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Gritty Uplifting Movies Based on Books

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127 Hours (2010) poster

127 Hours

2010Adventure · Drama1h 34m

Intense Uplifting Disturbing Survival Visually Stunning

Unbroken (2014) poster

Unbroken

2014Drama · War2h 17m

Emotional Intense Uplifting Survival Sports

The Way Back (2010) poster

The Way Back

2010Adventure · Drama2h 13m

Intense Uplifting Bleak Survival Prison Break

A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) poster

A Street Cat Named Bob

2016Drama · Family1h 43m

Uplifting Heartwarming Emotional Redemption Animals

Flight of the Phoenix (2004) poster

Flight of the Phoenix

2004Action · Adventure1h 53m

Intense Uplifting Survival Heist Desert

A Bag of Marbles (2017) poster

A Bag of Marbles

2017Drama · War1h 53m

Language: French

Emotional Intense Uplifting Coming-of-Age Survival

Friday Night Lights (2004) poster

Friday Night Lights

2004Drama1h 58m

Emotional Intense Uplifting Sports Underdog

The 12th Man (2017) poster

The 12th Man

2017Drama · War2h 16m

Language: Norwegian

Intense Uplifting Bleak Survival World War II

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) poster

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

2013Drama · History2h 21m

Uplifting Emotional Intense Political Prison

Desert Flower (2009) poster

Desert Flower

2009Drama2h 7m

Emotional Uplifting Disturbing Strong Female Lead Rags to Riches

Norma Rae (1979) poster

Norma Rae

1979Drama1h 50m

Uplifting Thought-Provoking Emotional Strong Female Lead Gritty

Fukushima 50 (2020) poster

Fukushima 50

2020Action · Drama2h 2m

Language: Japanese

Intense Emotional Uplifting Disaster Survival

Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) poster

Somebody Up There Likes Me

1956Drama1h 53m

Uplifting Emotional Sports Underdog Rags to Riches

The Four Feathers (1939) poster

The Four Feathers

1939Adventure · Drama2h 9m

Intense Uplifting Redemption Victorian Era Gritty