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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.
Final score:
12points
#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
Tami 2 years ago (edited)
Andy Griffith! I love the episode "Man in a Hurry" where the city slicker gets stuck in Mayberry because his car broke down, and he's all impatient with how slowly things move in Mayberry. Towards the end though, he and Andy and Barney are on Andy's porch in the evening, Andy has his guitar, and he and Barney start softly singing "Little Brown Church in the Vale." Then the city guy joins in, and it's such a touching moment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKSfNjTUbm4
#3
For me it's the office (us version), it always lights up my mood!
Final score:
8points
#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
Valerie G. 2 years ago
and those hidden puns and jokes were most certainly missed by audience who were children at the time.
#5
Friends or Sex and the City. Plus junk food, obviously.
Final score:
6points
#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
#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
#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
Dorothy Parker 2 years ago
Moonstruck! Such great performances. Love Cher, Olympia Dukakis and John Mahoney especially. And the aunt and uncle and grandfather. Loving people. Even Nick Cage was great in it.
#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
#12
Scrubs, Brooklyn 99 and, Star Wars Rebels/Clone Wars and Avatar are some of my favourite comfort series.
Final score:
4points
#13
I Love Lucy. The movie Now Voyager.
Final score:
4points
Elizabeth N. 2 years ago
When I was about eight, I had a stomach flu and had to stay home from school. That day, on TV, there happened to be a two hour I Love Lucy special that showed all the iconic episodes, like the one where she eats the chocolate off the conveyor belt. I remember enjoying that so much, and then many years later finding out that Lucille Ball was one of the main reasons Star Trek was aired, since she avocated for it. Now I love her even more for that!
#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
#17
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Final score:
3points
#18
Either Young Sheldon or the A&E version of Pride & Prejudice.
Final score:
3points
Valerie G. 2 years ago
YS for sure, I watch those re-runs practically every day, not that I'm sad every day, I just love that show. The bad stuff is set to hit the fan though. On Big Bang Sheldon told everyone that his dad had an affair when he was 13 I think. and George is getting very friendly with Brenda these days.
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
leia's emotional cupcake 2 years ago
yesssss i watch gravity falls all the time when I'm feeling bad.
#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
#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
#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
#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
#34
Arrested Development.
Final score:
2points
Cat Crazy Lady (Submission author) 2 years ago
Oh and the movie I've probably seen the most when I've been in several moods (including sad) "Big Lebowski"
#37
Disney's Clouds. the story is so sad it makes me sad for other people instead of myself.
Final score:
2points
#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
#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
#40
Thor: Ragnarok
Final score:
1point
Theoretical Empiricist 2 years ago
Marvel movies generally have enough action to take me out of my head and enough humor to make me laugh. "Hold on...I'll be back around in a moment...I'm not doing this on purpose..."
#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
#46
Saiki K, always pulls a laugh out of me
Final score:
1point
#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
#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
#52
Schitt's Creek is my go-to comfort show. David, especially, makes me feel better.
Final score:
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?
Final score:
1point
#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
#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
#56
When I'm down in the depths, I like to open some ice cream and pop in The Office. Never fails.
Final score:
1point
#57
Euology (2004). Dark Comedy.
What could be better than a FUNeral?
I'm a bit warped, I know.
Final score:
1point
Anna Banana 2 years ago
I don't know this one, but there's a nice British comedy "Death at a Funeral" and something tells me you might enjoy it.
#58
John Candy movies are my go to..throw on some Uncle Buck and melt into couch
Final score:
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....
Final score:
1point
DDmaybeandor 2 years ago
If you like absurdity and want something different I’d recommend trying “Portlandia”. I LOVE Monty Python too.
#60
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. 90% silly, 10% twisted. Just sheer, unabashed joy.
“The stars at night are big and bright..”
Final score:
1point
#61
Either, Ouran High School Host Club, or The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
Final score:
1point
#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.
Final score:
1point
#64
Queer Eye
Makes me feel hope for the world, when I am down about division
Final score:
1point
#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.
Final score:
1point
#66
Pretty boring, but Gravity Falls, and anime. The Owl House is great too, and so is Criminal Minds!
Final score:
1point
#67
A bit old, but it’s Jessie. I just love watching it over and over again
Final score:
1point
#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!
Final score:
1point
#69
Into the Woods. It shows that even though there isn't always happy endings, you're never alone.
Final score:
0points
#70
MARRIED WITH CHILDRE , by far...
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0points
#71
Probably...Ice Age. Brings back memories from when I was a kid.
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0points
#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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0points
#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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0points
Valerie G. 2 years ago
Under the Tuscan Sun is wonderful, now I have to go check out the other titles you listed.
#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.
Final score:
0points
#76
Skywalk. I don't know why.
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0points
#77
RGAITVY ASFLL
THIS IS A ANAGRAM
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0points
#79
Can it be a book? Cuz the book has a TV show based on it well a series of books. Actually two series’ of books. It’s called shadow and bone and I highly recommend the books the TV show is good but the books have a lot of backstory that the series hasn’t gone into yet and now I’m ranting about the book/TV series
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0points
#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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0points
#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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0points
#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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0points
#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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0points
Valerie G. 2 years ago
Are we talking about the movie or the TV series? I loved both. I remember coming home from seeing the movie and told mom "it was the best bloody movie I've ever seen". She got upset and said there was no reason to swear, she's British, so bloody is a naughty word. I had to clarify that it was the best movie and the bloodiest movie I had ever seen.
#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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0points
#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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0points
#89
The Simpsons or Demon Slayer always cheer me up! Umbrella academy is also great :)
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0points
#90
A haunting (discovery channel)
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0points
#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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0points
#92
Star Trek, Farscape, or Stargate SG1. Or an Anne McCaffrey book.
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What do you think ?
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.
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.
Natascha Grasby 2 years ago
I love grand designs, aggretsuko and dumb movies like legally blonde
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.
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.
Natascha Grasby 2 years ago
I love grand designs, aggretsuko and dumb movies like legally blonde
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