Humanism movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant humanism movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out melancholic, captivating, realistic, psychological, emotional and poignant films and TV shows about / with humanism, bittersweet, social realism, resilience, friendship, hopes, loneliness, coming of age, family relations and survival plots mostly in Drama, Biography and War genres shot in USA, India, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as humanism: The Elephant Man (1980), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005), Schindler's List (1993), Hotel Rwanda (2004), Foreign Bodies (2013), The Village Had No Walls (1996), Madras Matinee (2025), Yomeddine (2018), Intrepido: A Lonely Hero (2013).
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph ...
Style:
emotional, touching, psychological, sad, poignant ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
disability, hospital, dignity, freak, melancholy, disfigurement, social misfits, cruelty, isolation, hopes, biopic, humanism ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 20th century, turn of the century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, war, children, friendship, childhood, nazi, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008, year 1941 ...
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
True story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling, dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Armed ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, politics, nazism, nazi germany, death sentence, nazi, resistance, gestapo, justice, historical character, trial, lawyer ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, 2000s, year 2005 ...
Place:
germany, munich germany, europe, poland, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, wartime, war, concentration camp, storytelling, holocaust survivor, anti semitism, nazism, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, ancient times, year 1943 ...
Place:
poland, germany, iran, persia, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, South Africa, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his ...
Style:
emotional, intense, sincere, rough, political ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
genocide, racism, hotel, against humanity, war, violence, politics, cruelty, civil war, war crime, refugee, un ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 90s, 2000s
Place:
rwanda, africa, south africa, congo, somalia ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Antonio and Pietro, a man and his child, alone in Milan to fight against illness. Pietro has a brain cancer, to move from South to North Italy seems to be a chance, maybe salvation. Jaber, fifteen years old, lives in Milan with a group of fellow ...
Style:
independent film, emotional, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
hospital, illness, immigration, adolescence, compassion, father son relationship, empathy, suffering, humanism, fighting illness, coping, life is a bitch ...
Place:
milan italy, north africa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young man from the city journeys to his first teaching post, the small hamlet of Bangarwadi, deep in the jungle, inhabited by a few shepherds and farmers as well as a criminal tribe known as the Ramoshis. After the initial shock of his strange new ...
Style:
contemplative, pastoral, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
teacher, social realism, humanism, village life, teacher student relationship, literary, community, bittersweet, nostalgia, memory, journey, minimalism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poetic realism
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
An aging sci-fi writer is challenged by his caretaker to write about the life of a common man. Reluctantly, he begins the story of Kannan, an auto rickshaw driver, and his family—only to discover that ordinary life holds unexpected depth and drama.
Style:
contemplative, reflective, poignant, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
slice of life, humanism, working class, resilience, realism, domestic drama, sacrifice, bittersweet, creative block, tamil
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt, Austria, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice leave the confines of the leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what is left of their families.
Style:
road movie, realistic, poignant, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
arab, leprosy, disability, friendship, journey, humanism, isolation, compassion, outcast, odyssey, buddy, social realism ...
Place:
middle east, maghreb, egypt
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Mattias is a 30-something gardener living in Norway, whose idol is Buzz Aldrin, second man on the moon. Following a series of personal and professional disasters, Mattias finds himself lying on a rain-soaked road on treeless Faroe Islands with no ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, poignant, art house ...
Plot:
male protagonist, psychiatric ward, mental illness, anonymity, existentialism, identity crisis, character study, humanism, loneliness, lifestyle, socially awkward, social issues ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A middle-aged man tries to get by in Milan while trying to retain his dignity.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, light ...
Plot:
bittersweet, family relations, fall in love, parents and children, society, love and romance, workplace situations, workplace, father son relationship, optimism, humanism, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy
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Genre: Biography
Country: India, Bangladesh
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The movie is about a poet and singer Lalon Fakir who belongs to a cult called baul and who believes and inculcates that the value of a human being is above the narrow belief of religions.
Style:
philosophical, art house, melancholic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
biopic, humanism, spirituality, folk singer, mysticism, poetry, compassion, cultural conflict, devotional, mentor protege relationship, pilgrimage, outcast ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
kolkata
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful residents, he finds himself surrounded by small happiness.
Style:
realistic, social, suspense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
secret, small village, slice of life, humanism, neighbor, community, everyday life, small town, loneliness, friendship, social relations, fake identity ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A once thriving reception hall has been reduced to catering to the funeral business and the somber rituals of death. The owner, Soleimani, is a sour, lonely and unloved old man who treats his workers with contempt, inflicting small cruelties ...
Style:
realistic, psychological
Plot:
empathy, character study, humanism, working class, resilience, slice of life, social realism, dignity, mortality, solidarity, hopes, melancholy ...
Place:
iran
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
This story is about how an old man tried to show his grandson the preciousness and beauty of life in a no win situation such as cancer. It is about keeping a positive attitude towards life.
Style:
compassionate, emotional, tear jerker, inspirational, contemplative
Audience:
adult
Plot:
blind boy, grandfather grandson relationship, blindness, child protagonist, love, resilience, hopes, humanism, family bonds, hospital, sacrifice, medical ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, Germany, Ukraine
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
It is a story about the Soviet worker Pyotr and the German engineer Hans, who came to the USSR before the war on a business trip. At a Soviet plant the German team works in cooperation with Russian specialists. Once Hans makes a mistake which causes ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
friendship, world war two, scientist, love interest, metaphor, nazi officer, humanism, suspicion, guilt, factory, solidarity, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico, France, Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
Style:
emotional, breathtaking, inspirational, sincere, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
multiple storylines, redemption, woman urinating, cultural difference, deaf girl, desert, mexican border, sex, death, destiny, language barrier, multiple perspectives ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
morocco, japan, tokyo, africa, mexico ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and ...
Style:
anime, touching, sweet, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
rain, shoemaker, youth, overcoming, unlikely couple, age difference, young lovers, teenage life, grownups, relationships, shyness, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A priest arrives in a village and give advice and comfort to different people. He meets a wheelchair-bound former representative of the Communist party, a woman who is dying of tuberculosis and an astronomer who sings in a punk band.
Style:
reflective, melancholic, poignant, existential, pastoral ...
Plot:
priest, village, religion, character study, faith, compassion, humanism, spirituality, small town life, village life, community, punk ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hungary, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
1963 Indian Film
Style:
tragic
Plot:
poverty, village, social injustice, social realism, agriculture, family tragedy, class struggle, humanism, literary, resilience, hopelessness, satire ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Four lonely and disenfranchised urbanites in contemporary Mexico City: a preteen boy under tremendous emotional strain, the pretty cashier with whom he is infatuated, an enraged and embittered cabbie, and the estranged daughter of one of his fares. ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, poignant, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
urban, connection, loneliness, anger, humanism, social realism, intimate, slice of life, city life, isolation, working class, companionship ...
Place:
mexico city
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A TV serialization of the classic Chinese novel 'Ordinary World'.
Style:
family saga, captivating, sincere, psychological, reflective ...
Plot:
slice of life, coming of age, literary, countryside, village life, lifestyle change, chinese history, social relations, lifestyle, changing lives, peasant, family life ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
During the Iran-Iraq war,a soldier and a Kurdish girl come to a new understanding of the notion of animosity despite their supposedly opposite circumstances.
Style:
islamic, captivating, disturbing, psychological, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
soldier, iraq iran war, kurd, love, wartime, relationships, male female relationship, moral dilemma, sacrifice, frontline, anti war, humanism ...
Place:
iraq, middle east, iran, persia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Georgina is a teacher determined to make a difference in the lives of the children she educates in the classroom of a wagon school in rural Mexico.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, semi serious, psychological ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
social issues, teacher, domestic drama, teacher student relationship, children, high school teacher, school teacher, village life, teachers and students, female protagonist, countryside, satire ...
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In 1960s Masuria a widower and ex-soldier wants to build a chapel to Virgin Mary for surviving the war. In the meantime, 20 female prisoners come to his village to work on the farm. One of them gets Mikolaj's attention.
Style:
reflective, melancholic, atmospheric, period piece
Plot:
ex soldier, village life, promise, chapel, faith, redemption, post war, miraculous event, widower, remorse, guilt, duty ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Maayandi, the only farmer in a village that has abandoned farming, is charged with a petty case that leads to his imprisonment.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, satirical, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
farmer, old man, farm, agriculture, falsely accused, countryside, accusation, village life, farming, satire, social injustice, social commentary ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Lebanon
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Leba is a music instructor who lives in a small Lebanese town. Social pressure leads him to get married and have children. Lara, his beloved wife, births a girl, later other one and finally Ghadi, a boy with special needs related with Down Syndrome. ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
parenthood, disability, down syndrome, tolerance, acceptance, relationship problems, satire, husband wife relationship, family problems, intolerance, community, father son relationship ...
Place:
lebanon
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Genre: Biography
Country: Greece, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The true story of the greatest Greek writer of the 20th century, Nikos Kazantzakis, based on his work, Report to Greco, which is, essentially, his autobiography.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, philosophical, reflective ...
Plot:
writers, biopic, freedom, greek, writer's life, independence, autobiography, humanism, spiritual journey, idealism, identity, dream ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
greece, crete, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A poignant drama set in 1970s Australia about a newly-single father’s efforts to weather the turbulence of change – in his life and in the world around him – while a new immigrant endeavours to find her place in a foreign land.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
father, immigration, connection, immigrant, problem, relationships, life is a bitch, bereavement, social problems, single father, identity, humanism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Ximena is illiterate; Jacqueline reads to her. Everything except a letter hidden under a wooden Buddha that Ximena won’t let her read. To know what it says, Ximena must learn to read. As Ximena learns, their relationship, thorny at first, becomes ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, sincere, psychological, reflective ...
Plot:
illiteracy, female protagonist, illiterate, middle aged woman, lifestyle change, training, changing lives, education, uneducated, home schooling, lifestyle, character change ...
Place:
chile
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