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Drama Movies With Nothing Sad Or Heavy With Family

Drama movies with nothing sad or heavy with family. Includes It's a Wonderful Life, Modern Times, Sunset Boulevard and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Good films don't have to be hard. These prove it.

It's a Wonderful Life movie poster
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1946 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

Modern Times movie poster
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1936 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..

No difficult endings. No grief to sit with afterward. Safe viewing.

Sunset Boulevard movie poster
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1950 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

Once Upon a Time in the West movie poster
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1968 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

No difficult endings. No grief to sit with afterward. Safe viewing.

The Intouchables movie poster
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2011 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

No weight, no grief, no difficult third acts. These know where the line is and stay on the right side of it.

Check before committing. Drama can hide weight in the third act.

Works across the room. Nobody left out or checked out.

Apocalypse Now movie poster
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1979 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

No difficult endings. No grief to sit with afterward. Safe viewing.

Paths of Glory movie poster
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1957 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish movie poster
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2020 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion movie poster
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1997 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl movie poster
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2019 · ★★★★☆ 8.3/10

In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.

No difficult endings. No grief to sit with afterward. Safe viewing.

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