100+ Good Uplifting Movies & Shows to Watch

Nothing cures the blues like a feel-good movie. If you need a pick me up, the following list will be sure to turn that frown upside down. Here are the happiest movies and shows to stream now.

Superboys of Malegaon (2025)
Superboys of Malegaon (2025)
8.1
Movie

Superboys of Malegaon (2025)

Based on the life of a real small town filmmaker, this coming-of-age film is a familiar underdog story. After their…

Bob Trevino Likes It (2025)
Bob Trevino Likes It (2025)
7.9
Movie

Bob Trevino Likes It (2025)

With the anonymity of the internet, it’s hard to trust that the stranger on the other side would be a…

Come See Me in the Good Light (2025)
Come See Me in the Good Light (2025)
7.7
Movie|Sundance Winner

Come See Me in the Good Light (2025)

Come See Me in the Good Light takes a somewhat conventional approach in documenting poet Andrea Gibson’s battle against cancer,…

Belén (2025)
Belén (2025)
7.5
Movie

Belén (2025)

Given that this is based on a recent, real life case, and the defendant has chosen to remain behind the…

Song Sung Blue (2025)
Song Sung Blue (2025)
7.4
Movie

Song Sung Blue (2025)

Song Sung Blue gets its name from a Neil Diamond song, but rather than depict his life in a regular…

Butterfly in the Sky (2024)
Butterfly in the Sky (2024)
7.8
Movie

Butterfly in the Sky (2024)

For the longest time, television seemed to be the antithesis to reading– part of that belief still lingers to this…

Blue Box
Blue Box
7.6
Show

Blue Box

When a show is focused on a kid and their sport, chances are, the main character holds a passion for…

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (2024)
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (2024)
7.8
Movie

Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (2024)

Mountain Queen isn’t just a movie about a professional mountain climber, although Lhakpa Sherpa is certainly impressive as she trudges…

Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
7.8
Movie|Cannes

Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)

It’s hard not to be enchanted by Henson’s furtively creative world, which here is charmingly sectioned into nostalgic archival footage,…

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)
7.5
Movie|Sundance · BAFTA Winner

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)

At the peak of his fame in the 80s, Christopher Reeve was constantly seen as his onscreen character, Superman. Like…

Conan O’Brien Must Go
Conan O’Brien Must Go
7.9
Show

Conan O’Brien Must Go

In an interview, Conan compared Conan O’Brien Must Go to a travel documentary, except, he said, you don’t learn anything…

Fancy Dance (2024)
Fancy Dance (2024)
7.6
Movie

Fancy Dance (2024)

Before she captivated the film world with her performance in Scorcese’s crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone…

Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees (2024)
Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees (2024)
7.5
Movie

Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees (2024)

We’re familiar with dick jokes from stand-up comedians, especially male stand-up, but Jacqueline Novak’s 90-minute show about the blow job…

Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
7.7
Movie

Young Woman and the Sea (2024)

Young Woman and the Sea is a neatly told, inspiring story about a woman who went against the tide to…

Out of My Mind (2024)
Out of My Mind (2024)
7.3
Movie|Sundance

Out of My Mind (2024)

You’d think a Disney movie about a sweet kid overcoming the difficulties of cerebral palsy would be overly sweet or…

Orion and the Dark (2024)
Orion and the Dark (2024)
7.3
Movie

Orion and the Dark (2024)

Going to sleep is something we do every day, though, when we were kids, it certainly wasn’t easy. With family-friendly…

Elton John: Never Too Late (2024)
Elton John: Never Too Late (2024)
7.0
Movie

Elton John: Never Too Late (2024)

Elton John’s latest concert film follows the same structure as most current music documentaries: it splices present-day footage of the…

Beatles ’64 (2024)
Beatles ’64 (2024)
7.1
Movie

Beatles ’64 (2024)

The Beatles ‘64 zeroes in on a precise moment in The Beatles timeline: their American debut, which propelled them from…

Me
Me
7.4
Show

Me

Just when you think you’ve heard enough origin stories for a lifetime, in comes Me with probably the most poignant…

The Last Round
The Last Round
7.5
Show

The Last Round

At a certain age, it can feel like starting over again isn’t possible, especially when all signs discourage you from…

Turtles All the Way Down (2024)
Turtles All the Way Down (2024)
7.1
Movie

Turtles All the Way Down (2024)

Those familiar with John Green’s many book-to-movie adaptations (The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns) will recognize the author’s signature…

Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda (2024)
Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda (2024)
7.0
Movie

Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda (2024)

As host Hannah Gadsby explains at the beginning of this stand-up showcase, Netflix only really gave her and these other…

Theater Camp (2023)
Theater Camp (2023)
8.1
Movie|Sundance · Spirit

Theater Camp (2023)

You don’t have to be a theater kid to enjoy this feel-good mockumentary set in a summer camp for junior…

Everything Now
Everything Now
8.2
Show

Everything Now

Messier than Heartstopper, but tamer than Skins, Everything Now has everything you’d expect from a British teen show. Sexuality, vices,…

Falling in Love Like in Movies (2023)
Falling in Love Like in Movies (2023)
7.8
Movie

Falling in Love Like in Movies (2023)

Given the title, it isn’t surprising that Falling in Love Like in Movies would be a metanarrative with the main…

Blue Giant (2023)
Blue Giant (2023)
7.5
Movie

Blue Giant (2023)

2023 was a great year for animation with films like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Nimona, and The Boy and the…

Frog and Toad
Frog and Toad
8.0
Show

Frog and Toad

For those familiar with the original book series, you’ll already know what kind of show to expect. The Apple+ cartoon…

The Eternal Memory (2023)
The Eternal Memory (2023)
7.9
Movie|Berlin · Sundance · Oscar

The Eternal Memory (2023)

Documentaries about people suffering from dementia, Alzheimer’s, or other neurodegenerative diseases will always occupy a bit of an uneasy space—how…

Nyad (2023)
Nyad (2023)
7.7
Movie|Oscar · Golden Globe · SAG

Nyad (2023)

After winning Oscars for their documentary work, filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin make their narrative feature debut with…

Pokémon Concierge
Pokémon Concierge
7.8
Show

Pokémon Concierge

Pokémon is one of the world’s most popular franchises, and it’s mainly centered around the idea of cute, colorful creatures…

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (2023)
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (2023)
7.8
Movie

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (2023)

The Harry Potter movies undoubtedly changed the lives of its young stars forever — but a stuntman whose future the…

Kokomo City (2023)
Kokomo City (2023)
7.8
Movie|Spirit · Sundance Winner · Berlin Winner

Kokomo City (2023)

The idea of representation in movies is often limited to superficial gestures of putting on screen people who look a…

Nothing to See Here
Nothing to See Here
7.8
Show

Nothing to See Here

When a comedy is centered around people with disabilities, there’s a worry that the humor would be unfunny or demeaning…

Bank of Dave (2023)
Bank of Dave (2023)
7.3
Movie

Bank of Dave (2023)

Bank of Dave is a simple but well-told film that feels utterly satisfying from start to end. Dave is the…

The Saint of Second Chances (2023)
The Saint of Second Chances (2023)
7.5
Movie

The Saint of Second Chances (2023)

You don’t need to know a lot about baseball to appreciate The Saint of Second Chances. It has enough going…

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
7.5
Show

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

In fantasy worlds, races with different lifespans are a given, but rarely does a work actually contemplate how these variations…

Shrinking
Shrinking
7.8
Show|Golden Globe · Spirit · SAG

Shrinking

In Shrinking, Jason Segel plays Jimmy Laird a newly-widowed therapist who’s trying to make amends with his loved ones after…

The Good Bad Mother
The Good Bad Mother
7.5
Show

The Good Bad Mother

Life never goes the way we expect, especially for those who don’t have plenty of options. Because of this, parents…

Friday Night Plan (2023)
Friday Night Plan (2023)
7.4
Movie

Friday Night Plan (2023)

Friday Night Plan resembles many a classic teen film (most notably, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Booksmart), but it also…

It Ain’t Over (2023)
It Ain’t Over (2023)
7.4
Movie

It Ain’t Over (2023)

Nowadays, more people might know the cartoon character Yogi Bear or the saying “It ain’t over ‘till its over,” more…

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