# The best feel-good movies

Films that leave you smiling: the most-recommended feel-good movies from DirecTV, Ranker's fan vote and Reelgood, from Paddington 2 to My Neighbour Totoro.

- 79 votes · 15 items
- May 2, 2025 · brian.miami
- https://even.best/en/l/3845/the-best-feel-good-movies

## Top 15

1. **My Neighbour Totoro (1988)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Two sisters and a forest spirit.
2. **Little Miss Sunshine (2006)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — A dysfunctional family road trip to a pageant.
3. **Paddington 2 (2017)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Critics call it one of the most purely joyful films of the century.
4. **Forrest Gump (1994)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Tom Hanks shows kindness beats cleverness.
5. **Amélie (2001)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Audrey Tautou makes Montmartre a kinder place.
6. **The Shawshank Redemption (1994)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Hope behind prison walls; long the top of IMDb's Top 250.
7. **Ratatouille (2007)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — A rat who dreams of being a Paris chef.
8. **The Princess Bride (1987)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Fencing, fighting, true love and giants.
9. **When Harry Met Sally... (1989)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Can men and women just be friends?
10. **Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Steve Carell learns to date again with Ryan Gosling's help.
11. **Finding Nemo (2003)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — A clownfish crosses the ocean for his son.
12. **School of Rock (2003)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Jack Black turns a class into a rock band.
13. **The Intouchables (2011)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A wealthy quadriplegic and his carer from the banlieue.
14. **Notting Hill (1999)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A bookseller and a movie star.
15. **Soul (2020)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — A jazz musician rediscovers what makes life worth living.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.