Lion (2016)

both about based on novel or book · shares that contemplative feel

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal compl

both about biography · same contemplative energy

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

both about based on novel or book · just as contemplative

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugeni

kindred drama spirit

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

kindred drama spirit

A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

both about biography

Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

both about based on true story

A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.

kindred drama spirit

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

kindred drama spirit

Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.

kindred drama spirit

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

both about based on true story

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

kindred drama spirit

A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.