# Comfort films. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549 "2011-03-22T01:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/21 "2011-03-22T05:37:10Z")
Casablanca The Boondock Saints Life of Brian Bolt ---
**Author:** ![Silent\_Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Silent\_Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silent_Kal)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/22 "2011-03-22T05:46:41Z")
The original, animated \*Transformers \*movie. It was the defining event of my childhood. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/23 "2011-03-22T06:00:13Z")
I would like to say Harry Potter and LOTR, but cable tends to severely overplay only one of the films in the group to it’s detriment. I did enjoy the recent Harry marathon as a pleasant ‘nothing else is on / background noise / fall asleep to’ bit. I think comfort films fall into two categories: 1. films that are extremely rewatchable, that bring comfort in their familiarity - you can be secure in the fact that if you watch it, you will again be entertained / distracted for an hour and a half, without it getting old Galaxy Quest Princess Bride Avatar Harry Potters / LOTR Donnie Darko Groundhog Day Serenity Tank Girl The Island The Matrix The Neverending Story The Dark Crystal Young Einstein Star Wars / Star Trek / Indiana Jones Inception 1. films that you can’t watch over and over and over, but they do hit the spot or lift your spirits if you are particularly depressed, or just in the mood for that sort of thing, or nostaligc Creator Fried Green Tomatoes The Color Purple Threesome Joe vs Volcano Made in Heaven The Big Blue Nim’s Island Pleasantville Slumdog Millionaire Surf’s Up The Big Blue Ferris Bueller / ET / any key film from your youth Eternal Sunchine of the Spotless Mind 1. films that are highly anticipated and enjoyed, but only on particular occasions, like a certain holiday A Christmas Story Love Actually Sound of Music Wizard of Oz Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Groundhog Day ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/24 "2011-03-22T06:01:29Z")
“That Thing You Do” or “Remember the Titans” ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/25 "2011-03-22T06:06:48Z")
Clueless. One of my favorite films of all time and it cheers me up perfectly when I’m feeling depressed. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/26 "2011-03-22T06:15:38Z")
Die Hard. Damn if I can’t watch it over and over. ---
**Author:** ![PeskiPiksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/27 "2011-03-22T07:06:49Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > _Sense and Sensibility_ with the commentary track with Emma Thompson and producer Lindsay Doran is _so_ much fun. Wow, I thought I was the only one who was a fan of a commentary on a Jane Austen flick! But seriously, I want to be gal pals with both of them. So witty. Most of mine have already been listed _(Harry Potters, That Thing You Do, Fried Green Tomatoes_) but I have a very strange one that I like to fall asleep to–_From Hell_. Yes, the Johnny Depp Jack the Ripper movie. No idea why. ---
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/28 "2011-03-22T07:21:46Z")
I have two categories. Sergio Leone westerns: _The Good, The Bad & The Ugly_, and _Once Upon A Time in the West_ are my favorites. And foodie movies: _Big Night Eat Drink Man Woman Like Water for Chocolate_ _Chocolat_ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/29 "2011-03-22T07:38:13Z")
my favorite silly movie:\* Mr. Mom\* ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/30 "2011-03-22T09:09:19Z")
Apollo 13 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/31 "2011-03-22T09:49:37Z")
I usually go for comfort TV shows rather than movies, but recently I had a strange thing going on where I would go to sleep every night while watching _The Prestige,_ of all things. The problem was, I hadn’t actually ever seen it all the way through before, and I kept falling asleep a while into it, usually right after the beginning. Occasionally I would wake up and catch a random bit of the middle or the end, or parts of it would work its way into my brain while I was almost-but-not quite asleep. Then, the next night, I would be completely confused about the story, and so I would start watching from the beginning again… After about a week of this, the movie had become this absurd, dream-like, semi-psychedelic monstrosity in my mind. I realized I had to just watch it the whole way through in the daytime to actually find out what the plot was. It turned out to be \*nothing \*like what I thought. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/32 "2011-03-22T09:56:16Z")
Babette’s Feast Jesus Christ Superstar [stage version] Sweeny Todd [concert dvd] Live Aus Berlin Hot Fuzz Mikado Much Ado About Nothing ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/33 "2011-03-22T09:59:38Z")
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Conan The Barbarian. Serenity. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/34 "2011-03-22T11:30:09Z")
The Incredibles when I don’t feel like rewatching Aliens. Or Mystery Men (skipping straight to the try-outs). ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/35 "2011-03-22T12:15:59Z")
When I’m sick: _Fantasia_. Because there is no plot, and if you fall asleep, you didn’t miss anything. Just keep playing it over and over. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/36 "2011-03-22T13:01:44Z")
Any of the LOTR trilogy or A Knight’s Tale. I can lose myself in any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/37 "2011-03-22T13:18:56Z")
Many already listed are in my go-to collection. I’ll add: Willow The Muppet Movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid O Brother Where Art Thou? ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/38 "2011-03-22T13:23:02Z")
“The Princess Bride” “Stand By Me” “Shawshank Redemption” “Field of Dreams” “Bull Durham” ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/39 "2011-03-22T13:28:37Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > _Sense and Sensibility_ and _Persuasion_ over and over and over and over and over and over. I came here to list _Persuasion_ too! Such a lovely film. Also _The 39 Steps_. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549/40 "2011-03-22T13:44:19Z")
The Big Lebowsky, in addition to a bunch of others already mentioned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comfort-films/575549.md?page=3)