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Mood Enhancers

Anyone in need of a celluloid "pick-me-up" should feel at ease with this batch of movies, all of which strive to leave audiences a little happier and more hopeful than when they sat down. Whether they attempt to brighten the day through song and dance, fantasy, humor, or romance, these films all feature big, bright personalities with eye-popping production designs to match.

Major Works
Rating
Year
 Title
 
 Director
  9 Stars 1995 Babe   Chris Noonan
  9 Stars 1965 The Sound of Music   Robert Wise
  9 Stars 1952 Singin' in the Rain   Stanley Donen
  9 Stars 1987 The Princess Bride   Rob Reiner
  9 Stars 1962 The Music Man   Morton Da Costa
  9 Stars 1987 Moonstruck   Norman Jewison
  9 Stars 1944 Meet Me in St. Louis   Vincente Minnelli
  9 Stars 1950 Harvey   Henry Koster
  9 Stars 1982 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial   Steven Spielberg
  9 Stars 1988 Cinema Paradiso   Giuseppe Tornatore
  8 Stars 2000 Almost Famous   Cameron Crowe
  8 Stars 1994 Nobody's Fool   Robert Benton
  8 Stars 1955 Mister Roberts   John Ford
  8 Stars 1987 Roxanne   Fred Schepisi
  8 Stars 1988 Hairspray   John Waters
  8 Stars 1979 Breaking Away   Peter Yates
  8 Stars 1988 Big   Penny Marshall
  8 Stars 1981 Arthur   Steve Gordon
  7 Stars 2002 About a Boy   Chris Weitz
  7 Stars 2002 Real Women Have Curves   Patricia Cardoso
  7 Stars 2001 Monsoon Wedding   Mira Nair
  7 Stars 2001 Amélie   Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  7 Stars 1999 Annie   Rob Marshall
  7 Stars 1997 The Full Monty   Peter Cattaneo
  7 Stars 1996 Fly Away Home   Carroll Ballard
  7 Stars 1996 Jerry Maguire   Cameron Crowe
  7 Stars 1996 Big Night   Campbell Scott
  7 Stars 1994 Little Women   Gillian Armstrong
  7 Stars 1984 Splash   Ron Howard
  7 Stars 1990 Pretty Woman   Garry Marshall
  7 Stars 1979 My Brilliant Career   Gillian Armstrong
  7 Stars 1980 My Bodyguard   Tony Bill
  7 Stars 1993 Much Ado About Nothing   Kenneth Branagh
  7 Stars 1986 Lucas   David Seltzer
  7 Stars 1979 A Little Romance   George Roy Hill
  7 Stars 1992 A League of Their Own   Penny Marshall
  7 Stars 1980 Gregory's Girl   Bill Forsyth
  7 Stars 1989 Field of Dreams   Phil Alden Robinson
  7 Stars 1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off   John Hughes
  7 Stars 1993 Dave   Ivan Reitman
  7 Stars 1991 The Commitments   Alan Parker
  7 Stars 1985 Cocoon   Ron Howard
  7 Stars 1987 Bagdad Cafe   Percy Adlon
  6 Stars 2002 Drumline   Charles Stone III
  6 Stars 2001 Kissing Jessica Stein   Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
  6 Stars 2000 Love & Basketball   Gina Prince-Bythewood
  6 Stars 1999 Bowfinger   Frank Oz
  6 Stars 1997 In & Out   Frank Oz
  6 Stars 1996 A Family Thing   Richard Pearce
  6 Stars 1994 Muriel's Wedding   P.J. Hogan
  6 Stars 1989 Parenthood   Ron Howard
  6 Stars 1988 Mystic Pizza   Donald Petrie
    6 Stars 1991 Hear My Song   Peter Chelsom
  6 Stars 1992 Enchanted April   Mike Newell
  5 Stars 2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding   Joel Zwick
  5 Stars 2002 Barbershop   Tim Story
  5 Stars 2000 Big Eden   Thomas Bezucha
  5 Stars 1999 Mumford   Lawrence Kasdan
  5 Stars 1994 The Sum of Us   Geoff Burton
  5 Stars 1989 Shirley Valentine   Lewis Gilbert
  4 Stars 1999 Happy, Texas   Mark Illsley
 
 
 
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