Hopeful Movies

Inspired by the alarming increase in real-life tragedies involving high school bullying and suicide, Teens Like Phil tells the story of a gay teen,...

Adapting Jaroslav Hasek's raucous satirical novel, and also bringing Josef Lada's equally famous illustrations to garrulous puppet life, posed Trnka...

The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.

A recovering addict, Jess, meets Charles, a dying man praying God will use him "just one more" time. As their lives collide, Jess battles shame, and...

A desperate man runs late for a job interview set up by his arrogant brother-in-law.

Pedro arrives at the coast and reunites with Maxi, whom he hasn't seen since childhood. Hoping to make his ex-girlfriend jealous, Maxi asks Pedro to...

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is drawn at the border towns of Sderot and Gaza, neighboring towns separated by a wall and a few hundred yards....

Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the...

At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost...

Artist Traci is a once-devout Christian who has stopped believing in God after her husband tragically died despite her prayers. As her second...

It all begins in 1769. Her name is Hope, a beautiful genie of Oriental descent. She is the only one who can save the White Moon Drake, her only...

Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest...

A man on his deathbed is mysteriously called into the vast fields of the unknown. With only an oxygen tank and a dog clicker, he must take one final...

Lost at 29, Laurent retreats to an empty Alpine ski resort, where clashes with quirky residents ignite conflict, challenge his isolation and push him...

Middle school, New York City. Everyone's got a secret. Josh and Rachel have been best friends since second grade, but their relationship is about to...

Welcome to Ahwatukee, Arizona – where Cory Green's world is rocked apart following a mind-smashing life event.

The film follows a rebellious teenager on leave from the Marines who falls in love with a female musician. The relationship is threatened when she...

After Saleem is released from prison after twenty years, he stays alone at home, haunted by nightmares, while Cosette tries to reconnect with him and...

Uncle Kai has been living alone. He was forced into retirement, questioning his life—from a failed marriage, to a strained relationship with...

In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students' lives are transformed when they are...