11 Movies to Watch When Life is Falling Apart

We've put together a list of movies that will show you how our attitude toward problems can change everything.

Sometimes life throws unexpected disasters our way—serious illness, financial collapse, unrequited love, and more. While we can't always prepare for these events, it's important to know that even in the toughest situations, life must and can go on.

We've put together a list of movies that will show you how our attitude toward problems can change everything.

If I Stay

Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley
Mia is a talented girl in love with classical music, her cello, and rocker Adam. After a car accident, she ends up in a coma. While her body lies in the hospital, her soul must decide whether she wants to keep living or follow her family to the other side.

Unconditional

Starring: Lynn Collins, Michael Ealy, Bruce McGill
Samantha Crawford lives a happy life with her beloved husband. But when he's brutally murdered, her world falls apart. She loses her faith and will to live. Then, she unexpectedly reconnects with an old friend, Joe, who helps her find meaning and light in her life once again.

My Sister's Keeper

Starring: Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack
An 11-year-old girl files a lawsuit against her parents when she learns that she was conceived in vitro solely to save her sister, who suffers from leukemia.

The Fault in Our Stars

Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe
Hazel is battling cancer. Despite the temporary remission, she feels no joy. She attends a support group, where she meets Augustus Waters and immediately falls in love. Together, they embark on a passionate journey that teaches them the meaning of life in every moment.

Soul Kitchen

Starring: Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pheline Roggan
Zinos Kazantzakis runs an unpopular restaurant on the outskirts of Hamburg. His few customers are satisfied with his simple, home-cooked meals, and they know the small menu by heart. Life is quiet until a series of disasters descend on Zinos.

Now Is Good

Starring: Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine, Olivia Williams
Tessa is 17 and wants to live a normal life, dreaming of things every teenager does. But time is short, and Tessa decides to live fully, making sure no moment is wasted.

Still Alice

Starring: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth
Alice Howland is a renowned linguistics professor with a happy marriage and three grown children. But everything changes when she begins to forget words, signaling the onset of Alzheimer's disease.

My Life Without Me

Starring: Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Amanda Plummer
Ann is 23, with two daughters, a jobless husband, a bitter mother, and a father in prison. She works as a janitor at a university. Her monotonous life changes when she learns she has only three months left to live, prompting her to make radical life choices.

The Book Thief

Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Sophie Nélisse, Emily Watson
Germany, on the eve of World War II. Nine-year-old Liesel moves to Munich to live with her foster parents and learns to read with their help. As reading becomes a vital part of her life, she begins stealing books, which help her understand the world around her.

Restless

Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Ryô Kase
Enoch, who survived a near-death experience and lost his parents in a car crash, meets Annabel at a funeral. A romance blossoms between them, but Annabel is terminally ill. Enoch decides to help her prepare for the inevitable.

Lion

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Dev Patel, David Wenham
Saroo was born into a poor Indian family but got lost at the age of five. He ended up in another city and went through a lot before being adopted by a loving family. As an adult, he begins recalling fragments of his early life and sets out to find his birth family.