Self-help movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant self-help movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out dramatic, realistic, feel good, sentimental, emotional and touching films and TV shows about / with self-help, family relations, redemption, storytelling, mentor, friendship, destiny, transformation, runaway and catastrophe plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Netherlands, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as self-help: Reboot Camp (2020), Stromboli (2022), The Five Rules Of Success (2020), The Bounce Back (2016), Murder Mindfully (2024), Love Addict (2018), What Fault Is It of Ours? (2003), Shanti Kranti (2021), 199 Tips to Be Happy (2008), Steel Magnolias (1989).
Best films
List of self-help movies
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After finding out that his wife has blown their life savings on self-help gurus, Seymour teams up with his brother Danny, a filmmaker, to document how easy it is to start a fake self-help group and con people into believing just about anything. But ...
Style:
mockumentary, parody, satirical, dark comedy, absurd ...
Plot:
satire, self-help, manipulation, scam, social commentary, found footage, irony, brainwashing, deception, media manipulation, consumerism, political satire ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Haunted by memories of her broken marriage and a fight with her daughter, a woman joins an intense self-help retreat when her vacation goes awry.
Style:
psychological, emotional, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female protagonist, divorce, trauma, past, retreat, self discovery, personal growth, self-help, woman, memories, painful memories, secret past ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An enterprising ex-convict overcomes tragedy by designing his own path to success within a society that failed him.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot:
ex convict, tragedy, redemption, self-help, social problems, problem, male protagonist, social issues, life is a bitch, organized crime, society, lifestyle ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Upon discovering a coded message in the self help book "6 Dynamic Laws for Success (In Life, Love & Money)" which purportedly reveals the location of $2.4 million missing from a bank robbery gone bad, a demoralized ex-used car salesman ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, captivating, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
treasure hunt, hidden treasure, hidden money, treasure, secret, self discovery, treasure hunter, puzzle, humour, riddles and clues, escapades, self-help ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Father, author and relationship expert, Matthew Taylor is on a whirlwind book tour promoting his new best seller, The Bounce Back. He's got it all figured out until he meets the acerbic Kristin Peralta, a talk show circuit therapist who's ...
Style:
psychological, romantic comedy, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
therapist, father, best selling author, black, talk show, opposites attract, love story, writers, relationship problems, relationships, male protagonist, family relations ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
When mafia lawyer Björn attends a mindfulness class to find a better work-life balance, he discovers surprising new coping strategies — including murder.
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, cynical, witty, absurd ...
Plot:
lawyer, murder, mafia, meditation, ethical dilemma, organized crime, moral ambiguity, irony, anti hero, satire, character study, stress ...
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Gabriel can't resist a beautiful woman. But his womanizing attitude is taking a toll on his career and social life. He decides to hire a life coach to help him.
Style:
feel good, romantic, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
relationship vs career, love and romance, womanizer, dating, love story, marriage counselor, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, in love, romantic relationship, assistant, relationships, couple relations ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Seven people in a therapy group are forced to find new ways of coping with their problems when their therapist dies in the middle of a session.
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, psychological, humorous ...
Plot:
group therapy, psychoanalysis, satire, character study, social satire, family problems, psychotherapist, therapy, social problems, loneliness, mental health, intimate ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
TV show
Story:
A humorous coming of age story of three boys in their late 20's who decide to take a trip to Goa to seek solutions for their existential problems and instead end up in a meditation retreat in Lonavala.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, humorous, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, slice of life, young adult, self discovery, coming of age, lifestyle, adolescence vs adulthood, grownups, life, personal growth, life lesson, road trip ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Chilean couple, Tomás and Helena, living in Barcelona in the grip of a heat wave receive an unexpected visitor: Sandra, the girlfriend of Helena’s recently deceased younger brother. Nymph-like Sandra is in no hurry to leave and slowly manages ...
Style:
art house, art film, erotic drama, sensual, tension ...
Plot:
sexual tension, love triangle, seduction, marital crisis, jealousy, mourning, infidelity, grief, psychological manipulation, intimacy, eroticism, slow burn ...
Place:
barcelona, spain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
This heart wrenching drama is about a beauty shop, in Louisana owned by Truvy, and the tragedies of all of her clients.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, sweet, sad, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
female friendship, friendship, christmas, wedding, small town, southern belle, halloween, family relations, best friend, strong female character, life philosophy, wedding ceremony ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, southern usa, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, sentimental, touching, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
hospital, medical, cancer, doctor, medicine, redemption, health, doctors and patients, coldhearted, surgery, business, mental health ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, captivating, touching, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
small town, friendship, lesbian, feminism, self discovery, feminist, small town life, lgbtq, cannibalism, midlife crisis, female bonding, female protagonist ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 90s, year 1991, 20th century ...
Place:
alabama, southern usa, usa, georgia, louisiana ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall). Competitive sisters Dottie ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sweet, touching, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot:
baseball, world war two, feminist, sister sister relationship, friendship, sibling rivalry, alcoholic, coach, female friendship, female athlete, happy ending, female protagonist ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, 90s
Place:
oregon, chicago, indiana, usa, midwest ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, period piece, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Plot:
coming of age, fishing, father son relationship, childhood, river, brother brother relationship, beautiful scenery, self discovery, brothers, wilderness, death of brother, gambling ...
Time:
1900s, 1920s, 1910s, year 1992, 1930s ...
Place:
montana, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his ...
Style:
sentimental, intense, suspense, hood, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, coming of age, mentor, gangster, organized crime, gang leader, father son relationship, mobster, african american, friendship, mob boss, white male black female relationship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1993, 90s ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, new york state, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Through a series of flashbacks, four young chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China, explore their past. This search will help them understand their difficult mother/daughter relationship.
Style:
sentimental, touching, thought provoking, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
immigrant, self discovery, hopes, friendship, women, chess, haunted by the past, culture clash, feminist, parents and children, human nature, sex scene ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, china, bay area, usa, asia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Style:
inspirational, touching, uplifting, feel good, intelligent ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot:
chess, mentor, child prodigy, children, genius, prodigy, teacher, child, competition, childhood, coming of age, tournament ...
Time:
year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries ...
Style:
depressing, period piece, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, child abuse, small town, childhood, single parent, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, homosexual, biopic, stepfather stepson relationship, abusive stepfather ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1993, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
seattle, washington state, salt lake city utah, washington d.c., usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
Style:
melancholic, depressing, touching, sad, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, disability, small town, mentally challenged, mental illness, self discovery, responsibility, brothers, character study, coming of age, life philosophy, life & death ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, 70s, 60s
Place:
iowa, texas, southern usa, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, light, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
interracial romance, friendship, nanny, self discovery, couples, daughter, interracial relations, single father, starting over, housekeeper, interracial love, hopes ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles, washington d.c., seattle
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, ...
Style:
sentimental, costume drama, uplifting, period piece, tear jerker ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family outing, teens, date night ...
Plot:
sisters, family values, coming of age, friendship, women, christmas, family bonds, first love, life changing experience, love and romance, everyday life, civil war ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 90s, ancient times ...
Place:
new york, massachusetts, usa, new england, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
'Circle Of Friends' is set in 1950's Ireland. The movie focuses on Benny Hogan and her best friend, Eve Malone. The story centers around Benny and Eve as they enter student life at University College, Dublin. Here Benny and Eve ...
Style:
emotional, period piece, sentimental, realistic, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, small town, pregnancy, college, class differences, college life, student, catholic, voice over narration, sexual awakening, heartbreak ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1957, year 1949
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
high school, music, classical music, mentor, composer, school, musician, teacher, teaching, honest, high school teacher, sign language ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 60s, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place:
oregon, portland oregon
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, inspirational, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
goose, rescue, father daughter relationship, bird, aviation, single father, animal, loss of mother, migration, conservation, deforestation, childhood ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
canada, new zealand, north carolina, ontario canada, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Style:
feel good, intense, thought provoking, realistic, poignant ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
classical music, music, piano, biopic, prodigy, pianist, schizophrenia, child prodigy, father son relationship, musician, abuse, psychology ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, year 1996, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
australia, middle east, oceania, london, south australia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
dog, mental illness, neighbor, friendship, writers, gender, artist, love story, depression, gay, single mother, waitress ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, maryland, baltimore ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Style:
inspirational, touching, realistic, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, date night, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, small town, teacher, follow your dream, teenage life, against the odds, competition, mathematics, generation gap, scientist, biopic, nerd ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1957, year 1999, 90s ...
Place:
west virginia, virginia, usa, indianapolis indiana, appalachia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style:
depressing, sincere, talky, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, coming of age, father son relationship, infidelity, boy, adultery, marriage, drinking, cat, underage drinking, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, near future, year 2005, 80s, 2000s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style:
emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexual, forbidden love, love story, gays and lesbians, lgbt, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gay love ...
Time:
80s, year 1963, 60s, year 2005, 20th century ...
Place:
wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, america ...
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