Sorry if I sound stupid, but I have an English project where we have to compare a movie to Groundhog day. In groundhog day Phil becomes a better character so.. Please give hints! Would also help if the movies were reasonably common.
What Is A Movie Where The Main Character Becomes A Better Person?
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A Christmas Carol comes to mind where Eb Scrooge becomes a better person. I think this is the closet to Groundhog Day that I can really think of right now. Very similar in a way.
(It’s A Wonderful Life” didn’t have anything to do with being a better person,He already was great. He just wondered what life would be like if he was never born)…great movie.loved it.
I think maybe Tin Cup” with Kevin Costner in it may fit. He is a washed up golf player/drunk..who gets his act together & ends up doing good & getting a girlfriend.
Also the movie “Hancock” with Will Smith the star is a bad drunk & mean foul mouth super hero who doesn’t really care about much but he really changes throughout the movie with help from a PR guy. In the end he does a lot of good & saves a lot of people.
The Fisher King – egocentric DJ causes a man to murder and commit suicide, and must comfort one of the victim’s estranged and delusional husband.
The Doctor (with William Hurt) – a bitter and entirely uncaring doctor becomes infected with a horrible cancer, which changes his ways.
Blood In, Blood Out – story of a latino family’s upbringing in gang-ridden L.A., where the main brother goes from a thug to a police officer.
Carlito’s Way (in a sense) – a once powerful and idolized gangster tries to travel a straight and narrow road, but his past follows him like a shadow.
Schindler’s List – a seemingly selfish and narcissistic man ends up gaining enough influence and power to save hundreds of Jews during the holocaust.
Its a wonderful life is a good film.
If you want an animated one then try Brother Bear where a hunter kills a bear because it kills his brother in a fight and then the man finds out the the bear was a mother. The spirits guide him and turn him into a bear and he looks after the baby bear. In the end he becomes human again and realises he has become a better person.
Ghost Town is a recent comedy, where the main character is a moron that eventually turns into a good person.
One that comes to mind that no one has mentioned is “As Good as it Gets”, with Jack Nicolson. He even speaks the line to Helen Hunt’s character: “You make me want to be a better man”
American History X is the best example
in the end of days
arnold goes from being a drunk washed up suicidal cop to saving all creation.
hows that?