Motivational films

List of the best motivational films selected by our site visitors: Scarface, Control, Network, Amadeus, Businessmen, A Good Year, The Invention of Lying, Just Friends, Sweet Smell of Success, Cassandra's Dream.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:50

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama, music, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia, Japan, France
Duration02:02

Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy days of 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:01

A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genredrama, music, biography
CountryUSA, France
Duration02:33

The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama, crime
CountryKazakhstan
Duration01:34

Events in the "Businessmen" unfold in the era of the 90's, when the country is experiencing an economic crisis. Heroes of the film are among the first who stood at the origins of market relations in Kazakhstan.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:57

Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, short
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryGermany, USA, Canada
Duration01:36

While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.

Markimdb: 8
Genredrama, film noir
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
Duration01:48

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:45

A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
Duration01:53

Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuscia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a network executive - Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact revenge and reclaim his status as America's sweetheart.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, drama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naïve hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:43

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Markimdb: 9.3
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:22

Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public consensus was that it was a waste of time – no one good enough to play professional football was going to be found this way.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, drama, music, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, France
Duration02:24

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
CountryRussia
Duration01:52

A funny musical story about a most popular Russian TV show "The Voice" and it's participants.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, musical, adventure, music
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:33

In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredocumentary, music, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:59

Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama, crime, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:02

A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA, Germany

A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, melodrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genredrama, biography
CountryRussia
Duration01:32

Russia’s answer to U.S. box-office hit “The Social Network”, the movie tells the story of a pair of Moscow students in the mid-90s who create an internet search engine that becomes one of the largest in the world.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:55

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryRussia
Duration02:03

Max falls into the hands of a "happy" horoscope, which he must follow for 30 days, performing all its insane orders to obtain previously unavailable beauty and success. But one day Max's horoscope is replaced...

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, comedy, documentary
CountryUSA

This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, music, biography
CountryFrance
Duration02:15

A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:04

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:10

Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:10

Henry Frankenstein is a doctor who is trying to discover a way to make the dead walk. He succeeds and creates a monster that has to deal with living again.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:36

A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove her self in a male dominated world.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, drama, sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:21

A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill corner man Eddie and promoter Joe. Back in training, years after anyone thought he was a contender, he risks his life, as he tries to stand tall and regain his place in the world.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:50

Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama
CountryDenmark

On his quest for happiness, Per decides to leave Jutland and an upbringing in a strict religious home. He runs from his family and his patriarch father, and sets sail towards Copenhagen to become an engineer. Parallel to his studies, he works on a visionary energy project based on wind and wave energy, a project so much ahead of its time, that professors consider him insane and far too self-confident. However, Per’s project becomes a success and he marries the beautiful Jakobe who is a part of a wealthy Jewish family. One would imagine that Per’s happiness now is made. But Per’s childhood keeps haunting him and his dogmatic family cannot accept his new life. Despite his luck and success, Per is unable to fully cut the strings to his strict religious background, and he now fears that he will repeat his father’s patriarchist behavior.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, drama, sport
CountryCanada, USA
Duration01:32

Doug Glatt, a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the "muscle." Despite the fact that Glatt can't skate his best friend, Pat, convinces him to give it a shot, and Glatt becomes a hero to the team and their fans, until the league's reigning goon becomes threatened by Glatt's success and decides to even the score.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genremelodrama, drama, music
CountryGermany, Italy
Duration01:57

The life story of Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini, who rose to fame as a virtuoso in the early 19th Century.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:47

The history of Sound City and their huge recording device; exploring how digital change has allowed 'people that have no place' in music to become stars. It follows former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighter David Grohl as he attempts to resurrect the studio back to former glories.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

A New York couple and their Midwestern friends find that drastic changes have occurred in their respective lives since they last met.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA, Norway
Duration02:19

A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.

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