The most kind-hearted movies and TV shows

[Mahaloth]

@Baal_Houtham

My Neighbor Totoro. It has such a low level of conflict that I’ve heard people argue that there’s no plot. Can’t agree, but there are no villians and it’s just full of wonders.

Good pick and probably what I would go with. There is no sweeter movie in the world, though I would not have wanted to see it as a double-bill with Graveyard of the Fireflies.

Ebert got it right by saying:

Here is a children’s film made for the world we should live in, rather than the one we occupy. A film with no villains. No fight scenes. No evil adults. No fighting between the two kids. No scary monsters. No darkness before the dawn. A world that is benign. A world where if you meet a strange towering creature in the forest, you curl up on its tummy and have a nap.

[Munch]

To Kill a Mockingbird

[tdn]

@Icerigger

The Dish, in that film all of the characters are admirable and good natured.

Yes.

Julie and Julia. A woman’s movie about women in which their husbands are actually good guys.

[woodstockbirdybird]

@Novelty_Bobble

Pleasantville?

I love that movie, soppy old bugger that I am.

Hey, any movie where enlightenment is achieved through sex and art can’t be too hokey.

Amelie was the one I thought of after reading the OP.

[teela_brown]

Waking Ned Devine is a sweet film makes me feel good all over, even if it is about cheating.

Though, come to think of it, why should I feel good at the sight of

a naked old skinny guy riding a motorbike through the Irish countryside, hellbent-for-leather?

[Zsofia]

@teela_brown

Waking Ned Devine is a sweet film makes me feel good all over, even if it is about cheating.

Though, come to think of it, why should I feel good at the sight of

a naked old skinny guy riding a motorbike through the Irish countryside, hellbent-for-leather?

Because it is the funniest thing ever? Seriously, when I saw that in the theater my roommate laughed so hard the whole row of seats shook.

[StusBlues]

Hard to say. Probably Blue Velvet.

[Poysyn]

Dear Frankie…

[BrotherCadfael]

@Tapiotar

My all-time favorite movie is Harvey, with Jimmy Stewart, and it is very much about kindness.

Absolutely agree:

Elwood P. Dowd: Years ago my mother used to say to me, she’d say, “In this world, Elwood, you must be” - she always called me Elwood - “In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.” Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.
And now, for my own submission.

I know I will get a lot of crap about this, but I suggest Touched by an Angel. Sweet and kind-hearted, not preachy, Della Reese was great, and Roma Downy more than kinda hot. Plus, how can you hate on any show where the angel of death is played by a guy named Dye?

[MPB_in_Salt_Lake]

A few years ago a little independent movie called The Visitor came out that I think is one of the best movies of the past decade, and it really hits all the right notes for this thread.

Well worth checking out…

[KneadToKnow]

@MPB_in_Salt_Lake

A few years ago a little independent movie called The Visitor came out that I think is one of the best movies of the past decade, and it really hits all the right notes for this thread.

Well worth checking out…

Psst. See the OP.

But, fwiw, I concur heartily.

[MPB_in_Salt_Lake]

@KneadToKnow

Psst. See the OP.

But, fwiw, I concur heartily.

:smack:

I actually bought a copy (a used DVD for 99 cents) without knowing anything about the movie whatsoever, and it’s one of the happiest accidents of my entire entertainment-related life…

[Malthus]

@Mahaloth

Good pick and probably what I would go with. There is no sweeter movie in the world, though I would not have wanted to see it as a double-bill with Graveyard of the Fireflies.

Ebert got it right by saying:

Holy moly, it was released as a double-bill with Grave of the Fireflies! :eek:

After writing and filming Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) and Castle in the Sky (1986), Hayao Miyazaki began directing My Neighbor Totoro for Studio Ghibli. Miyazaki’s production paralleled his colleague Isao Takahata’s production of Grave of the Fireflies. Miyazaki’s film was financed by executive producer Yasuyoshi Tokuma, and both My Neighbor Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies were released on the same bill in 1988. The dual billing was considered “one of the most moving and remarkable double bills ever offered to a cinema audience”

Sounds like an absolutely insane double-bill to me.

What’s next, a double-feature of Bambi with Come and See?