A "coming of age" story about the son of a deceased barber, who takes over then sells his father's barbershop, but not before he learns to understand how his father could run the business day after day for his family.
Gattaca
In a future where the genetically engineered are given preference and the natural born are stopped from succeeding at birth, a naturall born man does not accept the fate society has in store for him, and pursues his own dreams.
Pursuit of Happyness
A man tries to better himself against nearly overwhelming odds to provide for his son.
Here, here for Barbershop... I was just going to include that one.
Maybe it is just me but I thought the protagonist was wrong to subject his son to living in a train station. I think he would have been more admirable to suffer through an unpleasant job that kept a roof over their heads than pursuing his dream job. That part of the movie really bothered me.
“Barbershop” was very good indeed, and refreshingly honest. I loved it when they admit the “three things every black man knows.” One was “OJ did it!”
My brother loves Barbershop, he almost drove me crazy talking aboiut it, then I saw it. It is a wonderful movie, extremely funny, but with a very good message about family and tradition and caring for others.