# The best motivational movies

Films that make you want to act: the most recommended motivational films from Lifehacker, Wink and WEEEK.

- 10 votes · 15 items
- Jan 15, 2024 · reelfan_nn
- https://even.best/en/l/3881/the-best-motivational-movies

## Top 15

1. **The Shawshank Redemption (1994)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Banker Andy Dufresne spends twenty years planning an escape.
2. **Hidden Figures (2016)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — NASA's Black women mathematicians.
3. **Moneyball (2011)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Brad Pitt as Oakland Athletics manager Billy Beane.
4. **October Sky (1999)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A miner's son dreams of building rockets.
5. **Wild (2014)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Reese Witherspoon hikes over a thousand miles.
6. **Dead Poets Society (1989)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Robin Williams's teacher and carpe diem.
7. **The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A reminder never to give up.
8. **Forrest Gump (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kindness and sincerity in any situation.
9. **The Intouchables (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A paralysed aristocrat and his carer from the suburbs.
10. **Pay It Forward (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A boy works out how to make the world better.
11. **Erin Brockovich (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Julia Roberts takes on a corporation; Oscar winner.
12. **Whiplash (2014)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A young drummer and a brutal teacher.
13. **Rocky (1976)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A club boxer gets his shot.
14. **The Intern (2015)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Robert De Niro interns at a start-up at 70.
15. **Eddie the Eagle (2016)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The least likely Olympic ski jumper.

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