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Reflective Movies and TV Shows: A Journey of Self-Discovery

Get ready to dive into the world of reflective movies and TV shows that will challenge your perspective, evoke emotions, and inspire self-reflection. From thought-provoking dramas to poignant coming-of-age stories, we've curated a list of the best films and series that will make you think, feel, and grow. Explore the human condition through the lens of these remarkable stories, and discover the beauty of self-discovery.

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cast
Megumi Ogata Megumi Ogata
Kotono Mitsuishi Kotono Mitsuishi
Megumi Hayashibara Megumi Hayashibara
Yuko Miyamura Yuko Miyamura
8.6 2.1K votes
Genre: Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
Country: Japan
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26
Audience: TV-14
Story:  At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.
Style:  psychological, suspenseful
Plot:  angel, depression, symbolism, affectation, loss, love, mecha, giant robot, ...
Time:  post-apocalyptic
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It's Okay to Not Be Okay
Cast
Kim Soo-hyun Kim Soo-hyun
Seo Yea-ji Seo Yea-ji
Oh Jung-se Oh Jung-se
Park Gyu-young Park Gyu-young
8.5 1.5K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 16
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected – a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them.
Plot:  post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), illustrator, brotherhood, romcom, romance, dark comedy, psychiatric hospital, antisocial personality disorder, ...
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Seven Samurai
Cast
Toshiru014d Mifune Toshiru014d Mifune
Takashi Shimura Takashi Shimura
Yoshio Inaba Yoshio Inaba
Seiji Miyaguchi Seiji Miyaguchi
8.4 4.3K votes
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 207 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Style:  violent
Plot:  martial arts, samurai, sword, peasant, village, looting, rice, fencing, ...
Time:  16th century
Place:  japan
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Even If This Love Disappears Tonight
Cast
Choo Young-woo Choo Young-woo
Shin Sia Shin Sia
Cho Yu-jung Cho Yu-jung
Jin Ho-eun Jin Ho-eun
8.4 194 votes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  A high school girl wakes up each day with no memory of yesterday. When she agrees to date a shy classmate, can their love grow with every new beginning?
Style:  slow burn, emotional, melancholic
Plot:  amnesia, based on novel or book, remake, tearjerker, reflective, high school romance, pure love, emotional growth, ...
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Howl's Moving Castle
Cast
Chieko Baisho Chieko Baisho
Takuya Kimura Takuya Kimura
Akihiro Miwa Akihiro Miwa
Tatsuya Gashuin Tatsuya Gashuin
8.4 11.2K votes
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
Style:  melancholy, philosophical, magical, romantic
Plot:  witch, flying, rain, castle, scarecrow, body exchange, hatter, bakery, ...
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House of the Dragon
Cast
Matt Smith Matt Smith
Emma D'Arcy Emma D'Arcy
Olivia Cooke Olivia Cooke
James Norton James Norton
8.4 6.6K votes
Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 26
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins when King Viserys breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.
Style:  melancholy, absurd
Plot:  based on novel or book, kingdom, prequel, dysfunctional family, knight, dragon, king, blunt, ...
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18 Again
Cast
Lee Do-hyun Lee Do-hyun
Kim Ha-neul Kim Ha-neul
Yoon Sang-hyun Yoon Sang-hyun
Roh Jeong-eui Roh Jeong-eui
8.3 268 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
Country: South Korea
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 16
Story:  At a difficult place in his marriage and career, a middle-aged man gets a shot at a do-over when he's transformed back into his 18-year-old body.
Style:  romantic
Plot:  fake identity, high school, high school sports, romance, based on movie, teenage pregnancy, reflective, father son relationship, ...
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The Midnight Gospel
Cast
Duncan Trussell Duncan Trussell
Phil Hendrie Phil Hendrie
8.3 941 votes
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Mystery
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Traversing trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, Clancy the space caster explores existential questions about life, death and everything in between.
Plot:  philosophy, simulation, universe, fantasy world, psychedelic, meditative, trippy, reflective, ...
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Wolfwalkers
Cast
Honor Kneafsey Honor Kneafsey
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Eva Whittaker
Sean Bean Sean Bean
Simon McBurney Simon McBurney
8.2 1.4K votes
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family
Country: France, Ireland
Duration: 102 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.
Plot:  friendship, wolf, magic, fairy tale, shapeshifting, wolf's lair, feral child, forest, ...
Time:  1600s
Place:  ireland
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WALL·E
Cast
Ben Burtt Ben Burtt
Elissa Knight Elissa Knight
Jeff Garlin Jeff Garlin
Fred Willard Fred Willard
8.1 20.5K votes
Genre: Animation, Family, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Duration: 98 min.
Audience: G
Story:  After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.
Style:  romantic
Plot:  garbage, dystopia, space travel, distant future, loneliness, robot, aftercreditsstinger, duringcreditsstinger, ...
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About Time
Cast
Domhnall Gleeson Domhnall Gleeson
Rachel McAdams Rachel McAdams
Bill Nighy Bill Nighy
Tom Hollander Tom Hollander
7.9 9.3K votes
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 123 min.
Audience: R
Story:  The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father reveals to him that the men in their family have the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.
Style:  intimate, whimsical
Plot:  london, england, soulmates, parent child relationship, time travel, family secrets, cornwall, england, ...
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Ballad of a Soldier
Cast
Vladimir Ivashov Vladimir Ivashov
Zhanna Prokhorenko Zhanna Prokhorenko
Antonina Maksimova Antonina Maksimova
Nikolay Kryuchkov Nikolay Kryuchkov
7.9 219 votes
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min.
Story:  During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.
Plot:  russian soldier, soldier, soldier on leave, return home, reflective, soldiers of the russian empire, blaze of glory
Time:  world war ii
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Winter Light
Cast
Ingrid Thulin Ingrid Thulin
Gunnar Bju00f6rnstrand Gunnar Bju00f6rnstrand
Gunnel Lindblom Gunnel Lindblom
Max von Sydow Max von Sydow
7.9 506 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 80 min.
Story:  A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Plot:  suicide, winter, faith, pastor, priest, meaningless existence, meditative, reflective, ...
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How to Train Your Dragon
Cast
Jay Baruchel Jay Baruchel
Gerard Butler Gerard Butler
Craig Ferguson Craig Ferguson
America Ferrera America Ferrera
7.9 14.5K votes
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family
Country: United States of America
Duration: 98 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
Style:  lighthearted, intimate, witty, romantic, whimsical
Plot:  friendship, ship, blacksmith, island, based on novel or book, flying, arena, village, ...
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Finch
Cast
Tom Hanks Tom Hanks
Caleb Landry Jones Caleb Landry Jones
Oscar Avila Oscar Avila
Lora Martinez-Cunningham Lora Martinez-Cunningham
7.8 4.1K votes
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America, India
Duration: 116 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.
Style:  provocative, witty, whimsical
Plot:  post-apocalyptic future, survival, robot, taunting, questioning, journey, speculative, humanity, ...
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A Letter to My Youth
Cast
Millo Taslim Millo Taslim
Fendy Chow Fendy Chow
Agus Wibowo Agus Wibowo
Agla Artalidia Agla Artalidia
7.8 23 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 135 min.
Story:  A rebellious teen and a reserved caretaker form an unlikely bond in an orphanage as they come to terms with their painful pasts.
Style:  melancholy, philosophical
Plot:  meditative, reflective, playful, inspirational, teenager, familiar
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The Defiant Ones
Cast
Dr. Dre Dr. Dre
Jimmy Iovine Jimmy Iovine
7.8 100 votes
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  A four-part documentary series that tells the stories of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre -- one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton - -- and their improbable partnership and surprising leading roles in a series of transformative events in contemporary culture.
Style:  shocking, provocative, suspenseful
Plot:  rap music, questioning, angry, aggressive, zealous, somber, reflective, complex, ...
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School Spirits
7.8 275 votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 24
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Maddie, a teen stuck in the afterlife investigating her own mysterious disappearance, goes on a crime-solving journey as she adjusts to high school purgatory, but the closer she gets to discovering the truth, the more secrets and lies she uncovers.
Style:  nostalgic, philosophical
Plot:  supernatural, high school, based on graphic novel, lgbt, lgbt teen, speculative, curious, mysterious, ...
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Cast
Jay Baruchel Jay Baruchel
America Ferrera America Ferrera
F. Murray Abraham F. Murray Abraham
Cate Blanchett Cate Blanchett
7.8 7.2K votes
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family
Country: United States of America
Duration: 104 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.
Style:  melancholy, philosophical, intimate, suspenseful, witty, ...
Plot:  based on novel or book, flying, villain, vikings (norsemen), sequel, overpopulation, dragon, love interest, ...
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The Sacrifice
Cast
Erland Josephson Erland Josephson
Susan Fleetwood Susan Fleetwood
Allan Edwall Allan Edwall
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7.7 620 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 149 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
Style:  philosophical
Plot:  nuclear war, philosopher, world war iii, reflective, father son relationship, enchant
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