Meditative movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant meditative movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out meditative, serious, psychological, realistic, independent film and philosophical films and TV shows about / with husband wife relationship, family relations, death, couples, father son relationship, love and romance, love, existentialism, hopes and loneliness plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Fantasy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as meditative: Knight of Cups (2015), Wild (2014), Olive Kitteridge (2014), Stalker (1979), The Fountain (2006), Before Midnight (2013), Wings of Desire (1987), Enter the Void (2009), Mirror (1975), Calvary (2014).

List of meditative movies

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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: This South Korean film takes place on an isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.
Style: philosophical, atmospheric, melancholic, meditative, spiritual ...
Plot: buddhism, life & death, coming of age, isolation, meditation, existentialism, buddhist monk, monk, buddhist, beautiful scenery, nature, life changing experience ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, east asia, tibet, asia
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 5.6
 29K
Knight of Cups (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to his daily ...
Style: stylized, art house, meditative, philosophical, talky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: love, temptation, desert, multiple storylines, tarot card, humanity, visceral, existentialism, obsession, trippy, photography, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, las vegas
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 7.1
 138K
Wild (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Style: meditative, road movie, uplifting, inspirational, touching ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: wilderness, self discovery, survival, nature, hiking, grief, female protagonist, starting over, human spirit, death of mother, cheating on husband, traveler ...
Time: year 1995, year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 90s
Place: california, portland oregon, usa, mojave desert, oregon ...
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Olive Kitteridge (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 239 min.
TV show
Story: The story focuses on a middle-school math teacher Olive and her relationship with Henry which spans 25 years over the four parts. It is based on Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Style: meditative, realistic, serious, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot: small town life, family problems, maturity, dysfunctional family, elderly, couple relations, couples, parents and children, family relations, psychology, complex characters, relationships ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: maine, new england, usa
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 8.1
 144K
Stalker (1979)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded ...
Style: philosophical, atmospheric, bleak, art house, cerebral ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: stalker, distopia, human nature, post apocalypse, trippy, dystopian future, surrealism, wish come true, dog, society, post apocalyptic, dystopia ...
Time: future, year 1979, distant future, near future
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia
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 7.2
 248K
The Fountain (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.
Style: surreal, melancholic, artsy, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: metaphysics, spirituality, afterlife, cancer, buddhism, immortality, surrealism, multiple storylines, obsession, loneliness, love, death ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2006, 16th century, 21st century
Place: spain, tibet, latin america, europe, central america ...
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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.
Style: philosophical, meditative, bleak, depressing, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: philosophy, infidelity, adultery, destiny, false accusation, love affair, human nature, drug addiction, parents and children, life is a bitch, dishonesty, couples ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, greece
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 7.9
 171K
Before Midnight (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 109 min.
Story: We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
Style: meditative, philosophical, sentimental, romantic, atmospheric ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: marriage, summer vacation, writers, hotel room, hotel, midlife crisis, couple relations, existentialism, relationships, love story, divorce, conversation ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 90s, 21st century
Place: greece, mediterranean sea, paris france, chicago
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Wings of Desire (1987)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Wings of Desire is Wim Wender’s artistically beautiful film about the lonely and immortal life of angels during a post-war Berlin. It’s a poetic journey from the perspective of the angels of which one falls in love with a living woman and wants ...
Style: atmospheric, surreal, meditative, lyrical, cerebral ...
Audience: date night
Plot: angel, immortality, dream, circus, love, existentialism, philosophy, mortality, library, loneliness, love story, visceral ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1987
Place: germany, berlin germany, west germany, east germany, europe
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 7.2
 87K
Enter the Void (2009)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan
Duration: 161 min.
Story: This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda (Paz de la Huerta). When Oscar is killed by ...
Style: psychedelic, art house, philosophical, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: surrealism, afterlife, trippy, stripper, hallucination, drug trip, life after death, lsd, male nudity, youth, incest, abortion ...
Time: year 2010, year 2009, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: tokyo, japan, asia
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 8.0
 52K
Mirror (1975)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
Style: surreal, atmospheric, avant garde, art house, serious ...
Plot: world war two, childhood, surrealism, poetry, memory, dream, winter, stream of consciousness, mirror, minimal dialogue, woods, levitation ...
Time: year 1935, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1975 ...
Place: soviet union, russia, ussr, moscow russia, europe ...
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 7.4
 64K
Calvary (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
Style: meditative, atmospheric, psychological, melancholic, captivating ...
Plot: death threat, confession, priest, catholic priest, small town, existentialism, death, character study, clergy, catholic church, human nature, goodhearted ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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 6.8
 68K
Mr. Holmes (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The story is set in 1947, following a long-retired Holmes living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and rising detective son. But then he finds himself haunted by an unsolved 50-year old case. Holmes' memory isn't what it used to be, ...
Style: enigmatic, meditative, tense, dramatic, detective ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, aging, elderly, uncover truth, character study, one last case, haunted by the past, who done it, memory, suicide, retirement ...
Time: year 2015, 1940s, edwardian era, future, year 1947 ...
Place: england, japan, britain, europe, london ...
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 8.0
 327K
Magnolia (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story: An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Style: philosophical, cerebral, sincere, depressing, mind bending ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: social problems, multiple storylines, depression, human nature, child prodigy, dysfunctional family, introspection, cancer, terminal illness, loneliness, alienation, coincidence ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, 60s, 1950s ...
Place: los angeles, california, reno nevada
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Sorry for Your Loss (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The sudden death of her husband upends and transforms every relationship in Leigh Shaw’s life. It also forces her to realize there was a lot about her husband that she didn’t know.
Style: emotional, compassionate, psychological, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: starting over, pain, grief, young widow, recovery, family secret, husband wife relationship, death of husband, changing lives, lifestyle, new life, secrets ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria
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 7.8
 13K
The Island (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the ...
Style: philosophical, psychological, cerebral, spiritual, breathtaking ...
Plot: christian, religion, redemption, forgiveness, loneliness, island, monk, life philosophy, solitude, monastery, church, philosophy ...
Time: 2000s, future
Place: russia, soviet union
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The Lost City of Z (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilazation in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Style: inspirational, meditative, exciting, period piece, suspense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: explorer, jungle, expedition, travel, survival, archaeology, journey, tribe, conquistador, amazon jungle, world war one, biopic ...
Time: 1920s, future, year 2016, 1900s, year 2017 ...
Place: south america, ireland, england, america, bolivia ...
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 6.6
 15K
Creation (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of the Species," which goes on to become the ...
Style: emotional, talky, contemplative, psychological, serious ...
Plot: evolution, atheism, biopic, loss of daughter, science, scientist, family relations, atheist, haunted by the past, religion, death in the family, relationship vs career ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 2009, ancient times, 1800s ...
Place: england, europe, borneo, london
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 7.1
 91K
Cashback (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imagination runs wild.
Style: sexy, humorous, surreal, meditative, independent film ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: breakup, supermarket, introspection, artist, stopped time, nudity, sexual attraction, girlfriend, workplace, insomnia, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, time freeze ...
Time: y2k, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: britain, united kingdom, london, england, europe
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 7.4
 31K
Another Year (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Mike Leigh’s much praised 2010 tragicomical drama. During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Style: emotional, touching, meditative, psychological, sincere ...
Plot: midlife crisis, friendship, jealousy, marriage, everyday life, family life, parents and children, suffering, loneliness, character study, desperation, divorce ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 90s, 21st century
Place: london, europe, england, paris france, ireland ...
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 5.9
 10K
Hamlet (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
Style: meditative, intense, cynical, psychological, serious ...
Plot: shakespeare, murder, revenge, tragedy, vengeance, betrayal, ghost, intrigue, tragic hero, haunted by the past, corporation, poisoning ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 2000
Place: new york, denmark, europe, usa, england
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 6.8
 13K
Snow Angels (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie's ...
Style: melancholic, meditative, independent film, depressing, heartbreaking ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: small town life, small town, depression, dysfunctional family, abusive husband, teenage love, loneliness, life philosophy, snow, family problems, parents and children, first love ...
Time: year 2007
Place: nova scotia
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The Brand New Testament (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 114 min.
Story: God lives in Brussels. On earth though, God is a coward, with pathetical morals and being odious with his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she ...
Style: philosophical, surreal, dark comedy, meditative, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: goddess, god, father daughter relationship, religion, life & death, humanity, greed, irreverent, existentialism, destiny, death, satire ...
Time: year 2015
Place: france, brussels belgium
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 6.3
 97K
Monsters (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico was ...
Style: suspense, road movie, stylized, meditative, apocalyptic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: monster, alien, alien invasion, alien encounter, end of the world, ufo, survival, jungle, post apocalypse, invasion, post apocalyptic, quarantine ...
Time: future, year 2010, 2010s, 20th century
Place: mexico, latin america, central america, austin texas
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 7.5
 8K
Saraband (2003)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Finland, Germany, Austria
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The movie is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage (1973), where we revisit the characters of Johan and Marianne, then a married couple. After their divorce, Johan and Marianne haven't seen each other for 32 years. Marianne is still ...
Style: psychological, emotional, meditative, sincere, touching ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, marriage, parenthood, character study, introspection, love and romance, parents and children, human nature, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, hopes ...
Time: year 2003
Place: eastern europe, munich germany, helsinki finland, florence, hamburg germany ...
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 6.8
 3K
Our Music (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Jean-Luc Godard's poetic meditation on war, violence and defeat. The film is structured in three parts. The three segments are "Hell", "Purgatory", and "Heaven". The first segment is a montage of war images from ...
Style: philosophical, meditative, atmospheric, serious, political ...
Plot: politics, life philosophy, existentialism, self discovery, greed, society, anti war, memory, journalist, poetry, religion, minimalism ...
Time: year 2004, 90s, 21st century
Place: middle east, sarajevo, bosnia, europe, former yugoslavia
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A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After their father dies, a family of five are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq. Matters are made worse when 12 year old Ayoub, the new head of the family, is told that his handicapped brother, Madi, ...
Style: realistic, bleak, meditative, harsh, emotional ...
Plot: kurd, children, coming of age, youth, siblings relations, orphan, family relations, village life, family in crisis, parents and children, village, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: iraq, iran, middle east, kurdistan, persia
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The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft. A British science-fiction film from director Nicolas ...
Style: atmospheric, surreal, stylized, independent film, erotic ...
Plot: space and aliens, surrealism, alien invasion, alien, sex scene, dystopia, desert, alien life-form, nudity, satire, female nudity, humanity ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, distant future, 70s
Place: usa, new mexico, new york
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George Washington (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Set in the landscape of a rural southern town, "George Washington" is a stunning portrait of how a group of young kids come to grips with a hard world of choices and consequences. During an innocent game in an abandoned amusement park, a ...
Style: bleak, independent film, meditative, lyrical, touching ...
Plot: coming of age, boy, adolescence, father son relationship, friendship, youth, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, death, social relations, society, hopes ...
Time: year 2000, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
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 6.8
 5K
Besieged (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When an African dictator jails her husband, Shandurai goes into exile in Italy, studying medicine and keeping house for Mr. Kinsky, an eccentric English pianist and composer. She lives in one room of his Roman palazzo. He besieges her with flowers, ...
Style: emotional, erotic, melancholic, meditative, serious ...
Plot: sensuality, interracial relations, unrequited love, white male black female relationship, immigration, jail, pianist, politics, social differences, fall in love, opposites attract, society ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: rome italy, africa, italy, europe
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