Top 21 List of Movies About Better Communication

When a new English teacher (Robin Williams) arrives at an all-boys preparatory school known for its high standards, he uses unorthodox communication methods to reach out to his students. With the teacher’s help, the students (Robert Sean Leonard and Ethan Hawke) learn to break out of their shells and pursue their dreams.

A fascinating take on how each person reacts to a language barrier when a wealthy married couple’s hires a housekeeper that originally speaks only Spanish. 

A lonely, aging movie star (Bill Murray) and a conflicted newlywed (Scarlett Johansson) meet in Tokyo while on separate trips. After a chance encounter at a hotel bar, the unlikely pair find distraction and understanding amidst the backdrop of the foreign city in spite of their different communication styles. 

When Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), an Eastern European tourist, arrives in New York City he learns that war has broken out in his home country. Caught in the middle of international politics, the Department of Homeland Security won't let him enter or exit the United States, causing him to be trapped at the airport where he falls for a friendly flight attendant (Catherine Zeta-Jones). 

Twelve members of a jury must come together to decide the fate of an inner-city teen accused of murder. As the men try to reach a unanimous decision, one juror (Henry Fonda) begins to cast considerable doubt on the case. 

If you're looking for a love story that includes the art of communication -- you'll love My Big Fat Greek Wedding!

When an architect (Sandra Bullock) moves into her new lake house, she begins to receive strange letters from the doctor (Keanu Reeves) who lived in the house two years previously. Only able to communicate by passing letters into the house's mailbox, the pair begin to fall for each other, but their time-bending connection may make their relationship impossible.

Cut off from the modern world, Nell (Jodie Foster) has lived her entire life with her mother in an isolated mountain cabin. When her mother dies, she is found by a doctor (Liam Neeson), who is fascinated by Nell and the language she has developed. After joining forces with a psychologist (Natasha Richardson), the pair work together to introduce Nell to the larger world she's never known.

Linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. On the verge of a global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the alien visitors. 

Ruby (Emelia Jones) is the only hearing member of a deaf family. After joining her high school's choir, Ruby finds herself drawn to her new duet partner and her newly found passion for singing.

Babel tells the story of people struggling to communicate during desperate situations when an accident connects four groups of people on three different continents: two young Moroccan goatherds, a vacationing American couple (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett), a deaf Japanese teen and her father, and a Mexican nanny who crosses the border without parental permission.

Interpreter Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) is at the United Nations when she overhears what she believes is a plan to assassinate the president of Matobo. After she alerts the authorities, Secret Service agents (Sean Penn and Catherine Keener) are assigned to the case. 

Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is a happy 11-year-old girl, until she and her parents move to San Francisco. Riley's emotions -- led by Joy (Amy Poehler) -- try to guide her through this life-changing event, but Sadness (Phyllis Smith) quickly comes to the forefront.

When Joy and Sadness are inadvertently swept into the far reaches of Riley's mind, the only emotions left in control are Anger, Fear and Disgust.

This is a great film because it shows the art of physical communication, as well as, verbal communication in a way that is relatable at any age!

The head of a failing toy company (Mel Gibson) is deeply depressed. When his wife (Jodie Foster) throws him out of the house, Walter begins his final tailspin. On the verge of suicide, he is saved by the voice of the beaver puppet he found in a dumpster. From then on, Walter speaks only through the puppet in an effort to get his life on track.

In 1935 Texas, professor Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) teaches at the predominantly black Wiley College. In an effort to start a debate team, he butts heads with the influential father (Forest Whitaker) of one of his best students. But as he works more closely with the students, he is able to form a team and lead them to become the first black debate team to challenge Harvard's debate champions.

England's Prince Albert (Colin Firth) will soon become King George VI, but his speech impediment holds him back. Knowing that the country needs her husband to be able to communicate effectively, Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter) hires a speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush), to help him overcome his stutter and communicate with confidence. 

Blind and deaf, young Helen Keller (Patty Duke) has spent years unable to communicate. As a last chance before she is institutionalized, her parents (Inga Swenson, Andrew Prine) reach out to a school for the blind, which sends Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft) to teach Helen and show her new ways of reaching others.

When a harmless fight between two 11-year-old boys erupts into real violence, the boys’ parents (Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, and John C. Reilly) agree to meet to try to smooth things over. But what starts as a polite meeting descends into accusations and insults as differing parenting tactics collide. 

The patriarch of a poor Turkish family (Yavuz Bingol) works for a wealthy businessman (Ercan Kesal). When the wealthy man accidentally kills a pedestrian, he offers his employee a big payoff to assume responsibility for the accident. But suspicions begin to arise among family members about the real story behind the accident, threatening the poor man’s newfound wealth.

Five years after the end of the Civil War, Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Tom Hanks) crosses paths with a 10-year-old girl. Kidd agrees to escort the child across the harsh and unforgiving plains of Texas and the long journey soon turns into a fight for survival as the traveling companions encounter danger at every turn.

Dominic (Tim Roth) is an old man who has sacrificed everything in his study of the origin of language. He is planning his suicide when a bolt of lightning reduces his age and magnifies his brain power, resulting in a surreal, metaphysical exploration of language, life, and reality.