Top Empathy Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Chris Pratt

Zoe Saldau00f1a

Dave Bautista

Karen Gillan

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

7.9 8.5K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 150 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

Plot: hero, superhero, mad scientist, based on comic, sequel, superhero team, space opera, raccoon, ...

Cast

Amy Poehler

Phyllis Smith

Richard Kind

Bill Hader

Inside Out (2015)

7.9 23.6K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: PG

Story: When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.

Plot: dreams, minnesota, sadness, cartoon, disgust, ice hockey, imaginary friend, elementary school, ...

Place: san francisco, california

Rocky (1976)

7.8 8.7K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!

Plot: underdog, philadelphia, pennsylvania, transporter, love of one's life, italian american, sports, fight, ...

Star Trek: Voyager (1995) TV Show

7.8 1.1K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 169

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.

Style: philosophical

Plot: time warp, spacecraft, hologram, space travel, galaxy, space, alien, alien planet, ...

Cast

Brendan Fraser

Sadie Sink

Ty Simpkins

Hong Chau

The Whale (2022)

7.8 4.8K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: R

Story: A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

Plot: depression, nurse, missionary, bible, overweight man, based on play or musical, dying man, obesity, ...

Place: idaho

Cast

Nonso Anozie

Christian Convery

Adeel Akhtar

Stefania LaVie Owen

Sweet Tooth (2021) TV Show

7.8 1.6K votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: On a perilous adventure across a post-apocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's half-human and half-deer searches for a new beginning with a gruff protector.

Plot: cataclysm, post-apocalyptic future, deer, hybrid, based on comic, armageddon, virus, pandemic, ...

Cast

Mandy Moore

Shane West

Peter Coyote

Daryl Hannah

A Walk to Remember (2002)

7.8 4.3K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: PG

Story: When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production, he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life, as well as a very big secret she must keep from Landon.

Style: nostalgic, romantic

Plot: high school, based on novel or book, theatre group, north carolina, romance, coming of age, cancer, tragic love, ...

Cast

Hilary Swank

Alan Ritchson

Emily Mitchell

Skywalker Hughes

Ordinary Angels (2024)

7.7 396 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.

Plot: small town, christianity, snowstorm, community, based on true story, alcoholism, tragedy, hospital, ...

Time: 1990s

Cast

Gene Hackman

Willem Dafoe

Frances McDormand

Brad Dourif

Mississippi Burning (1988)

7.7 2.0K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 128 min.

Audience: R

Story: Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

Plot: suicide, sheriff, police, funeral, ku klux klan, mississippi river, shotgun, fbi, ...

Cast

Tom Cruise

Emily Blunt

Brendan Gleeson

Bill Paxton

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

7.6 15.2K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 114 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

Style: romantic

Plot: deja vu, based on novel or book, restart, military officer, dystopia, affectation, time travel, training, ...

Time: 2020s

Cast

Michael Dorman

Terry O'Quinn

Kurtwood Smith

Michael Chernus

Patriot (2015) TV Show

7.6 189 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 18

Audience: TV-MA

Story: To prevent Iran from going nuclear, intelligence officer John Tavner must forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous "non-official cover" -- that of a mid-level employee at a Midwestern industrial piping firm.

Style: melancholy, philosophical, suspenseful, romantic, whimsical

Plot: undercover, dark comedy, curious, dramedy, thoughtful, somber, spy thriller, reflective, ...

Cast

Michelle Williams

Paul Dano

Seth Rogen

Gabriel LaBelle

The Fabelmans (2022)

7.6 2.8K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America, India

Duration: 151 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.

Plot: high school, husband wife relationship, arizona, bullying, family relationships, coming of age, teenage boy, filmmaking, ...

Cast

Uzo Aduba

Giancarlo Esposito

Molly Griggs

Ken Marino

The Residence (2025) TV Show

7.5 325 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A brilliant, eccentric detective must solve a murder in the White House residence — where the staff and guests at a state dinner are all suspects.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: detective, based on novel or book, the white house, anthology, murder, whodunit, dramedy, murder mystery, ...

Call the Midwife (2012) TV Show

7.5 263 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 15

Episodes: 117

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

Style: nostalgic, bittersweet

Plot: london, england, nurse, nun, based on novel or book, midwife, hospital, doctor, ...

Time: 1950s

Cast

Henry Thomas

Drew Barrymore

Robert MacNaughton

Peter Coyote

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

7.5 12.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: PG

Story: An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.

Plot: farewell, space marine, operation, flying saucer, nasa, homesickness, loss of loved one, prosecution, ...

Place: california

Cast

Sam Rockwell

Marc Maron

Awkwafina

Craig Robinson

The Bad Guys (2022)

7.5 2.6K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: PG

Story: When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.

Plot: based on novel or book, snake, wolf, affectation, spider, villain, heist, anthropomorphism, ...

Brilliant Minds (2024) TV Show

7.4 68 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 33

Audience: TV-14

Story: A rare condition — face blindness — gives an eccentric yet incredibly gifted neurologist a unique perspective on care, fueling his mission to change the way people see his patients. Alongside a team of brilliant young interns, he solves some of the world's most puzzling psychological cases while navigating the complicated relationships that come with the job.

Plot: based on novel or book, hospital, bronx, new york city, doctor patient relationship, neurology, psychological disorders, eccentric man, ...

Cast

Cierra Ramirez

Zuri Adele

Sherry Cola

Bryan Craig

Good Trouble (2019) TV Show

7.4 180 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 88

Audience: TV-14

Story: After moving to The Coterie in Downtown Los Angeles, Callie and Mariana Foster realize that living on their own is not all that it’s cracked up to be.

Plot: los angeles, california, spin off, young adult, casual, comforting, empathetic, pretentious

Cast

Michael Jai White

Julian Sands

Dante Basco

Eamonn Walker

Blood and Bone (2009)

7.4 907 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: R

Story: In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.

Plot: martial arts, fight, tournament, kick, prison fight, inspirational, appreciative, approving, ...

Cast

Viggo Mortensen

Naomi Watts

Vincent Cassel

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Eastern Promises (2007)

7.3 3.8K votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Canada, United Kingdom

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: R

Story: A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

Style: intense

Plot: chauffeur, london, england, prostitute, jealousy, rape, tattoo, hitman, ...

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