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Hey Pandas, What TV Show Or Movie Is Most Comforting To You When You Are Sad? (Closed)

For me, it's Star Trek. I"ve watched The Original Series, The Next Generation, most of The Animated Series, and a few episodes of Deep Space Nine. That show never fails to cheer me up or at least help me forget about about a bad day.

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#1

I don't like to watch movies or cartoons when I'm sad, because I can't really concentrate on them, I dissociate really quickly and slip back into my thoughts. So I guess my answer is that I don't like to watch anything when I'm sad.

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12points

Titas Burinskas

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#2

basically anything from childhood. the mary tyler moore show, gilligan's island, the brady bunch, 60's batman (especially 60's batman), the munsters. my favorite is the andy griffith show..it's a little before my time, but it's so sweet and gentle and soothing, it's always nice when i feel sad.

Final score:

10points

emer the unreal

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#3

For me it's the office (us version), it always lights up my mood!

Final score:

8points

Diana Lopetaitė

#4

Books are my solution. Quit watching TV years ago, with exceptions of old Loony Tunes and Merrie Melodies with the kids. Hidden puns and jokes in those are delightful.

Final score:

7points

#5

Friends or Sex and the City. Plus junk food, obviously.

Final score:

6points

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#6

Anything on TCM.

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5points

Bettie-Jean Neal

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#7

Trailer Park Boys. I never get tired of watching it. Never fails to help me unwind, always makes me laugh. So wholesome!

Final score:

4points

#8

When I’m having a really bad day/week/month I cannot watch anything because it’s too hard to concentrate.

When just sad/down it used to be Third Rock From the Sun, Miranda, Porridge. Currently, it’s QI and Red Dwarf.

Final score:

4points

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#9

I know this is going to sound weird, but my comfort show is Law and Order: SVU 😅

When I was younger we didn't have cable, and late at night it was pretty much the only decent show airing (apart from foreign soap operas and infomercials). So, now i link watching Law and Order with a cozy late night at home, when the worst thing I had to worry for was homework, and that made me feel better.

Final score:

4points

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#10

Moonstruck - the emotional familia fighting & loving in equal parts never fails when I’m lonely for those days in my own family. Little Lord Fontleroy to restore my faith in innocent truth from children. Howl’s Moving Castle just to transport myself to a place where magic is real & love conquers hate.

Final score:

4points

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#11

The Boomer Collection: Blast from the Past | The Man with Two Brains | The Parent Trap (original) | Father of the Bride | A Year in Provence (series) | Lilo and Stitch | The Polar Express.

Final score:

4points

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#12

Scrubs, Brooklyn 99 and, Star Wars Rebels/Clone Wars and Avatar are some of my favourite comfort series.

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4points

#13

I Love Lucy. The movie Now Voyager.

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4points

Miss Frankfurter

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#14

"The Party" Filmed in the hippy days of 1968. Peter Sellers, Blake Edwards, and Henri Mancini from the "Pink Panther" series. No matter how down I get it still makes me laugh out loud. It has a great cast also- Claudine Longet, Gavin Macleod, Carol Wayne (from the Johnny Carson Show), and Steve Franken as the most adorable drunk. Try it out; I can pretty much guarantee that your blues will be put on hold. :)

Final score:

4points

#15

May sound silly but what works best for me is good old cartoons like tom and jerry with some cereal and milk

Final score:

4points

#16

Fried Green Tomatoes, Anne of Green Gables, Secondhand Lions, Wild Hogs. Not necessarily in that order. Anything that will make me laugh. Stupid commercials do it for me too, to bad I can't pop a dvd of them in the player.

Final score:

3points

Inside looking out

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#17

Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Final score:

3points

whineygingercat

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#18

Either Young Sheldon or the A&E version of Pride & Prejudice.

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3points

#19

Friends! My go to comfort show.

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3points

#20

1. Groundhog Day
2. Kung-Fu Panda
3. Cars

Final score:

3points

#21

I guess for me it's Bojack Horseman.

Final score:

2points

Gabrielė Malukaitė

#22

I Like the old stuff Thema :

Operation Petticoat
The old Miss Marple Films with Margret Rutherford
Pater Brown - i don't Care about the Version
Don Camillo & Peppone
and so in.

Maybe most of the list ist typically German.

Final score:

2points

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#23

The Office (US) or Parks and Rec, are like meeting up with old friends and able to give you comfort when your down. Like a virtual hug

Final score:

2points

#24

Big Bang Theory. I've seen every episode multiple times, so I can pick up from any point and doesn't require a lot of brain cells to keep up. One channel runs them back to back for hours at a time at night, so I just tune in and let it take over. Still makes me laugh or at least smile.

Final score:

2points

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#25

I always watch Galavant, my favorite show. Or if I’m really down, sometimes I just watch the kids shows I grew up with. Old My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, Max and Ruby- I like the shows that don’t have a heavy plot and are kind of just wholesome and easy to watch.

Final score:

2points

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#26

Hamilton :D
Always Hamilton.

Final score:

2points

Micah Chips 🇺🇦🇮🇱

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#27

Nacho Libre. Naaaachho!

Final score:

2points

#28

There are many different kinds of being miserable. For a certain kind of self centered depression (self pity mostly) I now watch the interviews of the Youtube channel "Soft White Underbelly". It is very hard to watch, but after a few minutes I regain the bigger picture of life. PS: I'm still not sure of the motives of this channel and whether the interview techniques are questionable or not.

Final score:

2points

#29

Ducktales 2018 and Gravity Falls.

Final score:

2points

#30

Modern Family always helps. Once I had a very bad panic attack and my boyfriend just carried me to the couch, tucked me in, put on modern family and laid with me until I stopped crying.

Final score:

2points

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#31

The Secret Life of Pets. It's easy, without a lot of tearing up moments, full of little jokes. It's just what's needed when the day ends up not so great. And the angry bunny always makes me laugh! Even remembering that little fella makes me smile.

Final score:

2points

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#32

Anything from the Pythons, classic silent comedies from Buster Keaton, Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Young Frankenstein, Beauty and the Beast - the original French version directed by Jean Cocteau. Add Jimmy Fallon's show, That's My Jam. So wonderfully silly!

Final score:

2points

HarriMissesScotland

#33

Nature documentaries of any kind can replace depression with a sense of wonder.

If I'm just trying to get to sleep, the gentle buzzing of motor (circuit) racing on low volume with no commentary is perfect.

Final score:

2points

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#34

Arrested Development.

Final score:

2points

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#35

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Final score:

2points

#36

Adventure Time

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2points

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#37

Disney's Clouds. the story is so sad it makes me sad for other people instead of myself.

Final score:

2points

leia's emotional cupcake

#38

This is really embarrassing but Molang & Piu Piu and The Clangers 😂 sometimes the world is just too gross and horrible, even goths get sick of dark stuff sometimes and i need cute bunnies, rainbows and pink mice 😅
Also i love the Iron Chicken shes kind of steampunk

Final score:

1point

Goth Mouse (he/they)

#39

The (US) Office :)
It makes me so happy, and humour always makes me forget about the stuff that's bothering me

Final score:

1point

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#40

Thor: Ragnarok

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1point

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#41

The part of Steven Universe (Peridot-related spoilers ahead, read with caution!) from when Peridot is captured to when she becomes a full-fledged Crystal Gem never fails to make me feel better about whatever’s going on

Final score:

1point

#42

Molang and piu piu!! The animation is so cute and i love chicks and bunnies

Final score:

1point

#43

The Office, Seinfeld, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter series

Final score:

1point

#44

Sports night. Three seasons of real emotion.

Final score:

1point

#45

Good Morning, Miss Dove.

Final score:

1point

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#46

Saiki K, always pulls a laugh out of me

Final score:

1point

Has sold soul for corn chip

#47

Wonder
I don't know what comforts me so much, even when it makes me cry a few times Every time.

Final score:

1point

#48

Steel Magnolias. Even though there is an extremely sad part, the love of family and the closeness of a small community is very evident and comforting.

Final score:

1point

#49

Supernatural! Sam and Dean always take care of the ghosts that haunt me :)

Final score:

1point

#50

Any dr pol episode

Final score:

1point

Ranboo beloved He/They

#51

Forensic Files

That is always my comfort show. If I am feeling down, sick, or just stressed. I love true crime but that show in particular because unlike most true crime shows it removes almost all the emotional drama and does only the minimum amount of re-enactment. My brain finds it very comforting to see how the case was solved.

Final score:

1point

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#52

Schitt's Creek is my go-to comfort show. David, especially, makes me feel better.

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1point

#53

When my husband dumped me for someone else, I watched Seinfeld episodes. Watching other people struggle with relationships made me feel not so left out. I know, I know; it's fiction! But those story ideas came from somewhere, right?

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#54

The Princess Bride or Johnathon Livingston Seagull. Even just listening to the beautiful soundtracks of these movies is soothing. They are beautiful in their own right. Well they are composed by Mark Knophler and Neil Diamond respectively.

Final score:

1point

IlovemydogShilo

#55

The West Wing. Every day at nap time. I've watched it all the way through countless times. Reminds me of a better time that never was.

Final score:

1point

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#56

When I'm down in the depths, I like to open some ice cream and pop in The Office. Never fails.

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1point

#57

Euology (2004). Dark Comedy.

What could be better than a FUNeral?

I'm a bit warped, I know.

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1point

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#58

John Candy movies are my go to..throw on some Uncle Buck and melt into couch

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1point

#59

Monty Python Flying Circus. The absurd helps me get some distance.
Also British murder mysteries like Midsommer Murders, Death in Paradise, Inspector Lewis....

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1point

#60

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. 90% silly, 10% twisted. Just sheer, unabashed joy.

“The stars at night are big and bright..”

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#61

Either, Ouran High School Host Club, or The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

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#62

Miraculous, i love lady bug and cat noir its so true!!

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#63

Psych. The tv show or the movies. The musical, too! Psych is my happy place. When I have a really rough day, all I have to do is watch the opening scene from the Office Space episode, and I instantly feel better. I love those guys.

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1point

VodkaInMySweetTea

#64

Queer Eye
Makes me feel hope for the world, when I am down about division

Final score:

1point

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#65

If I'm sad and want to feel better, I read or watch Good Omens. If I want to have a good cry, I watch Sherlock.

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#66

Pretty boring, but Gravity Falls, and anime. The Owl House is great too, and so is Criminal Minds!

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#67

A bit old, but it’s Jessie. I just love watching it over and over again

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#68

The Great British Baking Show. The contestants are always so nice to one another. They encourage each other, which in turn encourages me to get out of my funk and start baking! Baking and cooking can heal the soul!

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#69

Into the Woods. It shows that even though there isn't always happy endings, you're never alone.

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#70

MARRIED WITH CHILDRE , by far...

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#71

Probably...Ice Age. Brings back memories from when I was a kid.

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#72

Chicago Med. It gives me hope as to what I wanna do later in life and I get to see real life situations play out and the procedures and different ways certain conditions of patients can go.

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#73

Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice (all versions but especially the Keira Knightley/Matthew McFadden version.) The beauty and tranquility make me happy and the films have intelligent characters. Mansfield Park is darker but very good. Under The Tuscan Sun is a delight. And Galaxy Quest. Enchanted April and Til There Was You are never on, but those too.

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#74

les miserables

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#75

Modern Family always helps. Once I had a very bad panic attack and my boyfriend just carried me to the couch, tucked me in, put on modern family and laid with me until I stopped crying.

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#76

Skywalk. I don't know why.

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#77

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#78

supernatural

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#79

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#80

Phir hera pheri or any of the golmall films

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#81

And also the Kapil Sharma Show

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#82

A Hard Day's Night; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum; 7 Faces of Dr Lao; Harold & Maud; Brewster McCloud; any disaster film (makes me feel so much better about my life) . . .

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#83

Apollo 13. The whole thing. From how they get the rocket into space to the camaraderie to get the 3 men home. Ed Harris played Gene Krantz perfectly and left me with my love of Krantz and his “can do” dictum. Just one of my fav films and will always cheer me up.

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#84

RuPaul's Drag Race is my happy place.

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#85

"Schindler's List"; no matter how sad or depressed I may be, this movie makes me realize that my "sadness" is nothing compared to the suffering some humans have had to endure due to injustice, prejudice and just plain hatred.
Lately, I've had to watch it quite a bit.

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#86

When I was struggling with a really bad eczema flare up and was getting depressed about it, I watched MASH and that kind of distracted me because it was so funny.

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#87

I have a few go tos. Lady Hawke, Boondock Saints, Star Wars, City of Angels, Any Avenger movie but Captain America and Iron Man are my faves. Lion King, The Matrix original.

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#88

Old Disney's cartoon movies, like "101 Dalmatians", "Cinderella", "The Aristocats", but above all "The Sword in the Stone". I know every lines and every songs, and they still can make me feel a lot better!

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#89

The Simpsons or Demon Slayer always cheer me up! Umbrella academy is also great :)

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redties_and_blackparades

#90

A haunting (discovery channel)

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Weridwierdwired

#91

Sorry, not sorry... Too hot to handle, whenever me or my friends are feeling down we watch this show, cringeworthy, totally bizarre, so far from our own lives and yet so (really? yes, really) relatable. There are mean people, nice people, slutty people, people after money and they are all secretly looking for love (partner, family, peers etc.) one way or another. Just. People.

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#92

Star Trek, Farscape, or Stargate SG1. Or an Anne McCaffrey book.

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#93

Nacho Libre

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#94

supernatural. hands down the BEST show in my opinion

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Elizabeth N.

I have a passion for physics, writing, and playing the piano. My chihuahua, Lila, is my pride and joy. I hope to change the world for the better. Philippians 4:13- "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Profile Pic art credit goes to olechka, from Pinterest

I have a passion for physics, writing, and playing the piano. My chihuahua, Lila, is my pride and joy. I hope to change the world for the better. Philippians 4:13- "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Profile Pic art credit goes to olechka, from Pinterest

Titas Burinskas

This dude right here? He works as a Community Manager at Bored Panda. Has no back-story, cause his spine works just fine. He writes about himself in third-person, and in first-person about others. Fell in love with storytelling and cannot let that love go. Now, he's here to help you make your own story simply beautiful. Secretly makes cute music samples and writes stories in the dark that nobody has ever heard of before.

This dude right here? He works as a Community Manager at Bored Panda. Has no back-story, cause his spine works just fine. He writes about himself in third-person, and in first-person about others. Fell in love with storytelling and cannot let that love go. Now, he's here to help you make your own story simply beautiful. Secretly makes cute music samples and writes stories in the dark that nobody has ever heard of before.

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marianne eliza 2 years ago

I keep about 20 old movies saved on my Tivo from TCM. Has to have a happy ending. No shoot 'em ups, no destruction.

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K Witmer 2 years ago

Better Things I love. Movies are Catch and Release, She's Out of My League, Love is a Many Splendored Thing and Grease are all my got to movies when I need to escape.

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K Witmer 2 years ago

Also Great British Bake off

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Natascha Grasby 2 years ago

I love grand designs, aggretsuko and dumb movies like legally blonde

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marianne eliza 2 years ago

I keep about 20 old movies saved on my Tivo from TCM. Has to have a happy ending. No shoot 'em ups, no destruction.

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K Witmer 2 years ago

Better Things I love. Movies are Catch and Release, She's Out of My League, Love is a Many Splendored Thing and Grease are all my got to movies when I need to escape.

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K Witmer 2 years ago

Also Great British Bake off

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Natascha Grasby 2 years ago

I love grand designs, aggretsuko and dumb movies like legally blonde

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