In the rhythm of modern life, you must be able to find healthy ways to cope with stress and bad mood. One of the best options for this is watching movies. The comedy melodrama genre is just the right fit. In such paintings, you can both laugh and be happy for the heroes, in whom everything ended successfully. Some of them will be described below.
Comedy melodrama. Movie list
Let's start from afar - with one of the earliest films in cinema. Everyone knows the name of Chaplin, and for the majority it is associated only with comedies. However, in the stories told by him, there is a place and melodrama. For example, “The Lights of the Big City” is a picture of a blind girl, to whom ... a tramp helps to raise money for treatment.
Another good Chaplin film is “Baby”, which tells of a poor slum dweller raising a boy whom he once picked up on the street.
“Only Girls in Jazz” is a comedy melodrama filmed in 1959. Long recognized as one of the best paintings, she will talk about two poor musicians who have to hide from the criminal mafia. The only way out for them is to enter female jazz under the guise of two young persons.
For lovers of Soviet cinema, there are also films shot in the declared genre. “Office Romance” is a wonderful comedy melodrama by Eldar Ryazanov. A modest employee in the statistics department understands that he has already grown from his position. On the advice of an old friend, he decides to “strike” for his boss - a woman, at first glance, strict and callous. But this is only at first glance.
Ryazanov has many melodramatic paintings with a comedic bias. This also includes his “Irony of Fate ...”, which does not need a description, “A Girl Without an Address”, “Zigzag of Fortune”, “The Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia”, etc.
Another great Soviet film with a good ending is Girls. In a comedy form, it tells about the young and funny graduate of the culinary college of Tose and the handsome Ilya, who, for a dispute, starts an affair with her.
And here is a masterpiece from Emir Kusturica. The comedy melodrama "Black Cat, White Cat" is a fun and outstanding film. Here you and gypsy barons, and funny weddings, and escaped brides, and pigs who decided to feast on the car. Specific humor? Yes! Masterpiece? Of course!
Groundhog Day is a famous film starring Bill Murray, whose hero falls into a temporary loop. Time after time he wakes up on the same day. What can restore the normal course of life? Just a rethinking of life values.
The French picture "Amelie" is mentioned every time when it comes to the best comedy melodramas. You will learn about a cute girl who, being in her own fairy-tale world, helps other people find happiness.
The Mask is another wonderful movie with Jim Carrey as a shy bank clerk. Natural modesty interferes with his personal life, and the magic mask he found that can turn his owner into a funny and fearless cartoon character comes in handy.
Of course, there are much more qualitative comedy melodramas. The above are some of the most famous.