Mental stories, interesting characters, sincere and genuine feelings - all that, thanks to which these films want to be watched over and over again. Among the twenty featured films, you can find something that will appeal to you. We present to your attention a rating of twenty best films for the soul - according to the psychologists of the site editorial staff.
20. Hotel Marigold, the best of the exotic
A group of pensioners decides to go to an exotic country of India. As a place of residence, older people choose the hotel "Marigold", which promises to give them a real paradise holiday at an affordable price.
However, on arrival, pensioners understand that they have become victims of a cunning advertising stunt, and now instead of relaxing in a chic hotel, they are waiting for a sad pastime in a god-forgotten hole.
These people do not even suspect that hopelessly spoiled, at first glance, rest will be one of the best periods in their lives ...
19. Where dreams lead
After death, Chris Nielsen goes to heaven, leaving his beloved wife Annie to grieve on earth. That, unable to survive the death of her husband, soon commits suicide.
For such a terrible sin, the soul of a woman is exiled to the underworld. After the beloved is sent and Chris.
He intends at all costs to find his wife and save her from heavenly punishment ...
18. Billy Eliot
Most people are afraid to fulfill their most cherished dreams, thinking that they are not worthy of them or that they will not be able to make them come true anyway. Most, but not Billy Elliot.
This boy, not being afraid of the condemnation of loved ones and those around him, decided, by all means, to learn ... to dance.
Do not box, as befits all the guys from his small mining town, namely, to dance. And not just anywhere, but at the Royal Ballet School ...
17. The Time Traveler's Wife
Their first meeting took place when she was a young 6-year-old girl, and he was an adult mature man of 36 years old, and the wedding when she was 23 and he was 31.
Why is that?
The fact is that Henry suffers from the syndrome of displacement in time. Because of this rare genetic disease, the appearance and disappearance of the main character from the life of Claire is always unpredictable, often funny and comical, and sometimes very sad and tragic ...
16. V means Vendetta
Gloomy distant future. England is in chaos after a terrible epidemic caused by a mysterious virus.
All power in the country is in the hands of the despotic Chancellor. All cities have a curfew, and order is followed by cruel and unprincipled detachments of party members.
People are in constant fear and secretly dream that this horror will end soon ... And then one day they have hope for salvation - a mysterious fighter for justice and freedom, a certain Mr. V ...
15. In the wild
Being a successful graduate of a prestigious college, a gifted and completely wealthy man, Christopher Emory decides to give up his usual life, lose all of his savings, home, family and friends, in order ... to hitchhike to Alaska and plunge into the world of wildlife.
Along the way, he will have interesting acquaintances, unexpected meetings and unforgettable people, as well as amazing picturesque landscapes ...
14. Mr. Nobody
Having spent many years in deep sleep, Nemo Noubadi wakes up as a 120-year-old feeble old man and learns that he is the last of mortals in a futuristic future.
All around him have long ago gained immortality and now with great curiosity they are watching the last days of his life.
One day a journalist comes to the main character, and Nemo decides to tell him his life story - or rather, lives, since he had several of them. Each of them has an amazing, incredible, and sometimes very confusing plot ...
13. Real love
The main character of the film is Love. She, like an unexpected guest, comes into the lives of heroes when they do not expect her at all.
She comes to drive crazy, torment and torment with doubts, give and take away hope, please and amuse, upset and upset, excite and inspire.
She comes to everyone, and never asks permission to enter ...
12. Peaceful Warrior
The gifted gymnast Dan Millman has almost everything: loyal friends, prestigious sports awards, crowds of beautiful women around, in one word - cheerful and carefree youth. Only one thing is missing - victory at the Olympics.
One day he meets a mysterious stranger named Socrates. Soon the man becomes for the protagonist not only a coach, but also a spiritual mentor - a person who makes life appear before Dan in completely new colors and shades unknown to him ...
11. Reaching out to heaven
In one hospital ward there are two completely unfamiliar people: Martin and Rudi.
Soon it turns out that young people have something in common - they both have a few days left to live, and both of them do not want to spend them in the hospital.
The newly minted friends decide at the end of their lives to fulfill their most cherished desires and dreams. So begins their fun journey ...
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10. Pay another
But what if you break away from your usual everyday affairs and try to make the world a little bit better?
You don’t need much to do this: just three disinterested acts for three strangers, who in turn will do the same for three more people.
Thus, kindness and warmth can be spread around the world ... This brilliant idea originated in the head of the seventh grader Trevor McKinney, and the boy decided to bring it to life ...
9. American Beauty
With the advent of the middle age crisis, the 42-year-old Lester Burnham suddenly realized that he was a complete loser: his wife cheated on another, the teenage daughter didn’t put him in anything, and his own work just got fed up.
Well, after that how not to be disappointed in life and not fall into depression? That is exactly what the main character does.
Thinking that his life is slowly and surely rolling into the abyss, he still does not know that he will soon have a bright ray of hope of salvation. They will be a girl named Angela ...
8. Temple Grandin
Autobiographical history of the life of an amazing woman Temple Grandin. Despite autism, she managed to become one of the leading scientists in the US agricultural industry.
According to the projects of this woman, half of all the country’s slaughterhouses were created, and her appeals for animalistic treatment of animals received public approval and support ...
7. The amazing story of Benjamin Button
The story of the fate of a unique person named Benjamin.
His life began with a countdown: having been born an 80-year-old man, he began to gradually become younger.
The story of his life began in 1918 in New Orleans, where the young old man and had a chance to get acquainted with all the joys of life.
And it was in this city that Benjamin met his love ...
6. Healer Adams
Healer Adams is no ordinary doctor. He is completely different from his businesslike colleagues.
The fact is that he managed to make a grand discovery in the field of medicine. It turns out that in order to recover from ailment, you do not need to run to a pharmacy and buy mountains of various tablets, everyone has the best medicine for almost any illness. This is a laugh, sincere, cheerful and perky ...
5. Always say yes.
The depressing life of the depressive bore of Carl, who has always got used to saying “no,” to everyone, changed at that very moment, as soon as he got to the seminar “How to become happy”.
By agreeing to follow the advice given to him - to answer "yes" to any proposal, Karl could not even imagine what adventures await him ahead ...
4. Fountain
A fantastic story in which human feelings and destinies intertwine in a marvelous way.
The main character, Thomas Creo, sincerely wishes to save his mortally ill spouse Isabel.
For this, he decides to find the Tree of Life. Its juice, according to ancient legends, gives immortality ...
3. Life is beautiful
Guido's quiet and peaceful life collapsed with the advent of the Second World War. Together with his young son, a man ends up in a Nazi concentration camp.
Once in cruel conditions of survival, the father is trying in any way to protect his son from death. For this, he comes up with a special game in which the main prize is a tank. And to get it, you need to learn how to hide well from guards ...
2. Amelie
Amelie spent all her childhood alone, indulging in fabulous fantasies and communicating with an imaginary friend.
And only having matured, the girl decided to leave the walls of the parental house in order to get acquainted with the world around her - real and real.
And also - in order to make happier many strangers ...
1. Cloud Atlas
One of the most unusual paintings of recent years.
The film tells about how the actions and destinies of several people mysteriously influence each other in the past, present and future.
At the core are six stories and five reincarnations, each of which took place at different times and, in one way or another, intertwined with the others ...
And what interesting films made, as they say, for the soul, which you should add to our rating, do you know? Share their names in the comments!