Empathy movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant empathy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, thought provoking, touching, serious and independent film films and TV shows about / with empathy, friendship, family relations, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, society, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, hopes and police plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as empathy: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), The Specials (2019), Rememory (2017), Good Advice (2001), 7500 (2019), Delightfully Deceitful (2023), Still Here (2020), Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995), Censor (2017), Where is the Friend's Home? (1987).

List of empathy movies

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, sad, inspirational, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: alien, friendship, childhood, children, coming of age, ufo, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, friendly alien, boy, chase, child protagonist ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, future, year 1982, 90s
Place: california, usa, persia, los angeles
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 7.4
 11K
The Specials (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 114 min.
Story: For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations (The Hatch & The Shelter), they train young people from underprivileged areas to be ...
Style: sincere, social, sentimental, disturbing, touching ...
Plot: autism, autist, social services, hospital, social worker, society, rescue, life philosophy, lifestyle, hopes, life is a bitch, friendship ...
Time: 2010s
Place: paris france, france
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 18K
Rememory (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The widow of a wise professor stumbles upon one of his inventions that's able to record and play a person's memory.
Style: psychological, melancholic, suspenseful, surprise ending, captivating ...
Plot: widow, private investigation, professor, investigation, invention, murder, empathy, memories, existentialism, flashback sequence, technology, murder mystery ...
Time: near future
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 6.2
 7K
Good Advice (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's important in life.
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Plot: stock broker, journalism, couples, mistaken identity, disorder, fall in love, impersonation, fired from the job, secret, advice, empathy, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place: manhattan new york city, new york
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 6.3
 33K
7500 (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria, USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tension, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, flying, pilot, violence, empathy, murder, airplane trip, save the day, air disaster, heroes, capture, terrorist group ...
Time: year 2019
Place: persia, berlin germany
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Delightfully Deceitful (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: A cooperative drama between a fraudster who cannot empathize and an overly sympathetic lawyer, as well as a revenge play against absolute evil.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: fraud, lawyer, law, empathy, lawyer client relationship, problem, male female relationship, con artists, advocate, relationship problems, relationships, intrigue ...
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 5.5
 1K
Still Here (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Monique Watson goes missing in Brooklyn, New York. Police are not doing anything to find a lead, instead they go after the family. The subject drops on the desk of the young journalist, Christian Baker.
Style: suspenseful, thought provoking, rough, psychological, independent film
Plot: african american, missing girl, ignorance, police, kidnapping, media, discrimination, empathy, investigative reporter, journalism, journalist, family relations ...
Place: africa, new york
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Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's ...
Style: disturbing, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, death row, prison rape, prison, murder, killer, true crime, drinking, prisoner, corruption, chase, brutality ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: rhode island, minnesota
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 4.4
 132
Censor (2017)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In the not-so-distant future the computer game industry reaches its fullest flower. Virtual reality is indistinguishable from real life. The government launches Department C to control the game space. Censors secretly delve into games. Their mission ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot: virtual reality, computer game, maniac, murder, empathy, rape, conspiracy, violence, illusion, rivalry, zombie, serial killer ...
Time: near future, medieval times
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Where is the Friend's Home? (1987)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Iran
Duration: 83 min.
Story: An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.
Style: art house, social, thought provoking, road movie, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: village, childhood, coming of age, homework, school, teacher, youth, on the road, empathy, iranian, children, family relations ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: iran, middle east, persia, kurdistan
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 7.5
 316K
Babel (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
Style: non-linear, bleak, sincere, emotional, depressing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: multiple storylines, redemption, desert, woman urinating, deaf girl, mexican border, society, guilt, parenthood, depression, tragic event, immigrant ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: morocco, japan, tokyo, africa, mexico ...
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 7.3
 986
Christmas Jars (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Aspiring reporter Hope Jensen uncovers the remarkable secret behind a holiday phenomenon: money-filled glass jars anonymously given to people in need.
Style: uplifting, sweet, touching, feel good, thought provoking
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, christmas spirit, christmas present, life philosophy, goodhearted, hopes, benefactor, family values, gratitude, lifestyle, life is a bitch, young girl ...
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Ordinary People (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having ...
Style: depressing, realistic, compassionate, sentimental, crying ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, therapy, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, depression, grief, suicide, coming of age, father son relationship, alienation, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, middle east, houston texas ...
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 6.9
 1K
Documenteur (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story: After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son.
Style: independent film, mockumentary
Plot: youth, woman, empathy, typist, single mother, nudity, female pubic hair, female nudity, frenchwoman, mother son relationship, bare chested male, male pubic hair ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, france
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The Joy Luck Club (1993)
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, captivating, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: friendship, immigrant, women, self discovery, haunted by the past, hopes, feminist, culture clash, parents and children, human nature, love, coming of age ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, china, bay area, usa, asia ...
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 7.7
 9K
The Promise (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Tunisia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In this acclaimed and gripping social portrait of immoral lives in need of rescue, Igor (Jérémie Renier), aged 15, and his father Roger (Olivier Gourmet) deal in housing and peddling illicit labor in the outlying districts of Liege, Belgium. ...
Style: sincere, slow cinema, thought provoking, art house, aesthetic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, immigrant, father son relationship, youth, melancholy, existentialism, refugee, dysfunctional family, immigration, migration, exile, past ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: antwerp, france, belgium, los angeles, usa ...
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 8.6
 840K
Spirited Away (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 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, fairy tale ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, surrealism, supernatural, magic, witch, parallel world, fantasy world, imaginary, ghost, creature, dragon, japanese mythology ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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 7.2
 2K
Last Resort (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 73 min.
Story: When a young Russian woman and her son leave Moscow to meet her fiancé, who fails to show up, she declares political asylum.
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, serious, independent film
Plot: immigrant, racism, love affair, society, human nature, realism, male female relationship, racial discrimination, fiancee, migration, refugee, mother son relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: russia, europe, england, britain
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 7.4
 492K
The Terminal (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Viktor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. ...
Style: touching, sweet, sincere, feel good, motivational ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, family friendly
Plot: airport, culture clash, stranded, loneliness, happy ending, fish out of water, fictional country, passenger, immigrant, nothing goes right, jazz, destiny ...
Time: year 2004, 1900s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, america, eastern europe, romania ...
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 6.6
 34K
The Immigrant (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In 1921 New York. an immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Style: atmospheric, harsh, emotional, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: prostitution, immigrant, immigration, corruption, family relations, confession, american dream, love affair, exploitation, society, forceful separation, sisters ...
Time: 1920s, year 2013, 20th century
Place: poland, israel, america, usa, new york ...
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 17K
Dheepan (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.
Style: political, disturbing, emotional, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: immigrant, refugee, brutality, culture clash, character study, greed, gangster, illegal immigration, migration, social realism, gang war, migrant ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s
Place: sri lanka, france, paris france
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The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
Style: comedy drama, realistic, serious, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: refugee, syrian refugee, racism, loss of family, illegal alien, war refugee, migration, unemployment, life is a bitch, restaurant, european, syrian war ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 90s
Place: finland, eastern europe, helsinki finland
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 7.9
 86K
Shoplifters (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the ...
Style: independent film, sexual, art house, thought provoking, art film ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: poverty, shoplifting, father son relationship, social realism, poor family, family drama, secret, theft, domestic abuse, beach, child abduction, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 2010s, near future
Place: tokyo, east asia, japan, nebraska, sarajevo
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 8.4
 104K
Capernaum (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, USA, France, Cyprus, Qatar, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.
Style: social, sad, thought provoking, depressing, rough ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: poverty, refugee, traumatic childhood, slum, misery, child abuse, neglected child, life is a bitch, low lives, child protagonist, child neglect, starving child ...
Time: 2010s, future
Place: lebanon, beirut lebanon, middle east, nebraska, maghreb ...
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 22K
First Cow (2019)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A taciturn loner and skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon Territory, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune; soon the two collaborate on a successful business, ...
Style: stylized, atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, costume drama ...
Plot: cow, friendship, river, immigrant, baker, raven, boat, forest, chinese immigrant, get rich quick scheme, american dream, starting over ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, 1820s
Place: usa, oregon, london, africa, china ...
Is relevant ?
 8.8
 340K
Ted Lasso (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 1453 min.
TV show
Story: Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, sitcom, sincere ...
Plot: soccer, soccer coach, american abroad, male male relationship, football team, football player, football, closeted gay, ex husband ex wife relationship, professional sports, career change, coach ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: england, london
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The Devil's Own (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, political ...
Plot: terrorism, murder, politics, terrorist, friendship, police investigation, betrayal, tragic event, violence, revenge, assassin, chase ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, year 1972
Place: ireland, northern ireland, new york, europe, usa ...
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 9K
Mumford (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In the small town of Mumford, a psychologist of the same name moves in and quickly becomes very popular, despite a questionable past.
Style: humorous, feel good, realistic, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot: therapy, small town, depression, starting over, mental illness, friendship, psychologist, character study, life philosophy, happy ending, loneliness, fall in love ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place: phoenix arizona, china, west virginia
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Dead Man Walking (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution.
Style: touching, thought provoking, sad, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: prison, death row, death penalty, nun, rape, court, death sentence, murder, confession, lethal injection, execution, justice ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place: louisiana, new orleans, united kingdom, southern usa
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Doc McStuffins (2012)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: A young African-American girl aspires to be a doctor like her mom.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, toddlers, preschool
Plot: doctor, animal life, friendship, imagination, kindness, youth, doctors and patients, imaginary, friends, clinic, little girl, female doctor ...
Time: 2010s
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