The Song of Bernadette (1943), My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), A Lesson Before Dying (1999), The Grace of Jake (2015), The Tao of Steve (2000), The Nun's Story (1959), Friendly Persuasion (1956) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Spiritual Growth movies.
Storyline: Based on the true story of a 19th-century peasant woman who claimed to see the Virgin Mary near her home in Lourdes.
Plot Keywords: religion, faith, catholicism, france, poverty, rural life, 19th century ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A barely literate laborer (Gérard Depardieu) undergoes a personal transformation through his friendship with an old woman (Gisèle Casadesus) who introduces him to the world of books.
Plot Keywords: drama, comedy, french film, heartwarming, literature, friendship, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A hilarious underworld gangster known as Munna Bhai falls comically in love with a radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who runs an elders' home, which is taken over by an unscrupulous builder, who gets the residents kicked out ironically with the help of Munna's sidekick, Circuit, while Munna is busy romancing Jahnvi elsewhere. Munna, who is now masquerading as a Professor specializing in the life of Mahatma Gandhi, must now battle his very own forces and the builder - but he has one ally on his side - none other than the great man - Mahatma Gandhi himself. Only trouble is that Munna may have problems convincing everyone about this presence - as he is apparently is the only one who can see and hear him.
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, romance, bollywood, indian cinema, social issues, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A caring teacher (Don Cheadle) tries to inspire strength and dignity in an innocent black man (Mekhi Phifer) condemned to death in 1940s Louisiana.
Plot Keywords: drama, crime, racism, injustice, 1940s, african american, teacher ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An ex-inmate and wandering musician travels to a small Arkansas town to get revenge on his absentee father. Once there, he unravels a complicated family history when he befriends the locals.
Plot Keywords: drama, family, faith, redemption, pastor, small town, america ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In college, Dex was the big man on campus. We meet Dex ten years after graduation as he endures one of life's humbling experiences, the college reunion. Now an overweight kindergarten teacher, Dex is immune to the shocked stares of the women who were once his conquests. While trying to pick up the bartender, he is struck by another woman the gorgeous Syd. Through a series of circumstances, Syd and Dex are thrown together and he soon finds himself questioning his belief in all things Steve.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, philosophy, relationships, humor, indie film, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1930, in Belgium, Gabrielle van der Mal is the stubborn daughter of the prominent surgeon Dr. Hubert van der Mal that decides to leave her the upper-class family to enter to a convent, expecting to work as nun in Congo with tropical diseases. She says good-bye to her sisters Louise and Marie; to her brother Pierre; and to her beloved father, and subjects herself to the stringent rules of the retrograde institution, including interior silent and excessive humbleness and humiliation. After a long period working in a mental institution, Gaby is finally assigned to go to Congo, where she works with the Atheist and cynical, but brilliant, Dr. Fortunati. Sister Luke proves to be very efficient nurse and assistant, and Dr. Fortunati miraculous heals her tuberculosis. Years later, she is ordered to return to Belgium and when her motherland is invaded by the Germans, she learns that her beloved father was murdered by the enemy while he was helping wounded members of the resistance. Sister Luke finally decides to leave the religious life since she is not able to feel neutral against the invaders of her country.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: drama, biography, religion, faith, spiritual journey, sacrifice, inner conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religous sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitide?—Olaf Mertens <olafbahg@w210zrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de>
Plot Keywords: war, family, religion, pacifism, moral dilemma, american civil war, faith ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In a street called Blue in a very poor neighborhood in Paris, Monsieur Ibrahim is an old Muslim Turkish owner of a small market. He becomes friend of the teenager Jewish Moises, tenderly nicknamed Momo, who lives with his father in a small apartment on the other side of the street. Monsieur Ibrahim gives paternal love and teaches the knowledge of the Qur'an to the boy, receiving in return love and respect.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: french film, drama, coming of age, islam, paris, 1960s, single-parent family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Yuppie Daniel Miller is killed in a car accident and goes to Judgment City, a waiting room for the afterlife. During the day, he must prove in a courtroom-style process that he successfully overcame his fears (a hard task, given the pitiful life we are shown); at night, he falls in love with Julia, the only other young person in town. Nights are a time of hedonistic pleasure, since you can (for instance) eat all you want without getting fat.
Plot Keywords: comedy, fantasy, romance, afterlife, reincarnation, humor, supernatural ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Montgomery Royle is a famed pianist whose student, the much younger Grace Blair, believes herself to be in love with him. When an explosion destroys Royle's hearing, he is bitter at the loss of his art and profession. His sister Florence persuades him to learn lip-reading as a way to break out of the isolation of deafness. Royle discovers a new meaning to his life when he uses his new lip-reading knowledge to help others. But the new skill has serious ramifications for his relationship with Grace.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, music, pianist, sacrifice, redemption, loneliness ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young woman, Pursy (played by Scarlett Johansson), learns that her estranged mother has died in New Orleans. She returns to her mother's house to discover that it is inhabited by two men, one an aging alcoholic, Bobby Long (John Travolta).
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, american film, independent film, literary adaptation, family relationships, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Storm Boy tells the story of a 10-year-old boy, called Mick by his father Tom, and Storm Boy by the Aboriginal loner Fingerbone he befriends. This boy is growing up in an isolated corrugated iron shed next to a wildlife sanctuary. He lives with his father, who supports them by fishing alone. He is not attending school; he is illiterate and ignorant. Mick's father resents any intrusion of their secluded life, be it a washed-up radio or a mob of idiot bird shooters who kill a number of birds before they are scared off by Fingerbone. Amongst the dead are some pelicans whose chicks are still in the nest. The boy brings them home to care for. His father isn't keen, but permits it. Three pelicans become a lot to feed when they reach maturity, so his father insists on releasing them. Two are never seen again, but one, Mr Percival, keeps coming back. Another intruder is the new primary school teacher, brought by the park ranger. She is concerned about the boy's education, and pushes hard for him to be sent to school, or at least to do schoolwork by correspondence. She means well, but she is resented by the father - he doesn't want anything to change in their reclusive life.—Paul Gerard Kennedy
Plot Keywords: family, friendship, coming of age, australia, nature, wildlife, loneliness ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A filmmaker sets out make a film sbout her Tibetan Buddhist teacher, meets all kinds of interesting people who tell their version of what suffering is. Things aren't as much fun as she thought it was going to be. But she learns a lot about herself in the meantime.—ggn
Plot Keywords: drama, documentary, spiritual growth, wisdom, life philosophy, faith, spiritual journey ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on a true story, Powers Boothe plays an American dam engineer in Brazil. Boothe's son (played by Charlie Boorman - son of director John Boorman) is kidnapped by a rain forest tribe, and raised as one of their own. Boothe continues to look for him and after many trials and adventures, stumbles upon him.—A. Felhofer <valmytrailslodge@itol.com>
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, amazon, father-son relationship, disappearance, coming of age, cultural clash ...
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