Best Compassionate Movies & TV Shows

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

8 / 10

The love story of Rick Grimes and Michonne is changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. Can they find each other and who they were in a situation unlike any they've ever known?

Stars: Andrew Lincoln Danai Gurira Pollyanna McIntosh

The Iron Claw

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.

Run time: 132m Tagline: Sons. Brothers. Champions. Release: 2023-12-21

Stars: Aaron Dean Eisenberg Harris Dickinson Holt McCallany Jeremy Allen White Kevin Anton Lily James Maura Tierney Michael Harney Stanley Simons Zac Efron

The Shawshank Redemption

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Run time: 142m Tagline: Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. Release: 1994-09-23

Stars: Bob Gunton Clancy Brown Gil Bellows James Whitmore Jeffrey DeMunn Larry Brandenburg Mark Rolston Morgan Freeman Tim Robbins William Sadler

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In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.

Run time: 106m Tagline: Get Ready for One Killer ClimaX. Release: 2022-03-17

Stars: Brittany Snow Geoff Dolan James Gaylyn Jenna Ortega Kid Cudi Martin Henderson Mia Goth Owen Campbell Simon Prast Stephen Ure