Personal growth movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant personal growth movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, touching, realistic, emotional and humorous films and TV shows about / with personal growth, friendship, coming of age, female protagonist, family relations, slice of life, identity, father daughter relationship, death and woman plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Germany, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as personal growth: Frontier (2018), Spirited Away (2001), Hello, Me! (2021), Yumi's Cells (2021), Three Quarter Moon (2011), Green Mothers' Club (2022), Dakota's Summer (2014), House of Hummingbird (2018), Carrie Pilby (2016), Flashbacks of a Fool (2008).
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627
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Michael's perfect life changes dramatically when he discovers a portal wich allows him to travel in time. He travels back to the World War II to go through the quest of time and find his one and only beloved.
Style:
serious, rough, romantic drama, dramatic, emotional ...
Plot:
time travel, wartime life, world war two, battle zone, battles, personal growth, travel, self sacrifice, military life, heroic mission, portal, great patriotic war ...
Time:
1940s
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955K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Style:
anime, surreal, atmospheric, stylized, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
friendship, magic, supernatural, surrealism, witch, parallel world, imaginary, fantasy world, ghost, japanese mythology, creature, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
Miserable and unsuccessful, a woman thinks she's lost all her spark — until one day, her spunky younger self appears in front of her demanding change.
Style:
humorous, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
personal growth, identity crisis, second chance, coming of age, self discovery, self acceptance, creative block, ambitious woman, drastic change of life, career change, lifestyle change, changing lives ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
Yumi is a 30-year old, ordinary woman who struggles with expressing her feelings. Told from the perspective of the many brain cells in her head, she experiences growth in both her love life, her career, and finds happiness in the small joys of ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, romantic comedy, light hearted, captivating ...
Plot:
slice of life, personal growth, female protagonist, career woman, friendship, workplace, office worker, working woman, brain, self discovery, lifestyle, human brain ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Hartmut Mackowiak, a German taxi driver, tries to help 6 year old Turkish girl to find her mother.
Style:
realistic, humorous, serious, melancholic, captivating ...
Plot:
personal growth, taxi, family relations, couples, couple relations, little girl, loneliness, language barrier, empathy, friends, love and romance, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
germany, munich germany, turkey
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Five moms in a competitive grade school community keep their enemies close, and one another closer, as envy and secrets tangle and unravel their lives.
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
friendship, motherhood, personal growth, mother, club, family drama, parenthood, lifestyle change, sorority, changing lives, parenting, healing ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Cowgirls 'n Angels Dakota's Summer tells the story of Dakota Rose, a cowgirl and competitive trick rider who finds out at the age of seventeen that she was adopted. She secretly sets out to discover the truth about her adoption and meet ...
Style:
touching, captivating, humorous, light, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
horse, cowgirl, rodeo, adoption, personal growth, friendship, competition, countryside, low life, identity, female protagonist, ranch ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Whatever she does, Eunhee feels like an outsider. Then her new Chinese teacher turns out to be so utterly different from everybody else. A compassionate and meticulously told narrative of a seemingly regular summer that leaves nothing unchanged.
Style:
sexy, touching, captivating, sincere, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, teacher student relationship, relationships, female protagonist, personal growth, middle school, high school, family relations, teenage girl, adolescence, lgbt teen, family problems ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
seoul, south korea, asia, korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Awkward, isolated and disapproving of most of the people around her, a precocious 19-year-old genius is challenged to put her convictions to the test by venturing out on to the NYC dating scene, in this adaptation of Caren Lissner’s best-selling ...
Style:
romantic, humorous, light, psychological, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
genius, therapist, dating, therapy, father daughter relationship, friendship, society, coming of age, women, introspection, bucket list, goldfish ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, boston, harvard university
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Bahrain
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a ...
Style:
melancholic, psychological, serious, sentimental, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
redemption, actor's life, destiny, older woman teenage boy sex, orgy, secrets, funeral, artists and showbiz, teenage life, haunted by the past, hot and sexy, personal growth ...
Time:
year 2008, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
england, europe, usa, los angeles, california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
André, 55, lives with his mother Louise, 80, and leads an unspectacular life. He works as a taxi driver while the elderly diva dreams of bygone days as an actress in Hollywood. One day the charismatic Bill, 50, an American, turns up on their ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, emotional, poignant, independent film ...
Plot:
personal growth, actress, character study, mother and son, lifestyle change, changing lives, family relations, career change, relationships, life, aging, intimate ...
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198
Genre: Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A warm, dramatic story about eleven-year-old Alise's encounter with a wild horse on the run.
Style:
captivating, psychological, pastoral, emotional, uplifting
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
horse, friendship, woman riding a horse, girl horse relationship, personal growth, human animal relationship, wild horse, animal human communication, animal, teenager, female protagonist, teenage girl ...
Time:
2000s
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154
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Minami is a 27-year-old female office worker in an advertisement agency. Though she has a boyfriend, she spends the majority of her time working and appears to feel ambivalent about the relationship at best. When the boyfriend finally breaks up with ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, romantic comedy, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
office romance, job, personal growth, office worker, office, relationships, love story, romantic relationship, coworker, male female relationship, couple relations, love and romance ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
“We are neither kids nor adults. When do we become adults then?” Min Jae and Seo Yeon are no different from ordinary 17-year-old high school students. Min Jae is silent and sensitive, yet a good student. Seo Yeon who plays the piano wished to ...
Style:
serious, captivating, entertaining, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, high school, school, mother son relationship, mother daughter relationship, personal growth, friendship, youth, coming of age, high school life, grownups, teenager ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Sunako is very happy living her life in the darkness of her room, with her skeleton friends and her horror movies to keep her company. The darkness she so loves is pierced brightly by four dazzling young men, who come to live in the same mansion as ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, touching, sentimental, anime ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
unrequited love, supernatural, personal growth, friendship, stalker, supernatural power, life, love and romance, supernatural ability, unfulfilled love, love affair, couple relations ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
This long-awaited biopic provides a vivid account of the remarkable life of Anita Mui in and behind the limelight, chronicling her journey from a child performer to becoming one of world's most recognized music icons.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
musician, pop star, personal growth, music industry, musician's life, historical figure, rising to stardom, music, lifestyle, celebrity, price of fame, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 2000s, 70s
Place:
hong kong, japan
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Sakura is a single 39-year-old woman who works as the assistant manager at a beauty salon. She spends her days making her customers look beautiful but doesn’t pay much attention to her own appearance. All of that changes when she goes to a party ...
Style:
dorama, feel good, captivating, romantic, touching ...
Plot:
mature, love triangle, personal growth, age difference, love and romance, fall in love, ambition, lifestyle, cinderella, age-gap relationship, hairdresser, beauty salon ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
‘The Marathon’ is a feature film which contains humour in combination with impressive drama. The garage of four jass playing, smoking and beer drinking mechanics is threatened to be closed. The ‘genius’ idea to run the marathon of Rotterdam ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, sincere, captivating, semi serious
Plot:
marathon, friendship, running, hospital, against the odds, friends, personal growth, buddies, ambition, mechanic, father son relationship, birthday party ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland, netherlands
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Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Centers on para-athletes who all meet an outcast sports scientist named Ren Narita. The anime will have four stories about four different sports: wheelchair basketball, track and high jump, goalball, and paralympic swimming.
Style:
anime, disturbing, entertaining, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
personal growth, slice of life, sport team, coping, physical disability, determination, resilience, perseverance, ambition, athlete's life, disability, athlete and trainer ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
The workplace comedy's story follows a 26-year-old office worker named Momose. He recently changed jobs after his previous boss harassed him. He's worried his new boss will also use power harassment to make his life miserable. Momose is ...
Style:
feel good, anime, uplifting, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
slice of life, workplace, adaptation, workplace situations, supervisor, coworker, new job, co worker co worker relationship, supportive coworker, friendship, career change, urban ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, United Arab Emirates, USA, India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, uplifting, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
elderly, hotel, loneliness, self discovery, aging, goodhearted, old age, marital problem, life changing experience, choice, retirement home, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, delhi, mumbai india, seattle ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Alex's high opinion of himself isn't backed up by reality as he is unemployed and having trouble with his girlfriend. When he finally gets a job with the local council/municipality of Hudiksvall his life is about to change. Suddenly Alex ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Plot:
down syndrome, disability, chance, against the odds, misfit, personal growth, self confidence, mentally challenged, theatre group, loss of friend, group of friends, european ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Austria, Ireland, Belgium, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
They couldn't be more different, the members of the trio that allies in the fight against an Ancient Ice Ghost (AIG): Tom, an easily scared boy, Hetty, a professional ghosthunter and the loveable, but pretty slimy Hugo - a ghost. Will the team ...
Style:
feel good, light, entertaining, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
ghost, ghost hunter, friendship, team, personal growth, brother sister relationship, basement, heroic mission, supernatural, good versus evil, children, small town ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young man goes on a road trip with an old lady he saves from a hospital.
Style:
humorous, road movie, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, lost love, on the road, odd couple, couples, disorder, elderly, escapades, personal growth, friendship, pregnancy, abduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, france, paris france, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lucy wakes up in bed with a stranger and obviously from a night of drinking. She checks out and pays for the motel room on her account. Through her grandmother, she finds out her father is in town and pays him a visit. She agrees to go to his new ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, touching, semi serious, romantic drama ...
Plot:
sexual promiscuity, small town, human nature, couples, social relations, sexual relations, personal growth, mother daughter relationship, religion, going straight, sex on first date, american south ...
Time:
year 2006
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, suspense, perverse, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, coroner, island, abduction, death, blizzard, riddles and clues, rape, pathology, clue, murder, violence ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At age 82, Mitch Albom's former rabbi Albert Lewis wants the famous Detroit sportswriter to give his eulogy when the time comes. Albom makes a visit to his former home town in New Jersey, where Rabbi Lewis has served a congregation for about 50 ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, psychological, contemplative, spiritual ...
Plot:
homeless shelter, rabbi, redemption, urban ghetto, clergy, religions or cults, starting over, friendship, priest, faith, personal growth, christian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, detroit, brooklyn new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story of a man who fakes his own death and assumes a new identity in order to escape his life, who then moves in with a woman who is also trying to leave her past behind.
Style:
semi serious, sincere, touching, humorous, romantic drama ...
Plot:
golf, self discovery, past, false identity, missing person, on the road, father son relationship, chance meeting, unlikely couple, disorder, family problems, escapades ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Because of his wavering health, Monsieur Henri can no longer live alone in his Paris appartment. Particularly grumpy, he ends up nonetheless accepting his son Paul's suggestion that he let one of his rooms out to a young female student. Far ...
Style:
captivating, sentimental, suspenseful, humorous, melancholic ...
Plot:
old man, seduction, student, widower, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, audition, father son conflict, parent child relationship, father daughter conflict, pregnant woman, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
paris france, london
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Lippel is alone with a new housekeeper while his father, a cook, is away on business. The housekeeper is very strict and shows no appreciation for Lippel. Then Lippel finds new friends and a tale from the book "One Thousand and One Nights".
Style:
captivating, thrilling, fairy tale, light hearted, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, personal growth, dream, imagination, friends, adventure hero, desert, teamwork, escapism, childhood, children, magic realism ...
Place:
bavaria
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