It’s often said that great cinema is challenging, that great cinema violently rocks your deepest beliefs and tackles your preconceptions of the world. But the problem with that statement is that it overlooks the genius films that don’t do any of those things, the ones that feel more like a hug than a whack to the head.
As we enter the billionth week of January, we have been looking to our favourite comfort films for, well, some comfort in these cold, sunless times. Whether it’s in the form of big belly laughs, implausible romance, or happy tears, these films have offered solace to millions time and time again. If that’s not great cinema, I don’t know what is.
