38 Movies to Lift Your Spirits

because we could all use it right now

After what felt like the longest and most miserable January in recent memory, I found myself mentally worn out.

Fires in Los Angeles, cybertruck explosion in Vegas, a bomb and snow in New Orleans, snow on the beach in Florida, David Lynch dying, the tr**p inauguration, a n*zi salute AT the inauguration, the executive orders, the horrible American Airlines and Black Hawk plane crash, the tariffs on the nicest neighbors imaginable, the Karla-Sofia Gascon of it all… it’s been an exhausting month.

Naturally, it’s taken a toll on the mental health of many. Even my family, friends, and colleagues outside the U.S. are feeling it. But the beauty of the human spirit is that we will endure, and good will prevail over evil. Maybe that is corny to say, but I think it’s an important reminder for many right now.

Here are 38 movies you can watch right now to make yourself feel better.

Note: (I’ve vetted all movies and each have at least a 3.5+ star Five Dollar Tuesdays rating so… they’re good).

Netflix:

• Erin Brockovich (2000)

• The Sting (1973) - did you know this is the oldest movie on Netflix?

• Rush Hour (1998)

• Miss Congeniality (2000)

• No Hard Feelings (2023)

• Bruce Almighty (2003)

• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)

Source: Film Grab

Max (HBO):

• Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

• Love and Basketball (2000)

• Chungking Express (1994)

• The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)

• The Wizard of Oz (1939)

• Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

• Speed (1994)

• Mamma Mia! (2008)

Source: Film Grab

Kanopy (Free Streamer accessible with a Library Card)

• Perfect Days (2023)

• His Girl Friday (1940)

• The First Wive’s Club (1996)

• Sabrina (1995)

• IP Man (2008)

• Man on Wire (2008)

Source: Film Grab

Hulu:

• The Sound of Music (1965)

• Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)

• How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

• Easy A (2010)

• You’ve Got Mail (1998)

Source: Film Grab

Amazon Prime Video:

• Some Like it Hot (1959)

• The Intouchables (2012)

• Something’s Gotta Give (2003)

• Charade (1963)

• The Great Debaters (2007)

• Legally Blonde (2001)

• His Girl Friday (1940) - if you don’t have Kanopy

Source: Film Grab

Disney+ :

• Mary Poppins (1965)

• Ever After (1998)

• While You Were Sleeping (1996)

• Soul (2020)

• WALL-E (2008)

• Mulan (1998)

Source: Film Grab

Let me know if I should do feel BAD movies next!