5 Feel Good Movies For When You're Feeling Bad

For me I look to the 1980's for the handful of movies that make me feel good for when I feel bad. Perhaps it is because, like the 1980's, we are living in a world of uncertainty of foreign policy issues and fiscal concerns. The movies that do it for me are the romantic comedies that, even though I've seen them before, I can't seem to stop watching again and again.

There isn't a woman in the world who doesn't get weak in the knees when hearing Billy Crystal describe the love he has for Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally. Specifically when he tells her that when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. Who doesn't want to hear that from someone you love?

Does sex make it impossible for men and women to be true friends? The film chronicles this dilemma through the eleven year relationship between Harry and Sally who meet in college, then pursue their own lives until they reconnect ten years later.

I don't know about you, but I could handle having Andrew Shepherd as our President right now. In The American President, Michael Douglas represents everything I would want in a President. His ethics and family values are his guide in running the country. He exuded grace and honor while being the President, a father and a boyfriend.

My favorite scene is when Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are on opposite sides of the country, listening to the same radio program and finish each others sentence. They haven't even met yet.

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan star in Nora Ephron's wonderfully romantic comedy about two people drawn together by destiny. Hanks stars as Sam Baldwin, a widowed father who, thanks to the wiles of his worried son, becomes a reluctant guest on a radio call-in show. He's an instant hit with thousands of female listeners who deluge his Seattle home with letters of comfort. Meanwhile, inspired in equal parts by Sam's story and by classic Hollywood romance, writer Annie Reed (Ryan) becomes convinced that it's her destiny to meet Sam. There are just two problems: Annie's engaged to someone else and Sam doesn't know yet that they're made for each other. Co-starring Rosie O'Donnell, Rita Wilson and Rob Riener.

A great scene from Big is when he bonds with his boss in the famous FAO Schwartz store while playing the giant piano. It makes me feel good to see Robert Loggia drop his guard and let his inner kid out. Wouldn't it be nice if there are still bosses out there like that?

A young boy (David Moscow) makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman. What will he find out about this strange world?

The best line in this movie is when Richard Gere tells Julia Roberts, "Wake up, It's time to shop!". What woman doesn't want to hear that? This movie is the ultimate in romance.

A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.