30 MOVIES WITH RECOMMENDED VALUES ​​(FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN) - ARTE - 2025

Today I come with a list of the best films with values for children, youth and adults; With them you can learn to live in a more complete and wiser way. Among them are Seven Souls, The Theory of Everything, Always by your side or Invictus.

The cinema serves many things. One of the main reasons is to stick to the seat for a few hours to have a good time. But it also serves to teach and instill in us certain values ​​and thus be able to grow a little more as people.

List of films that teach values

1- Carlito's Way

1993 film in which Carlito Brigante is told how he decides to reform himself to leave behind the life that he led to prison. He tells how he leaves drugs forever, as well as the different illegal businesses he worked with.

With this film you will see the effort and the ability to overcome a person who does his best to try to free himself from all the bad things that he was dragging along.

2- Conduct

Story of a boy who grows up in a conflictive environment and where his mother lives between alcohol and drugs.

The young protagonist will establish a strong friendship with one of his teachers, and this will help him to get ahead despite all the adversities.

3- Miraculous hands

Ben Carson is a young boy who dreamed of being a neurosurgeon one day. Thanks to his desire to excel and also to the support of his mother, this young boy would one day be able to become what he set out to do, putting himself ahead of all adversity.

4- When love is not enough

Love story and overcoming. It tells of the efforts of a couple to overcome a life that is radically transformed the moment one of them loses his job. From then on the problems with drugs are palpable.

The ties of the couple will be fundamental in this film.

5- A matter of time

What starts out looking like a love story, turns as the minutes go by in a movie that will make you think about the transience of time.

Perhaps with it you begin to value a little more what you have and take advantage of the moment, alluding to carpe diem.

6- In search of happiness

One of the movies with which you can learn the most. Based on a true story, Will Smith will play a man who has lost everything and who must support his son while looking for work.

The plot is an ode to effort and sacrifice.

7- The theory of everything

Feature film that helped Redmayne win the Oscar thanks to his great performance. In it, she plays a Stephen Hawking who struggles to move on despite her degenerative disease.

In no time will you see him lose hope of living life and enjoying himself until the last moment.

8-127 hours

Also based on a true story. 127 hours begins with adventurer Aron Ralston visiting a rocky landscape. At one point he slips and falls through a crevice. That's when a rock rests on his arm, preventing him from escaping.

The efforts to survive will be constant and agonizing, with an ending that will surprise you.

9- The triumph for a dream

Have you never been told to pursue your dreams to the end? The Triumph for a Dream reflects the story of young August developing his musical qualities in order to achieve his goals.

10- Seven souls

Again, Will Smith returns to star in an emotional film full of feelings. He will connect with a young blind girl, and he will even be able to give his life for her.

With this film you will learn that there are still good people in this world capable of helping others.

11- Gladiator

The struggle between freedom and slavery has never been better represented. General Máximo turned gladiator must fight to earn his longed-for freedom to the end.

Along the way he will not miss a single chance to achieve this in one of the best films of all time.

12- The bicentennial man

Unconventional movie. Robin Williams will play a robot that watches all its loved ones die. His immortality causes his mentality to change and he seeks to become human.

In it you will see the struggle between the differences between robots and humans, making an allusion to the different races.

13- Always by your side

A man who meets an Akita dog every day and who accompanies him to the train station becomes a routine. The two become attached during the film until a misfortune strikes.

The loyalty of the dog, man's best friend, will be reflected throughout the entire film.

14- Invictus

Nelson Mandela's racial struggle to achieve reconciliation between the white and black races did not go unnoticed in the 1990s.

This has been represented and brought to the big screen with Matt Demon and Morgan Freeman as the main protagonists.

15- Gran Torino

Walt Kowalski's life changes when he sees crowds of Asian immigrants pouring into his neighborhood around him.

His bad temper and racist thoughts are forced to be changed due to the new circumstances in which he finds himself.

16- Inside out

You will never see feelings better represented than in this movie. Different emotions dress up as people to give a lesson on personalities.

In it, Alegría and Tristeza will embark on a great adventure.

17- The ultimate gift

Surely you have asked yourself on many occasions the meaning of existence. In this film, a young man who loses his grandfather must take a series of 12 tests to receive his will in a film, to say the least, profound.

18- Loves Comes Softly

Again, love takes shape in a film that talks about the unshakableness of this feeling and the strength it carries with it at times.

The plot tells how Marty and Aarón move to a town to start a new life, something that will be truncated with some unexpected events. Aaron dies and Marty will have to get ahead anyway.

19- Any Sunday

The Miami Sharks, an American football team, are in crisis. The reason? After being champions they have not raised their heads and only link defeat after defeat.

Don't forget that mythical talk by Al Pacino in the locker room to the entire team that has gone down in film history.

20- Rush

Incredible two-way battle between Formula 1 drivers. Niki Lauda and James Hunt fight for the world championship.

This story of self-improvement tells how, despite the inconveniences, you can get ahead and overcome any adversity.

21- Babe, the brave little pig

In a farm where each animal has a role, Babe, a little pig, will do what it takes to be a sheep pig and not end up being Christmas dinner.

It will show that to achieve our goals we must first believe in ourselves and that friendship is the best support.

22- The Emperors Club

The teacher William Hundert will try to educate his students. But he will find that his students will change him too

23- In the world at all times

A film made up of five short films. Each of them deals with issues related to children and their rights, such as education and violence.

All the stories will touch the hearts and the perspective we have of the world and the way of life in general.

24- In Search of Bobby Fischer

Josh Waitzkin is a child prodigy at chess. His parents hire a teacher to improve his abilities, but for Josh his teacher's ideal is not what he wants to achieve.

25- The Dream Builder

After the death of his wife, Henry Cobb feels that his life has no meaning. He spent his life making bricks, and this will lead him to regain his desire to live in the least expected way.

26- The butterfly circus

At the time of the Great Depression, people in America lived inhumanly. But among this suffering is Mendez, the owner of the Butterfly Circus, who opens its doors to those who have lost hope, like Will, a man without limbs.

27- Pay It Forward or Chain of Favors

A teacher challenges his students: to produce a world-changing idea that they could execute. One of the students, Trevor McKinney, comes up with a great idea that will significantly impact his community.

28- untouchable friends

A man with many problems and a famous writer create friendly ties that not everyone can understand.

History will show us that friendship is one of the strongest feelings and with the greatest impact on people.

29- Loving dangerously

Sarah Jordan decides to go to Africa with the help of her friend Nick Callahan to meet and help improve living conditions on the continent. This will change your perspective on the way you live.

30- What really matters

Alec travels to Canada and leaves behind his life as a mechanical engineer and a near-bankrupt shop owner. In this journey he will face his past and himself, which will lead him to situations that seem impossible.

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Other recommended lists

Recommended movies of all genres.

Sad movies.

Movies based on real events.

Movies to reflect on life.

Movies to watch as a family.

Educational films.

Psychological movies.

Philosophical movies.

Romantic movies.

Movies of personal improvement.

Adventure movies.

Music movies.