Direction and purpose movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant direction and purpose movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, independent film, serious, humorous, semi serious and captivating films and TV shows about / with direction and purpose, family relations, friendship, self discovery, friends, hopes, youth, father daughter relationship, coming of age and parents and children plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Animation genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
direction and purpose
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direction and purpose movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as direction and purpose: An Education (2009), Black Clover (2017), Wish I Was Here (2014), Kakegurui (2017), Hazbin Hotel (2019), Attack on Titan (2013), In the House (2012), Swallowed Star (2020), Frances Ha (2012), Looking (2014).

List of direction and purpose movies

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 7.3
 138K
An Education (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Style: realistic, period piece, costume drama, feel good, romantic ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: age difference, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, love affair, lolita, self discovery, teenage girl, betrayal, virginity, teenage life, older man young girl relationship, culture ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 1900s, year 1961, 60s
Place: london, france, oxford university, paris france, britain ...
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 8.2
 34K
Black Clover (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Asta and Yuno were abandoned together at the same church, and have been inseparable since. As children, they promised that they would compete against each other to see who would become the next Emperor Magus. However, as they grew up, some ...
Style: anime, exciting, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: friendship, magical, direction and purpose, battles, jousting, orphan, fantasy world, magic, magician, obsessive quest, wizard, chosen one ...
Time: 16th century, 18th century
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Wish I Was Here (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic ...
Style: independent film, touching, inspirational, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: self discovery, direction and purpose, father son relationship, justice, tragedy, dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, happy ending, redemption, cancer, actor's life, thirtysomething life ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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 7.1
 13K
Kakegurui (2017)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. ...
Style: anime, social, serious, suspense, intellectual ...
Plot: gambling, direction and purpose, struggle for survival, humiliation, power struggle, fighting the system, academy, gambler, social differences, fight for supremacy, class system, student ...
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 7.8
 19K
Hazbin Hotel (2019)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story: In attempt to find a non-violent alternative for reducing Hell's overpopulation, the daughter of Lucifer opens a rehabilitation hotel that offers a group of misfit demons a chance at redemption.
Style: adult animation, anime, horror musical, sitcom, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hell, hotel, demon, redemption, direction and purpose, afterlife, follow your dream, punishment, heaven and hell, violence, lucifer, singing ...
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 9.1
 500K
Attack on Titan (2013)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by Titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A ...
Style: anime, exciting, mysterious, serious, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: giant, giant monster, life turned upside down, tragedy, friendship, transformation, danger, chaos and mayhem, direction and purpose, eaten alive, titan, friends ...
Time: future
Place: japan, asia
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 7.3
 34K
In the House (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his ...
Style: suspense, enigmatic, psychological, witty, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: writers, teacher, high school, obsession, student, literature, art, school, privacy invasion, teen angst, mind game, voyeurism ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: france
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 8.3
 414
Swallowed Star (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: China
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: One day, an unexplained RR virus appeared on the earth, drawing the world into disaster. Infected animals mutated into terrible monsters, invaded massively, and humans built walls around the destruction and established the base city as the last ...
Style: disturbing, exciting, captivating, anime, tense
Plot: martial arts, post apocalypse, battles, fight, direction and purpose, survival, warrior, beast, against humanity, struggle for survival, creature, humanity ...
Time: distant future
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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A spunky female weightlifter and free-spirited male swimmer meet on campus, only to find out their pasts may be intertwined.
Style: dorama, romantic, touching, sweet, humorous ...
Plot: weightlifting, friendship, childhood friend, college, teen romance, dream, friends, direction and purpose, teenager, teenage life, adolescence, follow your dream ...
Place: korea, thailand
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 7.4
 94K
Frances Ha (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
Style: mumblecore, black and white, realistic, poignant, independent film ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: female friendship, best friend, relationships, friendship, coming of age, bittersweet, loneliness, female protagonist, dancer, self discovery, direction and purpose, dancing ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, sacramento california, paris france, france ...
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 8.2
 21K
Looking (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Three friends in San Francisco who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men.
Style: semi serious, sincere, humorous, realistic, clever ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay couple, gay relationship, lgbt, gays and lesbians, friendship, gay latino, homosexuality, group of friends, gay sex, friendship between men, gay slur ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, idaho, california, usa, los angeles ...
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The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Two sisters, their families, and sometimes complicated lives.
Style: realistic, compassionate, sincere, cynical, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: family relations, direction and purpose, rising to stardom, disorder, aspiring writer, life turned upside down, sister sister relationship, parent child relationship, price of fame, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, working mom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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 7.6
 62K
Flashforward (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to ...
Style: suspenseful, mind bending, stylized, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot: investigation, time loop, destiny, direction and purpose, uncover truth, supernatural, foreknowledge, time traveler, premonition, special agent, team, worldwide chaos ...
Time: 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Cowgirls 'n Angels (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A group of rodeo trick-riders recruits a young girl to join them.
Style: serious, feel good, realistic, sentimental
Audience: family outing
Plot: horse, rodeo, youth, direction and purpose, friendship, self discovery, parents and children, hopes, family relations, search for father, girl, cowgirl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa, oklahoma, kansas
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 6.3
 6K
Albatross (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.
Style: semi serious, sincere, touching, humorous, independent film ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: family relations, friendship, coming of age, direction and purpose, teenage life, lifestyle, marriage crisis, dishonesty, youth, love and romance, infidelity, sexual relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, oxford university
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 7.0
 760
Public Enemies (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Drama exploring the relationship between a convicted murderer and his probation officer.
Style: captivating, touching, serious, realistic, detective ...
Plot: direction and purpose, starting over, haunted by the past, love and romance, life is a bitch, hopes, social misfits, society, disgraced, rage, released from prison, imprisonment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
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Before I Disappear (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Based on the 2013 Academy Award® winning short film 'Curfew'. At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year-old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.
Style: depressing, melancholic, emotional, surreal, independent film ...
Plot: suicide attempt, depression, mental illness, self discovery, life, coming of age, suicide, loneliness, direction and purpose, regret, low lives, relationships ...
Time: y2k
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 6.8
 281
One Mile Above (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: China, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Shuhao is a 24 year old Taiwanese university graduate. His older brother Shuwei, whom he has idolized since childhood, dies on a bicycle ride to Lhasa. He decides to complete Shuwei's journey, hoping to prove himself through this challenging ...
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, captivating, road movie
Plot: mountain, cycling, last wish, direction and purpose, on the road, self discovery, dead brother, danger, escapades, wilderness, mountaineer, mountaineering ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tibet, asia, china
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 5.3
 2K
Princess (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A reclusive princess and a directionless young man embark on a quest to save the world's mythical creatures from becoming extinct.
Style: fairy tale, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience: family outing, chick flick, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: mermaid, fall in love, rescue, direction and purpose, princess, disorder, love and romance, escapades, danger, mistaken identity, healer, imaginary ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.3
 47K
Somewhere (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Italy, Japan, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A hard-living Hollywood actor re-examines his life after his 11-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.
Style: art house, independent film, emotional, meditative, surreal ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, luxury hotel, casual sex, estranged father, actor, hotel, loneliness, obsession, family relations, lifestyle, actor's life, introspection ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: los angeles, milan italy, california, europe, italy ...
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 7.9
 4K
Huff (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Huff is an American television comedy-drama series produced by Sony Pictures Television for Showtime. The series was created by Bob Lowry and features Hank Azaria as Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt, a psychiatrist whose life changes abruptly ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, sentimental, funny ...
Plot: psychiatrist, sexual perversion, dysfunctional family, self fulfillment, direction and purpose, mental disorder, family relations, sanity, family problems, life is a bitch, fighting illness, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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 8.3
 28K
Rectify (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside ...
Style: psychological, serious, sincere, realistic, spiritual ...
Plot: ex convict, wrongful conviction, lawyer, starting over, rape, innocence, homecoming, freedom, direction and purpose, haunted by the past, death row, society ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria, georgia, usa, southern usa
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Twenty Five Twenty One (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: The dreams of two young people are crushed by an overwhelming financial crisis in the 1990s. But when they reunite at the ages of 25 and 21, the spirited pair finds friendship and affection in times of adversity as they venture into adulthood ...
Style: sincere, dorama, captivating, disturbing, epic ...
Plot: fencing, friendship, couple relations, first love, direction and purpose, first kiss, teenage life, adolescence, ambition, follow your dream, lifestyle, teenager ...
Time: year 2001, 90s, year 2000
Place: new york, paris france
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Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Recently dumped by his girlfriend, underachiever Alex (O'Nan) embarks on an impromptu road trip with his new bandmate, the eccentric Jim (Michael Weston). By channeling their inner children and giving a new meaning to the term ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot: musician's life, partner, self discovery, direction and purpose, introspection, odd couple, folklore, down on your luck, cross country, music, unsuccessful, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Wise Kids (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A vivid, dynamic Southern coming-of-age drama, takes place in the transitional space between high school and college, when life seems to be all questions and no answers, and the future is scarily wide open. Set in and around a Charleston, SC Baptist ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, contemplative, sexual ...
Plot: coming of age, best friend, single parent, family relations, self discovery, introspection, teenage life, lgbt, youth, society, direction and purpose, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south carolina, usa, southern usa, charleston south carolina
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 6.2
 1K
Two Days (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Paul Miller (Paul Rudd - Friends, The Cider House Rules) has struggled as an actor in Hollywood for years, and now he's had enough. But not just of show business-of life. In two days, he's going to kill himself. But in true Hollywood ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, cerebral ...
Plot: suicide, filmmaking, actor's life, introspection, change of heart, lifestyle, life is a bitch, breaking point, showbiz, direction and purpose, death wish, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new jersey
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A Long Way Down (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Four lost souls decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When they meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family.
Style: touching, dark comedy, emotional, talky, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: new year's eve, new year, friendship, suicide, introspection, direction and purpose, unfulfillment, dull life, group of strangers, cause and meaning, coping, suicide attempt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england
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It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story: Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche, in this new feature film version of Don Hertzfeldt's animated short film trilogy.
Style: philosophical, surreal, adult animation, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Plot: surrealism, illness, mental health, mental illness, narration, dark humor, nightmare, hospital, divorced parents, loneliness, life & death, existentialism ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.4
 7K
Cass (2008)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, rough, powerful ...
Plot: racism, adoption, interracial relations, bullying, lifestyle, going straight, self discovery, rise to the top, parents and children, rebellion, human spirit, rivalry ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: england, britain, london, europe
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 6.7
 41K
Spun (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up ...
Style: psychedelic, disturbing, surreal, psychological, stylized ...
Audience: adult
Plot: drug abuse, drug addict, drug addiction, addiction, junkie, masturbation, drug, drug trip, drug use, strong sexual content, methamphetamine, crazy ...
Time: year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, las vegas
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