10 motivational films to help you believe in yourself

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Lifehacker has compiled a selection of the best motivational films to inspire you to strive for success, overcome life's difficulties and constantly move forward. Go for it!

The king speaks

• Drama, biography.
• UK, USA, Australia, 2010.
• Duration: 118 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 0.

The story of the ascension to the throne of King George VI of Great Britain, who, with the help of a talented speech therapist and a lot of effort, managed to get rid of speech defects that tormented him from early childhood and delivered a speech that inspired thousands of people.

Save Mr. Banks

• Drama, history, biography, music.
• UK, Australia, USA, 2013.
• Duration: 125 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 5.

The famous cartoonist Walt Disney for twenty years has been trying to persuade the very stubborn writer Pamela Travers to agree to the adaptation of her book about Mary Poppins and is invariably refused. See for yourself whether he will be able to convince the intractable grumbler and what will come of it.

Eddie "The Eagle"

• Drama, comedy, biography.
• Great Britain, Germany, USA.
• Duration: 106 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 4.

Patience and perseverance helped unlucky skier Eddie Edwards achieve his cherished goal and finally get to the Olympic Games. But before realizing his dream, he had to overcome a rather thorny path.

Big eyes

• Drama, melodrama, crime, biography.
• USA, Canada, 2014.
• Duration: 106 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 0.

Margaret Keane is a talented artist with a unique style. Her works are very original and have phenomenal success, which does not allow her husband to sleep peacefully. To annoy his wife, he decides to take a desperate step and tries to prove to everyone that in fact it is not she who draws the pictures.

Spacesuit and butterfly

• Drama, biography.
• France, USA, 2007.
• Duration: 107 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 0.

Based on true events, the story of Jean-Dominique Bobi, editor of Elle magazine, who wakes up from a coma to find that his entire body, with the exception of his left eye, is completely paralyzed.

The Incredible Life of Walter Mitty

• Adventure, melodrama, drama.
• USA, UK, 2013.
• Duration: 114 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 3.

A modest and inconspicuous office worker Walter decides to completely change his life and sets off on a journey full of dangers across the incredibly beautiful Iceland, which will turn everything upside down.

Wild

• Drama, adventure, biography.
• USA, 2014.
• Duration: 115 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 1.

Cheryl Strayd, who has experienced personal tragedy, decides on an incredibly daring act: she intends to single-handedly overcome the Pacific hiking trail, 1,800 kilometers long, in order to get rid of heavy thoughts.

Imitation game

• Thriller, drama, military, biography.
• UK, USA, 2014.
• Duration: 114 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 1.

The talented mathematician Alan Turing, with the help of his colleagues, is trying to figure out the cunning decryption system that the Nazis use to transmit classified information.

Sweet Francis

• Drama, melodrama, comedy.
• USA, Brazil, 2012.
• Duration: 86 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 4.

Frances Halladay is a young New Yorker who wants to be a dancer but has absolutely no ability. However, this does not interfere with her in any way, because the main thing is to follow the dream and believe in her own strength.

Birdman

• Drama, melodrama, comedy.
• USA, 2014.
• Duration: 119 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 8.

The former actor, who was once incredibly popular, is desperately trying to mend his life: to return to its former glory, deal with family problems and regain faith in himself.