Highest-Rated Movies about 'Volunteer', Sort by Popularity

Wings (1927), Diane (2018), ...So Goes the Nation (2006), 12th & Delaware (2010), River (2015), Mountain Patrol: Kekexili (2004), The Way We Get By (2009), The Secret Life of Words (2005) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Volunteer movies.

#3. ...So Goes the Nation (2006)

Storyline: Filmmakers examine the role of Ohio in the 2004 presidential election and present the American electoral process through the eyes of voters, politicians and activists. Republican and Democratic campaign strategists and officials all attempt to swing the election their way by pushing hot-button issues to the forefront.

Plot Keywords: dick cheney, george w. bush, john kerry, volunteer, activist, political consultant, fascinating ...

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#4. 12th & Delaware (2010)

Storyline: One street corner in Fort Pierce, Fla., is home to both a for-profit abortion clinic and a Roman Catholic Church-supported pregnancy clinic whose mission is to prevent women from obtaining abortions. While the abortion clinic takes precautions against threats of violence and fends off protesters, the pregnancy clinic actively spreads misinformation to women about the dangers of abortion. Though neither side will speak to the other, the battle over a woman's right to choose rages on.

Plot Keywords: doctor, nurse, pregnant woman, protester, priest, volunteer, emotional ...

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#6. Mountain Patrol: Kekexili (2004)

Storyline: The Tibetan Mountain Patrol, a self-sponsored outcast regimen established to eliminate illegal slaughtering of endangered Tibetan Antelopes by impoverished local and out-of-province peasants, intimately engages with a half-Tibetan journalist from Beijing in a desolate depiction of human nature in the outskirts of Kekexili.—Anthonyjoellee

Plot Keywords: journalist, lawman, peasant, volunteer, poacher, disheartening, tibet ...

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#7. The Way We Get By (2009)

Storyline: On call 24/7 for the past six years, three senior citizens have made history by greeting nearly one million U.S. troops at a tiny airport in Maine. Filled with unexpected turns, their uplifting and emotional journey demonstrates the meaning of community at a time when America needs it most.—Aron Gaudet

Plot Keywords: elderly person, soldier, friend, volunteer, grandmother, grandfather, emotional ...

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#8. The Secret Life of Words (2005)

Storyline: Hannah, who wears a hearing aid, is forced to go on holiday. On holiday she manages to find a job: caring for Josef, a burn victim on an oil rig who temporarily lost his sight, until he's stable enough to be transferred. There is almost no one on the rig, except a cook, an oceanographer and a few others out at sea. Hannah tends to Josef and he slowly breaks her shell of silence.

Plot Keywords: nurse, patient, volunteer, emotional, oil rig, secret life, words ...

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#9. The Slender Thread (1965)

Storyline: Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when he's at the clinic alone, he takes a call from a woman who tells him that she needs to talk to someone. She informs Alan that she took a load of pills, and he secretly tries to get help. During this time, he learns more about the woman, her family life, and why she wants to die. Can he save her in time?—Pat McCurry <ccgrad97@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: college student, volunteer, wife, detective, psychiatrist, emotional, brooding ...

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#10. Battle Hymn (1957)

Storyline: Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he's a failure at preaching. Rejoined to train pilots early in the Korean War, he finds Korean orphans raiding the airbase garbage. With a pretty Korean teacher, he sets up an orphanage for them and others. But he finds that to protect his charges, he has to kill.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: reverend, wife, volunteer, friend, military officer, orphan, powerful ...

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#11. Being Flynn (2012)

Storyline: Nick Flynn, in his 20s, hasn't found his place in the world yet, but hopes to be a writer. Around the time he takes a job at a homeless shelter in Boston, his father, Jonathan, who considers himself a great writer and who hasn't see Nick in years, abruptly makes fleeting contact. A few months later, the down-and-out Jonathan shows up at Nick's shelter and becomes a resident. This disorients Nick; he doesn't handle it well, compounded by Jonathan's belligerent behavior. Nick's memories of his mother, his budding relationship with a co-worker, and his own demons make things worse. Can anything improve? Is he his father's son?

Plot Keywords: writer, father, homeless person, volunteer, love interest, amusing, moving ...

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#13. The Proud and Profane (1956)

Storyline: In 1943, war widow Lee Ashley joins the American Red Cross and volunteers for the war in the Pacific where she hopes to find her husband's grave, a U.S. Marines lieutenant killed in battle on Guadalcanal. In Noumea, on the Free French Forces-controlled island of New Caledonia, Lee meets veteran Red Cross nurse Kate Connors, who tells Lee to avoid the romantic advances of the numerous Allied soldiers stationed there. Nevertheless, Lee falls in-love with a roguish battalion leader, Lt. Col. Colin Black, who seduces her by pretending to have been a friend of her late husband. The love affair between Lee and Colin leads to complications, deceit, heart-break and ultimately to tragedy. Transferred with Kate to Guadalcanal, Lee finally discovers her husband's grave in a military cemetery. At her husband's grave-site, Lee learns about her late husband's final moments and about what he thought of her, from a wounded soldier belonging to her husband's company. A shocked Lee returns to the Red Cross base, where the casualties from the latest battles start arriving and where Lee's heart receives another blow yet.—nufs68

Plot Keywords: widow, officer, love interest, patient, volunteer, melodramatic, unrestrained ...

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#14. Music for Mandela (2013)

Storyline: "Music for Mandela" explores the role music played in the extraordinary life of one of the world's most important icons. From Nelson Mandela's imprisonment, to his release, to the present day celebrations of his legacy, the music born out of his inspirational journey is commented on by his closest friends, former exiled musicians, current international artists and community volunteers, who use music today to motivate and educate. Combining striking visuals with freedom songs, pop music and hip hop, "Music for Mandela" is a stirring tribute to the man himself and to the ultimate power of music.—Gold Star Productions

Plot Keywords: nelson mandela, musician, friend, artist, volunteer, inspiring, incredible ...

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#15. Olympic Dreams (2019)

Storyline: In the Olympic Athlete Village, a young cross-country skier bonds with a volunteer doctor after her competition ends. Starring Nick Kroll and Alexi Pappas. Filmed on location in the actual Olympic Village at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics with three people comprising the entire cast and crew: Jeremy Teicher, Nick Kroll, and Alexi Pappas. Real Olympic athletes, including Jamie Anderson and Gus Kenworthy, also make their way into the film as additional characters.

Plot Keywords: skier, volunteer, olympic athlete, love interest, dentist, confident, cool ...

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