A good movie can be a great stress buster. It can lift your spirits when you are feeling sad. At the very least, it will help you get your mind off whatever is troubling you. But we realize choosing what to watch on Netflix can be an ordeal. Here are our top three favorite lighthearted movies that we recommend you watch when you need a break from all the craziness that life throws your way. Your Place or Mine This recently released movie on Netflix is about two best friends, who live in different cities, swapping houses for a week, and what eventually happens when they meddle in each other’s lives like that. Reese Witherspoon and Aston Kutcher star in this romantic comedy that is trope-heavy and cliché but still manages to keep you enraptured. It’s a light movie that doesn’t require much brain muscle, which is just what you might need after a busy week.

Debbie and Peter are polar opposites. And they live in two different cities. But they talk every day and there’s nothing they don’t know about each other. Or so they think. When they swap houses for a week so that Debbie can join a program to further her career and Peter volunteers to look after her 13-year-old son during that time, they discover they might have had feelings for each other all along.

Your Place or Mine is a fun watch. There are other side characters, like a hot publisher Debbie meets, and Peter’s ex-flame, who add some spunk to the story. Though the story is predictable, it’s enjoyable to watch it unfold. Witherspoon and Kutcher are great actors, who have done as much as possible within the limits of the characters they have been given.  Matilda the Musical Matilda is a children’s book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It’s the story of Matilda Wormwood, an extraordinary child who lives with her uncaring parents and an indifferent elder brother. Armed with a sharp mind and some powers, she takes a stand against her bully of a headmistress Miss Trunchbull to change her story. The book has been adapted in various media—there’s an audio reading by Kate Winslet, a 1996 feature film directed by Danny DeVito, and a two-part BBC Radio 4 program. From 2010 to 2011, a musical ran on the West End in London, Broadway in New York, and other places around the world. The movie adaptation of the musical was released last year. Emma Thompson plays the terrifying Trunchbull in heavy prosthetics. And she shines in her role as the former Olympic hammer-thrower who hates children. The musical, like DeVito’s film adaptation, sticks pretty much to the original storyline. But there’s an additional new dimension as well. Here, Matilda has a talent for composition and storytelling. And the story she invents magically mimics her homeroom teacher Miss Honey’s past. Enola Holmes 2 Mille Bobby Brown is back as the cheeky and smart Enola Holmes in this sequel to the Harry Bradbeer’s 2020 Netflix hit. The movie opens with a speedy chase sequence across the grimy lanes of Victorian London, the context of which is provided through a flashback. We find out that Enola has started her own detective agency in London and has taken up a case—to find a missing woman. Enola, who is shadowed by her famous brother, Sherlock Holmes, quickly realizes strong, professional women are treated more like criminals rather than trusted investigators. Sherlock is working on a case of his own about stolen government funds and the brother-sister duo soon get the inkling that their cases might be interlinked. Though it’s a sequel, you needn’t have watched the first part to make sense of what’s happening in Enola Holmes 2. The movie is just the right bit sentimental while giving out the message that sometimes you just have to ask for help, no matter how strong and courageous you might be.