Jaxx Recommends...Movies to Pick You Up When You're Feeling Down

You know those days. When nothing goes right and you just feel like nothing's worth it anymore or the whole world is stacked against you? Whether it's the mean reds or the blues, there's nothing like a good movie to make you feel better. At least, that's my philosophy. So here are my favorite movies when I feel in need of an emotional facelift (it's much less expensive and less painful than a physical one).

3. Pride and Prejudice: The A&E/BBC version with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. Not to be confused with the Keira Knightly version that simply cannot compare. I love this movie almost as much as I love the book and have it nearly memorized. If only life worked out as perfectly and justly as an Austen novel.

Favorite Quotes: "And to all this [traits that make a woman accomplished], she must yet add something more substantial in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading." - Mr. Darcy
"An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day, you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins. And I will never see you again if you do." - Mr. Bennett

2. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium: This one is relatively new to my list, but since I picked it up for $5 the day I got laid off, it's become a staple in the Bad Day Movie Library. Before you scoff at me for picking what appears to be a kid's movie, check it out. Yes, the narrator is a kid and the story is set in a magic toy store, but the real main character of the story is Molly Mahoney, a twenty-something girl who is searching for herself and her destiny. See? In the midst of a kid's movie, they've stuck in the story of a girl going through a quarter-life crisis. Granted, there is a fair amount of magic involved in the resolution, but I find it inspiring and it always makes me feel better about myself. Plus, it's incredibly well-written and features Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman.

Favorite Quote: "What are we going to do without you?" "Run the store." "Sir, I don't know how." "That's why I gave you the Congreve Cube." "But it just sits there." "What have you done with it?" "I don't know what to do with it. It's a block of wood." "Can you think of nothing?" "Well, I'm sure I could think of a million things to do with it." "There are a million things one might do with a block of wood, but, Mahoney, what do you think might happen if someone just once...believed in it." "Sir, I don't understand." - Molly Mahoney and Mr. Magorium

1. Breakfast at Tiffany's: This is my all-time favorite go-to bad day movie. There's nothing in this world that a little dose of Audrey Hepburn (as Holly Golightly) can't cure. I want to live in a world where I can stand in the rain crying and still have perfect make-up.

Favorite Quote: I don't even want to own anything until I can find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is, but I know what it's like. It's like Tiffany's...I'm crazy about Tiffany's. Listen. You know those days when you get the mean reds? ... The blues are because you're getting fat or it's been raining too long. You're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible; suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of...Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump into a cab and go to Tiffany's. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it. Nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real life place that made me feel like that, well, then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name.
- Holly Golightly