Amongst the huge volume of online viewing options that dominate our televisions these days, occasionally there are gems that speak to the higher side of the human character.

In this respect, there are two movies I’ve watched during the Christmas break that totally pulled me in. Both movies are deeply revealing of the human experience and evoke strong emotional responses.

But beyond the emotion and on a more practical level, they are about how individuality blends with the ‘collective’ to achieve the heights of human achievement.

I viewed both on Netflix on one of those ‘binge’ all-day movie ‘wipe-outs’.