Best Inspirational Movies of All Time
Best Inspirational Movies of All Time
Have you ever gotten pumped up by watching an inspirational, feel-good, or action-packed movie? One that made you feel awesome for days afterward or made you feel like you could do just about anything? These inspirational movies have real POWER to keep us motivated and I watch movies like this whenever I get a chance.
The general who leads his men into battle against all odds. The entrepreneur who wouldn’t quit. The teacher who really cares about her students. The man who goes to great lengths pursuing the woman of his dreams. The scrappy underdog who wins out in the end. The woman who overcomes every obstacle to build a better life for her family. The athlete that rises to a level of excellence never before seen. The trials and tribulations of ordinary people placed in extreme situations and responding with extraordinary courage.
I’ve always thought it would be cool if we could get everyone in our happy investor community to share what they feel are the greatest personal growth / feel good movies. Imagine how awesome it would be to have an ever-growing list of the best motivational movies recommended by some of the most ambitious and hard-working people out there— your fellow community members.
Here’s that growing list.
If you love inspirational movies like I do, please jump in the game and let’s make this easy for everyone. These can be feature length movies or just inspirational videos or documentaries of some kind. If it made you jump up and cheer, pull out your hair worrying for the good guy, or gave you cold chills when the hero triumphed in the end…tell us all about it!
To keep things simple let’s all follow the following format.
#. Title of move. “Most memorable best line of dialogue in the movie” (optional if you remember)
And just add your numbered list to the highest number already posted, ok?
Best Inspirational Movies of All Time (in no particular order)
1. Pursuit Of Happyness (“You got a dream… You gotta
protect it. People can’t do somethin’ themselves, they wanna
tell you you can’t do it. If you want somethin’, go get it.
Period.”)
2. The Passion of Christ
3. Mystery, Alaska
4. Coach Carter (“What is your deepest fear young man?”)
5. Hitch (“Well, you know, like I always tell my
clients, ‘Begin each day as if it were on purpose’.”)
6. 300 (“That’s an easy answer. There is no retreat, no
surrender. That is Spartan law.”)
7. Rocky
8. Rocky II
9. It’s a Wonderful Life
10. Facing the Giants (“Take off your blindfold. You’re
in the end zone.”)
11. Field Of Dreams (“Build it and they will come.”)
12. The Natural
13. Love Actually
14. City of Angels
15. Rudy (“Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy!” chant)
16. Iron Will
17. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (“A day may come when
the courage of men fails. But that day is not today!”)
18. The Karate Kid (“We make sacred pact. I promise teach
karate to you, you promise learn. I say, you do, no
questions.”)
19. Patch Adams
20. Shawshank Redemption (“Get busy livin’ or get busy
dyin’”)
21. Seabiscuit
22. Phenomenon
23. Gladiator (“Strength and honor.”)
24. Forrest Gump (“Mama says they was magic shoes. They could
take me anywhere.”)
25. Braveheart (“They may take our lives …but they will never
take our freedom”)
26. Pay it Forward
27. The Great Debaters
28. Troy (“You see there, beyond that beach? It’s your
immortality. Take it, it’s yours!”)
29. Radio
30. Schindler’s List
31. The Bucket List
32. Good Will Hunting (“Do you like apples?”)
33. Jerry Maguire (“Show me the money!”)
34. Remember the Titans (“This is where they fought the battle
of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this
field, fighting the same fight that we are still fighting among
ourselves today. This green field right here, painted red,
bubblin’ with the blood of young boys. Smoke and hot lead
pouring right through their bodies. Listen to their souls, men.
I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed
my family. You listen, and you take a lesson from the
dead.”)
35. Gandhi
36. Aladdin (“You are a worthless street rat. You were born a
street rat, you’ll die a street rat, and only your fleas will
mourn you.”)
37. Glory
38. The Rookie
39. Roots
40. Dances with Wolves
41. Men of Honor (“The Navy Diver is not a fighting man,
he is a salvage expert. If it is lost underwater, he finds it.
If it’s sunk, he brings it up. If it’s in the way, he moves it.
If he’s lucky, he will die young, 200 feet beneath the waves,
for that is the closest he’ll ever get to being a hero.”)
42. Renaissance Man
43. Joan of Arc
44. Cool Runnings (“Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up,
its bobsled time! COOL RUNNINGS!”)
45. The Mighty Ducks
46. Fight Club (“This is your life and it’s ending one minute
at a time.”)
47. Two for the Money
48. Invincible (“You’ll never amount to anything,
Vince.”)
49. Meet the Robinsons (“Keep moving forward”)
50. Working Girl
51. A Beautiful Mind
52. Titanic
53. Armageddon (“I have been drilling holes in the earth for
thirty years. And I have never, *never* missed a depth that I
have aimed for. And by God, I am not gonna miss this one. I
will make 800
feet.”)
54. Rounders (“First prize at the World Series of Poker is a million bucks. Does it have my name on it? I don’t know. But, I’m gonna find out.”)
That’s all I can think of personally after almost a week of adding to this list and I had to look up some of the quotes on IMDB.com.
Whoever wants to start adding some just start at #55. And I’ll
get my Netflix account ready for some new movies to rent!
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What about
55. Conversations with God
56. Inconvenient Truth
57. Powder (“I don’t know what I think when I look at you. But sometimes I think, I think you’re the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.”)
58. City of Joy
- Ted Musselman
59. Man without a Face
60. The Fisher King (“See… guy goes to work every day, eight hours a day, seven days a week. Gets his nuts so tight in a vice that he starts questioning the very fabric of his existence.”)
61. Cinderella Man (“I have to believe that when things are bad I can change them.”)
62. Lean on Me
63. Michael Jordan the Max (“Come fly with me…”)
That movie gets me revved up every time, to see a top performer at the top of his game with the drive and determination to succeed unmatched in his game! It was filmed for the big screen IMAX theaters and it is awesome! “Come fly with me” says Jordan…and every time I do.
- Frank Teague
Here’s a few to add…
64. Dangerous Minds (“You asked me once how I was gonna save your life. This is it. This moment.”)
65. Tin Cup (“when a defining moment comes along, you define the moment… or the moment defines you.”)
- Felicia
What a story! The best teacher story of all time. This guy changed a whole city with discipline and a big heart- and calculus for kids in the ghetto! All teachers should be that way….;)
- Toretto
67. I am David
68. Under The Tuscan Sun
69. When Harry Met Sally
-- Shawna Cole
MY FAVES ARE BELOW HERE. I WILL NEED TO THINK ON SOME OTHER ONES TO KEEP THE CHAIN GOING…
1. Pursuit Of Happyness (“You got a dream… You gotta protect it. People can’t do somethin’ themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want somethin’, go get it. Period.”) I LOVE IT!
2. The Passion of Christ (Made a huge impact in the way I saw the price Jesus paid for me…)
6. 300 (“That’s an easy answer. There is no retreat, no surrender. That is Spartan law.”) —BECAUSE I AM A MAN LOL—
7. Rocky CLASIC MOTIVATION LOL
-- Rick Melero
Anyway, most of my favorites are listed but I also like
70. Joseph and the Amazing Techncolor Dreamcoat
71. Stigtmata
72. Erin Brockovich (“NOT PERSONAL! That is my WORK, my SWEAT, and MY TIME AWAY FROM MY KIDS! IF THAT IS NOT PERSONAL, I DON’T KNOW WHAT IS!”) –> LOVE THAT SCENE
- Courtney Seine
73. Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron (“Sometimes a horse has got to do what a horse has got to do.”)
74. Homeward Bound (“My name is Chance. I know, it sounds odd, but most names do if you think about it long enough… maybe even yours. I was abandoned when I was very young. I lived on the streets scranging for food sleeping wherever I could; that seemed like fun at first, but pretty soon, it landed me behind bars. But I don’t like to talk about that; let’s talk about after that… when I got my second chance… and my name. You see, this family came along, and I guess you can say they rescued me, because they adopted me and brought me to live at their house. But it was their home, not mine. Still, it was an improvement over that other place: lots of space, fresh air, plenty interesting things to explore, and all the underwear I could eat.”)
75. Eight Below Zero (“These dogs are my family. You can’t just leave them out there.”)
76. D2: Mighty Ducks 2 (“This is a distraction-in-a-fire-in-a-barrel. Any questions?)
Got those quotes from http://www.IMDB.com they have quotes for almost every movie!
Let’s keep it going……my NetFlix account can take more!
- Chuck T
How could you forget the Secret!? Come on guys?!
- Martha Timoney
79. In a League Of Their Own (”There is no crying in baseball!”)
80. Mona Lisa Smile
81. Finding Forrester
82. Dead Poets Society (”Carpe Diem”)
83. Finding Nemo (”just keep swimming, just keep swimming…)
- Teather Sanders
84. Chariots of Fire
85. October Sky
86. Luther
87. Amazing Grace
88. U-571
89. Hoosiers
90. Miracle
91. Life is Beautiful
92. Iron Man
Brian Williams
HIS real estate network
93. The Pistol (about Pistol Pete Miravich as a kid)
94. The Quest for a Go-Getter (about Billy Peck and the blue vase)
- Alan Brymer
alanbrymer.com
Pursuit of Happyness
Facing the Giants
300
Gladiator
All of the Lord of the Rings!!!
Some I didn’t see on your list
96. What Dreams May Come (My absolute favorite)
97. The Stand
98. One Night with The King
99. Cast Away
100. The Diary of Anne Frank
101. The Miracle Worker: Helen Keller Movie
- Gabriela Cernas-Frantz
103. Joshua (“Remind them that I love them. That I died for them. Tell them that my love is real. That if they open their hearts to it, I will fill that emptiness and that they will be able to love one another. That’s the message. Hasn’t changed. Tell them. Tell them…”)
104. (Ali with Will Smith as Muhammad Ali)
- Rick Melero
HIS Real Estate Network
Faith like potatoes (believe even when you can see)
Last Holiday (appearances are never deceiving, it’s the judgment you place on them)
- Carol McClung
105. The Freedom Writers
106. Last of the Mohicans
107. Steel Magnolias
- Kelly Moore
109. Ray
110. Rocky III I saw Rocky 1 and 2 bot not Rocky III
111. My Left Foot
Good topic, I am gonna chek some of these out!!!
- Mark Tellman
***from Jim Deitch
Absolutely.
117. Invincible about Vince Papale and Dick Vermeil is great.
Miracle about Herb Brooks and the 1980 Olympic hockey team is great. The Band of Brothers HBO series has powerful messages. But more of my motivation comes from books I have read about the things people overcome in their lives that make our challenges seem miniscule
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From Facebook Danielle Fiore
I like movies from the old days when there were kings and queens… Gladiator,
118. The Other Boleyn Girl,
119. Dutchess… youknow those types…also true stories…
- Danielle Fiore
*****
Seth Czerepak
120. “ The Power of One”
121-123. “Spiderman 1-3″
*****
Cory Boatright from Facebook
Someone just asked me this question.”Hey Cory… just wanted to see what types of movies motivated you?” I thought it would be interesting to hear others responses too.
124-127. Indiana Jones (all of them)
Pay it Forward
128.Wall Street (hard core dose of reality)
Rounders (showing strategy amongst friends)
Gladiator (I feel more manly)
Braveheart (Freeeedom!)
129. Wedding Crashers (pee my pants laughing)..Yours?
****
I didn’t number the ones that were already listed so don;t get mad at me!
- Rick Melero
131. Mr. Holland’s Opus
132. Miracle on 34th Street
- If you need a family quit made email me, I make the best!!!
Trudy
134. Troy
135. I am Sam
- Joshua Quincey
137. The Patriot (“Before this war is over, I’m going to kill you.”)
138. The Green Mile
-- Melvin Curtis
140. Les Miserables - The one with Liam Neeson. The book is my favorite book of all time & the movie is right up there.
- Sheri Barker www.purinspirations.com
- Glenn Byers
Especially the speech just before the battle!
- Anthony G
144. E.T.
145. Simon Birch
146. What Dreams May Come
147. Deep Impact
148. Rain Man
149. The Natural
150. Millionaire Baby
151. The Prince of Egypt
152. Alexander
153. Any Given Sunday
154. The Goonies
- Danny Welsh
Director, The Greatest Real Estate Giveaway
157. Airforce One
158. Coal Miner’s Daughter
159. Frequency
160. Brian’s Song
161. The Tuskegee Airmen
162. The Distinquished Gentlemen (a comedy/inspiring movie)
Most of my favorites have already been mentioned by everyone else!
- Augustine
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