We look for inspiration in a variety of places, including books and music podcasts. However, if you’re a movie enthusiast — and a visual person — a film could give you the push you need when you’re attempting to do something or improve yourself.
Some films can change the way you think about health, wealth, and wellbeing or even allow you to tap into your creative side. Some movies can act as catalysts for personal growth and transformation, whether it’s a biography that inspires you to make drastic changes for the sake of society or a documentary that helps you clean up your life. Perhaps your objective is to eat more healthily. Maybe you want to travel more or develop healthy relationships. Maybe you’ll come upon something you hadn’t considered before and pursue it.
Some of these movies may appear to be unexpected sources of inspiration, while others may be clearer and more obvious. But, after all, isn’t it the goal of life to improve yourself in whichever way you can? Take a look at this list and who knows; you may end up feeling inspired by these movies.
Happy
In search of personal fulfillment? Happy, directed by Robo Belic, examines what makes people happy on various levels, even scientific ones and leaves you feeling… Happy!
Living On One Dollar
Setting financial objectives can assist you in reviewing your spending habits. This film follows four friends in rural Guatemala as they struggle with illness and hunger while attempting to survive on a dollar a day for eight weeks.
If that’s not difficult enough, the personal journey of this next couple in Private Life will get you thinking.
Private Life
Do you have any concerns that you’re scared to share with others? Or do you ever feel alone in your quest to reach your objectives? Private Life is a film that will assist you in changing your mind about the difficult things that you desperately desire. Whether or not you can connect to this couple’s fertility issues, this film can help you see things in a different light.
Bird Box
Allow me to present to you the more profound messages contained in the box office hit, Bird Box. On numerous levels, the film candidly discusses overcoming your darkest fears, trusting your gut, walking by faith, and blocking out the harmful noise. The monsters in this movie are physical, whereas the monsters that we face in everyday life can be more mental.
If you love Sandra Bullock, this film is for you.
The 15:17 to Paris
The filmmakers based this film on actual events: three American passengers (who also happen to be the stars of the film) acted heroically during a 2015 terrorist attack on a Thalys train. This film will inspire you to fight for what is right this year, no matter what it takes.
Fittest On Earth
Fittest On Earth follows some of the world’s fittest athletes as they compete in the CrossFit Games to become the best in their field. This film will ignite a desire in you to get up and move.
Minimalism
Do you wish to simplify your life and live a more pared down lifestyle? Having an excess of stuff may appear to be the ‘American Dream’ — after all, it is what our culture has thrived on for so long. Material things and consumption can’t and won’t provide us long-term satisfaction, according to the documentary, Minimalism. Think this lifestyle might be for you?
Time for a boxing film and Southpaw with Jake Gyllenhaal is an excellent example of a motivational boxing movie.
Southpaw
Time for a boxing film and Southpaw with Jake Gyllenhaal is an excellent example of a motivational boxing movie. Jake Gyllenhaal plays a boxer who, after a personal catastrophe, sets out to get his life back on track. There’s not much here that hasn’t been written about in boxing films, but this film is different; it’s the kind of film that can help you get back on your feet after a personal setback.
The Greatest Showman
Yes, this is the year to keep declaring who you are all the time! The Greatest Showman is for you if one of your aims is to live fearlessly and manage your thoughts and ideas. Be motivated to be yourself, even if someone or something dislikes your physical appearance…because there are way more important things in life than the way you look.
My Left Foot
Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis), a youngster diagnosed with cerebral palsy who grows up to become a great author and painter, is based on a true tale. Christy learned to do practically everything with the one body part he could manage, and this film will remind you that you already have everything you need to achieve your goals.
Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore.
This film will bolster your trust in humanity, especially if getting to know the people around you is a new year’s resolution. Melanie Lynskey plays a scared nursing assistant who partners up with her neighbor to track down the criminals who broke into her home.
Julie & Julia
The film Julie & Julia is an extraordinary tale of the main character’s re-invention (Amy Adams) personally and professionally. When blogging was a new thing, Amy Adams realized her dream of becoming a cookery writer. This movie will make you want to pick up one of Julia Childs’ cookbooks, learn some new cooking techniques, become a blogger, or both.
This might be the year that you overcome your fears, fight for what you want, and empower others while achieving your objectives. So, by watching these inspirational films, you can do your bit and open yourself up to newer and deeper resolutions.
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