Films that are kind to you

Warm, playful and comforting at once — all three, not two out of three. Films like this were 35.4% of the catalogue in the 1990s and are 27.1% today. But more of them exist now than in any decade before, because the catalogue grew faster than the share fell. They are not gone. They are buried.

play 95comfort 75warmth 70

play 92comfort 80warmth 75

play 80comfort 80warmth 80

play 95comfort 75warmth 75

play 90comfort 80warmth 75

play 85comfort 80warmth 75

play 95comfort 70warmth 70

play 90comfort 70warmth 72

play 85comfort 70warmth 75

play 90comfort 70warmth 65

play 85comfort 70warmth 70

play 80comfort 75warmth 70

play 80comfort 70warmth 75

play 85comfort 70warmth 70

play 80comfort 70warmth 75

play 80comfort 70warmth 75

play 80comfort 75warmth 65

play 85comfort 70warmth 65

play 80comfort 65warmth 75

play 85comfort 70warmth 65

play 80comfort 70warmth 70

play 85comfort 65warmth 70

play 80comfort 65warmth 75

play 82comfort 68warmth 72

play 82comfort 65warmth 72

play 78comfort 70warmth 72

play 78comfort 70warmth 72

play 80comfort 70warmth 65

play 80comfort 70warmth 65

play 80comfort 70warmth 65

play 80comfort 60warmth 75

play 78comfort 68warmth 72

play 78comfort 65warmth 72

play 80comfort 65warmth 72

play 80comfort 65warmth 70

play 80comfort 60warmth 70

play 80comfort 70warmth 65

play 70comfort 70warmth 75

play 65comfort 65warmth 75

play 85comfort 70warmth 55

play 85comfort 60warmth 65

play 80comfort 65warmth 65

play 75comfort 65warmth 70

play 80comfort 55warmth 70

play 80comfort 70warmth 55

play 72comfort 65warmth 72

play 80comfort 60warmth 65

play 80comfort 55warmth 72

play 80comfort 55warmth 72

play 80comfort 60warmth 65

play 80comfort 60warmth 65

play 80comfort 60warmth 65

play 85comfort 55warmth 65

play 75comfort 60warmth 70

play 60comfort 65warmth 78

play 80comfort 55warmth 65

play 70comfort 60warmth 72

play 80comfort 55warmth 65

play 75comfort 60warmth 65

play 70comfort 60warmth 72

Every film here scores at least 55 for playfulness, 50 for comfort and 55 for warmth on Cinnamon DB’s twenty-dimension reading — each floor cleared on its own, so nothing qualifies by being extremely warm and otherwise bleak. Children’s films are left out, not because they fail the test but because they pass it so completely that they crowd out everything else; the top of this shelf without that filter is Winnie the Pooh and Pixar shorts.