What better day than a Sunday to laze around on your couch and watch some good films which make you feel good and prep yourself to face the Monday blues. So, for this recco write-up, we have compiled a list of some well-made feel-good movies which you can stream on the Amazon Prime Video OTT platform. Happy weekend and happy bingeing!
The Terminal, 2004 (Streaming on Amazon Prime Video)
Directed by Steven Spielberg, the comedy drama movie features Tom Hanks in the role of Viktor, a friendly Eastern European tourist who gets stuck at the JFK airport in New York because of a military situation in his country. He learns the tricks of the trade at the airport, makes many friends, and falls in love with a pretty flight attendant (Catherine Zeta Jones).
A Walk to Remember, 2002 (Streaming on Amazon Prime Video)
Based on Nicholas Sparks’ 1999 novel of the same name, the romantic drama movie follows the story of a cool and carefree high school senior Landon, who is asked to do community service after a prank goes terribly wrong. There, he meets a bookworm named Jamie and the two develop romantic feelings for each other. But the story takes a turn when Landon learns a secret about Jamie.
Sita Ramam, 2022 (Streaming on Amazon Prime Video)
Directed by Hanu Raghavapudi, the film is a period romantic drama that is narrated in two timelines around two decades apart. The story follows an orphaned Army man Lieutenant Ram (played by Dulquer Salmaan), who gets a mysterious love letter from a woman named Sita (Mrunal Thakur). But when he writes a letter to Sita, it does not reach her. Later, a Pakistani student Afreen (Rashmika Mandanna) gets involved in Ram and Sita’s love story and sets out to deliver the long-lost letter.
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale, 2009 (Streaming on Amazon Prime Video)
The film’s underlying plot is based on the true story of a dog named Hachiko, who resided in Japan in the 1920s period and is known for his incredible loyalty to his owner. The heartrending film features Richard Gere as a music professor who adopts a lost Akita puppy which he finds on a train station platform and they both form an everlasting bond.
Karwaan, 2018 (Streaming on Amazon Prime Video)
The light-hearted and understated comedy film is about a road journey with three totally different personalities. One is a reserved IT employee (nicely underplayed by Dulquer Salmaan), second is the carefree driver (played by the ever-dependable Irrfan Khan) and third is the effervescent youngster (played by Mithila Palkar).
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