Highest-Rated Movies about 'Values'

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985), Soul Food (2000), Equinox Flower (1958), Auntie Mame (1958), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Family Fundamentals (2002), The Way Home (2002), Friendly Persuasion (1956) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Values movies.

#3. Equinox Flower (1958)

Storyline: A business man is often approached by friends for advice and help regarding marriage as well as family and romantic relationships. He is always very calmly and objectively able to give great insight and assistance to these particular situations. However, when it comes time for him to be objective regarding his oldest daughter, he finds it very difficult...—Karl Engel <cassiel@ix.netcom.com>

Plot Keywords: family, marriage, generation gap, japan, 1950s, father-daughter relationship, tradition ...

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#4. Auntie Mame (1958)

Storyline: Mame is an unconventional individualist socialite from the roaring 20's. When her brother dies, she is forced to raise her nephew Patrick. However, Patrick's father has designated an executor to his will to protect the boy from absorbing too much of Mame's rather unconventional perspective. Patrick and Mame become devoted to each other in spite of this restriction, and together journey through Patrick's childhood and the great depression, amidst some rather zaney adventures.—Ross Thompson <thompson@adobe.com>

Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, family, classic, american, 1950s, adaptation ...

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#5. You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Storyline: The stenographer Alice Sycamore is in love with her boss Tony Kirby, who is the vice-president of the powerful company owned by his greedy father Anthony P. Kirby. Kirby Sr. is dealing a monopoly in the trade of weapons, and needs to buy one last house in a twelve block area owned by Alice's grandparent Martin Vanderhof. However, Martin is the patriarch of an anarchic and eccentric family where the members do not care for money but for having fun and making friends. When Tony proposes Alice, she states that it would be mandatory to introduce her simple and lunatic family to the snobbish Kirbys, and Tony decides to visit Alice with his parents one day before the scheduled. There is an inevitable clash of classes and lifestyles, the Kirbys spurn the Sycamores and Alice breaks with Tony, changing the lives of the Kirby family.

Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, family, classic, drama, american, black and white ...

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#6. Family Fundamentals (2002)

Storyline: Arthur Dong's documentary delves into conservative religious families who have gay children, discovering that many parents become active campaigners against gay rights. We meet people on both sides of the debate, like Kathleen Bremner, a California grandmother who runs a homemade "ministry" counseling conservative parents, and Brett Matthews, a former Air Force cadet excommunicated by his Mormon family. Dong's film seeks not to shock, but to show the shared humanity of his opposing subjects.

Plot Keywords: documentary, family, religion, homosexuality, faith, conflict, usa ...

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#7. The Way Home (2002)

Storyline: Little Sang-woo (Yoo Seung-ho) doesn't want to leave Seoul, South Korea, to live with his mute grandmother (Kim Eul-boon) in the countryside, but his mother (Dong Hyo-heui) compels him, as she needs to look for a new job. Fractious and ill-mannered, Sang-woo variously ignores and taunts his grandmother with insulting epithets. When she won't buy batteries for his toy, he even steals from her. But over time, and in the face of her unquestioning love, he comes to admire and respect her.

Plot Keywords: family, growing up, countryside, touching, heartwarming, children, elderly ...

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#8. Friendly Persuasion (1956)

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 ...

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#10. The Ultimate Gift (2006)

Storyline: Jason thought his inheritance was going to be the gift of money and lots of it. Was he ever in for a big surprise. Based on the best-selling book "The Ultimate Gift" by Jim Stovall, the story sends trust fund baby Jason Stevens on an improbable journey of discovery, having to answer the ultimate question: "What is the relationship between wealth and happiness?" Jason had a very simple relationship with his impossibly wealthy Grandfather, Howard "Red" Stevens. He hated him. No heart-to-heart talks, no warm fuzzies, just cold hard cash. So of course he figured that when Red died, the whole "reading of the will" thing would be another simple cash transaction, that his Grandfather's money would allow him to continue living in the lifestyle to which he had become accustomed. But what Red left him was anything but simple. Red instead devised a plan for Jason to experience a crash course on life. Twelve tasks, which Red calls "gifts," each challenging Jason in an improbable way, the ...

Plot Keywords: drama, family, inspirational, coming of age, inheritance, life lessons, wealth ...

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#11. The Big Chill (1983)

Storyline: A seminal Thirty-Something movie in which a group of old college friends who are now older and experienced come together for the funeral of Alex, who was at one time the brightest and the best of them at college and yet who never managed to find his way. The friends use the occasion to reacquaint themselves with each other, discuss where their lives have led and speculate on what happened to their idealism which had been abundant when they were younger.

Plot Keywords: drama, comedy, friendship, nostalgia, midlife crisis, reunion, american culture ...

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#12. Breezy (1973)

Storyline: Breezy (Kay Lenz) is a teenage hippie with a big heart. After taking a ride with a man who only wants her for sex, Breezy manages to escape. She runs to hide on a secluded property where stands the home of a middle-aged divorced man, Frank Harmon (William Holden). Frank reluctantly takes Breezy in only to fall, unexpectedly, in love with her.—Kelly

Plot Keywords: romance, drama, romantic comedy, social prejudice, interpersonal relationships, generation gap, free spirit ...

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#13. The Late George Apley (1947)

Storyline: George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), and son John with Myrtle (from Worcester!), the ordered life of the Apley home on Beacon Street is threatened, as is the hoped-for union of John and Apley-cousin Agnes.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>

Plot Keywords: drama, family, comedy, society, class, tradition, conflict ...

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#14. Courageous (2011)

Storyline: Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, they face danger every day. Yet when tragedy strikes close to home, these fathers are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, and their faith. From this struggle will come a decision that changes all of their lives. With action, drama, and humor, the fourth film from Sherwood Pictures embraces God's promise to "turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers." Souls will be stirred, and hearts will be challenged to be ... courageous!

Plot Keywords: faith, family, police, responsibility, christianity, redemption, sacrifice ...

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#15. Junebug (2005)

Storyline: Successful Carolinian George Johnsten meets Chicago art gallery owner Madeleine at an electoral benefit art auction- love at first sight. Madeleine decides to meet a Southern original artist, so George seizes the opportunity to come along and present her to his North Carolina parents Eugene and Peg, drop-out brother Johny and his high-pregnant wife Ashley. Confronting the outsider soon opens a can of worms as emotions revive or emerge, like admiration and jealousy.

Plot Keywords: family, drama, american south, cultural clash, marriage, pregnancy, art ...

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