Movies: Self help

Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey player's marriage back on track in tim...

Storyteller and Conceptual Magician Derek DelGaudio attempts to understand the illusory nature of identity and answer the deceptively simple question 'Who am I?'...

When Zhang Hui is told by long-time best friend Xiao Gong that he has a new girlfriend, she is determined to learn new tricks to gain him back. Based on the novel written by Luo Fuman, Everyone Loves Tender Women....

Young & Na!ve is a poetic apology to everyone ever sexually molested and a film that needs to be seen by everyone ever born....

Reno suffers from bouts of "white-outs" - moments in which he loses all agency and awareness. After coming to in a series of escalating environments, he wakes up to find a surgeon affixing a medical device to his face....

The Abundance Factor Takes You On An Unprecedented Journey into The Minds of The Worlds Most Knowledgeable Experts on the Subject of Abundance and Prosperity....

Wayne breaks down the phrase into its three key words: problem, spiritual, and solution. By taking examples from the lives of St. Francis of Assisi and Mother Teresa—and even finding wisdom in a “simple” nursery rhyme—Wayne clearly illustrates that b...

An overview on different difficult personality types and how to deal with them in personal and professional settings....

Comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti explores the world of new age and alternative therapies in a quest for self-knowledge, enlightenment and happiness. With her puppet Monkey as the voice of scepticism, Nina undergoes naked yoga, laughter therapy a...

A bold documentary in a measured style about the modern-day quest for meaning and personal growth....

People are forever using excuses and defending those excuses as if they were actually true. Such statements as 'It would be very difficult for me to change', or 'I'm too old/young to change' are all excuses used regularly without challenging the trut...

Spiritual Revolution examines Eastern Spirituality in the West: its origins, forms, and the many ways it has evolved and been embraced in the United States as a philosophy and an ethical approach to life. The film explores various forms of Hinduism a...

An agoraphobic man traps himself in an astronaut costume to avoid the disastrous consequences of his condition...

In this serene window into self-healing, visionary founder Charlie Malta unfolds a revolution in meditation with a practice called "Chair Windmills”, a focus on inner pain and relief from suffering....

Lloyd is a self-help guru, larger than life with a smile as wide as his ego. Eva is one of his many obsessive followers, deluded in their belief that he can help them to build a truly extraordinary life. At his "Smile School" seminar, chancing her lu...

The spiritual successor to 'The Paul Molinar Show,' 'Poetry with Paul Molinar' offers bittersweet commentaries on the state of contemporary American society, and the actions one can take to carve their own path....

At a spa where talking is forbidden, an emotionally distraught woman finds solace in the company of a kind man and the two of them gradually fall in love....

Carla Haddad Mardini was born with bombs blasting at the worst period of the Lebanese Civil War. She embarked on a career in the humanitarian field where she experienced a meteoric rise, quickly holding leadership positions, first at the ICRC and no...

The pursuit of happiness (and the display of happiness on social media!) has become a veritable cult. Happiness has become a social imperative, just like slimness, beauty and success. To better understand this obsessive quest for happiness, journalis...

The self-help industry is worth $11 billion dollars a year. It’s an industry that captivates those seeking happiness, release from suffering and those longing for a path and a leader to follow. James Arthur Ray for many who followed him was that lead...