Many good films not only give us the pleasure of viewing, but also give us the motivation to new life challenges. We present the top 20 films in the category of "motivating films", which, according to the opinion of the editors of PsSovet24.ru, are the best spirit-lifting films.
So, meet:
20. The king says
The king speaks film takes the twentieth place in our selection of the best motivating films. Who would argue that the life of the British kings is boring and predictable?
The second son of the British king, the duke of York Albert, because of the decision of the elder brother to abdicate the throne, and with it the honors and problems, contrary to his own will happen to be king. The future monarch doubts his ability to control a great power, because from childhood he has been tormented by a severe form of stuttering.
Can Albert overcome himself and seek the help of a mere mortal, and can a doctor with an obscure past perform a miracle by saving the future king from his illness?
19. Killer football
Can football be attributed to oriental martial arts? If at stake a million dollar prize, then everything is possible.
For the sake of such a gain, a retired enterprising footballer with a difficult past is ready to assemble a team even of Kung Fu masters, mixing their specific multifaceted experience with the tactics of a football game.
Will the combination of incompatible techniques turn out to be the magic wand that will help the chaos of what is happening turn into a logical and beautiful game? Will an unexpected strategy be the key to winning?
18. Braveheart
Early Middle Ages, XIII century. Difficult time for Scotland, on whose territory now and then encroaches militant England. William Wallace, thanks to his uncle received a very decent education in Europe, returns to his native place. His goal is to start a family and settle down. Life, as often happens, makes its own adjustments - the beloved perishes at the hands of the British.
The puzzle finally takes shape, and the hero, who decides to avenge the death of the bride, becomes a fighter for the independence of his native country, a patriot, whose glory is still alive today ...
17. Billy Eliot
What makes life happy? The truth is that many and many give up before obstacles created by fate, and do what is necessary, and not what you want ...
The gray days of a small working village and the unshakable belief in himself makes Billy, the son of a miner, go against the threats and prohibitions of his strict father and exchange boxing for ballet.
The support of the people surrounding the boy and his persistence make a small miracle: even the strict parent who has found the strength to understand the obstinate son begins to believe in the bright dream of William Eliot ...
16. Always say yes.
Always say no to everyone - such a long-term tactic, familiar to the main character, made his life aimless and dull, but he protected him from frightening changes.
However, nothing lasts forever, and the nightmare pushes Carl to the uncomplicated philosophy of the accidental preacher - to say "yes" to any challenge of fate.
The stunning transition from one extreme to another, of course, will be able to turn Karl’s life upside down, but will it help to find the golden mean that heals from the fear of life?
15. Run, fat man, run
The protagonist of this motivating film is Dennis Doyle, an ordinary Londoner, not very successful in his life.
He rents a small apartment, works as a security guard and doesn’t plan much for the future. He escaped from the crown from his pregnant bride Libby five years ago. Despite this, he remained on friendly terms with her and regularly sees his son.
But it cannot go on like this for long: Libby meets Whit, a wealthy businessman who is going to marry her. Here Dennis and decides to prove that he is capable of something - he is going to run the London Marathon. And next to him will run a successful and fit groom Libby ...
14. Not yet played in the box
One day, simple mechanic Carter Chambers and billionaire Edward Cole realize that they have more in common than they originally thought. Once in the same hospital ward, they learn about their disappointing diagnosis - cancer.
They have to live for about six months, and nothing can change their fate. Two men decide to combine their efforts and make a wish list and go on a world tour.
After all, if you fulfill all your dreams and correct mistakes, it is not so scary to die.
13. Slumdog Millionaire
The protagonist of one of the best motivating films - Indian guy Jamal Malik, by chance gets on the show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
His outlook is not particularly great, as he grew up in slums and has education. But what is surprising is that the guy answers correctly each asked question.
He confidently goes to the final of the game and a prize of 20 million rupees. What is his secret? Does someone help him in this fraud?
An amazing story of the life of a boy who has experienced a lot in his life will unfold before the eyes of the audience.
12. Peaceful Warrior
Based on real events, a tape about Dan Millman, a talented gymnast who managed to achieve a lot in his life. He goes to college, has fun at parties and dreams of winning the Olympics.
But everything instantly collapses when Dan gets a serious injury and is forced to take a fresh look at his life.
With the help of the mysterious stranger Socrates and the girls Joy, he will have to completely change himself, find new goals and begin to live anew.
11. Noah
A film adaptation of the famous biblical story about Noah - a man whom, according to legend, the Lord chose to save all life on Earth.
The world is struck by human sin. Noah, the righteous father of the family, is visited by frightening visions about the end of the world. Realizing that everyone is waiting for imminent death, he is taken for the structure of the ark, which should save his family and a pair of animals of each species from extinction.
However, Noah will have to fight not only with the elements, but also with real human evil ...
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10. Secret (documentary)
This secret has always existed. He was revealed to the world, he was hunted, he was lost and found again, they sought to find out by any means and efforts. Great people knew him, and now, thanks to this tape, everyone can recognize.
The film tells about one of the most popular trends in the psychology of recent years - the visualization of desires. It is the positive or negative thoughts of a person that influence the events in his life.
How to change your life and make it better? The answer can be obtained in this documentary.
9. Life is beautiful
Italy, World War II. Two Jews - the father and his little son, were forced to be in a concentration camp.
Wishing to save his son from a cruel reality, his father declares to him that now they are participants in a big game, the prize for which is a real tank. To win, you need to adhere to a number of rules: do not ask for food, do not cry and do not show up in the eyes of guards.
A touching story with comedy elements about the horrors of war, courage and fatherly love.
8. Groundhog Day
Every year on the second day of February, Phil Connors is forced to come to a small Pennsylvanian town to make a story about the Groundhog Day. The arrogant and narcissistic weather presenter is incredibly fed up with his work, and he deeply despises this deaf town with its festival.
However, this year time has played a cruel joke with Phil - it has stopped. Now every morning he has to re-experience February 2, do a report and return to the hotel.
Closed within one day, Phil gets an impetus to rethink his life and his relationship.
7. 1+1
The true story is about two men who are completely different from each other - a paralyzed rich aristocrat and a dark-skinned young man who recently served time in prison.
As a result of an accident that led to a disability, Philip lost interest in life. He hires caregivers, but none of them stay long. And now the man decides to hire Driss, who seems to be the most inappropriate candidate - he has neither the skills nor the experience in this area.
However, Philip is right - the guy manages to bring the spirit of adventure into the measured and boring life of an aristocrat.
6. Psychic team
The film tells about four mental patients who once went to a baseball game accompanied by their attending physician.
On the way, the doctor is lost, and the psychiatric remain unattended.
Not quite adequate comrades, among them a pathological liar and alarmist Billy, a moron-fool Henry, a former advertiser Jack, who considers himself Jesus, and the catatonic Albert find themselves in comic situations in a large and unfamiliar city.
5. Temple Grandin
If a person is autistic, this does not mean that he cannot defend his own convictions and rights.
Biographical tape tells of a young woman Temple Grandin. Despite her illness, she managed to become one of the leading experts in the field of agricultural industry.
Temple fights against violence and cruelty in killing cattle, but because of illness, no one wants to take it seriously. She wants to prove to those around her what she can.
4. Areas of darkness
What if your life is a solid black line? When all that you take up, fails? The writer Eddie has come just such a moment: he has problems in relations with a girl, and the new novel is not written in any way.
But one day mysterious pills that can increase the efficiency of brain activity fall into Eddie’s hands.
The main character of the film, without thinking twice, tries the miraculous drug, and his life immediately begins to improve ...
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Listing the best motivating films, it is simply impossible to ignore the touching and sad story about the fate of Benjamin Button, a man who grew up the other way around.
When he was born on the day of the end of World War I, his father refused him in horror, and a nurse from a nursing home took up his upbringing.
His path will be so surprising and unusual that it can hardly be repeated in the life of anyone else.
The picture tells about the life of a unique person, about the love that he will find, and then lose, about joyful and sad events, and about what remains out of time.
2. Pleasantville
Teenager David Wagner lives a secluded life and prefers to spend his time watching "Pleasantville" - a television show of the 50s about the town of the same name, where life is incredibly pleasant and cheerful, and all inhabitants are lovely, kind and courteous people.
He wants to get to this utopian place and get rid of his whimsical sister Jennifer.
And so, one day, his dream comes true. After an argument, the brother and sister are transferred to the mysterious black-and-white world of the TV show and become its heroes ...
1. The Time Traveler's Wife
A selection of the best motivating films would not be complete without this film. Fantastic drama tells about the amazing, but at the same time, the sad love story of Henry and Claire.
From an early age, Henry suffers from an unusual genetic disease, thanks to which he is able to travel in time but cannot control this process.
He met his wife when she was only 6, and he was 30 years older. They got married when she was 23 and he was 31. It’s not so easy to be the time traveler’s wife, because the unpredictable disappearances and sudden appearances of Henry can drive every woman crazy. But Claire has always been waiting for her husband ...
