In the past, I have been watching many mysterious movies because they are exciting. But life sometimes is hard enough, why should I then at home watch movies or series which are realy brutal. I feel like movies/series always need more crazy shit to be still popular.
I am looking for good funny movies/series which entertain and give you a positive feeling.
I think the world needs more positivity
What We Do In The Shadows
Both the movie and the series.
Ted Lasso of course!
Bobs Burgers is hilarious and chaotic, yet simultaneously wholesome and positive comedy. The earlier seasons definitely lean more into the chaos, but even then, the family is such a positive example of semi-dysfunctional people loving each other to the max. Very few couples in TV or movies have anywhere near as good of a relationship as Bob and Linda, and their kids have some of my favorite sibling dynamics of any show I’ve ever watched.
The recent series Jury Duty was hilarious and surprisingly wholesome and showed how there are actual good people in the world.
I know it’s kinda corny and basically a big ad for Google but I low key love The Internship. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are hilarious together and the movie is about how it’s never too late to change your life and it always just makes me feel good.
- Paddington / Paddington 2
- Kiki’s Delivery Service
The Good Place is overall pretty positive. Same with Parks and Recreation as well as Abbot Elementary.
The ending of the Good Place is one of those shows that ended perfectly. I can’t think of a better way they could have finished the show.
Chidi’s imagine a wave monologue made me cry in a way I’ve never done before
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Look into these and see if they might interest you:
- Schitt’s Creek
- Ted Lasso
- Bob’s Burgers
- Community
- Comedians in the car getting coffee
Here’s something nobody has seen, but is sweet despite the premise: Brigsby Bear https://letterboxd.com/film/brigsby-bear/
I think this fits, too: Moonrise Kingdom https://letterboxd.com/film/moonrise-kingdom/ If you have my sense of humor, you’ll also find this one rather funny.
Malcolm in the Middle
- Pushing Daisies,
- Gravity Falls,
- Amphibia,
- The Good Place,
- Strange World (2022),
- The Lost City (2022),
- “Confess, Fletch”,
- The unbearable weight of massive talent,
- Everything everywhere all at once,
- Lightyear,
- Warm Bodies,
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife,
- The secret life of Walter Mitty,
- Don Jon,
- Oscar (1991, I love this one),
- What we do in the shadows,
- Paul (2011),
- Hitchcock (2012),
- Logan Lucky,
- Good Omens,
- Bird on a wire,
- Miracle Workers,
- Stranger than fiction (2006),
- Lars and the real girl,
- Hot Fuzz,
- The King’s Speech,
- A beautiful Mind,
- The eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (warning: see the comment ) ,
- Groundhog day,
- What dreams may come (warning: deals with loss and mourning),
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001),
- Contact.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Probably the most wholesome and positive of all the Treks. There’s a reason it’s so loved
The Detectorists (available free on freevee) is my current go-to for when I need some chill positive vibes. Everything about it just feels like a warm hug.
For movies, you can’t go wrong with a low-stakes slice-of-life comedy. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and You Hurt My Feelings are two recent ones which I loved.
Oh, The Detectorists has such a special place in my heart. Really a one-of-a-kind show. The comedy is so good and you just love everyone (except Simon & Garfunkel of course). The pacing and the reverence for wild spaces and quiet is so meaningful. I think the casting was impeccable. Now I want to go watch it again!
Even Simon & Garfunkel are recognizably just “the enemy” for comedic narrative purposes, and you can easily imagine them having their own show where Andy and Lance are the heels.
Pushing Daisies is a really wholesome show, funny and what I found to be an interesting plot too.
I loved this show when it was on!
