largeman (Braff) has managed to avoid a visit to his hometown in New Jersey and the inevitable confrontation with his father. But as he reconnects with the place once he returns, a twist of fate introduces him to Sam (Portman), a quirky young ..read more »
65%
from 48,576 members
True Romance
Tarrantino's best film. Gangsters, drugs, a love story, Elvis and a big shooty scene at the end. Something for everyone!
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True Romance
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper
Director: Tony Scott
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When inexperienced call girl Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) is paid to seduce comic-book-nerd and Elvis fanatic Clarence Worley (Christian Slater), she doesn't expect to fall for him. But these two lost souls seem to be made for each other and quickly pledge their love, marrying at Detroit's ..read more »
76%
from 21,141 members
Four Weddings And A Funeral
I know the rain scene is dire...not helped by the crappy herione actress in it, but this film is hillarious and timeless.
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Four Weddings And A Funeral
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott-Thomas
Director: Mike Newell
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Charles (Hugh Grant, in what would become career-defining performance) is a confirmed British bachelor with a colourful romantic background who meets the perfect woman, Carrie (Andie MacDowell), at a friend's wedding. However, Charles's hopes of romance are dashed when Carrie announces she must ..read more »
69%
from 49,455 members
Pretty Woman
Cute cute cute. Highly unrealistic. But cute. And the song's pretty good too :-)
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Pretty Woman
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy
Director: Garry Marshall
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The Cinderella story that made Julia Roberts a star. While driving back to his Beverly Hills hotel, millionaire corporate raider Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) takes a wrong turn and ends up on Hollywood Boulevard, where he meets prostitute Vivian Ward (Roberts). She steers him back to his hotel, ..read more »
71%
from 39,018 members
Belleville Rendez-vous
Legendary French cartoon with a great dog
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Belleville Rendez-vous
on DVD
(2003)
Director: Sylvain Chomet
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In this animated French film, a boy named Champion trains relentlessly for the Tour de France, with the help of his loyal grandmother and overweight dog, Bruno (who loves to bark at passing trains). When the big race comes, Champion and a few of his fellow racers are kidnapped by some thugs who ..read more »
70%
from 14,811 members
Clue
Based on the board game cluedo, Tim Rice is super as usual. Black comedy. Very funny. And three different endings.
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Clue
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn
Director: Jonathan Lynn
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This all-star comedy based on the world famous board game is unique in the fact that there are three different endings to the "who-done-it." viewers meet all the notorious suspects and must decide who the murderer was.
71%
from 2,471 members
Pieces Of April
With Katie Holmes, before she got signed off to scientology :-) Cool soundtrack which features the magnetic fields.
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Pieces Of April
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt
Director: Peter Hedges
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Katie Holmes is outstanding as the title character in Peter Hedges' PIECES OF APRIL. Holmes stars as April Burns, the black sheep of her family who has left suburbia for a Lower East Side tenement. To reconnect with her mother Joy (Patricia Clarkson), and father Jim (Oliver Platt), she invites them ..read more »
62%
from 4,146 members
The Straight Story
Lovely simple story featuring an old man and his lawn-mower. Utterly endearing really.
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The Straight Story
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Harry Dean Stanton
Director: David Lynch
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David Lynch's first foray into the land of Disney and G-ratings is a surprisingly gentle, hopeful, and irony-free crowd pleaser. The film tells the true story of Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth), a 73-year-old man who journeys from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin, on a John Deere lawn ..read more »
71%
from 7,220 members
Shakespeare In Love
Joe's eyes...enough said.
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Shakespeare In Love
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush
Director: John Madden
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The reign of Elizabeth I finds Will Shakespeare, a writer, broke and envious of a rival. Then, he meets with a woman who wants to be an actor and who disguises herself as a man...
66%
from 28,033 members
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