Top rated 18 personal growth movies with Drama

Check out today’s highest ranked personal growth Drama movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best personal growth Drama movies, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)

When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.

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2023-03-29 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams

Rating

rating icon 7.258
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    adolescent
  2. Ranked #1 for
    pleasantly surprising
  3. Ranked #1 for
    striking a chord

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2 The Hand of God (2021)

In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved from a freak accident by football legend Diego Maradona.

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2021-11-24 | Drama

Cast

Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo

Rating

rating icon 7.58
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slice of life
  2. Ranked #2 for
    stylistic flourish
  3. Ranked #2 for
    neo-realism

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3 And Then We Danced (2019)

Merab, a devoted dancer, has been training for years with his partner Mary for a spot in the National Georgian Ensemble. The arrival of another male dancer, Irakli, sparks both an intense rivalry and romantic desire that may cause Merab to risk his future in dance as well as his relationships.

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2019-09-13 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    traditional
  2. Ranked #1 for
    scornful character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    manly

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4 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.

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2019-09-07 | Drama / History

Cast

Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks

Rating

rating icon 6.968
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cynical view
  2. Ranked #1 for
    humble
  3. Ranked #2 for
    cynical

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5 Waves (2019)

A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.

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2019-11-15 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    imaginative directing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sob story
  3. Ranked #1 for
    picking up pace

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6 Goodbye, Petrushka (2022)

Claire moves impulsively from NYC to Paris, where she nannies for the family from hell, battles wacky French bureaucrats, embarrasses herself in front of her Parisian crush and navigates a toxic relationship - among other faux pas.

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2022-06-12 | Comedy / Romance

Cast

Lizzie Kehoe, Thomas Vieljeux

Rating

rating icon 5.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    refreshing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    versatile director
  3. Ranked #1 for
    accomplished director

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7 Compartment No. 6 (2021)

A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.

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2021-10-29 | Drama

Cast

Seidi Haarla, Yuriy Borisov

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    abstract concept
  2. Ranked #1 for
    old-fashioned feels
  3. Ranked #2 for
    anyone must watch

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8 Pain and Glory (2019)

Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.

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2019-03-22 | Drama

Cast

Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia

Rating

rating icon 7.403
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    for rumination
  2. Ranked #1 for
    bold colors
  3. Ranked #1 for
    for introspection

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9 Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)

Hilarious and outgoing, Brittany Forgler, is everybody’s best friend ― except her own. Her partying, underemployment and toxic relationships are catching up with her. She receives a startling wake-up call when a visit to the doctor reveals how unhealthy she is. Motivated to lose weight, but too broke for a gym and too proud to ask for help, Brit is at a loss, until her neighbor pushes her to run one sweaty block. Soon, she sets an almost unthinkable goal: the New York City Marathon.

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2019-08-23 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    third wheel
  2. Ranked #1 for
    inspirational
  3. Ranked #1 for
    dislikeable

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10 Cherry (2023)

A driftless young woman discovers she's 11 weeks pregnant and has only 24 hours to make a consequential decision. This charming and meditative film examines how softly life moves, even in our most urgent moments.

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2023-04-14 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Alexandria Trewhitt, Hannah Alline

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    self-improvement
  2. Ranked #1 for
    personal growth
  3. Ranked #3 for
    richly textured

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