We have all experienced a personal 'disaster' at some point. It could be a serious illness, bankruptcy, a broken heart, or something else. It is difficult for us to prepare for everything that happens to us, but we must realize that life goes on. And films can also help us with this, where we can see that change in life also depends on how we approach the problems that arise.
These are films that are worth watching especially when we feel like it life as we know it disintegrated.
If I Stay (2014)
Mia is a talented girl who plays the cello, loves classical music and rocker Adam. But her life turns upside down when she is left in a coma after a car accident. During the out-of-body experience, she must decide whether she will wake up and live anew.
Unconditional (2012)
Samantha Crawford lives a happy life. But this is lost on her the moment her husband is killed. He loses hope and doesn't want to live anymore. When she meets her old friend Joe, he becomes her support and brings meaning back into her life.
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
A lawyer has a rather unusual case in court: an 11-year-old girl is suing her parents after realizing she was only conceived to help her sister with leukemia live.
The Foul in Our Stars (2014)
The clever teenager Hazel has been dealing with illnesses since she was young, and the diagnosis of incurable lung cancer finally seals her fate. But at a meeting with other patients, she meets the handsome and confident Augustus, who lost his leg to cancer. Despite the awareness of imminent death, the young couple slowly become closer and in a short time face all the beauty and sadness of boundless love.
Soul Kitchen (2009)
Zinos Kazantsakis is the owner of a not very popular restaurant in Hamburg. It all gets a little better when he hires a new and better chef. New successes bring him a more dynamic life, but then it seems that misfortune follows him at every step.
Before I Die (Now Is Good, 2012)
Tessa is suffering from incurable leukemia. When doctors tell her she only has a few weeks to live, Tessa interrupts treatment and, with the help of a friend, makes a list of all the things she would like to experience before she dies. Her adventures are hampered by protective parents who don't want to face the imminent loss of their daughter, and Tessa is surprised by the feelings of love aroused in her by the friendly neighborhood boy Adam.
Still Alice (Still Alice, 2014)
One day, Alice notices that she is forgetting words, important meetings and the names of her friends, and the doctors diagnose her with the beginnings of Alzheimer's disease. As he tries to adjust his life to the growing holes in his memory, he finds himself faced with the difficult dilemma of how to maintain his personal dignity in front of friends and family while finding enough time to enjoy the passing moments of self-reflection.
My Life Without Me (2003)
23-year-old Ann has two daughters, an unemployed husband who hates everyone around him, and a father who just got out of prison. She supports her family as a maid at the university. Her monotonous life changes when she learns that she has incurable cancer and 3 months to live. That's when she decides to radically change her life.
The Book Thief (2013)
Liesel Meminger lives in a foster family near Munich - her mother, a communist, was transported to Dachau. Although Liesel cannot read, it is at her brother's funeral that she steals a book for the first time - a rather creepy gravedigger's manual. When she learns to read with the help of her foster father, books become her passion.
Restless (2011)
A terminally ill girl and boy like to attend strangers' funerals. Their unusual life paths intertwine into a heartfelt romance, but before they can indulge in love, they must explain the strange apparitions of a suicidal Japanese World War II pilot who is constantly watching and following them.
Lion: The Long Way Home (Lion, 2016)
Five-year-old Saroo gets lost during the trip and after a long journey by train lands in the multimillion-dollar Calcutta. Not knowing where his family is, he ends up on the road, and after many cruel trials, he is finally accepted into an orphanage. He is adopted by an Australian family and despite his happy upbringing, memories of his real family keep coming back to him. In order to discover where he comes from, he embarks on an impossible mission to find his past, because only this can give him a happy future.
