Most people watch movies for entertainment.
But for some, they watch a movie :
– to learn important messages which can apply to their life
– to get inspired and motivated
1. Unbroken (2004)
if you can take it, you can make it !
You train, and you fight harder than those guys, you win !
You can take it, you can make it !!!
You can do this, you got to just believe you can !
A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory !
2. Sea Biscuit (2003)
Based on the inspiring true story of three lost men – a jockey, a trainer and a businessman – and the undersized racehorse who took the entire nation on the ride of a lifetime.
A Millionaire Businessman whose life was turned upside down when his son die in an accident
An Unsuccessful oversized Jockey whose spirit was broken,
An unemployed Cowboy (Horse Trainer), whose job was lost to rapid modernisation.
An underperforming undersized Race Horse.
4 Lives were brought together by Fate, finding each other and giving each other Hope. Rising from troubled times to achieve Fame and Success.
You don’t throw the racehorse life away just because it is banged up a little.
The race Horse just need to learn to be a Horse again.
Everyone loses a couple. Either you pack up and go home or you keep on fighting
Competing with a very strong opponent and overcoming odds to Win with training and preparation.
Watch the final Race, guaranteed Super Heart warming for the Soul !
3. Facing the Giants (2006)
A 2006 American Christian drama film directed by and starring Alex Kendrick. Personally, i am a non-christian but was very impressed with its plot and Death Crawl scene.
Do search in Youtube “Death Crawl scene from Facing the Giants“
This is what you need when you are Facing the Giants…
The Odds are against you. You have to give it all your absolute BEST.
Don’t stop, Don’t Quit,
It Hurts, Keep Moving, 30 more steps….
Keep Moving, Don’t Quit on me,
20 more…Don’t Quit….
Give it your absolute Best until reach the Zone…
4. The Pursuit Of Happyness (2006)
Chris Gardener was doing his best, but his best wasn’t enough ! (Sounds familiar?)
If you got a dream, you got to protect it !
People can’t do something, they want to tell you: “You can’t do it “.
Don’t ever let somebody tell you that you can’t do something, not even your parents !
Will Smith stars in this moving tale 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 Christopher (Jaden Smith). When his girlfriend Linda (Thandie Newton) walks out, Chris is left to raise Christopher (Jaden Smith) on his own. Chris’ determination finally pays off when he lands an unpaid internship in a brutally competitive stockbroker-training program, where only one in twenty interns will make the cut. But without a salary, Chris and his son are evicted from their apartment and are forced to sleep on the streets, in homeless shelters and even behind the locked doors of a train station bathroom. With self-confidence and the love and trust of his son, Chris Gardner rises above his obstacles to become a Wall Street legend.
5. Rudy (1993)
Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame
6. Rocky (1976-2006)
Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone.
It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but kind-hearted working class Italian-American boxer working as a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of Philadelphia. Rocky starts out as a small-time club fighter, and later gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship.
The film has spawned six sequels: Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), Rocky V (1990), Rocky Balboa (2006), …. and Creed (2015).
It aint How Hard you Can Hit, it is How Hard you can Get Hit and keep Moving Forward !
7. Blindside (2009)
A semi-biographical sports drama film of the story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
8. Forrest Gump (1994)
Life is like a box of chocolate , you never know what you are gonna get !
Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), he leads anything but a restricted life. Whether dominating on the gridiron as a college football star, fighting in Vietnam or captaining a shrimp boat, Forrest inspires people with his childlike optimism. But one person Forrest cares about most may be the most difficult to save — his childhood love, the sweet but troubled Jenny (Robin Wright).
Sometimes you just need to think simply and just keep moving forward !
Since you have come so far, you might as will continue to move forward.
9. Castaway (2000)
Obsessively punctual FedEx executive Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is en route to an assignment in Malaysia when his plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean during a storm. The sole survivor of the flight, Chuck washes ashore on a deserted island. When his efforts to sail away and contact help fail, Chuck learns how to survive on the island, where he remains for years, accompanied by only his handmade volleyball friend, Wilson.
Sometimes unexpected things happens in Life…. you need to survive !!!
10. Coach Carter (2005)
In 1999, Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) returns to his old high school in Richmond, California, to get the basketball team into shape. With tough rules and academic discipline, he succeeds in setting the players on a winning streak. But when their grades start to suffer, Carter locks them out of the gym and shuts down their championship season. When he is criticized by the players and their parents, he sticks to his guns, determined that they excel in class as well as on the court.
11. Scent of a woman (1992)
Frank is a retired Lt. Col. in the US army. He’s blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to college. To help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over Thanksgiving. Frank’s niece says this will be easy money, but she didn’t reckon on Frank spending his Thanksgiving in New York
12. The Bucket List (2007)
Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.
Life is short. Make your bucket list today. Find The JOY of Your Life.
Make the items in your list happen ! Live your life !
