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This year, I’m trying something new for Lent, and making it a goal to watch 5-6 movies for the Lenten season. They don’t need to be strictly Christian movies, and I’m more looking for movies that will fit certain themes and aspects of myself I want to work on.

Here are some of the ideas I have so far:

(1) loving my family when we sometimes disagree and have tensions; (2) loving people who aren’t like me (don’t look like me, don’t vote like me, don’t pray like me, etc.); (3) overcoming hardship/keeping hope and faith in times of hardship; (4) loving myself; (5) working on bitterness

I look forward to any movie recommendations that fit these ideas (or any other ideas you recommend)!

EDIT: If you decide to leave a recommendation, I would really appreciate it if you could also give me a brief explanation as to why you think it’s a good fit for this. Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I’d say for 3 either Shin Godzilla or Godzilla -1.0 as both are films that deal with a group of people coming together from disparate backgrounds in order to address a common threat. Shin is more political satire and -1.0 is a post-WW2 period drama (assuming you’ve seen neither and are not a massive Godzilla nerd like I am—but seriously they are excellent films in their own rights). Also The Martian is good for this too.

Avatar Way of Water is a great film about family, as is Mitchells Vs. The Machines. Both address feelings of being misunderstood by family members and coming together.

I can probably think of others…