10 films that make you want to change your life
Quitting your job, questioning yourself or wanting to drop everything to go on an adventure?
Dive into this list of movies that can help you surpass yourself. Or even take the step of changing your life, who knows?
Into the wild
Fresh out of college, 22-year-old Christopher McCandless is set for a bright future. However, turning his back on the comfortable and uneventful existence that awaits him, the young man decides to hit the road, leaving everything behind. He travels across the United States until he reaches his goal: the wild landscapes of Alaska.
Christopher will meet colorful characters. Each, in their own way, will shape his vision of life and others.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Ben Stiller plays in this fantasy comedy a very shy man, who prefers to dream his life rather than live it. But faced with a difficulty in his professional life, Walter must find the courage to take action in the real world. He then embarks on an incredible journey, to live an adventure much richer than anything he could have imagined until now. And which should change his life forever.
Wild
In order to take stock of her life, after a personal tragedy, a young woman embarks on a crazy challenge. A 1,700 km hike along the Pacific Crest Trail ending in Canada. All this, without any walking experience.
She learns to push her limits, to open up to others and above all to accept herself as she is.
The Spanish Inn
Xavier, a twenty-five-year-old young man, goes to Barcelona to finish his studies in economics and learn Spanish. This language is necessary to occupy a position, promised to him by a friend of his father, at the Ministry of Finance. But to do this, he must leave his girlfriend Martine, with whom he has lived for four years. In Spain, Xavier looks for accommodation. He finally finds an apartment in the center of Barcelona that he plans to share with seven other people.
Above all, he will discover friendship thanks to them. They will give him a very formative experience on living together.
Eat, Pray, Love
Liz Gilbert seemed to have everything a modern woman could dream of - a husband, a home and a brilliant career. Yet she feels empty. At a crossroads after a painful divorce, she realizes she must learn what life is really about. In search of meaning, she decides to go where things are real: to eat in Italy, pray in India and seek inner peace in Bali.
The City of Joy
Traumatized by the failure of an operation, Max Lowe, a surgeon from Houston, decides not to operate anymore. After a stormy explanation with his father, to leave for Calcutta, India, to escape his demons. The young doctor finds himself in the heart of the slums, where he is robbed and injured by thugs. Hasari Pal, who fled famine in Bengal, takes him to a dispensary, run by Joan Bethel…
He then becomes friends with this farmer and his family who are trying to escape poverty and famine. Together, they will help set up a dispensary for the locals. And learn a great life lesson along the way.
Indian Palace
Escape the gloom, shelter from inheritance snatchers, reduce expenses... Each of these British retirees has their reasons for letting themselves be convinced by an advertisement promoting a special seniors' hotel in India. And thus move away from England. Alas, on arrival, it is not a palace that they discover, but a dilapidated guesthouse that its manager wants to relaunch.
But, the preparations for the upcoming wedding of the young hotel manager will nevertheless bring a new breath of fresh air to their daily life in the heart of Rajasthan.
Erin Brokovich
A single mother of three, Erin Brockovich really didn't need a car accident. Especially since the person responsible for it comes out of court financially unscathed. Forced to find a job quickly to cover all her medical and legal expenses, Erin gets a job from her lawyer as an archivist in his firm. Her looks and outspokenness don't make for an easy start, but she learns quickly. Or how to find a vocation.
The Beach
Richard, a young American, a lover of new sensations, has chosen Asia as his chosen terrain. He hopes to live strong and exhilarating adventures there. In a seedy hotel in Bangkok shunned by tourists, he meets a French couple, Françoise and Etienne.
Even if this film is not all rosy, it still makes you want to go elsewhere when faced with these heavenly landscapes.
The Rebel Wedding
In the United States, in the 1950s, April and Frank Wheeler are a couple apart. Eager to live a different life with high goals. By moving into their beautiful house, they swear that they will not let themselves be invaded by the ambient torpor. However, the Wheelers end up living the existence they dreaded. Frank has a boring job and April, a housewife, sees her dreams of escape fly away.
Determined to change her life, April comes up with a bold plan to start all over again. And so, leave their comfortable little routine in Connecticut to go live in Paris… (Allociné)
Joy
The fascinating and moving 40-year journey of a woman fiercely determined to succeed, despite her eccentric and dysfunctional family, and to build a billion-dollar empire.
She never gave up, even when no one believed in her.
Today, Joy is a millionaire, at the head of a real empire. But at the beginning of her life, she was an ordinary young woman, mistreated by those around her. Inspiring!
Jerry McGuire
Jerry Maguire, an agent for American sports stars, is rich, handsome and famous. But his fake social life weighs on him. One night, he questions himself in a note he writes. Where he tries to define the meaning he would like to give to his life. This note will cause his dismissal and all his friends will abandon him. Only Dorothy, his assistant, and Rod, a mischievous football player, will remain faithful to him.
