5 powerful films on Netflix that can help in coping with heartache

Love sadness and loneliness, these emotions have no boundaries.

Let’s begin a cinematic adventure through movies that challenge our insights of conventional emotions and show how few movies can help in coping with heartache:

Pieces of a Woman

The movie is about a heartbreaking home birth that leaves a woman grappling with the profound emotional fallout, isolated from her partner and family by a chasm of grief.

Goodbye

The story centers on a dysfunctional household, after a mother’s sudden death, chaos and grief collide when four adult siblings return to their traditional father’s home for the funeral.  

The Sky Is Pink

The Sky is Pink starring Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar is based on the real story of Aisha Chaudhary, a young girl who was diagnosed with a terminal disease. Through Aisha’s narrative, we learn about how her family coped with her illness, moving heaven to earth to get her all the treatments while empowering her to stay strong and speak her truth. 

Marriage Story

Marriage Story shows how the sinews of a relationship remain, as the bones –the emotional connection that provides the real structure – melt away. This couple have a shared life, with a child and a mutual passion for theatre, but ultimately what they have not taken care of is their emotional connection.

Our Souls at Night

Our Souls at Night is a romantic drama film. It is based on the novel of the same name by Kent Haruf. The film stars Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Judy Greer.