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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!