The Shadow in My Eye
2021 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 558 votes
On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
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Inspiring Movies
This SceneIt list helps you quickly choose acclaimed dramas and true-story favorites with an uplifting arc. Results are selected for the United States and balance audience response with practical watchability.
Updated 2026-08-03 · Ratings from TMDB
How we chose these titles
We rank eligible titles using TMDB audience ratings, vote confidence, relevance to the theme, and current popularity. Ratings can change as new votes are added.
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 289 votes
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
While at War
2019 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 307 votes
Salamanca, Spain, 1936. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 384 votes
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Heiress
1949 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 284 votes
In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Miracle Worker
1962 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 346 votes
The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Kidnapped
2023 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 380 votes
The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Argentina 1985
2022 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 754 votes
In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The First King
2019 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,130 votes
Romulus and Remus, two shepherds and loyal brothers, end up taking part to a journey that will lead one of them to be the founder of the greatest nation ever seen. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Virgin Spring
1960 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 684 votes
Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri, to deliver candles to a distant church. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 379 votes
The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
You Don't Know Jack
2010 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 442 votes
Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
North Face
2008 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 311 votes
North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Silver Skates
2020 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 313 votes
1899, the Christmas-time St.Petersburg. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Silent Revolution
2018 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 259 votes
In 1956 Stalinstadt, East Germany, during the Hungarian uprising against Soviets is taking place, local teenagers perform a seemingly harmless act that causes unexpected consequences. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Full Out
2015 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 348 votes
Based on the true life story of California gymnast Ariana Berlin. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Promise at Dawn
2017 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 511 votes
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Frantz
2016 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 744 votes
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Innocents
2016 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 429 votes
Poland, 1945. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Labyrinth of Lies
2014 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 607 votes
A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.