Jillian Boger takes a deep look into our favorite self-care and comfort movies in an attempt to figure out what makes them so soothing.

“Newsies” is about a group of newsboys. It is a musical, and it has extended group choreography we see in the later “High School Musical.”

“Three Men and a Baby” and its sequel fit into this quasi-family friendly limbo. There is a baby, and the primary crux of the film...