Life movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant life movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, inspirational, feel good, thought provoking, interesting and sentimental films and TV shows about / with life, destiny, storytelling, mentor, redemption, life philosophy, life & death, friendship, catastrophe and loneliness plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as life: Forrest Gump (1994), The Intern (2015), The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), About Time (2013), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Yes Man (2008), Youth (2015), Eat Pray Love (2010), Good Will Hunting (1997).

List of life movies

 8.8
 2.5M
Forrest Gump (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes ...
Style: inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids, teens ...
Plot: life philosophy, philosophy, life, mentally challenged, destiny, storytelling, love, rise to the top, human spirit, selflessness, vietnam war, life & death ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 50s, 60s, 1950s ...
Place: china, alabama, vietnam, america, savannah georgia ...
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 7.1
 306K
The Intern (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Style: feel good, inspirational, light, sweet, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot: workplace, mentor, friendship, elderly, office, destiny, prejudice, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, fashion, workplace situations, life ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, peru, san francisco ...
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The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
Style: mind bending, romantic, esoteric, funny, sincere ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, family outing, chick flick
Plot: love, life, in love, love story, follow your dream, get rich quick scheme, following a dream, desire, miraculous event, widow, secret, single mother ...
Time: 2020s
Place: nashville tennessee, alabama, new orleans, louisiana
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, ...
Style: clever, uplifting, inspirational, touching, twist ending ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, freedom, friendship between men, hopes, friendship, corruption, human spirit, justice, prison life, life, stephen king ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 2010s ...
Place: usa, maine, columbus ohio, persia, iran ...
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 7.8
 428K
About Time (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in ...
Style: touching, feel good, sentimental, reflective, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot: time travel, time loop, fall in love, life, lovers, life philosophy, couple relations, true love, looking for love, changing the past or future, sent to the past, young woman ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, england, united kingdom, cornwall
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The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Style: inspirational, emotional, sentimental, uplifting, motivational ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot: homeless, life, human spirit, rags to riches, life philosophy, success, single father, poverty, rise to the top, family drama, life is a bitch, biopic ...
Time: 80s, year 2006, 2010s, 20th century
Place: usa, california, bay area, san francisco, america
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 6.8
 403K
Yes Man (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything.
Style: feel good, funny, romantic, humorous, light ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens ...
Plot: life, life changing experience, lifestyle change, love and romance, character change, change of heart, philosophy, life philosophy, optimism, couples, motivational speaker, self esteem ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california, north america, nebraska ...
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 7.3
 88K
Youth (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy, France, UK, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story: YOUTH explores the lifelong bond between two friends vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing ...
Style: sexy, philosophical, cerebral, meditative, melancholic ...
Plot: composer, screenwriter, hotel, life, husband wife relationship, love, aging, sex scene, spa, nude women, father daughter relationship, sauna ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place: switzerland, swiss alps, italy, venice, alps
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 5.9
 113K
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, India, Indonesia
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced ...
Style: romantic, inspirational, touching, sentimental, road movie ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night, chick flick
Plot: self discovery, midlife crisis, travel, lifestyle change, love, starting over, journey, life, changing lives, introspection, fall in love, tourist ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: italy, india, indonesia, europe, usa ...
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Good Will Hunting (1997)
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, philosophical, emotional, sentimental, intellectual ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, chick flick, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: mathematics, genius, professor, prodigy, life, life philosophy, psychology, philosophy, mentor, psychotherapy, university, life lesson ...
Time: year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 2010s
Place: boston, harvard university, america, persia, massachusetts ...
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 6.7
 98K
Sweet November (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later ...
Style: romantic, touching, sentimental, emotional, sexy ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: love, love story, terminal illness, bittersweet, fall in love, life, tragic love, cancer, opposites attract, leukemia, love and romance, destiny ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, california, usa, new jersey
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Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, UK, South Africa, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, entertaining, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: travel, self discovery, life, psychiatrist, life philosophy, relationships, teaching the ways of the world, happiness, friendship, loneliness, midlife crisis, stereotypes ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: africa, china, tibet, england, london ...
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Peaceful Warrior (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.
Style: inspirational, philosophical, spiritual, sincere, motivational ...
Audience: teens
Plot: self discovery, mentor, teaching the ways of the world, wisdom of life, enlightenment, wise man, human spirit, philosophy, gymnastics, life philosophy, athlete and trainer, guru ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: tibet, california, usa, new jersey
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Children of Heaven (1997)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Iran
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali's. School awaits...
Style: emotional, realistic, sincere, touching, sad ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: childhood, poverty, life, school, children, unemployment, family drama, running, coming of age, siblings relations, brother sister relationship, islam ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran, maghreb ...
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: This South Korean film takes place on an isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.
Style: philosophical, atmospheric, melancholic, meditative, spiritual ...
Plot: buddhism, life & death, coming of age, isolation, meditation, buddhist monk, monk, guilt, existentialism, buddhist, nature, beautiful scenery ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south korea, tibet, korea, east asia, asia ...
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 7.4
 730
Photon (2017)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Prepare yourself for a sensory overload of epic proportions. Nothing less than the history of the universe, the formation of the stars and planets, the origins of matter, and the daunting post-human future that lies ahead are explored in this ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, psychological, independent film, experimental
Plot: life, quantum physics, science, universe, flash forward, scientist, interview, scientific research, research, investigation, uncover truth, modern art ...
Time: future
Place: manhattan new york city, new york
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 7.6
 46K
The Visitor (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
Style: depressing, philosophical, touching, independent film, psychological ...
Plot: immigrant, life, professor, destiny, loneliness, self discovery, friendship, jazz, arrest, lawyer, midlife crisis, existentialism ...
Time: year 2007
Place: new york, connecticut, michigan, senegal, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.9
 696K
Life of Pi (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style: philosophical, touching, visually appealing, reflective, scenic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot: survival, animal, ocean, human animal relationship, loneliness, life & death, stranded, survivor, hopes, beautiful scenery, storm at sea, journey ...
Time: 70s, year 2012, 2010s
Place: india, america, asia, montreal, pacific ocean ...
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 6.9
 42K
The 33 (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, Colombia, Spain, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Based on a true story about the collapse at the mine in San Jose, Chile that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.
Style: factual, suspense, touching, period piece, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, rescue, disaster, life, catastrophe, stranded, natural disaster, hopes, doctor, honest, radio, trapped ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 70s, 21st century
Place: chile, peru, south america, latin america, australia
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 7.0
 158K
A Serious Man (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been ...
Style: cult classic, black comedy, philosophical, ironic, cerebral ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, rabbi, existentialism, teacher, suburban life, synagogue, divorce, bar mitzvah, jewish stereotype, life, religion ...
Time: year 2009, 60s, 2000s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: minnesota, bolivia, usa, poland, israel ...
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 7.6
 384K
The Blind Side (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style: touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: american football, adoption, life, african american, football, christian, interracial relations, human spirit, family drama, rising to stardom, interracial adoption, strong female character ...
Time: year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, tennessee, america, mississippi ...
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 7.3
 106K
Eddie the Eagle (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Inspired by true events, Eddie the Eagle is a feel-good story about Michael "Eddie" Edwards (Taron Egerton), an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself - even as an entire nation was counting him ...
Style: inspirational, feel good, motivational, emotional, period piece ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night
Plot: skiing, life, athlete, olympics, following a dream, winter olympics, underdog, biopic, winter sports, athletic training, winter, life lesson ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 2015, 70s, year 1988
Place: england, britain, london
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Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After a rough divoce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together ...
Style: feel good, romantic, sentimental, touching, scenic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: small town, writers, divorce, love, passion, life, tourist, starting over, male female relationship, middle aged woman, friendship, vineyard ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, tuscany, san francisco, california ...
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Ready Player One (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India, Singapore, Canada, UK, Japan, Australia
Duration: 140 min.
Story: When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
Style: exciting, captivating, atmospheric, stylized, cyber ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family outing
Plot: virtual reality, cyberpunk, video game, virtuality, geek, dystopia, teenage boy, love, quest, computer, teamwork, virtual world ...
Time: future, 2040s, near future, jurassic, 80s ...
Place: empire state building manhattan new york city, columbus ohio, ohio, new york, manhattan new york city
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 8.3
 835K
Amelie (2001)
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, sweet, touching, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night
Plot: loneliness, love, fall in love, imagination, cafe, lifestyle change, life, optimism, female protagonist, love story, love and romance, life philosophy ...
Time: year 2001, 90s, 70s, year 1974, 20th century ...
Place: paris france, france, europe, montmartre paris, quebec
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Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
Style: touching, emotional, uplifting, dramatic, sad ...
Plot: disability, friendship, cerebral palsy, life, youth, character study, life philosophy, loneliness, human spirit, friends, disabled, mental disorder ...
Time: year 2004
Place: europe, dublin ireland, ireland
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Love Likes Coincidences (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Year 1977, a September morning in Ankara... Yilmaz tries to rush his pregnant wife Neriman to the hospital and he crashes into Omer's car. The causes Omer's pregnant wife Inci, who was in the back seat, to have a pre-term labor. The babies ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, emotional, inspirational, dramatic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: true love, destiny, couples, life, hopes, power of love, love triangle, love and romance, fall in love, childhood memory, love, life philosophy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, middle east, istanbul turkey
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The Barber of Siberia (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Russia, France, Italy, Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his assistant. On her travels, she meets two men who would change her life ...
Style: romantic, touching, sentimental, harsh, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: life, destiny, imperial russia, love story, life philosophy, exile, unfulfilled love, soldier, love affair, love triangle, love and romance, self sacrifice ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1800s, 90s
Place: soviet union, russia, siberia, moscow russia
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 7.1
 242K
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder, Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging Rocky to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and ...
Style: inspirational, sincere, touching, melancholic, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, manly, family outing
Plot: boxing, father son relationship, comeback, boxer, athlete's life, training, fight, life, life philosophy, restaurant owner, loneliness, against the odds ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, las vegas
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The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
Style: intellectual, philosophical, inspirational, unusual plot structure, clever ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: mathematics, genius, scientist, discovery, life, mathematician, cambridge university, university student, prejudice, religion, hinduism, biopic ...
Time: 1910s, edwardian era, post world war one, pre world war one, 1920s ...
Place: england, india, bombay india
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