Self fulfillment movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant self fulfillment movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, feel good, serious, humorous and captivating films and TV shows about / with self fulfillment, family relations, friendship, hopes, ambition, lifestyle, society, husband wife relationship, girl and couples plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as self fulfillment: English Vinglish (2012), Julie & Julia (2009), Erin Brockovich (2000), One Chance (2013), Greenberg (2010), Huff (2004), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Precious (2009), The Best of Men (2012), Real Women Have Curves (2002).

List of self fulfillment movies

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English Vinglish (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: ENGLISH VINGLISH is the story of a woman who does not know English and is made to feel insecure by her family and society at large. Circumstances make her determined to overcome this insecurity, master the language, and teach the world a lesson on ...
Style: feel good, touching, semi serious, humorous, parody ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing
Plot: self fulfillment, self esteem, language learning, unsupportive spouse, housewife, family life, self discovery, teachers and students, fish out of water, language barrier, family relations, humiliation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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 7.0
 128K
Julie & Julia (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, sweet, light, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: cooking, cooking and food, chef, women, food, self fulfillment, love, blogger, lifestyle, cookbook, couple relations, blog ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, 2000s, 60s, 1900s ...
Place: paris france, new york, france, europe, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.4
 219K
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...
Style: inspirational, factual, uplifting, touching, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: environmental, lawyer, court, single mother, justice, small town, contamination, investigation, corporate crime, against the odds, lawsuit, corruption ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 6.8
 13K
One Chance (2013)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.
Style: feel good, uplifting, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Plot: opera, bullying, biopic, follow your dream, ambition, musician's life, lifestyle, against the odds, self fulfillment, opera singer, talent show, audition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, venice, england
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 6.1
 39K
Greenberg (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A New Yorker moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his brother, and he soon sparks with his brother's assistant.
Style: psychological, independent film, semi serious, mumblecore, sincere ...
Plot: friendship, personal assistant, depression, starting over, self fulfillment, fall in love, misfit, mental illness, mentally unstable, love and romance, buddies, escape from reality ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, new york, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.9
 4K
Huff (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Huff is an American television comedy-drama series produced by Sony Pictures Television for Showtime. The series was created by Bob Lowry and features Hank Azaria as Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt, a psychiatrist whose life changes abruptly ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, sentimental, funny ...
Plot: psychiatrist, sexual perversion, dysfunctional family, self fulfillment, direction and purpose, mental disorder, family relations, sanity, family problems, life is a bitch, fighting illness, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Style: romantic, sexy, sexual, philosophical, artsy ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: artist, polyamory, love triangle, women, art, summer, love and romance, love, bohemian life, love story, painter, open relationship ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: barcelona, spain, europe, catalonia
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 7.3
 116K
Precious (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, ...
Style: bleak, depressing, emotional, rough, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: rape, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, teacher, poverty, child abuse, aids, illiteracy, domestic violence, african american, life is a bitch, parents and children ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place: new york, america, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem ...
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The Best of Men (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ludwig Guttmann, a renowned German neurosurgeon who fled Nazi Germany in the early days of WWII, takes a position at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire, England in 1944 and begins to transform the lives of his patients, paralyzed soldiers ...
Style: touching, uplifting, realistic, emotional, therapeutic ...
Plot: disability, hospital, self fulfillment, human spirit, against the odds, paralysis, rehabilitation, hopes, contests and competitions, dignity, changing lives, nursing ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: england
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Real Women Have Curves (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Freshly graduated from high school, Ana receives a full scholarship to Columbia University. Her very traditional, old-world parents feel that now is the time for Ana to help provide for the family, not the time for college.
Style: touching, captivating, sentimental, clever, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, overweight, youth, first sex, mother daughter relationship, culture clash, women, dressmaker, physical appearance, working class, unsupportive parent, society ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, new york
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The Swimsuit Issue (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A wild bachelor party and an agonizing defeat in floorball awakens Fredrik's passion for male synchronized swimming.
Style: feel good, uplifting, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: friendship, self fulfillment, buddies, ambition, society, life is a bitch, family relations, sport team, youth, physical appearance, athlete and trainer, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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 7.5
 336
Fat Friends (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Fat Friends was an ITV drama, following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. The drama looks at people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse ...
Style: psychological, touching, humorous, sentimental, hilarious ...
Plot: support group, obesity, family relations, self fulfillment, friendship, weight loss, hopes, society, physical appearance, overweight, bulimia, colleague ...
Time: 21st century
Place: yorkshire, northern england, england, europe
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 6.4
 9K
Max (2002)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary, Canada, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolph Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, sincere, realistic, avant garde ...
Plot: nazi, world war two, abstract art, friendship, art, painter, biopic, propaganda, anti semitism, controversy, world war one, self discovery ...
Time: 1920s, year 2002, 1910s, 20th century, 1930s
Place: germany, middle east, austria, europe, munich germany
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 6.5
 9K
At Middleton (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two parents fall in love over the course of a single day while playing hooky from their children's college tour.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, touching, romantic comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: middle age romance, college, opposites attract, tour guide, self discovery, fall in love, self fulfillment, love and romance, couples, disorder, parents and children, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Cinema Verite (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: In 1973, the Loud family became a television sensation of a new kind. It was long before a metal rock star showed his eccentric family on the small screen and decades before housewives had screaming matches with each other on camera in public. ...
Style: psychological, realistic, thought provoking, sentimental, mockumentary ...
Plot: filmmaking, lifestyle, showbiz, family life, self fulfillment, privacy invasion, private vs public, parents and children, american dream, family problems, youth, society ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place: california, usa, new york, paris france, manhattan new york city
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Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 117 min.
Story: At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he ...
Style: uplifting, serious, emotional, touching, powerful ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: communism, ballet, interracial romance, against the odds, dancer, dancing, ambition, promise, immigrant, human spirit, follow your dream, self fulfillment ...
Time: year 2009, 60s, 70s, 20th century, year 1986 ...
Place: china, austin texas, texas, usa, asia ...
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The Squid and the Whale (2005)
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, talky, sincere, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: divorce, coming of age, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, infidelity, teenager, adultery, marriage, boy, crumbling marriage, childhood, adolescence ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 2005, near future, 2000s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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 8.3
 351
BeTipul (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: BeTipul is an Israeli television drama revolving around the personal and professional life of an Israeli psychologist, Reuven Dagan, played by Assi Dayan. The series portrays a psychologist who treats patients at his clinic five days a week and then ...
Style: psychological, clever, emotional, serious, contemplative ...
Plot: self discovery, introspection, lifestyle, ambition, psychotherapy, relationship vs career, individualism, workplace, human nature, doctors and patients, self fulfillment, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
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 8.1
 8K
Solsidan (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Solsidan is a Swedish television comedy series that premiered on 29 January 2010 on TV4. The series is named after a small part of Saltsjöbaden called Solsidan. It revolves around Alex and Anna who are expecting their first child and have just ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot: family relations, social relations, self fulfillment, greed, ambition, couples, alienation, lifestyle, actress, small town, small town life, parenthood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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Tales from the Neverending Story (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 375 min.
TV show
Story: Twelve-year-old Bastian Balthazar Bux had lost the wonderful imagination he had as a child somewhere between growing older, watching TV, going to school and playing with his Gameboy. But when his mother dies suddenly, Bastian's limitless ...
Style: touching, stylized, feel good, semi serious, fairy tale ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, heroic mission, young heroes, empress, save the kingdom, self fulfillment, self discovery, danger, escapades, youth ...
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 6.7
 2K
Guys & Balls (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Ecki is a sweet, closeted gay man who works in his family’s bakery and plays goalie in his small town’s soccer team. When he both loses the big game, and is caught flirting with another player, his homophobic teammates throw him out. He vows to ...
Style: realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, small town, self discovery, sport team, injustice, self fulfillment, grudge, athlete's life, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 21st century
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 5.8
 14K
Amelia (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Style: factual, serious, stylized, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: airplane, female pilot, biopic, flying, adventurer, aviation, ambition, depression, unlikely friendships, self fulfillment, follow your dream, lifestyle ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 2009, 1920s, year 1931 ...
Place: usa, chicago, long beach california, paris france, hawaii ...
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 6.0
 13K
Melrose Place (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Melrose Place is an American primetime soap opera that aired on Fox from July 8, 1992, to May 24, 1999 for seven seasons. It follows the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, ...
Style: serious, realistic, sexy, soap opera, captivating ...
Plot: love affair, manipulation, infidelity, couple relations, rivalry, betrayal, advertising, neighbor, friends, intrigue, self fulfillment, love and romance ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, beverly hills, los angeles, usa
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Late Bloomers (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Centers around four older ladies from the Emmental region. When four older women decide to turn the local corner shop into a chic lingerie store, the whole community is thrown into disarray.
Style: realistic, humorous, sentimental, not serious, touching ...
Plot: store, friendship, dream come true, self fulfillment, self discovery, best friend, follow your dream, feminism, gender, hopes, elderly, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: switzerland, europe
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200 Pounds Beauty (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on a Japanese manga, "Kanna-San, Daiseikou Desu," this story revolves around Kang Han-na (Kim Ah-jung), an overweight phone sex employee and secret vocalist for Ammy, a famous Korean pop singer who actually lip syncs as she cannot ...
Style: romantic, touching, thought provoking, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: plastic surgery, physical appearance, music, love and romance, self discovery, hidden identity, talent, self fulfillment, changing lives, father daughter relationship, unrequited love, obesity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, east asia, asia
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 6.2
 60K
Step Up 3D (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke and Natalie, team up with NYU freshman Moose, and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.
Style: romantic, teen, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: dancing, dance, dancer's life, happy ending, street dance, hip hop, contests and competitions, teenager, young lovers, dance club, high school, love and romance ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Step Up Revolution (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Style: romantic, feel good, entertaining, teen, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly
Plot: dancing, dance, dancer, dancer's life, hip hop, music, teenage love, competition, teenager, teenage life, revolution, culture clash ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, miami, florida
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 8.2
 10K
Bommarillu (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Siddu is the son of an over-protective business man. Every decision of his is made by his father, which leads him into frustration. He half-heartedly agrees to become engaged to a rich man's daughter, but then falls for a middle-class ...
Style: captivating, realistic, sentimental, humorous, emotional ...
Plot: overprotective parent, adulthood, family disapproval, father son relationship, respect, maturity, family relations, self fulfillment, self discovery, fall in love, parents and children, identity crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of ...
Style: romantic, teen, inspirational, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: dancing, dance, dancer, youth, ballet, dancer's life, hip hop, music, dance contest, street dance, contests and competitions, competition ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: maryland, usa, baltimore
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Mumbai, My Life (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Shortly after 1800 hours, 11 July 2006, Mumbai was shattered by seven bomb blasts on Western Railway stations: Matunga, Mahim, Khar, Bandra, Jogeshwari, Borivali, and Bhayandar. It took the Police and ambulance over an hour to attend at various ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, serious, thrilling, contemplative ...
Plot: terrorism, partner, introspection, police investigation, coping, self fulfillment, social relations, society, journalism, patriotism, social differences, city life ...
Time: september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: india, mumbai india, asia
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