Therapeutic movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant therapeutic movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out therapeutic, inspirational, touching, sad, feel good and dramatic films and TV shows about / with storytelling, dialogue, friendship, mentor, redemption, life philosophy, destiny, death, catastrophe and transformation plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as therapeutic: It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Solaris (1972), Stalker (1979), Stand by Me (1986), Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990), Hook (1991), The Basketball Diaries (1995), Good Will Hunting (1997), The Iron Giant (1999).
Best films
List of therapeutic movies
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. ...
Style:
feel good, touching, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, date night, chick flick
Plot:
christmas, holiday, small town, small town life, life changing experience, depression, angel, life philosophy, friendship, second chance, love, desperation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1919, year 1932 ...
Place:
vatican, new york, new york state, usa
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Eccentric candy man Willy Wonka prompts a worldwide frenzy when he announces that golden tickets hidden inside five of his delicious candy bars will admit their lucky holders into his top-secret confectionary. But does Wonka have an agenda hidden ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, surreal, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, preschoolers, girls' night ...
Plot:
chocolate, children, teacher, overweight child, mischievous children, childhood, tour guide, surrealism, factory, grandfather grandson relationship, poverty, inventor ...
Time:
70s
Place:
germany, west germany, paraguay, europe, arizona ...
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94K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out ...
Style:
art house, atmospheric, psychedelic, cerebral, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
space, scientist, space travel, russian, space station, immortality, astronaut, dreams, space and aliens, loneliness, hallucination, insanity ...
Time:
70s, future, distant future
Place:
ussr, tokyo, russia
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137K
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, thought provoking ...
Plot:
stalker, post apocalypse, distopia, human nature, surrealism, existentialism, wish come true, russian, society, escapades, future dystopia, religion ...
Time:
future
Place:
ussr, russia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Style:
sentimental, serious, emotional, sad, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, friendship, teenager, boy, youth, children, courage, young heroes, child, death, young kid ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1959, 80s
Place:
usa, oregon, normandy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Style:
philosophical, sentimental, emotional, inspirational, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, suicide, coming of age, literature, teachers and students, poetry, mentor, philosophy, poet, youth, dedicated educator, friendship ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1959
Place:
vermont, new england, usa, harvard university
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146K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, ...
Style:
motivational, sentimental, touching, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
mental illness, mental institution, hospital, doctors and patients, hopes, illness, fighting illness, disability, psychology, patient, cure, catatonia ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 60s, year 1969
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
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260K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps ...
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, humorous, stylized, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
childhood, pirate, kidnapping, magic, children, fairy, good versus evil, rescue, fantasy world, peter pan, destiny, creativity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
london, big ben london, england, fictional island
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Style:
emotional, rough, realistic, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug abuse, basketball, downfall, life is a bitch, teenage life, drug overdose, drug addiction, drugs, teenager, sport ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
new york, new jersey, california, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, sentimental, dramatic, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
mathematics, professor, genius, life philosophy, psychology, life, prodigy, university, philosophy, existentialism, psychologist, ambition ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
boston, harvard university, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
Style:
touching, exciting, emotional, sentimental, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, teens
Plot:
robot, small town, friendship, prejudice, self sacrifice, benign alien, childhood, androids and robots, boy, military, cold war, space and aliens ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, future, year 1957
Place:
maine, usa, iceland
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117K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh - even if it means risking his own ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
human spirit, medical school, hospital, compassion, medical profession, doctors and patients, friendship, dealing with death, stereotypes, mad scientist, unconventional method, clinic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1971
Place:
usa, virginia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Gus van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, uplifting, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
mentor, dedicated educator, prejudice, friendship, literature, teacher, basketball, african american, writers, coming of age, writer's life, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, boston, brooklyn new york city, scotland, usa ...
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764K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie (Audrey Tautou) accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a ...
Style:
feel good, touching, inspirational, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
loneliness, love, fall in love, life, social relations, female protagonist, love and romance, optimism, existentialism, lifestyle change, destiny, surrealism ...
Time:
year 1997, 70s, 90s, year 1974, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, montmartre paris, quebec
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Style:
touching, emotional, inspirational, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot:
teacher, childhood, single parent, life philosophy, teachers and students, single mother, alcoholic, good deed, disfigurement, death, kindness, boy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, nevada, las vegas
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Das Experiment is a shocking psycho thriller about the potential for brutality that humans hide. Even more shocking is the fact that it’s based on an actual occurrence—a 1971 psychological experiment at Stanford University that was aborted ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, rough, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
prison, experiment, torture, suspense, aggression, human experiment, psychology, disorder, prison escape, isolation, degradation, abuse ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
germany, canada
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130K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
66-year-old Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman and has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. He's not altogether bitter, but not happy either, as everything his wife does annoys ...
Style:
road movie, sad, depressing, meditative, melancholic ...
Plot:
road trip, wedding, on the road, family life, existentialism, depression, life philosophy, parenthood, philosophy, workplace, changing lives, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, colorado, california, kansas, denver colorado
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, touching, emotional, cerebral, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, paranoia, schizophrenia, genius, insanity, scientist, obsession, mathematician, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend ...
Time:
60s, 1940s, 20th century, 80s, 90s ...
Place:
new jersey, boston, massachusetts, usa, stockholm sweden ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big ...
Style:
touching, romantic, sad, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
teenager, opposites attract, fall in love, terminal illness, love and romance, cancer, love story, first love, youth, true love, love, high school ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina
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501K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Follows seemingly unrelated people as their lives begin to intertwine while they fall in – and out – of love. Affections languish and develop as Christmas draws near.
Style:
feel good, romantic, sentimental, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, holiday, love, marriage, love story, relationships, love and romance, fall in love, couples, first love, couple relations, looking for love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, marseille, united kingdom ...
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368K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe ...
Style:
epic, realistic, stylized, captivating, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, success, businessman, aviation, corruption, test pilot, obsessive compulsive disorder, filmmaking, pilot, billionaire, millionaire, character study ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 1940s, 50s, 1910s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, new york, connecticut, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, ...
Style:
emotional, sweet, realistic, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
single parent, coming of age, disability, deaf, friendship, father son relationship, life & death, stranger, abusive husband, boy, letter, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland, europe, glasgow scotland
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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, emotional, talky, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, new year, suicide, new year's eve, introspection, direction and purpose, dull life, unfulfillment, group of strangers, coping, cause and meaning, mental illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
Style:
sad, touching, heartbreaking, emotional, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, memory loss, mother daughter relationship, supportive spouse, columbia university, terminal illness, illness, family bonds, psychology, mental illness, doctors, relationships ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.
Style:
feel good, touching, sincere, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cat, homeless, human animal relationship, street musician, pet cat, guitarist, addiction, friendship, singer, drug addict, moral transformation, pets ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.
Style:
exciting, emotional, dramatic, tense, motivational ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
natural disaster, forest fire, heroism, firefighter, rescue, tragedy, friends, partners, fire, disaster, fire department, loss of loved one ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.
Style:
touching, uplifting, inspirational, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family outing
Plot:
down syndrome, wrestling, friendship, raft, follow your dream, escape, boat, disability, coming of age, friend, travel, chase ...
Time:
future
Place:
florida, north carolina
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of the real-life unlikely relationship between an outspoken civil rights activist and a local Ku Klux Klan leader in 1971 North Carolina.
Style:
rough, sincere, thought provoking, disturbing, political ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
interracial friendship, civil rights, human spirit, human rights, racism, name calling, tiredness, african american, court, interracial relations, breaking and entering, helplessness ...
Time:
70s, year 2016, year 1971, year 2005
Place:
north carolina, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her ...
Style:
sad, captivating, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
racism, ghetto, african american, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, private school, loss of friend, coming of age, teenager, witness, women, friendship ...
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23K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
Style:
sad, touching, compassionate, factual, sentimental ...
Plot:
disability, illness, supportive spouse, polio, paralysis, marriage, love, husband wife relationship, hospital, adaptation, human spirit, depression ...
Time:
50s, year 1958, year 1970, year 1960, year 1965 ...
Place:
africa, germany, england, spain, kenya
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