Movies and TvShows featuring "way-of-life" theme.

Hello, My Twenties! is a TV show about a group of college students living together in a boarding house. They face various challenges and learn valuable life lessons as they navigate the complexities of adulthood, friendships, relationships, and personal growth. The show explores themes of love, friendship, self-discovery, and the trials and tribulations of young adulthood.

Host Peter Barakan delves into various aspects of Japanese culture; exploring practices, history, and modern innovations in such areas as ramen, rice, sushi, geisha, bonsai, and so much more. Local experts discuss their passions at fascinating length, and American Japanophile Matt Alt experiences the food, practices, and cultures in each episode in depth. Viewers will finish each half hour episode with a new understanding of an area of Japanese life through demonstrative videos and explanations, all delivered respectfully and true to the Japanese way of life.

Stories about people, stories about life. Intimate portraits of people from around Japan, each leading diverse lives while enriching lives of others.

In this crime drama, an ex-police officer is hired to help a group of criminals plan the perfect heist, but things quickly spiral out of control as deception and double-crossing ensue.

The Hours is a movie about three women from different time periods who are connected through the novel 'Mrs. Dalloway' and their experiences with suicide. Virginia Woolf, a writer in 1920s London, struggles with her own mental health and ultimately takes her own life. Laura Brown, a housewife in 1950s Los Angeles, contemplates leaving her family but ultimately decides to stay. Clarissa Vaughan, a woman planning a party in modern-day New York, deals with the suicide of her close friend Richard. The film explores themes of depression, empowerment, and the complexity of human relationships.

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead follows a group of criminals, led by Jimmy 'The Saint' Tosnia, who must perform one last job to repay a debt to a powerful mob boss. However, as they navigate through the treacherous underworld of Denver, they find themselves caught in a web of betrayal, revenge, and unexpected twists. With time running out, they must stay one step ahead of the law and their ruthless enemies to survive.

Capitalism: A Love Story is a documentary film that examines the influence of capitalism on American society. It explores issues such as economic inequality, corporate malfeasance, and the global economic crisis of 2008. The film also delves into the concept of the American Dream and the ways in which it has been undermined by corporate greed and corruption. Through interviews, archival footage, and personal stories, it presents a critical perspective on the impact of capitalism on the lives of everyday Americans.

Effi Briest is a young woman who is married off to an older man against her will. She soon realizes that her marriage is loveless and oppressive, leading her to seek solace in an affair. The consequences of her actions unfold tragically as her husband discovers her infidelity and seeks revenge.

Tomás, desperate, knocks insistently on the door of a lonely house. Nobody opens it. When he leaves the place, he sees some bushes moving and goes into a wooded path. Along the way, from his memories, he faces several episodes of fear in his life until he reaches the exit of the path, which takes him back to the door of the house. Tomás enters and talks with a woman (who represents death), at which point he decides to face his fears.

Pictures of the Old World is a poetic documentary about a Czech village and its elderly inhabitants. The film captures the beauty and melancholy of a dying village, highlighting the slow decline and the fading memories of its long-time residents.

In this space-western musical, an American astronaut travels through the solar system on a dangerous mission to deliver rare goods. Along the way, he encounters derelicts, pirates, and a singing dance partner. With homemade devices and the help of a professor, he must navigate the remote quadrants of space and protect himself from danger.

In a small village near the White Sea in Russia, the lives of the residents are depicted with a mix of laughter and grief. The movie explores themes of folklore, way of life, and ethnicity in the midst of winter. It is an anthology based on myths, legends, and folklore.

Deeply thoughtful and illuminating, DRAWING A LIFE reveals the details of artist Geoff McFetridge’s life and work while delving further into the universal questions of what makes a fulfilling life and how to live with intention in the limited time we all have.

In his new film, Erwin Wagenhofer is looking for the good and beautiful in this world.

The Shipibo-Konibo people of Peruvian Amazon decorate their pottery, jewelry, textiles, and body art with complex geometric patterns called kené. These patterns also have corresponding songs, called icaros, which are integral to the Shipibo way of life. This documentary explores these unique art forms, and one Shipibo family's efforts to safeguard the tradition.

Travel the longest railway in the world. Stories and destinies of ordinary Russians who met by chance on the Moscow-Vladivostok train. A kaleidoscope of passengers' stories develops into a social portrait of modern Russian society, and the endless road turns into a metaphor of a country that is constantly moving somewhere.

After May 1968, they experimented with communities, squats or free love, with the hope of real change. Today, at retirement age, they live in new places and promote ways of living better and growing old together. What if they were right, these former protesters whose utopias have been muted by triumphant individualism?

Cicero is a biographical documentary that tells the story of the renowned jazz singer and musician. The film explores his journey through the music industry, his relationships, and his impact on the jazz and pop music scenes. It delves into his personal life, including his complex father-son relationship and his experiences as a talented jazz pianist. Through interviews and archive footage, Cicero's life and career are brought to the stage, showcasing his immense talent and the challenges he faced as a Grammy-winning artist.

A film about three ski-bums (Run Funk, Mike Zuetell and Ed Ricks) that are followed by another ski bum (Dick Barrymore),with a 16mm Bolex camera, who filmed a four-month part of their nomadic and vanishing-breed way of life across four continents. These are four people doing every day what others work fifty weeks of the year to buy for two weeks. They were also becoming a vanishing breed who were becoming unwelcome from Aspen to Val d'Isere.