# Movies you'd have to be kind of an asshole not to like

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**Created:** [August 3, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youd-have-to-be-kind-of-an-asshole-not-to-like/458680 "2008-08-03T05:40:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@Chum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chum)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youd-have-to-be-kind-of-an-asshole-not-to-like/458680/101 "2008-08-06T22:58:33Z")

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I like this thread! My list includes many that have already been mentioned, but here it is, in no particular order:

Once  
The Station Agent  
The Secret of Roan Inish  
The Notebook  
Amelie  
Groundhog Day  
Lars and the Real Girl  
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain  
Ponette  
Sense and Sensibility  
The Story of the Weeping Camel  
The Cave of the Yellow Dog  
Untamed Heart  
Dogfight  
A Muppet Christmas Carol  
My Neighbor Totoro

I would include Labyrinth and Newsies, but my husband doesn’t like them and I know for a fact he’s not an asshole.

Despite the OP’s clarification to the contrary, my list contains movies that are so sweet and good-hearted that only someone whose head is filled with cynicism and general assholism could dislike them.

I’m excited to watch Children of Heaven - it sounds fantastic.

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youd-have-to-be-kind-of-an-asshole-not-to-like/458680/102 "2008-08-07T17:53:26Z")

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[QUOTE=Chum]  
I like this thread! My list includes many that have already been mentioned, but here it is, in no particular order:

Once  
The Station Agent  
The Secret of Roan Inish  
The Notebook  
Amelie  
Groundhog Day  
Lars and the Real Girl  
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain  
Ponette  
Sense and Sensibility  
The Story of the Weeping Camel  
The Cave of the Yellow Dog  
Untamed Heart  
Dogfight  
A Muppet Christmas Carol  
My Neighbor Totoro

I would include Labyrinth and Newsies, but my husband doesn’t like them and I know for a fact he’s not an asshole.

Despite the OP’s clarification to the contrary, my list contains movies that are so sweet and good-hearted that only someone whose head is filled with cynicism and general assholism could dislike them.

I’m excited to watch Children of Heaven - it sounds fantastic.  
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Great, great list. I should have thought of \*Weeping Camel _and Yellow Dog; they go near the top of any such list. If you like those, you’ll LOVE Children of Heaven. And_ Untamed Heart \*is one of those overlooked gems that people are always pleasantly surprised by when I force them to watch it.

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