Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "happiness", "hope"

1. About Time (I) (2013)

R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.

Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson

Votes: 386,662 | Gross: $15.32M

2. Cast Away (2000)

PG-13 | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez, Lari White

Votes: 639,760 | Gross: $233.63M

3. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

R | 144 min | Action, Drama, History

During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber, James Badge Dale, David Denman

Votes: 161,120 | Gross: $52.85M

4. The Beach (I) (2000)

R | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

On vacation in Thailand, Richard sets out for an island rumored to be a solitary beach paradise.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Daniel York, Patcharawan Patarakijjanon

Votes: 254,079 | Gross: $39.79M

5. Seven Samurai (1954)

Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki

Votes: 367,316 | Gross: $0.27M

6. Groundhog Day (1993)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 686,101 | Gross: $70.91M

7. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama

A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough

Votes: 667,125 | Gross: $42.34M

8. Minari (2020)

PG-13 | 115 min | Drama

A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

Director: Lee Isaac Chung | Stars: Steven Yeun, Han Yeri, Alan Kim, Noel Cho

Votes: 97,428

9. Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The defiant leader Moses rises up against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley, Sigourney Weaver

Votes: 179,413 | Gross: $65.01M

10. Before Sunset (2004)

R | 80 min | Drama, Romance

Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torrès

Votes: 288,559 | Gross: $5.82M

11. Awakenings (1990)

PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson

Votes: 159,036 | Gross: $52.10M

12. Before Midnight (2013)

R | 109 min | Drama, Romance

We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Ariane Labed

Votes: 172,396 | Gross: $8.11M

13. Christopher Robin (2018)

PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss

Votes: 84,952 | Gross: $99.22M

14. Like Stars on Earth (2007)

PG | 162 min | Drama, Family

An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.

Directors: Aamir Khan, Amole Gupte | Stars: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma

Votes: 207,024 | Gross: $1.22M

15. Sweet Charity (1969)

G | 149 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith despite endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.

Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban, Sammy Davis Jr.

Votes: 6,788 | Gross: $3.43M

16. C'mon C'mon (2021)

R | 109 min | Drama

When his sister asks him to look after her son, a radio journalist embarks on a cross-country trip with his energetic nephew to show him life away from Los Angeles.

Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann, Woody Norman, Scoot McNairy

Votes: 38,999

17. A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

PG | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.

Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling

Votes: 47,825 | Gross: $100.48M

18. The Secret Garden (2020)

PG | 99 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

An orphaned girl discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict uncle's estate.

Director: Marc Munden | Stars: Dixie Egerickx, Richard Hansell, David Verrey, Tommy Gene Surridge

Votes: 10,069

19. Limelight (1952)

G | 137 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton

Votes: 22,165 | Gross: $1.00M

20. Red Joan (2018)

R | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the K.G.B.'s longest-serving British spy.

Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes

Votes: 14,447 | Gross: $1.58M

21. The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020)

PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Romance

After a break-up, a young woman decides to start a gallery where people can leave trinkets from past relationships.

Director: Natalie Krinsky | Stars: Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Molly Gordon

Votes: 10,233

22. My King (2015)

Unrated | 124 min | Drama, Romance

Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. Dependent on medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with Georgio.

Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Bercot, Louis Garrel, Isild Le Besco

Votes: 14,200 | Gross: $0.05M

23. Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

PG-13 | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History

An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host Fred Rogers.

Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Fred Rogers, Margaret Whitmer, Tom Junod, Joanne Rogers

Votes: 27,137 | Gross: $22.84M

24. A Journal for Jordan (2021)

PG-13 | 131 min | Drama, Romance, War

1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King, before he is killed in action in Baghdad, authors a journal for his son intended to tell him how to live a decent life despite growing up without a father.

Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Chanté Adams, Jalon Christian, Robert Wisdom

Votes: 2,896

25. Thumbsucker (2005)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

Justin throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.

Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Keanu Reeves

Votes: 21,998 | Gross: $1.33M

26. Beanpole (2019)

Unrated | 130 min | Drama, War

1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.

Director: Kantemir Balagov | Stars: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov

Votes: 12,275

27. Maborosi (1995)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naitô, Tadanobu Asano, Gohki Kashiyama

Votes: 7,348

28. Restoration (1995)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, History

The exiled royal doctor to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman.

Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, David Thewlis, Polly Walker

Votes: 9,929 | Gross: $4.10M

29. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)

Not Rated | 162 min | Animation, Drama, Family

A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.

Directors: Noriyuki Kitanohara, Kazuya Sakamoto, Noriko Takao, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Hiroko Utsumi, Naoko Yamada, Mitsuyoshi Yoneda, Tatsuya Ishihara | Stars: Aya Hirano, Tomokazu Sugita, Minori Chihara, Yûko Gotô

Votes: 8,026

30. Miracle in Milan (1951)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.

Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Guglielmo Barnabò

Votes: 8,558

31. For Sama (2019)

TV-PG | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, War

FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.

Directors: Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts | Stars: Waad Al-Kateab, Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab, Afra

Votes: 12,836 | Gross: $0.04M

32. Le Jour Se Leve (1939)

Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.

Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty, Jules Berry

Votes: 8,278 | Gross: $0.03M

33. Tholvi F.C. (2023)

120 min | Comedy, Family

The Kurivila family is a bunch of failures in life. Career, money, love, life. They can't seem to win at anything. 'Tholvi FC' is a warm and funny story of a dysfunctional family try to not fail at life. And maybe even win.

Director: George Kora | Stars: Sharafudheen, Johny Antony, George Kora, Asha Madathil Sreekanth

Votes: 486

34. Hunger (1966)

Not Rated | 112 min | Biography, Drama

In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of ... See full summary »

Director: Henning Carlsen | Stars: Per Oscarsson, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitte Federspiel, Knud Rex

Votes: 3,375

35. Life According to Sam (2013)

TV-G | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

A moving look at a couple's inspiring efforts to save their only son Sam from the rare and fatal premature-aging disease of progeria.

Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix | Stars: Sam Berns, Leslie Gordon, Scott Berns, Francis Collins

Votes: 953

36. The Book of Life (1998)

Not Rated | 63 min | Comedy, Fantasy

The end of the millenium has taken on a certain significance in modern day prophecies. What happens if Jesus Christ has second thoughts about the Apocalypse? It is December 31, 1999 and New... See full summary »

Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Martin Donovan, PJ Harvey, Dave Simonds, Thomas Jay Ryan

Votes: 2,120

37. The Maids of Wilko (1979)

118 min | Drama, Romance

Set in the late '20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. He decides to go home to his aunt and uncle for a while, but gets involved ... See full summary »

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Anna Seniuk, Maja Komorowska, Stanislawa Celinska

Votes: 1,456

38. A Touch of Fate (2003)

101 min | Drama

One night in a small town in North Carolina, fate brings together three lives: an entertainment lawyer returning home to his dying mother after years in escape of his past, a woman trying ... See full summary »

Director: Rebecca Bagley-Cook | Stars: Teri Hatcher, Andrea Powell, Robert C. Treveiler, Cody Newton

Votes: 218

39. The Blue Hour (2007)

Drama

Several strangers in Los Angeles weave their stories of loss and hope, not knowing that their lives have brushed up against each others in small but sometimes profound ways.

Director: Eric Nazarian | Stars: Ellen Albertini Dow, Eric Burdon, Paul Dillon, Catherine Garedakis

Votes: 219

40. Chasing Fire (2013)

108 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Living behind the shadow of her mother, Kristin falls in love with Shane, an aspiring musician, whom she soon discovers to have something innately in common with her.

Director: Brian Patrick Lim | Stars: Roa Anthea, Richard Herrera, Ryan Alonzo, Gigette Reyes

Votes: 43

41. ABC Africa (2001)

Unrated | 83 min | Documentary

Documentary account of the AIDS crisis in Uganda.

Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Abbas Kiarostami, Seifollah Samadian

Votes: 867 | Gross: $0.01M

42. Jiyan (2002)

102 min | Drama, Romance, War

Five years following the infamous chemical and biological bombing of Halabja, Diyari, a Kurdish/ American good Samaritan, returns to his homeland to build an orphanage in what is left of ... See full summary »

Director: Jano Rosebiani | Stars: Kurdo Galali, Pirshang Berzinji, Choman Hawrami, Enwer Shexani

Votes: 119

43. The Borrowed Christmas (2014)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Family

"The Borrowed Christmas" is the new family movie by Rossetti Productions. John Dale has everything. Money, notoriety, the biggest house in town. But what he really wants, is a good, old ... See full summary »

Director: Chip Rossetti | Stars: Sherry Morris, Jeff Rose, Craig Bryant Belwood, Diana Schmitt

Votes: 210

44. I'm Here Too (2017)

15 min | Short, Drama

A teenager's seemingly perfect life comes crashing down around her, as she suffers with depression in silence. Now, under extreme exertion, she must find the answer to the ultimate question - Is her life worth living?

Directors: Brendan Byrne, Marissa Kaye | Stars: Brendan Byrne, Carol Elsden, Natalia Cricri, Davita van der Velde

Votes: 277

45. Verhängnis (1994)

80 min | Drama

The paths of people from various countries cross during the course of one night.

Director: Fred Kelemen | Stars: Valerij Fedorenko, Marc Ottiker, Sanja Spengler, Eddi Zacharias

Votes: 106

46. Isang Lahi: Pearls from the Orient (2009)

Documentary, Adventure, Family

How does one live a happy life? This innovative docu-drama film shows us how we can. Inspired by the principles from the internationally-acclaimed and best-selling book and documentary ... See full summary »

Director: J.P. Tanchanco | Stars: Boy Abunda, Edwina Beech, AJ Dee, Marissa Delgado

47. Me vkhedav mzes (1965)

82 min | Drama, War

Khatia, a blind girl, sees only sunlight. Zurikela, young orphan boy, helps Khatia to have a normal life.

Director: Lana Gogoberidze | Stars: Gela Chichinadze, Leila Kipiani, Lia Eliava, Zurab Laperadze

Votes: 137

48. The Only Real Game (2013)

Unrated | 82 min | Documentary, Sport

Manipur, a volatile border state in northeast India, defies gun violence, trafficking and HIV/AIDS through love of America's National Pastime - or as Babe Ruth called it "the only real game in the world."

Director: Mirra Bank | Stars: Melissa Leo, Bame, Bhanu, Jeff Brueggemann

Votes: 29 | Gross: $0.01M

49. The Door in the Wall (1990)

19 min | Animation, Short, Drama

The hero of the film, Wallace, is trying to reconcile the dream of a world of beautiful souls and human relationships with the reality of a prosperous bourgeois.

Director: Boris Akulinichev | Stars: Natalya Romashenko, Vladimir Soshalsky, E. Zinkovskiy, Tatyana Sergeeva

Votes: 11

50. Fear of Life

Documentary | Announced

A documentary looking at one of Australia's biggest and deadliest killers - suicide.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Stars: Garry McDonald, Matthew Reilly, Charlotte Dawson, Paul Hester