While watching these kinds of spiritual movies, we all want to experience the unique experiences of the character, to have the special abilities they have gained, or to have a mentor who does not leave them alone on this path. But when we see the problems and inner conflicts they have experienced, we understand that they do not have an easy life.
There are many films that deal with such topics, but we have brought together the most valuable of them for you. I hope you have a pleasant time watching these movies that can touch your life, have a good time.
Best Spiritual Films (in alphabetical order)
You can be better than before: The Legend of Bagger Vance / The Legend of Bagger Vance
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sports
Year: 2000
Cast: Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron
Director: Robert Redford
IMDb: 6.7
The Legend of Bagger Vance is a movie that even someone who doesn’t like golf can make great sense of. Directed by Robert Redford, the film does a very successful job with the acting of Matt Damon and Charlize Theron, especially Will Smith.
A former golfer (Matt Damon) who participated in a golf tournament in 1931 begins to put on a performance beyond his old glory days with the mentorship of Bagger Vance (Will Smith), who suddenly appears.
You are defeated not when you lose, but when you give up: Calm Warrior / Peaceful Warrior
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sports
Year: 2006
Cast: Scott Mechlowicz, Nick Nolte, Amy Smart
Director: Victor Salva
IMDb: 7.2
Based on the book of the same name, Peaceful Warrior with a true story with fantastic elements; when it starts, it creates the perception of a simple, ordinary youth movie. But then it turns into a film that takes away spiritually with its subject, operation and affecting dialogues. We know its director from the movie Powder, which is also on our list.
A young man preparing for the Olympics in gymnastics at the university embarks on a spiritual journey to relieve the inner restlessness that keeps him awake at night. He realizes that he will find the answers he is looking for in the mysterious old man whom he calls Socrates, who comes across him at a gas station when he least expects it.
“If you build, they will come”: Field of Dreams / Field of Dreams
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Year: 1989
Cast: Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, Amy Madigan
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
IMDb: 7.5
With a story about baseball, a sport we don’t know much about as a country, Field of Dreams, with its main theme based on hopes and dreams, “This is not a sports movie, it’s life!” from the productions that make you say.
A man who is a farmer with his family changes his life when one day he hears a voice while working in the field. The voice he hears tells him that “they will come” if he builds a baseball field. The man, who listens to the voice of his heart, listens to this voice coming from the unknown and starts to work, even though he is in a very depressed period economically.
Last exit before the fall: The Fall / The Fall
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Year: 2006
Cast: Lee Pace, Justine Waddell, Catinca Untaru
Director: Tarsem Singh
IMDb: 7.8
The Fall, which also contains scenes from Hagia Sophia, has everything a moviegoer could love. It leaves an unforgettable taste with its music, acting, interesting fairy tale story and great visual feast.
A stunt teenager who was hospitalized for being injured on a movie set in the 1920s, begins to tell a fairy-tale story to a little girl he meets there. After a while, the young man, who started to confuse the fairy tale and the truth, reflects his depression to the story, causing the story to become depressed.
Life changed by lightning: Wonderboy / Powder
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Year: 1995
Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen
Director: Victor Salva
IMDb: 6.6
Powder is one of the fixtures of the 90s. It is very rare to watch in childhood and not be affected. In fact, his scenes are such a hit that there is a considerable audience that has not been able to find his name for years.
This is the story of a boy who survived after his mother was killed by lightning during her pregnancy. Of course, this lightning creates unexpected changes in his body. Born as an albino, completely hairless, this boy was told by his father, “This freak can’t be my child!” He is abandoned and raised by his grandparents and leads an isolated life away from everyone. Until they too leave this world…
The eyes you seek are out there somewhere: I Origins
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Year: 2014
Cast: Michael Pitt, Astrid Berges-Frisbey
Director: Mike Cahill
IMDb: 7.3
Although it starts out like a romantic movie, I Origins is a good production in the context of the mystery it contains and the issues it questions. It has an intriguing, exciting flowing story on the subject of reincarnation.
A molecular biologist researching the evolution of the eye falls in love with the eyes of a woman he met at a masked party and cannot forget them even after years. One day, on a billboard, he comes across the eyes he was shot in again and reaches the woman. They fall in love, but an unfortunate accident separates them. Will he ever be able to look into the same eyes again?
In pursuit of a bluebird: K-PAX
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Year: 2001
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges
Director: Iain Softley
IMDb: 7.4
Mental hospital movies often produce things that are enjoyable to watch. K-Pax is one of those movies. It will make you watch with curiosity with the mystery it protects until the end.
A mysterious man who says his name is Prot is taken to a health center after he claims to be from a planet called K-Pax. When she influences both the psychiatrist and other patients with her confident demeanor, things start to get out of hand.
In search of immortality…: Source / The Fountain
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Year: 2006
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz
Director: Darren Aronofsky
IMDb: 7.2
The Fountain is about a man’s eternal battle to save the woman he loves, in three different times (past, present, future) with a visual feast of music. The concept of the Tree of Life is the main theme of the film, and it shows that the effort of human beings to reach immortality in every period is futile.
“+ Hug me. – I can’t…” : Scissors Hands / Edward Scissorhands
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Year: 1990
Cast: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder
Director: Tim Burton
IMDb: 7.9
A modern adaptation of Pinocchio that was left unfinished after the sudden death of the inventor. Edward Scissorhands, which connects a fantastic fairy tale and real life very well, is an exquisite masterpiece left to us by Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder under the direction of Tim Burton. At first it sounds absurd, but then you fall under its spell and slowly dive into the sea of emotions.
Do you believe in miracles?: Miracle / Phenomenon
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Year: 1996
Cast: John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall, Kyra Sedgwick
Director: Jon Turteltaub
IMDb: 6.4
Phenomenon is one of the films with a warm story that people who are interested in parapsychology and telekinesis will love.
Having a character that we can call the male version of Pollyanna, George is the indispensable person of the environments that are loved and respected by the people around him. One night, as he gazes at the sky, he passes out from a beam of light that slowly creeps towards him and enters him, and his interesting traits and powers begin to emerge. Although he first attracts a lot of attention from his surroundings because of these paranormal powers, over time he begins to turn into a stranger who scares them.
For those who want to stop time: Add Beauty to Time / Cashback
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Year: 2006
Cast: Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox
Director: Sean Ellis
IMDb: 7.1
Cashback, which entered our lives as a feature film in 2006 after being liked as a short film in 2004, is one of the meaningful films with its subject of time.
The young man, whose dream is to become a painter, begins to suffer from insomnia after breaking up with the woman he loves. To keep her mind busy, she decides to work the night shift of a grocery store. With the effect of this heavy insomnia, he discovers the ability to stop time. In this time that doesn’t flow, he explores the beauty that he would normally easily miss.
A line from the movie: You can slow down, speed up or even freeze time. But you can never rewind, you can never undo what has been done.
We are waiting for the spiritual movies that we forgot and you cannot get rid of in the comments.
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