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Searching for Meaning
About a Boy (2002): for info and video clips / to buy
American Beauty (1999) for info and video clips / to buy
The Apostel (1997): for info and video clips / to buy
Being There (1979): for info / to buy
Cider House Rules (1999) : for info / to buy
Dead Poets Society (1989): for info / to buy
Field of Dreams (1989): for info / to buy
Grand Canyon (1991): for info and video clips / to buy
Groundhog Day (1993): for info and video clips / to buy
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946): for info and video clips / to buy
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973): for info / to buy
My Dinner with Andre (1981): for info / to buy
Short Cuts (1993): for info and video clips / to buy
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002): for info and video clips / to buy
The Truman Show (1998):
for info and video clips / to buy
The Visitor (2007): for info and video clips / to buy
Spirituality
Bee Season (2005): for info and videos clips / to buy
City of Angels (1998): for info and video clips / to buy
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Malcom X (1992): for info and video clips / to buy
Powder (1995): for info / to buy
Resurrection (1980): for info / to buy
The Third Miracle (2000); for info and video clips / to buy
What the #$*! Do We Know!? (2004)
Wings of Desire (1987, German with English subtitles): for info / to buy
Transformation and Renewal
The Full Monty (1997): for info and video clips / to buy
Good Will Hunting (1997): for info / to buy
Groundhog Day (1993): for info and video clips / to buy
Lantana (2001): for info and video clips / to buy
Lost in Translation (2003): for info and video clips / to buy
Magnolia (1999): for info and video clips / to buy
Pieces of April (2003): for info / to buy
Ruby in Paradise (1993): for info and video clips / to buy
Schindler’s List (1993, emotionally challenging): for info and video clips / to buy
Something Gotta Give (2003): for info and video clips / to buy
The Station Agent (2003): for info and video clips / to buy
Support Groups and Friendships
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973): for info / to buy
The Big Chill (1983): for info and video clips / to buy
Circle of Friends (1995): for info and video clips / to buy
City Slickers (1991): for info and video clips / to buy
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); for info and video clips / to buy
The Lord of the Rings (2001 - 2003): for info and video clips / to buy
Peter's Friends (1992): for info and video clips / to buy
Star Wars (1977 - 2002): for info and video clips / to buy
Steel Magnolias (19890; for info and video clips / to buy
Role Models
Apollo 13 (1995): for info and video clips / to buy
The Chorus (2004, in French)
Erin Brockovich (2000): for info and video clips / to buy
Field of Dreams (1989): for info / to buy
Finding Forrester (2000): for info and video clips / to buy
Gandhi (1982): for info and video clips / to buy
Places in the Heart (1984): for info / to buy
Ruby in Paradise (1993): for info and video clips / to buy
Rudy (1993): for info and video clips / to buy
Personal Courage
Babe (1995); for info and video clips / to buy
Braveheart (1995, emotionally challenging) for info and video clips / to buy
Chariots of Fire for info and video clips / to buy
Courage Under Fire (1996) for info and video clips / to buy
The English Patient (1996) for info and video clips / to buy
Door to Door (2002) for info and video clips / to buy
Do the Right Thing for info and video clips / to buy
Endurance (1999) for info and video clips / to buy
Field of Dreams for info and video clips / to buy
Forrest Gump for info and video clips / to buy
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) for info and video clips / to buy
Gandhi for info and video clips / to buy
Gattaca for info and video clips / to buy
Gone With the Wind (1939) for info and video clips / to buy
Gorillas in the Mist (1988) for info and video clips / to buy
The Insider (1999) for info and video clips / to buy
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973): for info / to buy
Julia (1977): for info and video clips / to buy
The Contender (2000): for info and video clips / to buy
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959): for info and video clips / to buy
The Gladiator (2000): for info and video clips / to buy
Life Is Beautiful: for info and video clips / to buy
Little Big Man (1970): for info and video clips / to buy
Mask (1985): for info and video clips / to buy
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Norma Rae (1979): for info and video clips / to buy
Out of Rosenheim (Baghdad Café) (1988): for info and video clips / to buy
Open Range (2003): for info and video clips / to buy
Places in the Heart (1984): for info / to buy
Ruby in Paradise (1993): for info and video clips / to buy
Rudy (1993): for info and video clips / to buy
Saving Private Ryan (emotional challenging, 1998): for info and video clips / to buy
Serving in Silence: for info and video clips / to buy
The Shawshank Redemption: for info and video clips / to buy
Silkwood (1983): for info and video clips / to buy
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001): for info and video clips / to buy
A Town Like Alice (1981): for info and video clips / to buy
The Untouchables (1987): for info and video clips / to buy
The Wizard of Oz (1939): for info and video clips / to buy