Movies For Your Mood

Ever find yourself wishing you had a good movie to watch that would fit your mood?  Well I do, all the time (especially when working out).  I'm a very indecisive person so it takes me forever to pick a movie to watch and am always looking for new movies to try.  I am girl though so the movie I want to watch is wholly dependent on my mood (which has a tendency to swing); for this reason I have compiled a list of various movies to suit (almost) every mood.  Enjoy (and share your suggestions):

Sad and in need of a good cry:

1. P.S. I Love You - husband dies; he loves his wife so much that he leaves her instructions for how to move on.  Starring Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow, Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Rated PG-13
2. Marley and Me - story of a dog's people; shows how this dog has affected the lives of a family.  You'll laugh a lot, you'll probably bawl like a baby at the end (that is, if you have a soul), the word heartwarming comes to mind.  Starring Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Eric Dane - Rated PG
3. A Walk to Remember - a young girl is dying of cancer, Nicholas Sparks book, 'nuff said.  Starring Mandy Moore, Shane West, Daryl Hannah - Rated PG
4. Up - a whimsical children's movie that covers some very adult-ish themes about aging.  Starring Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer - Rated PG

Movies about real life teenage ansgt and/or coping with disabilities in high school:

1. The Breakfast Club - random group of teenagers are stuck in Saturday school - shenanigans ensue; they learn a lot about each other and themselves.  Rains down some truth about high school and cliques - 80's Classic.  Starring Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and a bunch of other 80's kids - Rated R
2. Perks of Being a Wallflower - story of group of outcast kids in high school in the 90's.  Covers variety of important difficulties of high school - depression, mental illness, child abuse, abusive relationships, homosexuality, sex, friendships vs. relationships, substance abuse, etc.  Starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Mae Whitman, Nina Dobrev and some famous adults too - Rated PG-13
3. Rocket Science - story of a boy with a stutter who gets conned into joining the debate team by a fast-talking girl he is crushing on.  Quirky, quick-witted, and clever.  Starring Nicholas D'Agosto, Reece Thompson, Anna Kendrick - Rated R
4. Juno - seriously if you don't know what this movie's about you deserve the difficulty of looking it up yourself.  Starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, etc. - Rated PG-13

Movies about real-life issues - they make you ponder aspects of society and the world:

1. The Poker House - Iowa teen grows up with 2 younger siblings in a house used for gambling, prostitution and partying in the 70's.  True Story.  Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Chloë Grace Moretz, Selma Blair - Rated R
2. Boot Camp - portrays the lives of troubled teens at a boot camp (for behavioral correction).  Based on fact.  Starring Mila Kunis, Gregory Smith - Rated R
3. Human Trafficking - multiple storylines about different instances of human trafficking around the world and the law-enforcement agents working to shut it down.  Starring Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherland, Robert Carlyle - Rated TV14
4. Winter's Bone - struggles of a girl in the Ozarks as she tries to track down her lousy, drug-dealing father who leveraged her family's house for bail and skipped his court-date.  Deals with some interesting struggles of life in the Ozarks.  Starring Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes,Garret Dillahunt - Rated R
5. The Stoning of Soraya M. - True story about the murder of a young mother in 1986 Iran.  Starring Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel - Rated R
6. Up in the Air - a man who flies around the country firing people for a living gets a shock about life when his lifestyle is thrown into jeopardy by a young new-hire.  Nominated for 6 Oscars (which usually means nothing to me, but I really enjoyed this one).  Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman - Rated R
7. 50/50 - a young man is diagnosed with cancer and given a 50/50 chance of survival.  This is a story of coping and the effect such diseases have, not only on their victims, but on the lives of those they are close to.  Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogan, Anna Kendrick, the mean one from The Help, Anjelica Huston - Rated R
8. The Help - based on a book (which I sadly haven't read) about the lives of African American maids during the civil rights movement.  Starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard (the mean one), Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Anna Camp (the dumb one)

 Movies about Horses:

1. Seabiscuit - true story of a racehorse and the people whose lives he touched.  Starring Toby McGuire, Jeff Bridges, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Cooper - Rated PG-13
2. The Horse Whisperer - based on another book I haven't read.  Young girl and horse are in a traffic accident, both are almost killed (girl's friend and friend's horse are killed).  Story of healing after the accident; girl and mother seek out "horse whisperer" in Montana.  Starring Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Cooper - Rated PG-13
3. Flicka (the first one ONLY) - girl has teenage angst about school and parent expectations, deals with them by attempting to tame a mustang on her parent's quarter horse ranch.  A little cheesy, but I love it.  Starring - Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello - Rated PG
4. Secretariat - True, inspiring story of a racehorse and people affected....effected....somebody straighten that out....by his career.  Starring Diane Lane, John Malkovich - Rated PG
5. War Horse - based on yet another book I've never read about a horse trained by a young English boy sold to English soldiers for use in the first world war.  It is a story of both their journeys in the war.  Tearjerker. Starring the guy who plays Loki in Thor and a bunch of people I don't recognize - rated PG-13

 Comedies about teenage angst:

1. Mean Girls - an awesome tale of a white girl who moves from Africa (her parents are explorers or anthropologists or something) to America.  She infiltrates her high school's popular girl clique (the Plastics) as a joke => SHENANIGANS of the hilarious variety.  Starring Lindsey Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried (who will forever be known as the stupid girl in Mean Girls), etc. - Rated PG-13
2. Chasing Liberty - the POTUS's daughter runs away from her secret security detail while abroad in an attempt to have some freedom.  She and a hot British guy hitchhike across Europe.  Starring Mandy Moore, Matthew Goodes, Mark Harmon (is he related or married to Angie Harmon?) - Rated PG-13
3. What a Girl Wants - girl finds her estranged father to be some sort of higher up Duke or something in England => entertaining escapades.  Starring Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Johnathan Pryce - Rated RG
4. She's the Man - modern day take on Twelfth Night involving Soccer and Boarding School...and Channing Tatum without a shirt.  Starring Amanda Bynes, shirtless Channing Tatum, and who cares who else - Rated PG-13
   
5. Easy A - girl pretends to have sex with a bunch of guys in exchange for coupons/gift cards because someone calls her a slut => hilarious antics and sharp wit.  Starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgely, Amanda Bynes, Lisa Kudrow, a whole host of other famous people - Rated PG-13 (surprisingly not R)

 Movies to watch after a break-up:

1. John Tucker Must Die - girls decide to hate the player and play the game.  If your break-up ended badly, it's everything you would love to put your ex through.  Starring Brittany Snow, Jesse Metcalfe, Ashanti, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel - Rated PG-13
2. No Strings Attached - girl and guy try to keep their relationship strictly physical, guy gets too attached, girl rejects him (kinda a nice role reversal there).  There's enough comedy to keep you laughing and make you forget about that dude who broke your heart.  Better story than Friends With Benefits.  Starring Ashton Kutcher, Natalie Portman - Rated R
3. Friends With Benefits - best friends decide to have sex like "playing tennis" hilarity ensues because that will clearly never work.  Funnier than No Strings Attached.  Starring Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Dharma from Dharma and Greg - Rated R
4. Crazy Stupid Love - multiple storylines that are all cleverly connected.  Relationships fail, new ones are born, and someone gets a make-over (he also gets slapped a lot).  Very clever RomCom starring Steve Carrell, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, shirtless Ryan Gosling, stupid Kevin Bacon - Rated PG-13
5. Just Friends - guy who was put in the "friend zone" in high school gets stuck in his hometown with a famous client due to a snowstorm.  He tries to get himself out of the friend zone once and for all.  Starring Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris - Rated R
6. Stick It - hilariously witty movie about the world of elite gymnastics - almost NO romance.  Starring Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges, Vanessa Lengies - Rated PG-13
7. The Holiday - 2 scorned women decide to swap homes over Christmas and swear off men.  Starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jack Black, Jude Law - Rated PG-13

 Movies to watch because you're a lady and every once in a while you like stupid chick flicks:

1. Monte Carlo - girl gets mistaken for snobby British Heiress on a botched trip to Paris.  Starring Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, Katie Cassidy, Cory Monteith - Rated PG
2. From Prada to Nada - two sisters living in L.A. lose everything after their father dies unexpectedly and move in with their very Mexican family.  Modern take on Sense and Sensibility.  Starring Camilla Belle, Alexa Vega, Nicholas D'Agosto - Rated PG-13
3. The House Bunny - homeless playboy bunny becomes a house mother for a group of outcasts and attempts to transform them into a popular sorority to save their house.  Starring Anna Faris, Emma Stone, Kat Dennings, Katharine McPhee, Tom Hanks's son - Rated PG-13
4. One for the Money - out-of-work Jersey girl bites off more than she intended when she starts working as a Bounty Hunter.  Starring Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara - Rated PG-13
5. 27 Dresses - always a bridesmaid never a bride but her sister's bridezilla.  Starring Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman - Rated PG-13
6. The Notebook - seriously? Starring Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling - Rated PG-13
7. Bring it On - cheerleaders are funny.  Starring Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Gabrielle Union - Rated PG-13
8. The Lucky One - soldier finds picture of girl in Iraq, finding this picture saves his life so he seeks her out when he gets home.  Starring Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Gwyneth Paltrow's mom - Rated PG-13

Movies that are so entertaining (to me) that I will watch them whenever I run across them on TV:

1. The Proposal - witchy boss convinces her assistant to pretend to be her fiance so she won't be deported =>nonstop laughs.  Starring Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock, Betty White - Rated PG-13
2. What Happens in Vegas - 2 complete strangers going through difficult times in life (just got fired/dumped) get shwasted in Vegas and get married.  Next morning they realize they don't like each other and decide to get a divorce, but he plays a slot machine with her quarter and wins the jackpot but doesn't want to share.  Judge sentences them to 2 months of marriage before granting divorce => funny funny shtuff.  Starring Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz - Rated PG-13

 Movies about babies (for when you're feeling maternal):

1. What to Expect When You're Expecting - multiple storylines about multiple women expecting babies.  Looks at EVERY aspect of having a baby.  You'll laugh, you may cry, but altogether you will enjoy.  Starring J. Lo, Elizabeth Banks, Cameron Diaz, Anna Kendrick, and many MANY more - Rated PG-13
2. Baby Mama - infertile woman hires a "white-trash" surrogate who moves in with her after getting a commonlaw divorce => hilariousness.  Starring Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Sigourney Weaver - Rated PG-13
3. Life as We Know It - 2 platonic friends are given custody of their mutual friends' baby after they die in a car accident.  This is their adventure as they are thrown into parenthood (laugh and cry, you will).  Starring Josh Duhamel, Katherine Heigl - Rated PG-13

Movies with multiple plotlines where all the characters are cleverly connected (also known as movies that Bradelynn hates):

1. Valentine's Day - shenanigans on V-day. Starring lots of celebrities - Rated PG-13
2. New Year's Eve - antics on New Years Eve.  Starring more celebrities than rehab - Rated PG-13

Christmas Movies:
They're all about Christmas and star famous people...I think they're all rated PG as well.

1. White Christmas
2. Elf
3. A Christmas Story
4. Christmas with the Kranks
5. Home Alone
6. It's a Wonderful Life

Good Thrillers (for when you want some suspense but you want to be able to sleep that night) - the ones that set a good example (AKA movies to watch while you work out):

1. Red Eye - a hotel manager is held hostage on a red-eye flight and coerced into participating in a terrorist plot.  Starring Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, that guy who always plays a bad guy except in this movie, Jayma Mays - Rated PG-13
2. The Glass House - kids are sent to live with old friends after their parents die in a car crash.  Something isn't quite right about the new family and the daughter slowly pieces it together.  Starring Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgård - Rated PG-13
3. The Eye - blind woman gets eye transplant and sees strange crap through the eyes of a dead woman...literally.  Starring Jessica Alba - Rated PG-13
4. Elsewhere - a girls friend goes missing after a party, no one else will look for her so she starts digging for information and uncovers a serial killer.  Starring Anna Kendrick, Paul Wesley, Tania Raymonde - Rated R
5. The Next Three Days - a husband runs out of options after being denied an appeal for his wife's trial (she has been convicted of homicide).  He believes she is innocent and concocts a plan to spring her from maximum security prison.  Starring Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Liam Neeson - Rated PG-13
6. Flightplan - a woman loses her daughter on board a jumbo jet, as she searches for her, it becomes unclear whether her daughter actually exists.  Starring Jodie Foster - Rated PG-13
7. House at the End of the Street - a mother and daughter move into a house next to a house where 2 parents were murdered by their daughter who then disappeared.  The daughter befriends the son, it becomes clear he's hiding a deadly secret.  Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot - Rated PG-13
8. Firewall - a man's family is taken hostage as he is coerced to help electronically rob a bank (the actual movie is way more awesome than my description).  Starring Harrison Ford, Virginia Madsen, Paul Bettany - Rated PG-13

Bad Thrillers/Scary Movies that are fun to laugh at with your friends  - the ones that show you what NOT to do:

1. When A Stranger Calls - a babysitter is threatened over the phone by a mysterious stranger(serial killer) and continues answering the phone whenever it rings.  Starring Camilla Belle - Rated PG-13
2. Prom Night - a girl is stalked by a lunatic teacher (who killed her family trying to get to her 3 years earlier) at her prom.  She and her friends are complete idiots.  Starring Brittany Snow - rated PG-13
3. Turistas - idiot tourists get drunk and robbed in a isolated tropical paradise they then continue being stupid.  Starring Josh Duhamel, Olivia Wilde, Melissa George - Rated R
4. The Fog - mysterious fog kills people, girls can't ever seem to find pants.  Starring Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair - rated PG-13
5. The Mist - something deadly lurks in the mist, it rips people apart.  Civilians hide, argue, and go semi-loco in a grocery store.  Starring no one of interest - Rated R
6. Trespass - really bad semi-knock-off of Firewall where everyone is stupid.  Starring Nicholas Cage, Nichole Kidman - Rated R

Superhero Movies (for when you're feeling super):
They're all about various superheroes (usually the ones in the title), all are rated PG-13

1. The Avengers Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Chris Evans, etc.
2. Ironman Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges
3. X-Men 1 & 2 Starring Hugh Jackman, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Ian Mckellan, etc.
4. X-Men First Class Starring James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, and lots of other people
5. Sherlock Holmes - ok so not really a superhero but if Batman's extreme wealth (and the crap he buys with it, constitute as a superpower) so should Sherlock Holmes's sheer genius.  Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams

Movies that were Books first that I approve of:
Read the books and you'll know.

1. The Hunger Games
2. Harry Potter (1, 2, 7)
3. Memoirs of a Geisha
4. The Other Boleyn Girl

Movies that I love for no other reason than THEY'RE AWESOME:

1. Push - too awesome for me to accurately describe, just give it a chance, it's a very clever movie with the perfect balance of action, comedy, and romance.  Starring Chris Evans, Camilla Belle, Dakota Fanning - Rated PG-13
2. The Mummy - future classic that also contains the PERFECT balance of action, "horror," comedy, and romance.  Starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weiz, Arnold Vosloo - Rated PG-13
3. Pitch Perfect - a movie I have seen twice in theaters (so far, although I should probably just save my money and buy it as soon as it comes out).  A hilarious tale of a cynical DJ's experience with competitive collegiate a cappella groups.  Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, the stupid one from the Help, Brittany Snow, and a really hot guy with a voice like an angel - Rated PG-13
4. Stardust - you kind of just need to watch it to know what it's about, it sounds stupid when you try to explain it, but its really quite good.  Starring Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeifer - Rated PG-13
5. Prince of Persia - awesome action flick based on a popular video game, perfect combination of those things I mentioned earlier.  Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley - Rated PG-13
6. Knight and Day  - 007 meets car-savvy malibu barbie => crazy awesomeness full of great one-liners.  Starring Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Maggie Grace - Rated PG-13

This list took me 3 days to create so it better be helpful to someone.