15 Movies About Emotional Intelligence You Should Watch

Have you ever wondered why there are actors so sympathetic in a feature film? They are interpreters who know how to master their emotions and transmit them.

The big screen offers us a collection of stories and stories where emotions play a leading role. Relationships between people are complicated, and these movies offer us practical tools to learn how to bond much better.

15 films about emotional intelligence (you have to see as soon as possible)

Even if you don't know how to explain it, you know that it is so. Communication, body language or the persuasion tools that some actors use in their characters have a great influence on our unconscious.

Below you will find a list of 15 movies that will help you delve better into the pillars of emotional intelligence and social skills.

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1. Looking for Eric | Need to ask for help

The protagonist of this film is a divorced postman who lives in the English city of Manchester. His life is not exactly rosy, and he is mired in severe

depression. His love of football and his bad habit of smoking marijuana cause him to appear, in a psychedelic trance, the image of Eric Cantona, a famous retired footballer. Together with Cantona, his situation will begin to improve ostensibly, thanks to his advice and his complicity.

This movie portrays very well the changes that learning to ask for help can bring, defend individual rights and communicate feelings correctly. Highly recommended.

2. The King's Speech | Stage fright

When his father dies and his brother abdicates, Prince Albert becomes King George VI. However, the new monarch suffers from an annoying problem: his stuttering has led him to develop a terrible phobia of public speaking. Through his visits to the speech therapist, he begins to prepare for one of the most momentous speeches for his nation: the declaration of war on Nazi Germany before a large crowd.

The King's speech is a film that shows us the most relevant secrets when speaking in public, such as the synthesis of the message, the practice, the visualization exercise, etc.

3. Hitch | Attraction and flirting

Will Smith plays a seduction coach specialized in getting men of professional success but with dating problems to find his soulmate. A feature film with a fitting final moral: the best skill is the confidence to be yourself. Totally recommended if you are a little worried about your seduction skills.

4. Del Revés (Inside Out) | Emotions... in general

The film is a Pixar feature film that deals with the five basic emotions that all human beings have. Sadness, joy, afraid, disgust and go to are embodied by five tiny and most disparate characters, who control the brain (and therefore the emotions, sensations and behavior) of the little Riley, a young teenager who faces an identity crisis, since she has just moved to another city with her parents and faces a totally new life.

The movie explains in a very didactic way the influence of emotions in our day to day and he will make you understand that the "toxic" emotions that we try to suppress, such as fear or anger, have an adaptive role in nature. All, of course, with a great sense of humor.

5. Jerry Maguire | Friendship

The movie Jerry Maguire offers us a very complete vision of marketing applied to a small business. Jerry (who is played by a very young Tom Cruise) is a sports representative who, due to a somewhat absurd fight, ends up losing all of his clients... and you are left with practically nothing.

From that moment on, Jerry's life changes, and in what way. He will embark on a difficult path to regain a good professional prestige, having to fight against endless adversities, thanks to your ability to attract and communicate with people in your environment. If you want to learn to communicate in a more empathetic and improve your social skills, Jerry Maguire is a movie that you should see as soon as possible.

6. Die Welle (The Wave) | Handling

In a week of projects that aims to teach the benefits of democracy, a teacher who must explain what a dictatorship is decides to carry out an experiment creating a military-inspired youth movement called "The Wave".

At the beginning everything goes well, the students are notably involved in the activity and learn how the world of politics works. But La Ola begins to be noticed through acts of violence, all behind the teacher's back, who ends up losing control of the situation.

A good social criticism where it is shown how a fascist and demagogic discourse can influence small groups and corrupt the emotional intelligence of people who are still building their identity.

7. The method | Argumentation and discourse

In a context of economic crisis, a group of senior executives appear in an office to get a managerial position in a large multinational.

Tension and nerves are palpable in the room. after a while they realize that they have been locked up, and from there they will have to carry out several collective eliminatory tests, focused on the argumentation by the participants.

A film that cruelly presents argumentation and savage competition through group dynamics. A sign that social skills are a double-edged sword and that they are not always used for the better.

8. Wall-E | Non-verbal communication

Wall-E was released in 2008 as a product of the Disney-Pixar animation factory. In the movie, set in an apocalyptic future, a cleaning robot is still active on Earth after the planet was abandoned by excess garbage.

When he meets EVE, a state-of-the-art robot that has been sent to Earth to search for signs of life of her, he falls in love with her and follows her into a large spaceship where the remains of the humanity.

The film hides many morals: from the dangers of relying too much on technological automation to the problem of consumerism and waste management. However, one of his main interests lies in the fact that communication between the protagonist robots is carried out solely through body language and the emission of robotic sounds. Wall-E will help you deepen your non-verbal communication through the micro-expressions of its protagonists and the gestures they use to communicate with each other.

9. A Beautiful Mind | Self-improvement

A Beautiful Mind (An amazing mind in Spain) is an American drama film from 2001. The film chronicles the early life of a young math genius named John nash (Rossell Crowe), who begins to develop a paranoid-type schizophrenia and to suffer delusions, which brings problems to his social environment. Against Dr. Rosen's advice, Nash decides not to take the medication again, believing that he can cope with the symptoms in another way. Finally, and thanks to his efforts, he wins the Nobel Prize.

The movie masterfully shows how one can overcome oneself in the most adverse personal conditions, a true journey through the most introspective aspect of emotional intelligence.

10. Diplomacy | Persuasion

Set in World War II, a Swedish consul meets Dietrich von Choltitz, the Nazi military governor of Paris at the Hotel Meurice. The consul objective consists of convince the general not to carry out the order to blow up the most representative monuments of Paris.

This feature film illustrates the great relevance of emotional intelligence in politics and war: negotiation, persistence, caution, social skills, etc.

11. The Shawshank Redemption (Perpetual Chain) | Hope

A unique and unforgettable movie: Tim robbins Y Morgan freeman they are two prisoners in a state jail. Even though Andy (Robbins) is innocent, See how his future boils down to living poorly in a prison controlled by the corrupt.

With the help of another inmate, Red (Freeman), they will share moments of company in these terrible living conditions. Fortunately, Andy's optimism will allow him to devise a way to escape hell, based on an incredible dose of hope and will to live.

The story of a man on the verge of suicide who decides to give himself another chance to meet Angela, a woman who will teach him to love himself again. This film by French director Luc Besson is a curious mix of comedy, romance and rehearsal. In addition, his scene in which the protagonists are in front of the mirror has become a viral video on the Internet.

13. The mechanics of the heart | Affective ties

An animated film about Jack, a young man who has a cuckoo clock instead of his heart, which will continue to work as long as he does not fall in love. His life changes when he meets Miss Acacia, someone who will take you out of your comfort zone.

14. How to train your dragon | Friendship

In a Viking village, a teenager will be able to form a friendly relationship with one of the creatures that pose a greater danger to their people: a dragon. Both characters complement each other exploring their strengths reciprocally. One of the best movies to teach emotional intelligence to boys and girls.

15. The Iron Giant | Construction of one's own identity

A film that went unnoticed at the time but has become a cult work over time. It tells the story of the friendship between a young man and a giant robot, technically designed to destroy worlds, and the way in which decisions can take us beyond the roles that others grant. The own identity is constructed by oneself, but, at the same time, it is constructed through the way in which we choose to relate to the environment and to those who inhabit it.

Some conclusions ...

This list is a good example of how psychology can (and should) be expressed through the seventh art. And you do you think? Would you remove or add another movie? Leave us your comment and follow us on social networks.