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Movies that helped me decode and translate lessons in relationships. The more I studied, the more I learned how to heal
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items These are the movies I have studied extensively. They helped me heal, learn about relationships, and study martial arts.
I think I was 8 years old when I saw this movie for the first time, my brother rented it from Blockbuster and still today I carry the lessons from it in martial arts
Kickboxer (1989) - IMDb
I remember being in the theater when this movie came out in 2010. I cried my eyes out and had no idea why…now over 16 years later I realize it was a template that anchored my healing journey.
Eat Pray Love (2010) - IMDb
What a master film, the lessons in this are not child’s play, they come in layers and they run deep.
Kung Fu Panda (2008) - IMDb
Yes another study from the first one. This is a study of abandonment, attachment, and self worth. Beautiful music
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) - IMDb
This one has reiki healing in it and the journey is quite profound just as the other two. I have studied this one extensively and it has helped me heal parts of myself I couldn’t accept.
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) - IMDb
This is a true study of the feminist movement and the director has said multiple times that 20 years later he couldn’t make this film again…to study this is to master love and acceptance of yourself and others
American Beauty (1999) - IMDb
This is one I have enjoyed over and over again. I’m particularly interested in Susan as a character, I love the depth that the actress brought to her character.
Meet Joe Black (1998) - IMDb
I didn’t remember watching this film when I was a kid but recently I watched and studied it. It reminds me of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. It helped me realize a few things about people and love.
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - IMDb
This movie is older and I watched it for the first time in 2026. It definitely had me thrown for a loop thinking about our choices and parallel universes.
Sliding Doors (1998) - IMDb
I go back to this movie again and again…each time I learn something new that I never thought about before. It’s a very deep movie. The kid bending the spoon is a trip for me.
The Matrix (1999) - IMDb
Lessons about men and women still hold true today and I have studied this movie extensively. I’m still learning lessons in it that have helped me in relationships.
Pretty Woman (1990) - IMDb
This movie was a lesson for me…all the ways Debbie abandoned herself to be practical rather than choose love whether for herself or another.
Watch Your Place or Mine | Netflix Official Site
This is a great movie, I love Rachel Leigh Cook as an actress. She thinks she is marrying an accountant only to realize he is moving to Ohio. So she goes on a journey to Vietnam and learns to experience life. Love comes along the way.
A Tourist's Guide to Love (2023) - IMDb
This movie is not just for kids. It shows us how we are all on a journey looking for something we think we didn’t have and yet the whole time it was there…
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) - IMDb
This is a film that helped me understand attachment theory, I was most interested in the character of Anna, who suffered from abandonment wounds.
Frozen (2013) - IMDb
This movie isn’t just great for the music. It has the lessons of going for your dreams no matter where you are in life.
Sing (2016) - IMDb
There’s alot to be said about this movie. It has beautiful music and the story line definitely resonates since we are seeing a lot of disclosure in 2026 for how Hollywood really operates.
Sing 2 (2021) - IMDb
This movie is based on the Sami tribe which has deep lessons for humanity…I have watched the film numerous times and learned so many lessons, which are hidden today in the mystery schools.
Frozen 2 Official Trailer - YouTube
This movie has helped me in so many ways. The lessons from martial arts come again and again.
The Karate Kid (1984) - IMDb