e all need inspiration, and what better way to get it than through some great movies? Grab your popcorn and kick up your feet, because these films are sure to keep you glued to your TV.
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1) Dor
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One reviewer explains the storyline: "Shankar Singh and his wife, Meera, live in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, along with their widowed paternal grandmother, Laxmibai, his mother, Gowri, and father, Randhir. The family feels blessed after Meera's entry into their lives. Shankar must travel abroad to Saudi Arabia, bidding farewell to Meera with a promise to stay in touch. He keeps this promise, sending a large portion of his earnings to help pay off the family's debts. However, when they receive no word from him, a worried Meera calls and is devastated to learn that Shankar has been killed by being thrown from a 10th-floor balcony. Her status quickly changes: her jewelry, ornaments, and fancy clothes are taken away, and she is told to remain indoors, wear dark clothes, and only pray at a Mandir. Things start to brighten for Meera when she befriends an Islamic woman, Zeenat, who has come from Himachal Pradesh to search for her husband, Amir Khan. Shortly thereafter, Meera's world is turned upside down when..."
Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
(Source: IMDb)
2) The Waitress
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A film by: Adrienne Shelly
Jenna (Russell), a small-town waitress with big dreams, possesses an uncanny gift for baking out-of-this-world pies. Her secret ambition is to win a $25,000 contest so she can leave her obnoxious husband, open her own pie shop, and transform her life. A chance meeting with a handsome newcomer to town might just provide the right ingredients for Jenna to find true happiness.
(Source: The Waitress)
3) Bridges of Madison County
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World-traveling National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid and Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson aren’t looking to turn their lives upside down. Each is at a point in life where expectations are behind them. Yet, four days after they meet, neither wants to let go of the love they’ve found.
(Source: Bridges of Madison County)
4) The Color Purple
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One reviewer says, "This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life." - Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
(source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088939/ )
5) Terms of Endearment
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One reviewer says, "Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Breedlove, a retired astronaut and next-door neighbor, are quite striking. In the end, different people show their love in very different ways."— Written by John Vogel jlvogel@comcast.net(Source: IMDB)
6) Erin Brokovich
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One reviewer says, "Erin Brockovich-Ellis is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job but having no luck. Her losing streak extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor from a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer into giving her a job as compensation for the loss. Despite her trashy clothes and earthy manners causing others to dismiss her, that soon changes when she begins investigating a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. She discovers that the company is quietly buying land contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste they are improperly dumping and poisoning the local residents. As Erin digs deeper, she becomes the leading force in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion-dollar corporation."— Written by Kenneth Chisholm kchishol@execulink.com(Source: IMDB)
8) Amelie
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One reviewer says, "Amélie is a story about a girl named Amélie whose childhood was overshadowed by her father's mistaken concerns about a heart defect. These concerns led to Amélie having minimal real-life contact with others, causing her to retreat into a fantastical world of her own dreams of love and beauty. As a young woman, she moves to central Paris and works as a waitress. After finding a lost treasure belonging to a former occupant of her apartment, she decides to return it to him. Witnessing his reaction and newfound perspective inspires her to dedicate her life to the people around her, including her father, who is obsessed with his garden gnome; a failed writer; a hypochondriac; a man who stalks his ex-girlfriends; a 'ghost'; a suppressed young soul; the love of her life; and a man with brittle bones. However, as she becomes consumed by these escapades, she realizes that she is neglecting her own life and jeopardizing her quest for love."— Written by spragg_s(Source: IMDB)
9) Cries and Whispers
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One reviewer says, "In turn-of-the-century Sweden, cancer-stricken, dying Agnes is visited in her isolated rural mansion by her sisters Karin and Maria. As Agnes' condition deteriorates and pain management becomes increasingly more difficult, fear and revulsion grip the sisters, who seem incapable of empathy, and Agnes' only comfort and solace comes from her maid Anna. As the end draws closer, long repressed feelings of grudging resentment and mistrust cause jealousy, selfishness, and bitterness between the siblings to surface." Written by duke1029
(Source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069467/ )
10) Juno
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One reviewer says, "A tale told over four seasons, starting in autumn when Juno, a 16-year-old high-school junior in Minnesota, discovers she's pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend, Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic, the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place the child with an adoptive couple. She finds one in the PennySaver personals, contacts them, tells her dad and step-mother, and carries on with school. The chosen parents, upscale yuppies (one of whom is cool and laid back, the other meticulous and uptight), meet Juno, sign papers, and the year unfolds. Will Juno's plan work, can she improvise, and what about Bleeker?" Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
(Source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467406/?ref_=tt_sims_tti )
13) Eat, Pray, Love
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Sony Pictures says, "Liz Gilbert (Roberts) had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having - a husband, a house, 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." Written by Sony Pictures
(Source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0879870/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 )
