No way in .but I have to place it well above To kill a Mockingbird. The scene at the end where Oscar breaks down realizing that he could have saved one more life is pretty powerful stuff.
To Kill a mockingbird like I said, is one of the greatest works of our time, COME ON.
Hotel Rwanda depressed me way too much for it to be inspirational to me - I cried the whole ing way through. While he managed to save a lot of people, so many more died, and no one was there to save them.
That being said, I do think everyone needs to see Hotel Rwanda - it's a part of history that hasn't gotten the coverage it deserves, and the acting was amazing.
That's cuz you're Ms. Glass half empty.
At least if you expect the worse, you're prepared for it.
Frank Capra - 2 movies (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life).
Steven Spielberg - 3 movies (Saving Private Ryan, ET, and Schnidler's List).
Wow, I've only seen ET from this list of Top 10 and I was about 8 at the time. I must say, from a childhood perspective, Pippi Goes on Board & Pippi in the South Seas inspired me much more!
A couple of movies that changed the way I look at film, for better or worse, coincidently, both star Henry Fonda - The Grapes of Wrath and 12 Angry Men. I was glad to see Wrath make it, even though the ending of the book is a lot darker, and the sentimental ending of the story, what makes it so inspirational, has long been considered a piece of propganda or an answer to charges that Wrath held too many Communist ideals.
Of all the movies on that list, that's probably the one I would recommend.
I can mutter my way through the lines of It's A Wonderful Life with the best of them.
Wow. Films like the Grapes of Wrath, Schnidler's List, To Kill A Mockingbird, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Saving Private Ryan - I saw in School, whether I had seen them before or not. It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street are on every single Christmas. One of the Turner Networks (if you have cable) runs a Rocky marathon every 4-6 months or so.
I really stunned you've only seen one of those movies. My only questions is: what are the movies that inspire you?
Amazingly, I've still never seen It's a Wonderful Life...
I didn't see IAWL until relatively late in life and thought it was was waaaaaay overrated.
That's my fear too...
I'm not a big Jimmy Stewart fan anyway. Except for Mr. Smith.
i would put seconds by john frankenheimer in my top 10. that is one crazy movie, and rock hudson does an incredible job in it.
I’ve read to Kill a Mocking Bird & The Grapes of Wrath.
I suppose I'm not much of a cinema enthusiast. I don’t look to the big screen for inspiration… I find it all around me.
Malcolm X was well done; I was quite impressed with Denzel Washington's performance. Freida and The Motorcycle Diaries lived up to my expectations as well.
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I watched 12 Angry Men (coincidently when I was about 12). It was superb!
"Inspirational" can go both ways.
I'm sure Scarface has inspired a bunch of people to try coke
You can say that again. [runs off to do a line]
Two movies that make my list, but didn't make theirs:
Pleasantville
Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (the original)
In The Company of Men.
motorcycle diaries was pretty good until the very end when it turned into propaganda. i would prefer a pure biography myself.
^i liked motorcycle diaries.
i liked it, but the last few minutes ruined it for me. if i watch it again i will just stop it before the very end.
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