But there are movies that do just that. Watching them makes you forget, for some time, whatever is bothering you.

And we're not talking just comedies here. They are the feel good movies, the ones that talk about the human spirit and remind us that underneath it all, we're all the same -- people struggling with our own little tragedies.

And so it was not surprising when we were flooded with an eclectic pick of movies ranging from Tom Hank's Forrest Gump to Rajnikanth's Sivaji when we asked you, our dear readers to pick movies that cheer you up.

Here we list the top favourites.

Angoor

Directed by Gulzar, Angoor this all-time featured Sanjeev Kumar and Deven Verma in hilarious double roles.

Loosely based on Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, the film is about twins who got separated at birth. There is a master and servant for both sets of brothers.

Maushmi Chatterjee, Aruna Irani and Utpal Dutt (in a brief appearance) all performed well.

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