Recommend a movie my mother would like!

[Hello.there]

She's a very hard woman to please! I've rented her 79,372 movies (roughly :o) and she's probably loved five or six of them -

eg

On Golden Pond
Chocolat
Amelie
Babette's Feast
My Life as a Dog

She hates anything too 'drippy', but loves 'sweet' movies with a good story, maybe with a touch of romance. Violence and heart-breaking ends (eg Pay it Forward) are a complete no-no.

Help? :)

[skunk]

Best In Show. Brilliant effort from the team that brought you This Is Spinal Tap.

[McGiord]

This is a have it all kind of movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292542/

Life is Beautiful:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118799/

Le Placard:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243493/
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[liketom]

Little Miss Sunshine or March of the Penguins

[Leareth]

Volver
not happy but good.

[TEG]

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (The One With the Whales)
Beethoven
Beethoven's 2nd
Babe

An iffy movie, with no violence, lots of humor, and some romance.... Super Troopers.

TEG

[yellow]

An iffy movie, with no violence, lots of humor, and some romance.... Super Troopers.

No movie that features VT and Maple Syrup chugging could be iffy! :)

[jb60606]

Hard to say without knowing your mother, but...

Never met anyone that didn't thoroughly enjoy:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51118XV4CRL._SS500_.jpg

Kind of a "feel-good" movie, but touching nonetheless:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ANGVNEBVL._SS500_.jpg

The story is a little rough on the squeamish (a little violence and some sensitive topics), but my mother loved:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5143Z9VZXPL._SS500_.jpg

[Kamera RAWr]

Best In Show. Brilliant effort from the team that brought you This Is Spinal Tap.

I was soooo going to suggest that :p

[jessica.]

You've rented 80k movies? hmmm

+2 on About a Boy
Also, Land of Women.

[sushi]

Maybe one of these:

The Dish (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205873/)

Miracle (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349825/)

Something's Gotta Give (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337741/)

[princealfie]

Funny Games directed by Michael Haneke. Both the 1997 German and the 2008 English versions. :cool:

[velocityg4]

Oldies but great

The Philadelphia Story (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032904/)

Bringing Up Baby (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029947/)

Mildred Pierce (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037913/)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041866/)

Man I can drive my roommates up the wall sometimes with these old movies:D.

[Stampyhead]

Life is Beautiful:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118799/

I was going to suggest that one too, but it's very sad at the end, thus breaking the OP's 'no heart-breaking endings' rule.

I thought 'Music and Lyrics' was a good movie.

[SoldOutMatinee]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. or maybe she's seen it already since you've rented over a million movies for her.

[freeny]

Harold & Maude
Garden State
About a Boy
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
A Perfect World

[true777]

I second "Harold and Maude". Beautiful, touching, interesting and clever -- a classic.

I also second "Life is Beautiful"

- The Pillow Book (Peter Greenaway)

- Memoirs of a Geisha

[faust]

Pi
http://www.key-light.org/Pi%20movie%20poster.jpg
The Fountain
http://justevolvin.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/the_fountain-poster.jpg

They are both very good films.

[Hello.there]

You people are legends, thank you!

Okay, I'll have a look through that list.....surely there's one in there that she'll like?!

But forgot to mention......she thinks Hugh Grant is a "drip". :o

[Hello.there]

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (The One With the Whales)

Best In Show. Brilliant effort from the team that brought you This Is Spinal Tap.

O.......kay. :confused:

[freeny]

But forgot to mention......she thinks Hugh Grant is a "drip". :o

That leaves out "About a Boy" :o

[FleurDuMal]

Fisting Firemen.

[biturbomunkie]

big fish?

[faust]

http://miracle-pictures.com/funerals_and_snakes/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/vie_en_rose_ver2.jpg

La Vie En Rose is another good movie.

EDIT: Big Fish is another kick ass movie, so I'm seconding BiTurboMunkie's recommendation of it.

[Hello.there]

Fisting Firemen.

Right. Is it, um, romantic? **cough**

[scotty96LSC]

Music and Lyrics

[Hello.there]

Okay, we have:

A Perfect World
About a Boy
Babe
Beethoven
Beethoven's 2nd
Best In Show
Big Fish
Bringing Up Baby
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fisting Firemen
Funny Games
Garden State
Harold & Maude
Hijo de la novia, El
La Vie En Rose
Le Placard
Life is Beautiful
Little Miss Sunshine
March of the Penguins
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mildred Pierce
Miracle
Music and Lyrics
Pi
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Something's Gotta Give
Star Trek IV
Super Troopers
The Dish
The Fountain
The Philadelphia Story
The Pillow Book
The Station Agent
Ulee's Gold
Volver

Excellent! Thank you!

Although my biggest fear is that her favourite from that bunch will be Fisting Firemen.

[1Life]

Any movie with Marion Cotillard in it would be watchable. She is that good.

How about a movie that has romance, comedy, violence and a moral lesson?

Death to Smoochy

[freeny]

Any movie with Marion Cotillard in it would be watchable. She is that good.

How about a movie that has romance, comedy, violence and a moral lesson?

Death to Smoochy

Yes it has all of those, but its a horrible movie. :confused:

[RedTomato]

Hugh Grant is a drippy actor, but in About a Boy, he's actually very good. I think as the character is so similar to what he's like in real life, the emotional struggle of the character has some impact on him, and makes him more reflective that his usual crappy boy-man cad pretending-to-act schick.

I think your mother would also love Delicatessen.

I've noticed there's a lot of French / classic Euro / New Wave cinema in that list. If your ma doesn't mind subtitles, there's some of the best movies in the world in that direction. A real education in filmmaking as craft and a labour of love.

[SoldOutMatinee]

Right. Is it, um, romantic? **cough**

it sounds so dirty, right? lol

[jb60606]

Hugh Grant is a drippy actor, but in About a Boy, he's actually very good. I think as the character is so similar to what he's like in real life, the emotional struggle of the character has some impact on him, and makes him more reflective that his usual crappy boy-man cad pretending-to-act schick.

Couldn't agree more. I was almost embarrassed when I approached the cashier with a "Hugh Grant" flick in my hand.

After watching it, I was almost hesitant to return it without at least one more viewing. Like him or not, the movie was well done and couldn't have had a better cast.

I'd also like to add "Grosse Pointe Blank" to the list. Some violence, but an extremely well acted dark comedy. Minnie Driver and John Cusack had a chemistry you just don't see often.

[TEG]

No movie that features VT and Maple Syrup chugging could be iffy! :)

By iffy, I mean it is funny, but is a little crude and therefore may not be approprate for a prudish viewer.

TEG

[Hello.there]

By iffy, I mean it is funny, but is a little crude and therefore may not be approprate for a prudish viewer.

Oi! I'm no prude :mad:

Signed,

Hello.there's Mother.

[Melrose]

Subtle, familial bits of comedy, good wholesome story, non-smart-ass kid, Gerard Butler for the ladies... Excellent film.

http://www.impawards.com/2005/posters/dear_frankie.jpg

EDIT: "Dear Frankie"

[skunk]

Tampopo. 'Nuff said.

[Abstract]

I think your mum is just incredibly difficult to please.


I recommend Ratatouille.

[Don't panic]

Bagdad cafe'http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YT7EE85XL._AA240_.jpg
Nothing to do with Iraq. A surreal, feel-good drama-comedy, with the right amount of sweetness and one of the best songs ever in a movie.

given what you say she liked, my bet is she'll love it.

i would also suggest
DOWN BY LAWhttp://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/coverv/16/199316.jpg
a bizarre, slow but poetic and funny jim jarmush movie

[nhcowboy1]

King of Hearts (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060908/).

[zelmo]

Shawshank Redemption
The Princess Bride
The Notebook

[RedTomato]

Anything by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samauri, Yojimbo, Ran, etc) , or Hayao Miyazaki (Monoke, Spirited Away etc) or Pixar / Dreamworks? (Shrek, The Incrediables, etc etc)

That's some of the best filmmaking in the world there. Hayao Miyazaki in particular is very good at making films where the 'baddies' are more complex than at first sight.

[Abstract]

Edward Penishands.

[Silver-Fox]

Atonement

[Ugg]

Quinceanara

The actors are unknown and it was filmed in two weeks. The ending is sort of happy but it's an excellent film nonetheless.

The Secret Life of Words

This movie has a mostly happy ending but the movie is gut wrenching. I highly recommend it. It actually takes place in your part of the globe, well, sort of.

[Kashchei]

I recommend the Japanese file Shall We Dance (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117615/). An elderly relative showed this to me, and I thought I would have to sit through it just to be polite. By the time it was over, I could see why she put it on without question; this is a movie that anyone who loves movies will enjoy.

[AEP]

another vote for,

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
And Life is beautiful.

two of the best films EVER made, both are wonderful.

although the only film i ever made my mum sit and watch was Shawshank, and she loved it! so i suppose that must also get a vote as well.

[Melrose]

I recommend the Japanese file Shall We Dance (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117615/). An elderly relative showed this to me, and I thought I would have to sit through it just to be polite. By the time it was over, I could see why she put it on without question; this is a movie that anyone who loves movies will enjoy.

That was a very good story, I agree. A similar, albeit quirky story, is Strictly Ballroom. I'd show this one to my mother also.

[Mindflux]

Debbie does...

[nhcowboy1]

King of Hearts (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060908/)

and

Snow cake (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448124/).

[MrSmith]

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway. Truly a masterpiece.

And further votes for:

Eternal Sunshine...
The Dish
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Tampopo. 'Nuff said.

What is with that last scene?

[FleurDuMal]

Vampyros Lesbos

A Spanish art-house movie.

[oblomow]

you can't go wrong with the classic:
Brutti, sporchi e cattivi (http://imdb.com/title/tt0074252/)

[dingster1]

Another vote for The Notebook. very moving

[chaosbunny]

Somehow my favourite movie from 2007 would fit your description:

Stardust (http://www.stardustmovie.com/)

Nice, sweet storyline with a good portion of sensible humor. Robert DeNiro as gay pirate captain who is always concerned about his mean reputation rules.

[creator2456]

Waking Ned Divine (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166396/)

Jackie O'Shea, a resident of the tiny Irish coastal village of Tully More, discovers that one of his neighbors has won the lottery - the question is, who? It takes some doing, but Jackie figures out that the lucky person is none other than his new best friend, Ned Devine. Unfortunately, it turns out Ned is in no position to collect the jackpot, which totals almost 6.9 million Irish pounds. So Jackie and his real best friend, Michael O'Sullivan, try to figure out a way to share in Ned's good fortune - after all, Ned would want it that way. But things get a lot more complicated than either Jackie or Michael could have anticipated.

http://www.impawards.com/1998/posters/waking_ned_devine.jpg