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This list of movies highlights films about people discovering, developing and using their potential to follow their life calling. If you need to get inspired or find a few role models, take a look at these films. And if you would like to suggest a movie, send us an e-mail.
Movie List
Boys Town
(1938, NR, Drama, Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney)
A priest is moved to help children in trouble (issue).
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977, PG, Science Fiction, Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr)
A telephone lineman (life path 4) and scientists (life path 7) struggle to make contact with extraterrestrial life (life calling). To follow that calling, the lineman has to overcome many obstacles, including
cultural taboos and the resistance of his family and government authorities.
Contact
(1997, PG, Science Fiction, Jody Foster, Mathew McConaughey)
A scientist (life path 7) searches for contact with extraterrestrial life (life calling).
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
(1993, PG-13, Action, Jason Scott Lee, Lauren Holly)
A young martial artist (life path 5, gifts and talents) is called to bring the martial arts to the west (life calling) and begins teaching martial arts (life path 6). His attempts require overcoming many obstacles, including cultural taboos against teaching martial arts to Westerners.
Field of Dreams
(1989, PG, Drama, Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones)
A farmer (life path 2) is called to turn his corn field into a baseball field (life calling). On his mystical journey he meets a journalist (life path 7) and a doctor (life path 6) who chooses to give up his baseball career (life path 5).
Gandhi
(1982, PG, Drama, Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen)
A lawyer (life path 2) is compelled to help further the independence of India (compelling issue) and finds his life calling working to free India from British rule by non-violent protest. Along the way he becomes a sage (life path 9) and overcomes many cultural obstacles.
Gorillas In The Mist
(1988, PG-13, Drama, Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown)
A scientist (life path 7) devotes her life to studying gorillas (life calling).
Joan of Arc
(1999, NR, Drama, LeeLee Sobieski, Peter O'Toole)
A young girl is called to become a warrior (life path 5) to drive the English out of France.
The Matrix
(1999, R, Science Fiction, Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Ann Moss, Laurence Fishburne)
A computer programmer (life path 6) joins with warriors (life path 5) and an oracle (life path 9) to find his life calling.
Medicine Man
(1992, PG-13, Drama, Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco)
Two medical researchers (life path 5, 6 and 7) work in the Amazon forest looking for a cure for cancer.
Patch Adams
(1998, PG-13, Comedy, Robin Williams)
Story of a man who is called as a healer (life path 6) and helps people heal in unusual ways (gift and talent).
Whale Rider
(2002, PG-13, Drama, Keisha Castle-Hughes)
Story of a young girl who is called as tribal leader (life calling, life path 9) by her love of the old indigenous ways of life (thing) and her native Maori skills (gifts and talents).
