6 Best Career Change and Reinvention Movies

By Vlad Zakh · April 27, 2028

Drama feel goodthought provoking

Stories of walking away from an old life to build a new one tap into a universal fantasy, and these films handle that leap with real warmth.

Military Wives (2019) 01

Military Wives (2019)

IMDb ★ 6.7

Women on a military base form a choir to cope with the stress of their deployed partners.

Wild (2014) 02

Wild (2014)

IMDb ★ 7.3

A grieving woman embarks on a grueling solo hike to confront her troubled past and rebuild her life.

Eat Pray Love (2010) 03

Eat Pray Love (2010)

IMDb ★ 5.7

A recently divorced woman travels the world in search of pleasure, spirituality, and balance.

Julie & Julia (2009) 04

Julie & Julia (2009)

IMDb ★ 7.0

A modern blogger's year cooking through Julia Child's cookbook is intercut with Child's own culinary beginnings.

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) 05

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

IMDb ★ 6.5

A recently divorced writer impulsively buys a crumbling villa in Italy to rebuild her life.

Baby Boom (1987) 06

Baby Boom (1987)

IMDb ★ 6.4

A high-powered career woman's life is upended when she unexpectedly inherits a baby.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.