Meaning of life movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant meaning of life movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, feel good, captivating, realistic, humorous and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with meaning of life, life philosophy, death, friendship, life & death, love, mentor, dialogue, existentialism and life plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
meaning of life
TOP 10 movies tagged as meaning of life: Soul (2020), Sweet Bean (2015), 50/50 (2011), Me Before You (2016), Alice (1990), $9.99 (2008), Making Maya (2003), Man of God (2021), Moneyball (2011), PK (2014).
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List of meaning of life movies
339K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls ...
Style:
touching, sincere, philosophical, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
self discovery, meaning of life, afterlife, life, lifestyle change, acceptance, life & death, life after death, jazz, musician, following a dream, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
future
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Sentaro runs a small bakery that serves dorayaki pastries filled with sweet red bean paste (“an”). When an old lady, Tokue, offers to help in the kitchen he reluctantly accepts. She will soon prove to have magic in her hands…
Style:
sincere, touching, thought provoking, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
restaurant, cooking, small business, street vendor, old woman, meaning of life, disability, old age, elderly woman, food, employer employee relationship, tradition ...
Place:
japan
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334K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Style:
touching, sentimental, tragicomedy, emotional, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, friendship, chemotherapy, relationships, doctor, patient, buddies, coming of age, best friend, happy ending, justice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state, washington d.c., hawaii ...
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262K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds ...
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
disability, love, love story, fall in love, love and romance, quadriplegic, handicapped, caregiver, euthanasia, relationships, death, loneliness ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, usa, switzerland, mallorca ...
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15K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults Dr. Yang, an oriental herbalist who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in ...
Style:
thought provoking, unusual plot structure, melancholic, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
self discovery, infidelity, magic, invisible man, female protagonist, magic realism, identity crisis, bored housewife, dysfunctional family, relationships, police investigation, life philosophy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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3K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Israel, Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms ...
Style:
surreal, humorous, ironic, adult animation, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
loneliness, life philosophy, self discovery, human nature, hopes, social misfits, society, introspection, stop motion, meaning of life, apartment building, suicide ...
Place:
australia, new orleans, israel, san francisco, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Basketball is the backdrop against which this coming of age lesbian Indie flick is set. A touching story of young ladies irresistibly drawn together against their will.
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, captivating
Plot:
lesbian, meaning of life, self discovery, friendship, basketball, best friend, sport, lgbt, basketball player, contest, lesbian interest, lesbianism ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, touching
Plot:
religion, meaning of life, religious faith, defamation, priest, preacher, christian, suffering, clergy, saint, christianity, judgment ...
Place:
egypt
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433K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, feel good, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
sport, baseball, mathematics, success, rise to the top, underdog, strategy, statistics, business, entrepreneur, obsession, ambition ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 2000s, year 2002, year 1984 ...
Place:
california, usa, san francisco, new jersey, boston ...
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191K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
This experimental satire is a comedy of ideas about an alien in the city, who asks questions that no one has asked before. They are innocent, child-like questions, but they bring about catastrophic answers. People who are set in their ways for ...
Style:
funny, sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
religion, atheism, benign alien, society, supernatural, meaning of life, guru, disorder, justice, fish out of water, life philosophy, humanity ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
india, new delhi, belgium
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a ...
Style:
parody, funny, surreal, philosophical, absurd ...
Plot:
satire, surrealism, cult, monty python, philosophy, death, dark humor, existentialism, afterlife, greed, meaning of life, gluttony ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 1870s, 1910s, 80s
Place:
england, europe, africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of a doctor named Tomasz who questions his beliefs, faith and morality as his end is near, so he makes all efforts to find dignity in his imminent death.
Style:
tricky, captivating, serious, clever, intellectual
Plot:
doctor, meaning of life, cancer, suffering, cynicism, terminal illness, ex husband ex wife relationship, pain, death, fighting illness, illness, life & death ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Moscow in a not so distant future where human beings share their daily lives with robots. Georgy, a forensic who has a robot assistant, suddenly finds himself caught up in the first murder committed by a new kind of experimental humanoid.
Style:
captivating, psychological, intellectual, sweet, futuristic
Plot:
female robot, human android relationship, humanoid robot, sentient robot, family relations, twists and turns, society, scientist, robot human relationship, artificial intelligence, robot, lifestyle ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Bohaterem filmu jest 50-letni biznesmen Tomasz Adamczyk, który chce zrezygnować z prowadzenia interesów w branży winiarskiej i poświęcić się swojej pasji życiowej filozofii. Pomysł ten nie przypada do gustu jego wspólnikowi. Do tego ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, light, humorous
Plot:
small business, hostage, social differences, poverty, hopelessness, businessman, ransom, meaning of life, countryside, provincial life, alcoholic, village ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia, Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A search for love, meaning and bathroom solitude. Danny goes through a series of shared housing experiences in a succession of cities on the east coast of Australia. Together these vignettes form a narrative that is surprisingly reflective.
Style:
semi serious, cynical, humorous, witty, funny ...
Plot:
love triangle, lifestyle, love and romance, self discovery, looking for love, buddies, introspection, absurdism, meaning of life, depression, obsession, gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, melbourne australia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A reporter Lanie Kerrigan interviews a psychic homeless man for a fluff piece about a football game's score. Instead he tells her that her life has no meaning and is going to end in just a few days, which sparks her to action, trying to change ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, light, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
homeless man, destiny, fall in love, career woman, ambition, life & death, life philosophy, love and romance, journalism, rise to the top, oracle, opposites attract ...
Time:
future
Place:
new york, seattle, new jersey, washington state, usa ...
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157
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Fifteen New Yorkers go into a Friday night unaware of the fact that their lives are about to change.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, atmospheric, sentimental
Audience:
date night
Plot:
lifestyle, looking for love, love and romance, couple relations, dishonesty, couples, infidelity, nightclub, meaning of life, male female relationship, multiple storylines, music band ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
Style:
visually appealing, sweet, sincere, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
christmas, children, meaning of life, rise to the top, grandfather granddaughter relationship, father daughter relationship, magic, inventions and discoveries, inventor, friends in love, fight for justice, self discovery ...
Time:
victorian era
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions...
Style:
touching, sentimental, uplifting, romantic, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friendship, life, love and romance, women in society, women, midlife crisis, relationships, redemption, career, love story, working class, happy ending ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 20th century, 60s, year 1958
Place:
ussr, moscow russia, russia, china, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Style:
depressing, melancholic, humorous, sincere, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
midlife crisis, complex characters, loneliness, depression, twists and turns, parents and children, human nature, adultery, teenage life, suicide, cancer, nude ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, california, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A lone man, trapped and imprisoned in a barren, desolate landscape. His only companions are a village of straw people with which he converses with as neighbours and friends; he even teaches straw children at the local school. Yet, this anchor, this ...
Style:
art house, psychological, disturbing, scary, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
survival, human, driven mad, death, prison, cell, isolation, hell on earth, alone, meaning of life, insanity, loneliness ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a young war vet returns home from Afghanistan, he struggles to find joy in the life he once knew. As he comes close to giving up all hope, his guardian angel pays a visit to show him there’s more meaning to his life than he’s ever known.
Style:
light, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
christmas, guardian angel, war veteran, post traumatic stress disorder, veteran, air force, holiday, meaning of life, help, heroes, cause and meaning, ex military ...
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903
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A depressed dentist in mid-life crisis tries to learn why one of his happiest patients suddenly commits suicide, and a dark comedic adventure ensues.
Style:
thought provoking, uplifting, enigmatic, twist ending, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
impersonation, deception, suicide, dentist, identity theft, university professor, escapades, life & death, life philosophy, depression, meaning of life, self discovery ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, sincere, sentimental, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
euthanasia, dying man, family relations, meaning of life, life & death, family problems, death of mother, dark secret, doubts and hesitations, problem solving, health situation, life philosophy ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in a futuristic environment, "Mars et Avril" tells the story of an elderly musician and his instrument maker who both become obsessed with the same woman. She agrees to be the model for their next musical instrument but then gets lost ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, psychological, avant garde, realistic ...
Plot:
mars, love triangle, friendship, obsession, existentialism, fall in love, musician's life, philosophy, genius, aging, meaning of life, love ...
Time:
future
Place:
canada, montreal
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261
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Australia, Germany
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
Knee-high to a grasshopper, Heidi, a young orphan brunette with curly hair and the face of an angel, is brought by her aunt to the Swiss Alps to live with her grand-father, a silent and solitary old man. Taking up the challenges of her new ...
Style:
scenic, emotional, sincere, atmospheric, touching
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
grandfather granddaughter relationship, orphan, friendship, children, kids and family, friends, best friends, optimism, love of one's life, family relations, meaning of life, life philosophy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
swiss alps, switzerland, europe, alps
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Identical twins Kate and Chris Lockhart plot to be the other sister -- at Kate’s office and Chris’ school – and take on planning their sister’s Christmas events. One rule, though: no romance.
Style:
sweet, entertaining, captivating
Audience:
date night
Plot:
christmas, body swapping, switching roles, happy ending, love, male female relationship, meaning of life, escapades, changing lives, self discovery, envy, rivalry ...
Place:
denver colorado, colorado
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for ...
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, psychological, surreal, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
freedom, self discovery, video surveillance, small town, fictional reality show, hidden camera, alternate reality, loneliness, morality, fictional reality, god complex, utopia ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s
Place:
florida, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story:
A dreamy seamstress and mother of three's life is turned upside down when she's wrongly diagnosed with a terminal disease along with an actually terminally ill wealthy book publisher.
Style:
romantic, uplifting, humorous, captivating, novela
Plot:
life, changing lives, male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships, meaning of life, love and romance, mistaken identity, couple relations, lifestyle, romantic friendship, disorder ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Path explores the unknown and mysterious world of the cult-like Meyerist Movement in upstate New York. At the center of the movement lies Eddie, a conflicted husband; Sarah, his devoted wife; and Cal, an ambitious leader. We follow each as they ...
Style:
biblical, thought provoking, melancholic, psychological, spooky ...
Plot:
religious sect, religion, faith, belief, identity crisis, social problems, social relations, relationship problems, religious faith, society, meaning of life, manipulation ...
Place:
new york state
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