Ten Impressively Joyful Movies

(Movies I admire for how bright they allow their brightness to be, and how much they make you feel it. Arranged chronologically.)

 

  • Small Change (directed by François Truffaut, 1976)

  • The Muppet Movie (directed by James Frawley, 1979)

  • Local Hero (directed by Bill Forsyth, 1983)

  • Tampopo (directed by Juzo Itami, 1985)

  • Mediterraneo (directed by Gabriele Salvatores, 1991)

  • Show Me Love (directed by Lukas Moodysson, 1998)

  • Buddy (directed by Morten Tyldum, 2003)

  • I Wish (directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2011)

  • Mistress America (directed by Noah Baumbach, 2015)

  • Sing Street (directed by John Carney, 2016)

— February 9, 2021


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