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 inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, realistic and uplifting films and TV shows about / with life, love, hopes, friendship, life lesson, motivation, inspiration, life philosophy, waking up and philosophy plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as life: The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), About Time (2013), Good Will Hunting (1997), Yes Man (2008), Eat Pray Love (2010), Photon (2017), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Forrest Gump (1994), Ready Player One (2018).

List of life movies

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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, funny, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, family outing, chick flick
Plot: in love, life, love story, love, follow your dream, following a dream, get rich quick scheme, miraculous event, widow, secret, single mother, destiny ...
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, inspirational, touching, sentimental, twist ending ...
Audience: date night, kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, freedom, human spirit, hopes, stephen king, life, friendship between men, friendship, plot twist, life philosophy, adaptation ...
Time: 1940s, 90s, 1950s, 2010s, year 1994 ...
Place: usa, america, iran, persia, pacific ocean ...
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 7.8
 383K
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, sincere, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: time travel, time loop, life philosophy, fall in love, true love, couple relations, looking for love, changing the past or future, sent to the past, life, father son relationship, young woman ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, england, united kingdom, cornwall
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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, emotional, philosophical, sentimental, intellectual ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: mathematics, professor, genius, prodigy, philosophy, psychology, life philosophy, life, university, psychotherapy, mentor, existentialism ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s, 2010s
Place: boston, harvard university, massachusetts, america, persia ...
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 6.8
 381K
Yes Man (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
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, light, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens ...
Plot: life, life changing experience, lifestyle change, love and romance, change of heart, life philosophy, character change, optimism, motivational speaker, self esteem, transformation, love affair ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, nebraska
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Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, UK, South Africa, USA
Duration: 120 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, existentialism, introspection, happiness, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, loneliness ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: africa, china, tibet, england, london ...
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 5.8
 105K
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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: inspirational, romantic, touching, road movie, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot: self discovery, travel, midlife crisis, lifestyle change, love, female protagonist, journey, starting over, introspection, changing lives, life, fall in love ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: italy, india, indonesia, bali, rome italy ...
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 7.3
 640
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: captivating, psychological, thought provoking, independent film, experimental
Plot: life, quantum physics, evolution, science, universe, flash forward, scientist, interview, scientific research, uncover truth, investigation, research ...
Time: future
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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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, life philosophy, family drama, rags to riches, success, rise to the top, single father, against the odds, life is a bitch, down on your luck ...
Time: 80s, year 2006, 2010s, 20th century
Place: usa, san francisco, bay area, california, america
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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, existentialism, buddhist monk, monk, buddhist, beautiful scenery, nature, life changing experience ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, east asia, tibet, asia
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 8.8
 2.2M
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: date night, kids, chick flick, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot: life & death, philosophy, life philosophy, mentally challenged, destiny, love, rise to the top, human spirit, selflessness, storytelling, life, journey ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 50s, 1950s ...
Place: usa, washington d.c., vietnam, china, alabama ...
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Ready Player One (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
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, love, teenage boy, dystopia, computer, teamwork, evil corporation, friendship ...
Time: future, 2040s, 2010s, jurassic, near future ...
Place: ohio, empire state building manhattan new york city, columbus ohio, new york, manhattan new york city
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 7.3
 83K
Youth (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Switzerland, UK, France, Italy
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: melancholic, talky, philosophical, touching, psychological ...
Plot: aging, composer, screenwriter, father daughter relationship, hotel, life & death, sex scene, husband wife relationship, existentialism, spa, art, orchestra ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: switzerland, swiss alps, italy, venice, alps
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 6.4
 16K
War Room (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The family-friendly movie explores the transformational role prayer plays in the lives of the Jordan family. Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple who seemingly have it all – great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. But ...
Style: christian film, inspirational, biblical, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christian, propaganda, life, religion, beautiful scenery, christianity, jesus, marriage, family relations, faith, christian faith, troubled marriage ...
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 7.6
 44K
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: realistic, depressing, touching, independent film, philosophical ...
Plot: immigrant, professor, life, friendship, self discovery, loneliness, society, jazz, lawyer, existentialism, midlife crisis, complex characters ...
Time: year 2007
Place: new york, michigan, connecticut, senegal, syria ...
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 6.9
 40K
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, touching, suspense, serious, period piece ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, disaster, rescue, life, catastrophe, stranded, natural disaster, human spirit, doctor, honest, radio, hopes ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: chile, peru, latin america, south america
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I'll See You in My Dreams (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her ...
Style: romantic, touching, sentimental, melancholic, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: elderly lovers, friendship, relationships, aging, life, widow, depression, loneliness, solitude, weed, love triangle, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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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: inspirational, intellectual, philosophical, motivational, clever ...
Audience: family friendly, kids
Plot: mathematics, genius, scientist, mathematician, discovery, university student, biopic, self discovery, culture clash, cambridge university, mentor, philosophy ...
Time: 1910s, edwardian era, year 1914, post world war one, pre world war one ...
Place: england, india, bombay india
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 7.9
 663K
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, motivational, visually appealing, scenic, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: survival, ocean, animal, human animal relationship, life & death, stranded, survivor, beautiful scenery, lost at sea, hopes, storm at sea, journey ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 70s
Place: india, pacific ocean, america, montreal, toronto ontario canada ...
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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, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: self discovery, mentor, teaching the ways of the world, wisdom of life, enlightenment, wise man, philosophy, human spirit, life philosophy, gymnastics, athlete and trainer, coach ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: tibet, california, usa
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 7.6
 358K
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: inspirational, touching, emotional, sentimental, motivational ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: american football, adoption, life, african american, human spirit, family drama, christian, interracial relations, football, rising to stardom, racism, interracial adoption ...
Time: year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, tennessee, america, boston, mississippi ...
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 7.3
 100K
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, art house ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, family friendly
Plot: skiing, life, athlete, olympics, following a dream, underdog, winter olympics, determination, biopic, coach, winter, snow ...
Time: 20th century, year 2015, 80s, year 1988, 70s
Place: england, britain, london
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 8.3
 791K
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, inspirational, touching, sweet, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: loneliness, love, magic realism, fall in love, imagination, female protagonist, cafe, love and romance, optimism, lifestyle change, surrealism, life ...
Time: year 2001, 70s, 90s, year 1974, 20th century ...
Place: paris france, france, europe, montmartre paris, quebec
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Flavors of Youth (2018)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Three different stories of youth set in different cities of China. 1 Shanghai Love. 2 Sunny Breakfast. 3 Small Fashion Show. Directed by Zhenxing Yi, the plot revolves around a young man working in Beijing. He used to live with his grandma in ...
Style: anime, anthology, light, manga, captivating ...
Plot: life, friendship, dream, coming of age, love, family relations, teenage boy, model, multiple storylines, society, lifestyle, everyday life ...
Time: 2010s
Place: japan, china, shanghai
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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: realistic, touching, emotional, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: childhood, poverty, school, children, unemployment, life, family drama, running, islam, siblings relations, coming of age, young heroes ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran, maghreb
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 7.2
 15K
Rams (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient ...
Style: melancholic, bleak, emotional, atmospheric, depressing ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, snow, life, solitude, survival, isolation, brothers, loneliness, beautiful scenery, existentialism, sheep, snowstorm ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: iceland
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 7.1
 231K
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Genre: Action, 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, boxer, athlete's life, life, comeback, training, aging, fight, life philosophy, against the odds, determination ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, las vegas
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Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young boy who tries to set his dad up on a date after the death of his mother. He calls into a radio station to talk about his dad’s loneliness which soon leads the dad into meeting a Journalist Annie who flies to Seattle to write a story about ...
Style: romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, family outing, kids, girls' night ...
Plot: happy ending, life, radio, loneliness, single parent, love and romance, looking for love, love, starting over, couples, grief, love story ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, manhattan new york city, new york, baltimore, washington state ...
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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, scenic, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: writers, small town, divorce, passion, tourist, friendship, life, middle aged woman, male female relationship, starting over, love, journey ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, tuscany, san francisco, california ...
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 7.0
 167K
Marley & Me (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A newly married couple who, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of ...
Style: touching, sad, feel good, funny, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, date night, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: dog, pets, animal, couple relations, life, parenthood, marriage, couples, friendship, family relations, children, family life ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: miami, ireland, usa, florida, pennsylvania
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