Have you seen Amélie? Not at all my usual kind of film, but I watched it because I heard good things about it. It's a very quirky and endearing film and I really enjoyed it.
It's French though so you'll need subtitles. Unless you are a French speaker lol
I am going to assume you know all the main ones such as The Princess Bride, Stardust, A League of Their Own and various romcoms, When Harry Met Sally, You Got Mail.
Here are some others that may have what you are looking for.
Flow. It is about a cat leading a group of animals to safety during a flood.
Good Night Oppy. It is the story of the Mars Lunar Landers and the amazing way they were used. It is incredibly inspiring, as is so much that NASA does.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On: It is a stop motion movie about a shell and damn it is so good.
The Florida Project. This is an odd one, but it does have a lot of tackiness too it, but not in an overt way.
Normally I'm a bit of a movie snob and would never have picked up s title called Napoleon Dynamite but I'm glad I was convinced, one of my favourite movies!
I rewatched it for the first time since childhood with my partner and we were both shocked at how little screen time and lines a Beetlejuice had compared to our memories of the movie! Still one of my favorites, though. Mega holds up. …also we were on acid.
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
NICE FUCKIN’ MODEL! …honk honk!
:::
yeah it’s always risky watching beloved childhood movies. With you be flooded with nostalgia or ruin a special memory?
Beetlejuice was a family classic for me growing up… we only had a few VHS’s and that was one so we rewatched it 1,000,000 times.
Bettlejuice 2 sucked but it did manage to milk a couple drops out of my nostalgia gland.
Grand Budapest Hotel is a very good movie (and so is Isle of Dogs) but it’s around that time when Wes Anderson became too much style over substance imo and OP wanted to avoid „tacky” which I would say those are.
Wow I didn't know GBH was considered off the rails, it's the most beloved one. My favourite is definitely Royal Tenenbaums though and that's MILES better than GBH, which is just testament to how incredible it was
The hunt for the wilder people - Taika Waititi directed Sam Neill and the kid from Deadpool 2, fun and heartwarming
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams adapted book, towels and bypasses
The blues brothers - a little old but I think it's pretty good, plenty of good music
Duck soup - Marx brothers comedy that mostly hold up, very old so a couple things mentioned that were cultural references at the time are no longer known but that's pretty rare overall
Some other worth mentioning: animated Robin hood, o brother where art thou, free solo
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
Happy Birthday Ricky Baker randomly plays in my head ALL THE TIME and I’ve only seen the movie once and I was blasted out of my mind on sass and remember NOTHING ELSE about the movie
:::
I couldn’t believe this movie was downloaded when I set Radarr to download IMDb top250. The premise of the movie is that two relatively wealthy people smell each others farts for an hour and a half.
Character 1: I have this incredibly popular worldview which makes me sound cool.
Character 2: I can’t believe it! I’m also a very smart free thinker! I thought I was the only one :O
My partner and I love this genre in particular and y'all took most of my answers!
Some that I did not see mentioned yet:
Paddington / Paddington 2: so so so so good. The second might be better than the first
Rushmore: Wes Anderson before he was a meme. A bit crass but quite fun.
Ponyo: Myazaki movie, lovely animation, brings us to tears and is suitable for many moods
Polyester: Devine-starred comedy that is over the top, full of love, and so funny
Lars and the Real Girl: Ryan Gosling is a hermit and falls in love with a sex doll. The entire small town rallies together to try and reintegrate him into society.
Big shot Hollywood boy genius director decides he's going to make a movie about the poor and downtrodden. His boss points out that the director grew up well off and has been making $10,000 a week since he graduated college.
So he decides to hit the road and see what poverty is really like...
The old Alan Rickman movie Truly madly deeply is great. Definitely not tacky. Probably wholesome? I definitely felt more happy than sad when credits rolled, and better for having watched it.
If you get Australian humour, The Castle is fantastic. Very wholesome and very funny, although I have known non-Australians to watch it and have most of it go over their head.
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Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 131d
Princess Bride, of course.
Marthirial@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 131d
And Pride and Prejudice.
Anchorxiety@reddthat.com · 19 pts · 131d
Have you seen Amélie? Not at all my usual kind of film, but I watched it because I heard good things about it. It's a very quirky and endearing film and I really enjoyed it.
It's French though so you'll need subtitles. Unless you are a French speaker lol
NameTaken@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 131d
Pretty general description but a few movies come to mind. I Swear The Holdovers The Peanut butter falcon Little Miss sunshine
Not sure if any of those are exactly what you're looking for but hope that helps
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 131d
I am going to assume you know all the main ones such as The Princess Bride, Stardust, A League of Their Own and various romcoms, When Harry Met Sally, You Got Mail.
Here are some others that may have what you are looking for.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 131d
Mate I would never have picked Good Night Oppy but I'm watching it now and really enjoying it! Thanks so much
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 131d
It is so excellent! Glad you are enjoying it!
HowlsSophie@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 131d
Seconding Marcel the Shell with Shoes on!
roger.wood@feddit.online · 11 pts · 131d
Secondhand lions.
IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 131d
I fucking love that movie, and a few years later I realized the kid is Sora in Kingdom Hearts!
roger.wood@feddit.online · 2 pts · 130d
It's probably the most "feel-good movie" I can think of
B0NK3RS@lazysoci.al · 9 pts · 131d
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 5 pts · 131d
"Fighting With My Family" is so ridiculously good.
The most violent Hallmark movie ever.
MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social · 2 pts · 131d
Normally I'm a bit of a movie snob and would never have picked up s title called Napoleon Dynamite but I'm glad I was convinced, one of my favourite movies!
ozymandias@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 131d
Beetlejuice
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 131d
I rewatched it for the first time since childhood with my partner and we were both shocked at how little screen time and lines a Beetlejuice had compared to our memories of the movie! Still one of my favorites, though. Mega holds up. …also we were on acid.
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler NICE FUCKIN’ MODEL! …honk honk! :::
ozymandias@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 131d
yeah it’s always risky watching beloved childhood movies. With you be flooded with nostalgia or ruin a special memory?
Beetlejuice was a family classic for me growing up… we only had a few VHS’s and that was one so we rewatched it 1,000,000 times.
Bettlejuice 2 sucked but it did manage to milk a couple drops out of my nostalgia gland.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 8 pts · 131d
I really enjoyed this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_(2014_film)
Might be a little tacky, but its literal history and AFAIK they did a good job with it.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 131d
As a rainbow person I approve
Overspark@piefed.social · 7 pts · 131d
Moonrise Kingdom is always worth a (re)watch.
misk@piefed.social · 6 pts · 131d
Probably whole Wes Anderson filmography up until he went off the rails with the formula (Grand Budapest Hotel and later) would fit.
AnalogHole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 131d
Wrong. It went to shit starting with Isle of the Dogs. GBH was peak
misk@piefed.social · 5 pts · 131d
Grand Budapest Hotel is a very good movie (and so is Isle of Dogs) but it’s around that time when Wes Anderson became too much style over substance imo and OP wanted to avoid „tacky” which I would say those are.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 131d
Wow I didn't know GBH was considered off the rails, it's the most beloved one. My favourite is definitely Royal Tenenbaums though and that's MILES better than GBH, which is just testament to how incredible it was
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 131d
The hunt for the wilder people - Taika Waititi directed Sam Neill and the kid from Deadpool 2, fun and heartwarming
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams adapted book, towels and bypasses
The blues brothers - a little old but I think it's pretty good, plenty of good music
Duck soup - Marx brothers comedy that mostly hold up, very old so a couple things mentioned that were cultural references at the time are no longer known but that's pretty rare overall
Some other worth mentioning: animated Robin hood, o brother where art thou, free solo
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 131d
The Hunt for the Wilderpeople…
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Happy Birthday Ricky Baker randomly plays in my head ALL THE TIME and I’ve only seen the movie once and I was blasted out of my mind on sass and remember NOTHING ELSE about the movie :::
AZX3RIC@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 131d
The Way Way Back.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1727388/
uhmbah@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 131d
@LadyButterfly you'll enjoy this one.
Edit: #LadyButterfly
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 131d
Thanks bud
B0NK3RS@lazysoci.al · 3 pts · 131d
Thanks. Haven't seen this before so will watch it tonight.
djdarren@piefed.social · 3 pts · 131d
That's a solid cast in that movie. I'll add it to my list.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 131d
That looks lovely thanks
B0NK3RS@lazysoci.al · 1 pts · 129d
I watched it today with my kids and it was great :)
TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website · 6 pts · 131d
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 131d
is chef considered tacky? thats an ultimate feel good movie
Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 131d
It is amazing!
subOrange@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 131d
If you are in a “what is love / would anyone love me / would I love anyone” type of period, I recommend you watch Before Sunrise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_Sunrise
misk@piefed.social · 4 pts · 131d
I couldn’t believe this movie was downloaded when I set Radarr to download IMDb top250. The premise of the movie is that two relatively wealthy people smell each others farts for an hour and a half.
Character 1: I have this incredibly popular worldview which makes me sound cool.
Character 2: I can’t believe it! I’m also a very smart free thinker! I thought I was the only one :O
mbp@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 130d
Wow, the other comments are amazing.
My partner and I love this genre in particular and y'all took most of my answers!
Some that I did not see mentioned yet:
Paddington / Paddington 2: so so so so good. The second might be better than the first
Rushmore: Wes Anderson before he was a meme. A bit crass but quite fun.
Ponyo: Myazaki movie, lovely animation, brings us to tears and is suitable for many moods
Polyester: Devine-starred comedy that is over the top, full of love, and so funny
Lars and the Real Girl: Ryan Gosling is a hermit and falls in love with a sex doll. The entire small town rallies together to try and reintegrate him into society.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 5 pts · 131d
Old gold.
"Sullivan's Travels."
Big shot Hollywood boy genius director decides he's going to make a movie about the poor and downtrodden. His boss points out that the director grew up well off and has been making $10,000 a week since he graduated college.
So he decides to hit the road and see what poverty is really like...
Classic Hollywood screwball comedy
Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 131d
The foundation of the Coen brothers career ❤️
dr_yeti@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 131d
The old Alan Rickman movie Truly madly deeply is great. Definitely not tacky. Probably wholesome? I definitely felt more happy than sad when credits rolled, and better for having watched it.
besmtt@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 131d
Stranger than fiction.
Maestro@fedia.io · 4 pts · 131d
"Bicentennial Man" with Robin Williams and Sam Neill. It's about a robot who gains consciousness.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 131d
The Menu
dellish@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 130d
If you get Australian humour, The Castle is fantastic. Very wholesome and very funny, although I have known non-Australians to watch it and have most of it go over their head.
RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 131d
The Intern
jimmoslice@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 131d
Wonder Boys is one of my all time favourites
HubertManne@piefed.social · 2 pts · 130d
princess bride?
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 130d
If you want to watch a film about “gays and coal miners” I’d recommend Pride
MisterMKE@midwest.social · 1 pts · 130d
Second this one, love that movie.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 131d
Not sure what you consider tacky, but I thought Lady in the Water fit that description.
foreverknew@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 131d
Local Hero (1983) would definitely fit the bill. It's a little quirky but I wouldn't call it tacky at all.
"An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected."
hefty4871@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 130d
Robot Dreams