Motivational films

List of the best motivational films selected by our site visitors: The Bucket List, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Blind Side, Boiler Room, My Blind Date with Life, Inside I'm Dancing, Moneyball, Big Eyes, Seven Pounds, Legend No. 17.

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

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration03:00

    A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:09

      Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryGermany
      Duration02:28

      An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, France
      Duration01:38

      Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:06

        The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:46

          The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:58

          An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genredrama, biography, sport
          CountryRussia
          Duration02:14

          Biopic of Russian ice hockey legend Valeri Kharlamov from early childhood, rising to the pinnacle of the sport and his untimely death

          Markimdb: 8.2
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:43

          Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows -- including his wife and his best friend -- is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryUSA, Greece
          Duration02:38

          The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genredrama, family, biography, history, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:56

            Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, adventure, history
            CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates, Poland, India
            Duration02:13

            Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film details their perilous & uncertain journey to freedom, as they cross deserts, mountains, & several nations.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, biography, sport
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration02:16

            Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrecomedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:46

            After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But when Buddy steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life.

            Markimdb: 8
            Genremelodrama, drama, crime
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, India
            Duration02:00

              Jamal Malik is an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ but, after he wins, he is suspected of cheating.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genredrama, biography, history
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
              Duration02:08

              "Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights Act.

              Markimdb: 7.8
              Genredrama, family, biography
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:48

              Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genrecomedy, crime, sport
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:53

              Pro quarter-back, Paul Crewe and former college champion and coach, Nate Scarboro are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a football game 'fixed' to turn out quite another way.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genredrama, biography, sport
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:58

              In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.

              Markimdb: 8
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:57

              A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genremelodrama, drama, biography, sport
              CountryUSA, Germany
              Duration02:00

              A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

              Markimdb: 8.2
              Genremelodrama, drama, biography
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:15

              At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he turns to teaching, becoming romantically involved with his student Alicia. Meanwhile the government asks his help with breaking Soviet codes, which soon gets him involved in a terrifying conspiracy plot. Nash grows more and more paranoid until a discovery that turns his entire world upside down. Now it is only with Alicia's help that he will be able to recover his mental strength and regain his status as the great mathematician we know him as today..

              Markimdb: 8.1
              Genredrama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:35

              "Front of the Class" is based on the true story of Brad Cohen -- played in the movie by Jimmy Wolk -- who, "after being challenged by Tourette's syndrome from a very young age, defies all odds to become a gifted teacher

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrecomedy
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration01:44

              Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything.

              Markimdb: 7.9
              Genrecomedy, drama, crime
              CountryGermany
              Duration01:27

              Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea. Drunk and still in pajamas they steal the first fancy car they find, a 60's Mercedes convertible. The car happens to belong to a bunch of gangsters, which immediately start to chase it, since it contains more than the pistol Martin finds in the glove box.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryCanada, USA
              Duration01:59

              In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly pursues recognition for his invention, as well as the much-deserved financial rewards for the sake of his wife (Lauren Graham) and six kids.

              Markimdb: 8.5
              Genrecomedy, drama, biography
              CountryFrance
              Duration01:52

              A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:41

                A long lost music producer finds a singer-songwriter right about the moment he has given up all hope on life.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genredrama, crime, biography
                CountryGermany, USA
                Duration02:03

                A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

                Genredrama
                Duration03:09

                A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cellblock's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

                Markimdb: 8.3
                Genredrama, biography
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:47

                A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.

                Markimdb: 8
                Genredocumentary, short
                CountryFrance
                Duration01:47

                The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genredrama, music
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:50

                The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary boundaries to fulfill his dream of success in hip hop. With his pal Future and the three one third in place, all he has to do is not choke.

                Markimdb: 7.7
                Genredrama, biography
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:56

                  On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

                  Markimdb: 6
                  Genredrama, biography
                  CountryUSA, Luxembourg
                  Duration02:02

                  The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

                  Markimdb: 6.8
                  Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
                  CountryRussia, USA
                  Duration02:00

                  A chronicle of Russia's transition from communism to capitalism.

                  Markimdb: 5.6
                  Genrefantastic, drama, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:37

                  A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.

                  Markimdb: 7.2
                  Genredrama, biography, history
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                  Duration02:31

                    Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

                    Markimdb: 8.5
                    Genredrama, music
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:46

                    Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

                    Markimdb: 7.8
                    Genredrama, biography, history
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:32

                    The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genredrama
                    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
                    Duration01:41

                      Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

                      Markimdb: 7.4
                      Genredrama, military, biography, history
                      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                      Duration02:30

                      A thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history.

                      Markimdb: 7.8
                      Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:23

                      Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny island with nothing but some flotsam and jetsam from the aircraft's cargo.

                      Markimdb: 6.8
                      Genredrama, sport
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:31

                      After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.

                      Markimdb: 6.2
                      Genremelodrama, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:07

                        As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.

                        Markimdb: 7.2
                        Genremelodrama, drama, cartoon, crime, music
                        CountrySpain, United Kingdom, USA, Hungary, Philippines, Canada, France
                        Duration01:34

                        Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.

                        Markimdb: 7.6
                        Genremelodrama, drama, music
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration02:24

                        Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

                        Markimdb: 6.3
                        Genrecomedy, drama
                        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan
                        Duration01:39

                          After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.




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