A Glean movie guide
Pure Feel-Good Cinema
Guaranteed to brighten your mood.
Uplifting stories, happy endings, and zero heavy drama.
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The movie list
- 01
Paddington 2
A masterclass in kindness and community that is impossible not to love.
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
- 02
The Princess Bride
This timeless fairy tale perfectly balances wit, romance, and a classic happy ending.
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
- 03
My Neighbor Totoro
A gentle, whimsical masterpiece that captures the pure magic of childhood wonder.
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
- 04
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The ultimate celebratory film about taking a break and enjoying life to the fullest.
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
- 05
Singin' in the Rain
High-energy musical numbers and an infectious, optimistic tone make this a joy to watch.
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
- 06
Kiki's Delivery Service
A charming and peaceful story about independence, self-discovery, and finding your place.
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
- 07
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
An incredibly sweet and unique film that finds profound joy in the smallest things.
Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. When a documentarian discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, his resulting short film brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family.
- 08
Enchanted
A bright and clever film that lovingly parodies and celebrates classic fairy tale tropes.
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?