Our society still uses television and movies to escape the daily challenges, problems and annoyances. Two hours later we are ready to return to the battle with the day's inconveniences. Of course, there are many different types of bad days, so sometimes we have to find the right movies to match our mood. We have prepared a few films that perfectly suit different crises and are a proven cure for bad days.
Bad day at work?
Maybe we've lost our job or just had a hard and tiring day at work, but we all experience something similar before we can retire. Well, when that inevitable day comes, here are two upbeat and cute movies to get us through the long day.
It's the first movie Office Space (How to Get a Leg, 1999), a comedy from the nineties that has become a true classic, especially for days when everything seems to be going downhill at work.
It's the second movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986), one more movie that will give us a great feeling when we take a well-deserved day off from work. After a long day, it can serve as inspiration for the next day or just help us forget some less pleasant memories.
Arguing with your partner?
Whether it's a breakup or just a really nasty argument, no one feels good after an argument with their significant other. Maybe someone will say that they make films like them 500 Days of Summer (500 Days of Summer, 2009) or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) neither are movies that will put us in a good mood, but both have an optimistic and romantic open ending that isn't overly sweetened or written by Nicholas Sparks.
The films lift the mood of the audience with their warm and meaningful ending, despite the fact that they are not clichéd love stories.
An existential crisis?
Some days are not bad just because of some little things. Regardless of whether it is a midlife crisis or just the end of an era, days when it seems that the meaning of life cannot be understood like to creep into our lives. The movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) seems especially appropriate if our crisis is related to a career, and it also puts into perspective life as an adventure, how to find love and how important an individual can be without even realizing it.
The movie I Heart Huckabees (Odbeetki, 2004) is a more direct solution to an existential crisis. We follow a husband and wife who are hired by people to solve existential problems and questions for them.
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Noisy neighbors?
We all have or have had a neighbor who just doesn't know how to keep the volume within reason, something we've dealt with even late at night. Maybe they leave things all over the yard or have a dog that takes refuge in our flowering bushes in the garden for all its needs. There are quite a few comedies that remind us that it could always be worse. The movie Neighbors (2014) introduces us to a new father who is forced to live alongside the fraternity and all the godless nightmares he experiences.
The movie The Whole Nine Yards (2001) is a slightly older film, but still a classic. The film stars Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry in the story of a dentist on the verge of a nervous breakdown and his monstrous wife and a newly moved-in neighbor who turns out to be a mobster on the run.
Car problems?
Nothing ruins a day as quickly as unpredictable car problems - whether it's a flat tire or an issue of unknown origin manifested in steam coming from under the car's hood. For the days when we think that our transportation is the most unpleasant and dangerous in the world, here is a movie Little Miss Sunshine (Naša mala miss, 2006), a family film that boasts a scene with one of the oldest automotive problems – pushing the car to restart. Among other things, the film is imbued with humor, poignancy, with an emphasis on family, sadness and the importance of supporting each other.
The movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) is a classic "Steve Martin movie" that captures all the woes of every mode of transportation that can be experienced on this earth.
