The 16 Best Feel-Good Movies You Can Watch on Netflix Right Now

Here's a guaranteed way to brighten your mood for at least an hour or two. If you have trouble reading this message, [view it in a browser](. [There's Hardly a Better Time to Watch the Best Feel-Good Movies on Netflix]( If you need some feel-good movies to elevate your mood, you’re not alone. When everything else seems like it's falling apart, sometimes all it takes is a hour or two with a movie to leave you a little elevated. A movie doesn't always have to be homework—you can just relax, and try to have some time for yourself. Take it from us: there’s no shame in not making it through The Irishman. Fortunately, Netflix is well-stocked in movies to watch—specifically the feel-good department, featuring everything from swoon-worthy romcoms to goofy comedies to heartwarming biopics. Whatever your preference is, Netflix has the best medicine. Here are a few of the films we turn to when we need a kick in the pants to feel brighter.[Read More]( [Chris Hayes Wants You to Wake the Fuck Up]( On the night of Thursday, March 19, Chris Hayes sat in a quiet, nearly empty studio and stared directly into the camera. His 8 p.m. MSNBC show All In with Chris Hayes opened with haunting footage from Bergamo, Italy, where hospitals are so overwhelmed with deaths that a convoy of military vehicles was used to transport dead bodies out of the city. "What we are desperately trying to avoid here is their fate," he said to the camera. "The grim dispatch is quite possibly a look into our own future."[Read More]( [Despite Coronavirus, Hourly Employees Have to Show Up to Work. Who Is Working for Them?]( Rick Davis, a nearly seven-foot tall everyman, with glasses and a salt and pepper beard started feeling a fever that irregularly spiked and fell, during the weekend of March 7. Davis works at the front desk of an entertainment and hotel complex in Nashville, Tennessee. His girlfriend, Tara Shaver, asked if I could describe it that way instead of using its name, because Davis is also a worrier. He stresses about sounding like he doesn’t appreciate his employer, which he does. He stresses about missing shifts because he doesn’t have paid sick leave. When he became the eighth patient in Tennessee to be diagnosed with COVID-19, he stressed because he was already on day six of his recommended 14-day coronavirus quarantine, with at least eight full days of no income ahead. Davis does his job (when he can) and pays his bills and doesn’t take days off for fun. And yet there are no federal government-sanctioned protections for him—not permanent ones, at least. Nothing is coming up Rick Davis, and as a worrier, it would be really nice if things came up Rick Davis right about now.[Read More]( [Joe Exotic's Homemade Zoo Had 90 Tigers Before He Was Brought Down By a Murder Plot]( Netflix’s latest true crime docu-series is the eminently binge-worthy Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness, which takes a deep dive into the seedy world of big cat ownership and private zoos through sharing the criminal saga of Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka Joe Exotic, a prolific tiger breeder and self-described "gay, gun-toting cowboy with a mullet." It’s a community that truly does have to be seen to be believed—there’s a surprising amount of polygamy, and a shared fondness for making low budget music videos—but here’s what you should know about this true story right up front.[Read More]( [The Best Sneakers to Buy for Under $100]( You guys ever see that meme of two of the world's wealthiest men standing side by side looking exactly like the schlumpy middle-aged dudes they are? "162 billion combined and not a Gucci belt in sight." That sh** gets me every time, man. My god. Wholesome memes really might be the greatest gift being extremely online has bestowed on us as a society in general. It's a serious misconception that you need money, and lots of it, to stunt. The truth is, you could be decked out in head-to-toe designer duds like you're an emerging SoundCloud rapper with a song that recently went viral on TikTok and still look like trash.[Read More]( [The Best Podcasts of 2020 Cover Everything From True Crime to Celeb Scandals to Bad Movies]( Podcasts seem to be slowly but surely taking over the world. Everyone from Bachelor Nation and beyond has one. That random guy you follow on Instagram but don’t really know? Even he has one. Topics span just about every genre, diving into every mystery, debate, or random topic you can think of. Feel like listening to someone whisper-read Sherlock Holmes? There’s a podcast for that. Can’t afford couples therapy, but could really use some marriage advice? You guessed it, there is also a podcast for that. Love to hate-watch bad movies? There's a podcast for that one, of course.[Read More]( [Read More on Esquire.com]( [Join today!]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Notice]( esquire.com ©2020 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019