Film Tone: Heartwarming

1.

Little House on the Prairie

American western drama television series

Overview: Little House on the Prairie (later known as Little House: A New Beginning in its final season) is an American Western historical drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, Karen ...

Release date: 11 September 1974

Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, Western

Director: Michael Landon, William F. Claxton

Cast: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, Sidney Greenbush, Melissa Sue Anderson

Producer: Michael Landon, Kent McCray

Writer: Blanche Hanalis, Laura Ingalls Wilder

The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the 19th century American West.

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1970s Western (genre) television series 32T

1980s Western (genre) television series 32T

1970s American drama television series 108T

2.

Full House

American television series

Overview: Full House is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for ABC. The show chronicles the events of widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and best friend ...

Release date: 22 September 1987

Director: Joel Zwick, John Tracy

Cast: John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen

Producer: Jeff Franklin, Robert L. Boyett

Writer: Jeff Franklin, Dennis Rinsler

After the sudden death of his wife, a young father enlists the help of his brother-in-law and his childhood friend to help him raise his three young children ...

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Television series by Lorimar-Telepictures 32T

Television series about children 446T

Television series about widowhood 47T

3.

7th Heaven

American drama television series

Overview: 7th Heaven is an American family drama television series created and produced by Brenda Hampton that centers on the Camden family and their lives in the fictional town of Glenoak, California. The series ...

Release date: 26 August 1996

Genre: Drama, Family

Director: Joel J. Feigenbaum, Harry Harris

Cast: Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, Beverley Mitchell, Happy, Mackenzie Rosman, David Gallagher

Producer: Brenda Hampton, Aaron Spelling

Writer: Brenda Hampton, Sue Tenney

This weekly television series follows the Camden family as the minister father and stay-at-home mother deal with the drama of having seven children, ranging ...

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American primetime television soap operas 48T

American primetime television dramas 15T

Religious drama television series 45T

4.

White Christmas

1954 film directed by Michael Curtiz

Overview: White Christmas is a 1954 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. Filmed in Technicolor, it features the songs of Irving ...

Release date: 14 October 1954

Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Director: Michael Curtiz

Cast: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes

Producer: Robert Emmett Dolan

Writer: Norman Krasna, Norman Panama

A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding ...

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1950s American films 3,290T

1930s English-language films 6,428T

1950s English-language films 4,735T

5.

The Wizard of Oz

1939 movie based on the book by L. Frank Baum

Overview: The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film was primarily ...

Release date: 12 August 1939

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical

Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor

Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke

Producer: Arthur Freed, Mervyn LeRoy

Writer: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson

Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.

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1930s English-language films 4,270T

Films set in farms 104T

American children's musical films 17T

6.

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Columbus

Overview: Mrs. Doubtfire is a 1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Columbus. It was written for the screen by Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon, based on the 1987 novel Alias Madame Doubtfire by ...

Release date: 24 November 1993

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance

Director: Chris Columbus

Cast: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Polly Holliday, Lisa Jakub

Producer: Joan Bradshaw, Linda Jones Clough

Writer: Anne Fine, Randi Mayem Singer

After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.

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1990s American films 38T

1990s English-language films 3,906T

Films with screenplays by Leslie Dixon 13T

7.

Mary Poppins

1964 musical film

Overview: Mary Poppins is a 1964 American musical fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney, with songs written and composed by the Sherman Brothers. The screenplay is by Bill Walsh and ...

Release date: 27 August 1964

Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical

Director: Robert Stevenson

Cast: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Reta Shaw

Producer: Walt Disney, Bill Walsh

Writer: Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi

A magic nanny comes to work for a cold banker's unhappy family.

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American films with live action and animation 262T

1960s English-language films 1,214T

1964 fantasy films 1T

8.

Big Fish

2003 film by Tim Burton

Overview: Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy drama film directed by Tim Burton, and based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. Starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange ...

Release date: 10 December 2003

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Tim Burton

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman

Producer: Bruce Cohen, Katterli Frauenfelder

Writer: Daniel Wallace, John August

A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.

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Films produced by Bruce Cohen 12T

American werewolf films 108T

2000s English-language films 4,277T

9.

Good Times

American television show

Overview: Good Times is an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons on CBS, from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman ...

Release date: 8 February 1974

Genre: Comedy

Director: Gerren Keith, Herbert Kenwith

Cast: Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis, Jimmie Walker, Esther Rolle, John Amos

Producer: Allan Manings, Norman Paul

Writer: Mike Evans, Norman Lear

A poor Afro-American family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects.

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All in the Family 9T

1970s American black sitcoms 14T

American television spin-offs 399T

10.

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

American television series 1993-98

Overview: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American Western drama television series created and executive produced by Beth Sullivan and starring Jane Seymour, who plays Dr. Michaela Quinn, a physician who leaves ...

Release date: 1 January 1993

Genre: Drama, Western, Family, Romance, History

Director: Chuck Bowman, James Keach

Cast: Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, Shawn Toovey, Chad Allen, Orson Bean, Jim Knobeloch

Producer: Beth Sullivan, Timothy O. Johnson

Writer: Beth Sullivan, Sara Davidson

The trials and adventures of a female doctor in a small wild west town.

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1990s Western (genre) television series 34T

1990s American medical television series 32T

Feminist television 150T

11.

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962 film by Robert Mulligan

Overview: To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. It stars Gregory ...

Release date: 25 December 1962

Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: Robert Mulligan

Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Brock Peters

Producer: Harper Lee, Robert Mulligan

Writer: Harper Lee, Horton Foote

Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.

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1960s English-language films 3,136T

White savior films 24T

Films about father–daughter relationships 159T

12.

The Princess Diaries

2001 film produced by Walt Disney Pictures

Overview: The Princess Diaries is a 2001 American coming-of-age teen comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and directed by Garry Marshall. Based on Meg Cabot's 2000 young adult novel of the same name, the ...

Release date: 29 July 2001

Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance, Thriller

Director: Garry Marshall

Cast: Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Mandy Moore, Caroline Goodall

Producer: Debra Martin Chase, Whitney Houston

Writer: Meg Cabot, Gina Wendkos

Mia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries ...

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2000s English-language films 4,356T

American coming-of-age comedy films 135T

2001 romantic comedy films 68T

13.

The Green Mile

1999 American fantasy drama film by Frank Darabont

Overview: The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and based on Stephen King's 1996 novel of the same name. It stars Tom Hanks as a death row corrections officer ...

Release date: 6 December 1999

Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Director: Frank Darabont

Cast: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter

Producer: Frank Darabont, David Valdes

Writer: Stephen King, Frank Darabont

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

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1990s English-language films 3,887T

Films produced by David Valdes 15T

1990s prison drama films 12T

14.

Steel Magnolias

1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross

Overview: Steel Magnolias is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Academy Award winners Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, and Olympia Dukakis with Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah, and ...

Release date: 5 November 1989

Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy

Director: Herbert Ross

Cast: Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts

Producer: Ray Stark, Andrew Stone

Writer: Robert Harling

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship ...

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Films produced by Ray Stark 28T

1980s American films 3,406T

1980s buddy comedy-drama films 19T

15.

Shallow Hal

2001 film by Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

Overview: Shallow Hal is a 2001 American fantasy romantic comedy film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black about a shallow man who falls in love with a 300-pound woman because of her inner beauty. Directed by ...

Release date: 1 November 2001

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Danny Byers, Peter Farrelly

Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli, Rene Kirby, Bruce McGill

Producer: Mark Charpentier, Danny Byers

Writer: Sean Moynihan, Peter Farrelly

A shallow man falls in love with a 300-pound woman because of her inner beauty.

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2000s English-language films 4,280T

2001 romantic comedy films 67T

2001 comedy films 331T

16.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954 film by Stanley Donen

Overview: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a 1954 American musical film, directed by Stanley Donen, with music by Saul Chaplin and Gene de Paul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and choreography by Michael Kidd. The ...

Release date: 22 July 1954

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance, Western

Director: Stanley Donen

Cast: Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Rall, Marc Platt, Matt Mattox

Producer: Jack Cummings

Writer: Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich

In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.

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1950s English-language films 1,584T

Films about weddings in the United States 34T

1954 romantic comedy films 27T

17.

Pretty in Pink

1986 film by Howard Deutch

Overview: Pretty in Pink is a 1986 American teen romantic comedy film about love and social cliques in American high schools in the 1980s. A cult classic, it is commonly identified as a "Brat Pack" film. It was ...

Release date: 28 February 1986

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Howard Deutch

Cast: Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy

Producer: Michael Chinich, John Hughes

Writer: John Hughes

A poor girl must choose between the affections of her doting childhood sweetheart and a rich but sensitive playboy.

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American coming-of-age comedy films 106T

1986 romantic comedy films 16T

1980s coming-of-age comedy films 20T

18.

Love Actually

2003 British film directed by Richard Curtis

Overview: Love Actually is a 2003 Christmas-themed romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. It features an ensemble cast, composed predominantly of British actors, many of whom had worked with ...

Release date: 7 September 2003

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Richard Curtis

Cast: Bill Nighy, Gregor Fisher, Rory MacGregor, Colin Firth, Sienna Guillory, Liam Neeson

Producer: Tim Bevan, Liza Chasin

Writer: Richard Curtis

Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month ...

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2000s British films 1,487T

2000s American films 7,187T

2000s Portuguese-language films 183T

19.

La Bamba

1987 biographical film by Luis Valdez

Overview: La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical film written and directed by Luis Valdez that follows the life and career of Chicano rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips as ...

Release date: 1 May 1987

Genre: Biography, Drama, Music

Director: Luis Valdez

Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe Pantoliano

Producer: Stuart Benjamin, Bill Borden

Writer: Luis Valdez

Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big ...

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1980s English-language films 1,495T

Films directed by Luis Valdez 4T

Hispanic and Latino American drama films 24T

20.

Kindergarten Cop

1990 action comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman

Overview: Kindergarten Cop is a 1990 American comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and distributed by Universal Pictures. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as John Kimble, a tough police detective working undercover as ...