pjj's - PJ's favourite feel good movies! List
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Sometimes, the most powerful magic of all is the kind that comes straight from the heart. Sarah Michelle Gellar "brings her bewitching charms to a tale of love" in this seductive story of "hex" appeal. Beautiful restaurant owner Amanda Shelton (Gellar) is falling head over heels for handsome, hard-driving executive Tom Bartlett (Sean Patrick Flanery). Unfortunately, Tom is too busy to recognize that she's truly the girl of his dreams...until Amanda puts him under her tantalizing spell! - Director:
- Mark Tarlov
- Cast:
- Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sean Patrick Flanery, Patricia Clarkson
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From the producers of 'The Fault in Our Stars' comes this heartfelt coming-of-age story about the adventure of finding yourself and falling in love. Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year-old Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) it's a bit complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't actually know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online. - Director:
- Greg Berlanti
- Cast:
- Nick Robinson, Darcy Rose Byrnes, Jennifer Garner
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Living in glamorous New York, Becky desperately wants a job writing for a high-fashion magazine. She gets her stilettos in the door when she gets a job writing a personal finance column at a sister publication. Much to her surprise, her column not only becomes a huge hit, but she falls head over high heels for her overworked yet handsome boss (Hugh Dancy). But Becky has a secret that leads to some hilarious high jinks that could unravel it all. - Director:
- PJ Hogan
- Cast:
- Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter
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Dolly Parton and James Woods star in this lighthearted romantic comedy about a country girl who accidentally becomes Chicago's hottest talk radio celebrity. With her homespun wit and down-home advice, Shirlee Kenyon wins listeners' hearts... and the heart of investigative reporter Jack Russell. But when Jack discovers the hidden secret to her success, it jeopardises both her newfound celebrity status and their future together. - Director:
- Barnet Kellman
- Cast:
- Dolly Parton, James Woods, Griffin Dunne
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Academy Award winner Diane Keaton is smashing as a high-powered career woman who inherits a baby – and discovers a side of herself she never knew whose had… a maternal one! Co-starring Sam Shepard and James Spader, this sophisticated, screwball comedy about the pitfalls and payoffs of instant parenthood will put a smile on your face again and again. J.C Wiatt (Keaton) thinks she has it all together. Beautiful and talented, she’s on the road to certain success. So when an adorable baby girl comes into her life by way of a distant cousin’s will, it’s J.C who breaks out in a rash! Juggling power lunches an powdered formula, she is soon forced off the fast track by a conniving colleague and a bigoted boss. But this lady won’t stay down for long. She’ll prove to the world that a woman can have it all – and on her won terms too! - Director:
- Charles Shyer
- Cast:
- Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis
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A computer operator (Whoopi Goldberg) at a bank is plunged into an exciting world of international intrigue, danger and romance when her terminal gets an S.O.S. from "Jumpin' Jack Flash", a British spy stranded in Eastern Europe. She is soon matching wits with the deadliest members of the espionage community from the CIA to the KGB. - Director:
- Penny Marshall
- Cast:
- Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, John Wood
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An American slacker abandoned by her boyfriend in Tokyo finds her calling in an unlikely place: a local ramen house run by a tyrannical chef who doesn't speak of a word of English. Undaunted by the chef's raging crankiness, Abby convinces him to teach her the art of ramen preparation... and despite hilarious clashes of culture and personality, she learns how to put passion and spirit into her life as well as her cooking. - Director:
- Robert Allan Ackerman
- Cast:
- Brittany Murphy, Kazumi Nakamura, Toshiyuki Nishida
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A funny and touching coming-of-age story based on the beloved best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, feature is a modern classic that captures the dizzying highs and crushing lows of growing up. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is a moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope – and the unforgettable friends that help us through life. - Director:
- Stephen Chbosky
- Cast:
- Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller
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Lauren (Shelley Long) is refinement, regimentation and ballet slippers. Sandy (Bette Midler) is brassy, bossy and stiletto heels. They meet and it's hate at first sight. But these two opposites are shocked to discover a common bond: they share the same boyfriend - a handsome schoolteacher (Peter Coyote) who mysteriously and conveniently disappears. Mr. Right wronged them...and when they decide to track the scoundrel down, they're thrown together in a cross-country pursuit for better or worse...mostly for worse. - Director:
- Arthur Hiller
- Cast:
- Shelley Long, Bette Midler, Peter Coyote
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Clueless (1995)I Was a Teenage Teenager
It's not easy being the most popular and glamorous girl at Beverly Hills High. Especially when you're the envy of scheming Betties (female babes), persistent Barneys (unattractive guys), and teachers who go postal (freak out) when you turn your homework in late! Yet somehow 15-year-old Cher (Alicia Silverstone) keeps it all together, even finding time for extracurricular projects like finding a love match for her debate class teacher (Wallace Shawn), and giving a dowdy friend (Brittany Murphy) a fashion makeover. But Cher's tidy world starts to unravel with the sudden appearance of two total Baldwins (hunks): a sexy and stylish new classmate (Justin Walker), and Cher's square but cute "ex-stepbrother" (Paul Rudd). Now Cher is about to learn that when it comes to love, she's...well, Clueless. - Director:
- Amy Heckerling
- Cast:
- Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy
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