Movies with a Deep Meaning

List of the best movies with deep meaning, selected by visitors to our site: The Pursuit of Happyness, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Nocturnal Animals, The Lobster, Last Holiday, Peaceful Warrior, Yes Man, The Butterfly Effect, Mr. Nobody, Fight Club.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 8
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:57

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

Markimdb: 8.3
Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

    Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
    Duration01:36

      In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration02:00

      A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:44

      Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:53

      A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryBelgium, Germany, Canada, France, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, USA
      Duration02:18

        Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

        Markimdb: 8.8
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration02:11

        A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA

        In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:03

        Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

          A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:32

          A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:42

            In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.

            Markimdb: 7.7
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:30

            When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.

            Markimdb: 8.5
            Genrethriller, comedy, drama
            CountrySouth Korea
            Duration01:07

            All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

            Markimdb: 7.7
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountrySweden
            Duration02:04

            Despite grumpy 59 year-old Ove being deposed as president of his condominium association, but he keeps looking over the neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally back into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:25

            A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genrefantasy, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:46

            Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:32

            A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:44

              Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
              CountrySpain

              A mysterious place, an indescribable prison, a deep hole. An unknown number of levels. Two inmates living on each level. A descending platform containing food for all of them. An inhuman fight for survival, but also an opportunity for solidarity.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrefantastic, drama
              CountryUSA, Canada, Mexico
              Duration01:56

              An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

              Markimdb: 5.9
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA
              Duration02:09

              Set in the Holy Land in the first century C.E., a young woman leaves her small fishing village and traditional family behind to join a radical new social movement. At its head is a charismatic leader, Jesus of Nazareth, who promises that the world is changing. Mary is searching for a new way of living, and an authenticity that is denied her by the rigid hierarchies of the day. As the notoriety of the group spread and more are drawn to follow Jesus’ inspirational message, Mary’s spiritual journey places her at the heart of a story that will lead to the capital city of Jerusalem, where she must confront the reality of Jesus’ destiny and her own place within it.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genrethriller, drama, detective
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration01:52

                After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

                Markimdb: 7.5
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryAustria
                Duration01:48

                Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:09

                A supernatural thriller centered on three people -- a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy -- who are touched by death in different ways.

                Markimdb: 7.7
                Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, detective
                CountryCanada, USA
                Duration01:56

                An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.

                Markimdb: 8.4
                Genredrama
                CountryLebanon, USA, France, Cyprus, Qatar, United Kingdom
                Duration02:05

                Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genrefantasy, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:19

                  The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

                  Markimdb: 6.1
                  Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, Romania, France
                  Duration01:46

                  A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

                  Markimdb: 8.2
                  Genrecomedy, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:43

                  Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows -- including his wife and his best friend -- is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.

                  Markimdb: 7.7
                  Genrecomedy, drama
                  CountryDenmark, Sweden, Netherlands

                  Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication.

                  Markimdb: 7.7
                  Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
                  CountryUnited Kingdom
                  Duration01:48

                  Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

                  Markimdb: 7.4
                  Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
                  CountryUSA, Hong Kong

                  When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

                  Markimdb: 7.4
                  Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
                  CountryUSA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore
                  Duration02:52

                  A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

                  Markimdb: 6.4
                  Genrefantastic, adventure, family
                  CountryUSA, Spain, France, Canada, United Kingdom
                  Duration02:22

                  Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genrefamily
                  CountryUnited Kingdom
                  Duration01:39

                  Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her wealthy but bitter aunt after the tragic death of her father. Pollyanna shares a game her father taught her -- the 'Glad Game' -- in which everyone can find a silver lining in even the darkest cloud, and her sunny nature, good humor and determination to look on the bright side of life prove to have an astonishing effect on those around her. With the help of her orphaned friend, Jimmy Bean, she casts her spell on the grumpiest townsfolk of Beldingsville -- including the cynical shut-in Mrs. Snow, the morose millionaire Mr. Pendleton and the enigmatic Dr. Chilton. And Pollyanna masterminds the romance between her Aunt's maid, Nancy, and the handyman, Tim. It is only Aunt Polly, who cannot bring herself to embrace Pollyanna's innocence and joy. But all is not straightforward in Pollyanna's war against pessimism, since she must overcome a personal tragedy that threatens to banish "glad" from her vocabulary forever.

                  Markimdb: 8.2
                  Genrecomedy, drama, biography
                  CountryUSA, China
                  Duration02:10

                  Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

                  Markimdb: 8.7
                  Genrefantastic, action
                  CountryUSA, Australia
                  Duration02:16

                  Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

                  Markimdb: 8.1
                  Genreadventure, family, cartoon, music
                  CountryUSA

                  Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.

                  Markimdb: 7.3
                  Genredrama, music, biography
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:22

                  Growing up in Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father. His childhood and relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe.

                  Markimdb: 6.4
                  Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
                  CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                  Duration02:08

                    Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.

                    Markimdb: 5.8
                    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:14

                    Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy, the power of prayer in India and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali.

                    Markimdb: 5.5
                    Genredocumentary
                    CountryAustralia, USA
                    Duration01:29

                    Interviews with leading authors, philosophers, scientists, with an in-depth discussion of the Law of Attraction. The audience is shown how they can learn and use 'The Secret' in their everyday lives.

                    Markimdb: 5.7
                    Genrefantasy, drama, history
                    CountryUSA, Indonesia
                    Duration01:47

                    At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.




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