Suggest movies for my mom

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Mom and I have movie nights every now and then. Help me think of some movies to watch with her.

Here is a little bit to guide you:

  1. Has to be on Netflix.
  2. She loves movies that are “heart warming”.
  3. Is it based on a family? Perfect! She loved Lion, for example.
  4. Documentaries are great, too. Dear Zachary was a good one.
  5. It’s ok if it is over the top. She doesn’t see it that way and I can deal with it. Not without my daughter (Sally Field movie) was right up her alley.
  6. Relationship movies are good - she loved Moonlight, too.
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Try Mystic Pizza. Look for the cameo of a very (very) young Matt Damon and even a weird reference to Trump!

I thought Boyhood was just fantastic. A really, really well done film.

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Going out on a limb here: The English Patient, even though I know SOME people hate it! :eek:

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Yes, Boyhood was great and we both liked it a lot. A plus? It was set in Texas and he went to what is hinted at being Sul Ross (my brothers went there).

The other note I’d have to add to the list is that generally, comedies do not do well. They don’t translate well and she doesn’t find them funny.

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Then try Mystic Pizza. It’s about Portuguese families in Mystic, CT. I just saw it recently and was surprised to have liked it. It’s kind of a chick flick, but does pretty well to appeal to the opposite sex as well.

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I hope you’ve already seen *batteries not included.

Chuck Norris vs. Communism

The Battered Bastards of Baseball is a great look at a short-lived independent minor league team run by Bing Russell with help from his son Kurt. Very heartwarming when Kurt talks about his dad.

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***October Sky ***- ticks off the first three. Kinda number 4 as well.

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The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom is definitely heartwarming. It’s about a young girl who learns she’s adopted and decides Dolly Parton is her birth mom. Lots of backstory and interplay between characters.

It looks good, but skip Wild Oats. It has Shirley MacLaine and Jessica Lange so I thought it would be enjoyable, but it’s a waste of those two marvelous women.

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A lot of you are missing the first criteria. I won’t name names. :smiley: It has to be on Netflix and quite a few of these aren’t.

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Sleepless in Seattle
1h 45m
Fate and a tenacious 8-year-old boy conspire to unite a lovelorn widower and an unhappily engaged journalist in this Oscar-nominated romantic comedy.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Rob Reiner

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Presumably streaming on Netflix, not DVD. :slight_smile:

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Heidi

Fantasia

Harry and the Hendersons

George of the Jungle

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A lot of us are assuming you’ll do the screening for that criteria, not us. :smiley: Especially those of us who are not Netflix subscribers ourselves.

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Max Dugan Returns. It’s definitely on Netflix and it’s one of my favorite feel-good movies.

An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.

Director: Herbert Ross
Writer: Neil Simon
Stars: Jason Robards, Marsha Mason, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick

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84 Sharing Cross Road

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

Arranged

Rabbit Proof Fence

Finding Altamira

First Position

Dark Horse

Miss Potter

Hector and the Search for Happiness

The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency

Seraphine

Tea With Mussolini

Philomena

Amreeka

Gas Food Lodging

Mozart’s Sister

The Reivers

Smoke Signals

The Emperors New Clothes

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Thank you all for the suggestions. I appreciate it!

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Let us know which ones you liked

Crane

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Lion with Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman hits all these notes. Lion (2016 film) - Wikipedia

ETA: Oops- missed this one in the OP. It is a good choice! :slight_smile:

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If “Dear Frankie” is still on Netflix, it’s great :slight_smile:

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Remind me of that?