9 warm movies - Flicksmore

The Blind Side

Release Date 2009

Rating : 7.6 Production Companies: Alcon Entertainment, Left Tackle Pictures Director: John Lee Hancock, Gail Hunter, K.C. Hodenfield Stars: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron

Summary: The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

The Judge

Release Date 2014

Rating : 7.4 Production Companies: Village Roadshow Pictures, Warner Bros. Director: Kim Berner, David Dobkin, Ishaan Khattar Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga

Summary: A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

Little Miss Sunshine

Release Date 2006

Rating : 7.8 Production Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Bona Fide Productions Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, Lyn Matsuda Norton Stars: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell

Summary: A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

Big Fish

Release Date 2003

Rating : 8 Production Companies: Columbia Pictures, The Zanuck Company Director: Tim Burton, Janna Stern, Katterli Frauenfelder Stars: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup

Summary: Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

Warrior

Release Date 2011

Rating : 8.1 Production Companies: Solaris Film, Lionsgate Director: Jamie Marshall, Anna Rane, Jan McWilliams Stars: Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte

Summary: The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.

Wonder

Release Date 2017

Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: Lionsgate, Participant Director: Stephanie Moore, Keilah Boyle, Susan Lambie Stars: Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson

Summary: The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

I Am Sam

Release Date 2001

Rating : 7.6 Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Bedford Falls Productions Director: Jessie Nelson, Frederic Roth, Lisa Demaine Stars: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianne Wiest

Summary: Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.

Rain Man

Release Date 1988

Rating : 8 Production Companies: United Artists, Star Partners II Ltd. Director: Barry Levinson, Marshall Schlom, David McGiffert Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino

Summary: When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

The Pursuit of Happyness

Release Date 2006

Rating : 8 Production Companies: Escape Artists, Relativity Media Director: Michael Viglietta, Lars P. Winther, Carol DePasquale Stars: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandiwe Newton

Summary: A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.