Movies and TV Shows

Ted Lasso of course!

The Good Place is overall pretty positive. Same with Parks and Recreation as well as Abbot Elementary.

Malcolm in the Middle

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Probably the most wholesome and positive of all the Treks. There's a reason it's so loved

Ted Lasso springs to mind first, but I like these as well. Some of them are older, but so am I. 😄

• Parks and Recreation: It's silly but at the end of the day the characters really all do support each other, even Jerry! :)
• The Good Place: It's nice to see the characters grow, and it's a real easy way to learn some philosophy. :)
• Nailed It!: While it's a competition show, you can tell that everyone is in on the joke and it's all still very fun
• Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt: Like most sitcoms, it's absurd, but funny and Kimmie is the most positive character
• Comming to America: Eddie Murphy at his finest!
• The Birdcage: Robin Williams! And for the time it really did push the envelope for inclusion
• Mrs. Doubtfire: Because you can't go wrong with Robin Williams!
• When Harry Met Sally...: Can men and women be just friends?
• Groundhog Day: One of Bill Murray's finest and about making yourself better
• Big!: Who didn't daydream about being an adult when you were 10?
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off: One epic day of playing hooky from school

What We Do In The Shadows

Both the movie and the series.

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The recent series Jury Duty was hilarious and surprisingly wholesome and showed how there are actual good people in the world.

I know it’s kinda corny and basically a big ad for Google but I low key love The Internship. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are hilarious together and the movie is about how it’s never too late to change your life and it always just makes me feel good.

Bobs Burgers is hilarious and chaotic, yet simultaneously wholesome and positive comedy. The earlier seasons definitely lean more into the chaos, but even then, the family is such a positive example of semi-dysfunctional people loving each other to the max. Very few couples in TV or movies have anywhere near as good of a relationship as Bob and Linda, and their kids have some of my favorite sibling dynamics of any show I’ve ever watched.

I know this is a pretty popular one but I don't think I've ever not felt better after an episode or two (or 6) of Futurama. As for movies, Hot Fuzz always has something new and funny you hadn't noticed before on each watch.
I also think many of the studio Ghibli films give off some pretty good vibes (emphasis on the word 'many' though, there are some pretty gut-wrenching ones). Any of the Mr Bean movies or episodes also cheer me up pretty well. ETA: for shows that leave you feeling positive, many of the Star Trek series focus on the good aspects of humanity, and present very meaningful ideas on how to achieve a positive outcome for all. My personal favorites so far are Deep Space 9 and the Next Generation, although Voyager and many of the others are just as good.

Pushing Daisies is a really wholesome show, funny and what I found to be an interesting plot too.

• Paddington / Paddington 2
• Kiki's Delivery Service

Home Movies

Look into these and see if they might interest you:

• Schitt’s Creek
• Ted Lasso
• Bob’s Burgers
• Community
• Comedians in the car getting coffee

The Office (both US and UK versions) will be very entertaining and feel positive

The Detectorists (available free on freevee) is my current go-to for when I need some chill positive vibes. Everything about it just feels like a warm hug.

For movies, you can't go wrong with a low-stakes slice-of-life comedy. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret and You Hurt My Feelings are two recent ones which I loved.

• Pushing Daisies,
• Gravity Falls,
• Amphibia,
• The Good Place,
• Strange World (2022),
• The Lost City (2022),
• "Confess, Fletch",
• The unbearable weight of massive talent,
• Everything everywhere all at once,
• Lightyear,
• Warm Bodies,
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife,
• The secret life of Walter Mitty,
• Don Jon,
• Oscar (1991, I love this one),
• What we do in the shadows,
• Paul (2011),
• Hitchcock (2012),
• Logan Lucky,
• Good Omens,
• Bird on a wire,
• Miracle Workers,
• Stranger than fiction (2006),
• Lars and the real girl,
• Hot Fuzz,
• The King's Speech,
• A beautiful Mind,
• The eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (warning: see the comment ) ,
• Groundhog day,
• What dreams may come (warning: deals with loss and mourning),
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001),
• Contact.

Nathan for You

Blazing saddles and The Princess Bride are great movies. Still Standing is a funny semi-standup comedy about rural Canadian towns.

Surprised nobody has mentioned Psych yet, definitely one of my go to comfort shows

I can’t stop watching superstore. Every episode is hilarious.

Little Miss Sunshine - Movie about loving yourself and people around you despite the sadness in life

K-dramas like What's wrong with secretary Kim, Hometown Cha-cha-cha and Romance is a Bonus Book. Start-Up and Search WWW are about people running businesses and are not so sappy, but nothing much tragic. It's OK not to be OK, SKY Castle, Move to Heaven and Extraordinary Attorney Woo have some dark stuff, but balance it with some really funny and heartfelt stuff and end up on a positive note.

I always feel Scrubs is worth rewatching.

Two of my recent favorites have notably positive themes:

• Joe Pera Talks With You

• The Bear (Season 2, specifically)

If you don't mind some anime I suggest you to watch K-on.

Here's something nobody has seen, but is sweet despite the premise: Brigsby Bear https://letterboxd.com/film/brigsby-bear/

I think this fits, too: Moonrise Kingdom https://letterboxd.com/film/moonrise-kingdom/ If you have my sense of humor, you'll also find this one rather funny.

I'm not sure if it is exactly what you are looking for but, little miss sunshine

These are more "leave you feeling good" than "funny" but

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Big Fish

Also Julia for a series. That show made me so happy when I watched it lol

And Rockos Modern Life is my all time favorite

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