Top 10 Best Movies Explaining Life Lessons
There are many great inspirational movies about life lessons to learn, many which leave an impact in more ways than one on our mind. Let’s have a look on the list of some fabulous movies which will definitely inspire you to look at life from a renewed perspective.
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Remember The Titans
Remember The Titans is a truly inspirational story about the hardships and the triumphs of a racially-integrated high school football team. The movie starts with the scenes of racial riots and explains the story of how players belonging to different races join ranks to form a football team under the coaching of an African-American and how they rise as a team. Fundamentally, Remember the Titans is a deeply moving film about the courage of individuals and the power of sports to transcend perceived and ingrained differences.
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The movie is about a person Walter Mitty who lives a mundane life and keeps daydreaming about all his crazy adventurous fantasies. He gets his wish fulfilled when he actually has to go for a real life quest when he loses a vital photo needed for life’s final issue and the only way to retrieve it is to find the photographer, who could be anywhere in the world.This movie strikes an incredible balance between Indy/art-house and Hollywood epic. The pathos of the main character is well-captured in subtle ways, as are the feelings of triumph when he is able to go beyond his own self-imposed limitations.
8
The 13th Warrior
The movie is based on a 1974 novel by Michael Crichton and an old English poem Beowulf. The movie revolves around the life of an exiled Arab ambassador who must join a band of Viking warriors as The 13 th Warrior to battle a n enemy with supernatural powers. The movie is all about faith and belief.
7
Fight Club
Fight Club was initially considered a box-office flop but people bent together and made it a cult phenomenon. The movie revolves around an insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life who crosses paths with a devil-may- care soap maker eventually forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much more. The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Ultimately, the two men spiral out of control and engage in competitive rivalry for love and power.
6
Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby is a tale of a female boxer and an aging trainer who decide to take their shot at the title; and there comes the twist. The movie is a truly adrenaline rush and drama. In short it is about the magic of risking everything for the dream that nobody sees but you.
5
Into The Wild
Directed by Sean Penn, Into The Wild is the real biography of a man named Chris McCandless who became a maverick and travelled numerous places to experience life and nature. During his endeavours he encounters numerous characters and persons who shapes his future. The movie explains what is happiness and how to live the life in a happiest way.
4
12 Years a Slave
Directed by Steve McQueen the movie won the academy award for the best picture. The movie is about a musician who is drugged and sold into slavery where he faces cruelty personified by a malevolent slave owner. He struggles to stay alive as well as retain his dignity. In short it is an incredible story of a man’s unbreakable sole and will to survive and attain freedom.
3
Unbroken
Unbroken is based on the 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. The film revolves around the life of USA Olympian and athlete who survives in a raft for 47 days after his bomber crash lands in the ocean during World War II. Unbroken personifies it’s title. The message is straight “Just believe in yourself and you will make it.”
2
Shawshank Redemption
Shawshank Redemption is full of emotions and inspiration and a must watch movie. The film revolves around two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. The movie says there is something inside us that no one can get to and no one can touch it; that’s our hope.
“I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they’re gone. I guess I just miss my friend.”-Red
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The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of happiness is a mind-blowing depiction of the problems of the modern-day life by Gabriele Muccino. It is inspired by the true story of Chris Gardner, a San Francisco salesman struggling to build a future for himself and his 5-year- old son while on a life-changing professional endeavour.. The storey relates perfectly with life of the working class people. The movie will teach you about the true meaning of life.
“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.”-Christopher Gardner
Feel free to share your movie recommendations in the comments section, if you don’t see it there. This is only a personal recommended list. People have different tastes and not everyone is going to agree with what’s on the list, neither is it possible to list every single inspiring movie in the world because there will be hundreds if not thousands of them.
