Sometimes, you just need a good movie that poses neither an emotional rollercoaster nor an intellectual challenge. Here are the best lighthearted movies and shows to stream now for a carefree and uplifying watch, from the funny to the offbeat.
For those familiar with the original book series, you’ll already know what kind of show to expect. The Apple+ cartoon…
John Candy: I Like Me takes a somewhat standard approach in remembering the titular comedian. The film pulls out old…
You don’t have to be a theater kid to enjoy this feel-good mockumentary set in a summer camp for junior…
Based on the 2014 film of the same title, this mockumentary series manages the difficult, Seinfeld-ean task of being about…
On the one hand, American Fiction is a razor-sharp satire that pokes fun at the hypocrisy of the literary and…
Young Sherlock isn’t quite accurate to the Andrew Lane book series or the original works from Arthur Conan Doyle. Here,…
As a spin-off of The Office, The Paper has the not-so-easy task of living up to the very high standards…
Rye Lane knows it’s treading familiar ground by having its charming leads fall in love as they walk and talk…
It’s difficult to portray Cinderella stories nowadays without making them feel cliche and irrelevant, but Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris…
Watching Love at First Sight, there are times you catch it almost falling into eye-rolling clichés, like when Hadley loses…
This offbeat drama is about a Syrian refugee who gets sent to a remote island in northern Scotland. “There was…
Many films have been made about that uniquely taut mother-daughter bond, but maybe none is as delicate as Janet Planet.…
When talking about pioneers of the mockumentary format, people like Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Garry Shandling (The Larry Sanders…
The sooner you accept that Bottoms is not, in fact, rooted in reality in any way, the easier it should…
It’s the 1970s and women’s liberation is at its peak. Feminist writer Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond) wants nothing more than to…
Before he was a beloved TV star, comedian Alan Carr was a young boy growing up in a small town…
Bright, breezy, and refreshingly unburdened by the seriousness of so many live-action Superman shows and movies, this new animated series…
Is it possible to make a workplace comedy set in a hospital emergency room, of all places? St. Denis Medical…
Who among us hasn’t committed a white lie to save a relationship? And who among us hasn’t yearned for the…
Crass, violent, and deeply unserious, this adult animated series gets around its rough edges by acknowledging its title character’s reputation.…
Fans of sketch comedy, documentaries, and the always-hilarious duo of Bill Hader and Fred Armisen are in for a treat…
Jules’ wacky premise — an extra-terrestrial crash-lands in eccentric widower Milton’s (Ben Kingsley) flowerbeds — is a bit of a…
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