![]() ![]() Here are 35 films guaranteed to cheer you up. When the 2000s arrived, the revival of 80s glam returned in a creative way that fit with the changing times. This decade we will likely see a lot of 2000s pop culture revivals such as the. ![]() ![]() In the 90s, bell-bottom jeans of the 70s were popular, in the 2000s the people were reminiscing the 80s, and in the 2010s Buzzfeed kept gatekeeping the '90s kid' status. The natural wood tones in 90s decór rejected the excess of the 1980s, which had said no to the earthy 70s. In fashion and pop culture we often see 20 year cycles. Whether you’re looking for heart-thumping romances, soaring singalongs, family favourites, or attention-grabbing adventures, let cinema be your comfort blanket, your momentary escape from talk of outbreaks and downpours and presidential elections. Every decade, design trends shift away from trends of the previous decade and build on nostalgia for earlier times. And beyond the old favourites we have recent recommendations too that are sure to worm their way into your heart – the joyful vibrancy of Crazy Rich Asians, or the dazzling wit and heart of Into The Spider-Verse. It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve watched Phil Conners wake up to the strains of ‘I Got You Babe’ in Groundhog Day, how often you’ve escaped to the world of Soot Sprites and and forest spirits in My Neighbour Totoro, or how many times you’ve seen Andy Dufresne fight for his freedom in The Shawshank Redemption – returning to them feels like sinking into a warm bath, or a hug from an old friend. If you’re looking for groundbreaking edginess, difficult and demanding flicks, you won’t find those here – just pure, chicken-soup-for-the-soul warmth and goodness.Īnd chances are, you’ve seen most of these films before – but that’s the joy of a feelgood movie. For my childhood they were one and the same. But I’ve definitely progressed past that now Edit: also explains why 80s and 90s aesthetic and nostalgia go hand in hand for me. That’s why Empire has pulled together a list of guaranteed feelgood movies – 30 films sure to bring a smile to your face (and maybe a few cathartic tears along the way) just when you need it the most. And yes I actually remember thinking a lot of the 80s stuff (like that little aesthetic scribble, or the oversized 80s hoodies, or high wasted mom jeans) looked dumb. See a recent post on Tumblr from 2010sbae about 2010s nostalgia. Since the Mid-Late 2010s, the Y2K aesthetic has made a resurgence in popular culture and social media. Between the pandemic, multiple lockdowns, and all kinds of political upheaval, it’s been a very difficult couple of years to say the least – and we’ve never needed escapism more. Y2K aesthetics are mostly classified as a subcategory to Retro-Futurism, but some elements also cross over with Vaporwave, since it shares Vaporwave's angst towards late-stage capitalism, and its nostalgia for a future that never came. In some ways there is a simple explanation: the nostalgia for soft grunge Tumblr is part of a wave of early to mid 2010s nostalgia as identified by Rebecca Jennings in Vox last year. ![]()
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