We ran a small survey on Tumblr, Reddit, and other websites to ask people a simple question: list all of your favorite “feel-good” movies that you watch when you feel down or low. We received a list of 210+ movie titles and ranked which ones were mentioned the most. Check this list out if you’re looking for some movies to check out today.
Demographics
The survey had 34 participants with an average age of 24 (range: 15 to 48). The survey’s participants were mostly cisgender (95%). The survey participants identified mostly as heterosexual (55%) although there was a strong percentage of participants who identified as bisexual (29%). The survey participants were most likely to be Hispanic or Latino (38%) or White or Caucasian (35%). The participants listed 210 different titles of movies between their responses, which comes out to about ~6 ‘feel-good’ movies per participant.
Bronze Level: Mentioned 3 times (~9% of participants)
![]() | 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) |
![]() | Aladdin (1992) |
![]() | Forrest Gump (1994) |
![]() | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
![]() | Hercules (1997) |
![]() | Monsters Inc (2001) |
![]() | Mulan (1998) |
![]() | PS I Love You (2007) |
![]() | Pride and Prejudice (2005) |
![]() | Shrek 2 (2004) |
| Star Wars (The Series) (1977 to 2019) | |
![]() | The Pursuit of Happiness (2006) |
Silver Level: Mentioned 4 times (~11% of participants)
| Mamma Mia! (2009) | |
![]() | Mean Girls (2004) |
![]() | Toy Story (1995) |
Gold Level: Mentioned 11 times (~32% of participants)
![]() | Shrek (2004) |
















