I Got Life! (2017), Hasta la Vista! (2011), No Tomorrow (2016), Anbe Sivam (2003), Anand (1971), Life Is Beautiful (1997) , Modern Times (1936), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Optimism movies.
Storyline: An old woman finds a baby among the cauliflowers in her garden; she takes care of him and calls him Totò. When she dies, he is sent to an orphanage, which he leaves as a teenager. When Totò goes out in the world, he expects everyone to be open-hearted as himself, but they aren't. Without belongings and a place to live, he soon turns up among other homeless people, living scattered in boxes and cement pipes on a vast, barren field outside Milan. With his energy and enthusiasm, Totò quickly engages the outcasts in transforming the place into a small shanty-town. The eccentric misfits are turned into a warm-hearted community. But when the wealthy Mr. Mobbi buys the land, he tries to get rid of them.—Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se}
Plot Keywords: fantasy, comedy, allegory, social critique, poverty, hope, surreal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A Melbourne family is very happy living where they do, near the Melbourne airport (according to Jane Kennedy, it's "practically their back yard"). However, they are forced to leave their beloved home, by the Government and airport authorities. 'The Castle' is the story of how they fight to remain in their house, taking their case as far as the High Court.
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, australian, legal, underdog, working class, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Iraq in the early 1990 was a devastating land to survive in. When we think of Iraq, the first thing that tends to pop into our minds is the war and Saddam Hussein. But there is another side too - it is perhaps the most notorious country in the world and it goes by the name Kurdistan. Welcome to BEKAS. This is a story about two homeless brothers Zana (6) and Dana (10) who live on the edge of survival. In the beginning of the story they catch a glimpse of Superman through a hole in the wall at the local cinema. Zana and Dana decide that they want to go to America and live with Superman. Once they get there he can solve all their problems, make their lives easy and punish everyone that has been mean to them. Zana, the younger brother, starts to make a list of all people he is going to tell Superman to punish. On top of the list is Saddam Hussein. Dana on the other hand makes a concrete plan for what they need to get there; money, passports, transportation and a way to get across the border. Unfortunately they have neither of those. But in spite of everything they decide to follow the dream.—Karzan Kader
Plot Keywords: war, children, brotherhood, adventure, journey, poverty, dreams ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Little Swedish Pippi (Inger Nilsson) flies off with Tommy (Pär Sundberg) and Annika (Maria Persson) to rescue her sea-captain father from pirates.
Plot Keywords: children, adventure, family, comedy, fantasy, swedish film, adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Orphaned siblings Pari and Chotu embark on a journey to restore Chotu's eyesight.
Plot Keywords: children's film, road movie, family, sibling bond, dreams, hope, adventure ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The movie depicts a journey carried out from Bangalore to Kochi by two friends, the reserved Avinash played by Dulquer Salmaan, and his friend Shaukat played by Irrfan Khan with a lighter take on life, who pick up the chirpy teenager Mithila on the way.—Digant Nayak 96
Plot Keywords: adventure, comedy, drama, road movie, friendship, self-discovery, indian cinema ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dattatraya Vakharia is a 102 year old man living like a youngster.While is 75 year old son Babulal has accepted his old age and lost all excitement in life.Dattatraya wants to break the world record of oldest person living on earth held by Chinese man. But feels that it won't be possible to break the record by living with a boring Babulal.—alex.mjacko@gmail.com
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, drama, indian cinema, bollywood, father-son relationship, aging ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Beautiful and corrupt, sociable and sensitive, Ilya, an independent, happy-go-lucky streetwalker in the bustling Port of Piraeus, is the talk of the town. Intrigued by her character, the love-smitten American intellectual and amateur philosopher, Homer Thrace, sets his sights on becoming Ilya's Pygmalion, and in the process, attempt to explain the decline of the great Ancient Greek civilisation. Of course--as Ilya belongs to no one, and the handsome Greek-Italian dockhand, Tonio, is bent on winning her heart--this is a challenging task, especially when proud Ilya swears that she leads a full and exciting life. Now, the romantic philhellene has two short weeks to accomplish his task. Will he learn a thing or two about life, and maybe, just maybe, find the secret of happiness?—Nick Riganas
Plot Keywords: greece, comedy, drama, romance, independent film, black and white, music ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Chagawa finds it increasing difficult to support his young ward Junnosuke in his store across the street from the Suzuki garage on Third Street. Unless he can provide a better life, Junnosuke's rich father, Kawabata will take him away. Chagawa focuses once again on winning the "Akutagawa-sho" literary award and the prize money coming with it. Mika, a 7-year old relative of the Suzukis is left to stay with them when her father has business reverses. She is accustomed to a richer life style and at first her behavior is very spoiled but is humbled when sees the menial chores that her same-aged cousin Ippei performs. Mutsuko continues to work in the family as a mechanic but has an aspiring boyfriend Takeo, who is studying cooking. Chagawa seeks to find Hiromi, who has become successful once more as the exotic dancer "Betty."—Brian Greenhalgh
Plot Keywords: drama, family, nostalgia, tokyo, community, heartwarming, sequel ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A little girl comes to a town that is embattled by feuds and intimidated by her aunt. By the time she must leave, she has transformed the community with her indominatable will to see the good side of even the worst situations and bring it out for the betterment of all.—Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
Plot Keywords: optimism, orphan, classic film, disney, family, hope, joy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Three sailors - Gabey, Chip and Ozzie - let loose on a 24-hour pass in New York and the Big Apple will never be the same! Gabey falls head over heels for "Miss Turnstiles of the Month" (he thinks she's a high society deb when she's really a 'cooch dancer at Coney Island); innocent Chip gets highjacked (literally) by a lady cab driver; and Ozzie becomes the object of interest of a gorgeous anthropologist who thinks he's the perfect example of a "prehistoric man". Wonderful music and terrific shots of New York at its best.
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, dance, new york, adventure, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The boys' Army buddy, Eddie Smith, is killed in the trenches in France, leaving his baby girl an orphan. Back home after Armistice, they try to find Eddie's father and turn the child over to him. Unfortunately, they keep coming up with the wrong Smiths, and in the process disrupt a wedding by proclaiming the baby to be the groom's child. To evade the Welfare Association, they try to skip town, raising money for their escape by hocking their lunch wagon. But they accidentally knock the bank president unconscious and wind up being hunted down for bank robbery.—Paul Penna <tterrace@wco.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, war, musical, romance, brotherhood, friendship, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An adult Christopher Robin, who is now focused on his new life, work, and family, suddenly meets his old friend Winnie the Pooh, who returns to his unforgotten childhood past to help him return to the Hundred Acre Wood and help find Pooh's lost friends.
Plot Keywords: fantasy, family, adventure, comedy, drama, nostalgia, disney ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Abu Raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned of seeing the world but has never been able to afford to travel. One day a group of children in his poor neighborhood assume he is a pilot and beg him to share stories of the world outside of Amman, Jordan. Through imaginary tales a friendship forms and he finds the grim realities of the children's home life. He takes it upon himself to make a difference.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: drama, family, society, loneliness, friendship, dream, hope ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, drama, family, marriage, post-war, american ...
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