Best inspirational movies that has a happy ending
August 7, 2022 5:55 AM Subscribe
I just watched the movie “Thirteen lives” .It’s about the boys soccer team from Thailand who were rescued from the flooded cave after 18 days.
There are few things that really are very inspiring.First and foremost the amazing Australian and British Divers who were able to think out of the box and also risking their lives to rescue these boys in a way nobody thought was possible.Next,the boys and the coach themselves,how they survived with no food but with just some breathing techniques ,meditation and prayers. It takes a lot of mental stamina for the boys at that age to conquer fear when their rescue seemed impossible. Also the way ,the local community & farmers came together to help divert the water away from the caves was astonishing.
Are there movies like this which uplifts you and you keep watching it again and again?
Can you recommend movies like this which has a happy ending?
There are few things that really are very inspiring.First and foremost the amazing Australian and British Divers who were able to think out of the box and also risking their lives to rescue these boys in a way nobody thought was possible.Next,the boys and the coach themselves,how they survived with no food but with just some breathing techniques ,meditation and prayers. It takes a lot of mental stamina for the boys at that age to conquer fear when their rescue seemed impossible. Also the way ,the local community & farmers came together to help divert the water away from the caves was astonishing.
Are there movies like this which uplifts you and you keep watching it again and again?
Can you recommend movies like this which has a happy ending?
Weathering with You by Makoto Shinkai is good.
It is about a young boy who, for childish reasons, runs away from his hometown to Tokyo and tries to make a go of living on his own there. Well, obviously he is not so successful, but along the way, he meets kind people and falls in love with a girl and finds a way to fight for what he wants.
posted by Didnt_do_enough at 6:22 AM on August 7, 2022 [4 favorites]
It is about a young boy who, for childish reasons, runs away from his hometown to Tokyo and tries to make a go of living on his own there. Well, obviously he is not so successful, but along the way, he meets kind people and falls in love with a girl and finds a way to fight for what he wants.
posted by Didnt_do_enough at 6:22 AM on August 7, 2022 [4 favorites]
I saw it many years ago, and I’m not sure it would hold up, but The Milagro Beanfield War May fit your criteria. (It is fiction, not documentary. Not sure if you’re looking for both types.)
posted by Winnie the Proust at 7:00 AM on August 7, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Winnie the Proust at 7:00 AM on August 7, 2022 [2 favorites]
Mr. Frog suggests Apollo 13 might fir the bill.
posted by gideonfrog at 7:05 AM on August 7, 2022 [9 favorites]
posted by gideonfrog at 7:05 AM on August 7, 2022 [9 favorites]
October Sky was a treat, based on a real story.
posted by theora55 at 7:18 AM on August 7, 2022 [8 favorites]
posted by theora55 at 7:18 AM on August 7, 2022 [8 favorites]
Pride might fit the bill.
posted by platypus of the universe at 7:37 AM on August 7, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by platypus of the universe at 7:37 AM on August 7, 2022 [5 favorites]
Cool Runnings - a comedy loosely based on a true story
"Four Jamaican bobsledders dream of competing in the Winter Olympics, despite never having seen snow. With the help of a disgraced former champion desperate to redeem himself, the Jamaicans set out to become worthy of Olympic selection, and go all out for glory."
posted by belladonna at 7:44 AM on August 7, 2022 [7 favorites]
"Four Jamaican bobsledders dream of competing in the Winter Olympics, despite never having seen snow. With the help of a disgraced former champion desperate to redeem himself, the Jamaicans set out to become worthy of Olympic selection, and go all out for glory."
posted by belladonna at 7:44 AM on August 7, 2022 [7 favorites]
Strongly seconding Pride.
A different kind of movie that also gives me some of this kind of feeling is All The President's Men.
posted by gudrun at 7:58 AM on August 7, 2022 [2 favorites]
A different kind of movie that also gives me some of this kind of feeling is All The President's Men.
posted by gudrun at 7:58 AM on August 7, 2022 [2 favorites]
Rudy is this for my family. The kid just never gives up, even when all common sense says it’s time to stop already.
posted by Mchelly at 8:23 AM on August 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Mchelly at 8:23 AM on August 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
I enjoyed "The Rescue", which is the Netflix documentary about the Thai cave rescue. It was enthralling, suspenseful and really captivating to watch the actual people who did the rescue. (I have not seen "Thirteen Lives" yet, but will!)
posted by Ochre,Hugh at 8:33 AM on August 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Ochre,Hugh at 8:33 AM on August 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible is a documentary on Netflix about a team of Nepali mountaineers who attempt to climb all 14 mountains of the world with an elevation of over 8,000 meters in short amount of time. The leader of the team, Nimsdai Purja, is such an inspirational guy - an awesome watch for feel good conquer the dream inspiration.
posted by carlypennylane at 8:33 AM on August 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by carlypennylane at 8:33 AM on August 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
Safety and Remember the Titans fit the bill if you enjoy football stories.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:52 AM on August 7, 2022
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:52 AM on August 7, 2022
You might love the documentary Searching for Sugarman.
posted by BlahLaLa at 8:55 AM on August 7, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by BlahLaLa at 8:55 AM on August 7, 2022 [3 favorites]
I am not a sportsball person at all, but I really enjoyed Invincible about Vince Papale , who makes it onto the Philadelphia Eagles in an open call and then has to prove himself worthy of the spot to himself, his teammates, and fans.
posted by brookeb at 8:58 AM on August 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by brookeb at 8:58 AM on August 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
I really liked the documentary 3100: Run and Become, which looks at extreme running primarily as a spiritual practice. It focuses mostly on a marathon held in New York, where people run around one square block for 3100 miles (they have 52 days to do this). Other runners featured include African bushmen, a Japanese monk, and a Navajo man who runs as a tribute to this father who ran away from a boarding school. I am not a runner, but I found the stories very interesting and inspiring. It's currently available for rent on Amazon Prime.
posted by FencingGal at 10:37 AM on August 7, 2022
posted by FencingGal at 10:37 AM on August 7, 2022
I absolutely loved the documentary Dark Horse, about a small struggling Welsh town that pooled together to breed a racehorse who turned out to be an incredible and unlikely winner. The townspeople are so likeable and the odds against them are just so high!
The documentary Maiden is about the first all-women sailing crew to enter the Whitbread Round. It’s also very engaging and inspiring.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:16 PM on August 7, 2022 [2 favorites]
The documentary Maiden is about the first all-women sailing crew to enter the Whitbread Round. It’s also very engaging and inspiring.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:16 PM on August 7, 2022 [2 favorites]
Piano to Zanskar. True, and filmed as it happened. The hero has repaired pianos all his life, and when he retires he decides to take on an old commitment someone else made, to deliver one to a small village in the Himalayas where there are no roads. The locals have no idea how to move something that big, and they drag it, so it arrives absolutely trashed. Also there's nobody who can really play it. This is a quiet, gentle movie where the hero decides to do something completely impossible and everything works out perfectly. I loved it.
Beaver Believers. There are wildfires everywhere, droughts, deserts. It's just life, and has nothing to do with the decision made by the Hudson's Bay Company 200 years back to stop their territory (half of North America) from being settled by rendering beavers extinct.
People are putting beavers back, over the determined attempts of towns to kill them, and of farmers to destroy their dams. Wherever this is done, the droughts stop, fires don't burn, and the rivers come back. This film is about that, and about the very ordinary people doing amazing things to make it happen.
I can't count the number of times in this movie when I was sure something couldn't work, or someone was going to lose some fingers to those big yellow teeth, and it was always fine. It contrasts multi-million dollar projects that get fairly good results with someone tossing two beavers into a river and watching the area come back to life.
This movie says what I've always believed - that the solutions to all our problems are lying around in heaps, with big neon signs that say, "This Will Fix Everything." Very occasionally we pay attention, and amazing things happen.
Serengeti Rules. For a long time people knew that predators were useless intruders into an ecosystem, and if you could kill them all things would be better. This is about the research that showed that to be wrong. The pacing is uneven and several times I thought it was over, but there was more. It changed the way I see the world.
These are all independent movies made by people who wanted to make back the money put into them, so they're hard to find. I waited until Beaver Believers was for sale on their website and bought a copy, and I forced my family to watch it. I'd do the same for the others.
posted by AugustusCrunch at 1:11 PM on August 7, 2022
Beaver Believers. There are wildfires everywhere, droughts, deserts. It's just life, and has nothing to do with the decision made by the Hudson's Bay Company 200 years back to stop their territory (half of North America) from being settled by rendering beavers extinct.
People are putting beavers back, over the determined attempts of towns to kill them, and of farmers to destroy their dams. Wherever this is done, the droughts stop, fires don't burn, and the rivers come back. This film is about that, and about the very ordinary people doing amazing things to make it happen.
I can't count the number of times in this movie when I was sure something couldn't work, or someone was going to lose some fingers to those big yellow teeth, and it was always fine. It contrasts multi-million dollar projects that get fairly good results with someone tossing two beavers into a river and watching the area come back to life.
This movie says what I've always believed - that the solutions to all our problems are lying around in heaps, with big neon signs that say, "This Will Fix Everything." Very occasionally we pay attention, and amazing things happen.
Serengeti Rules. For a long time people knew that predators were useless intruders into an ecosystem, and if you could kill them all things would be better. This is about the research that showed that to be wrong. The pacing is uneven and several times I thought it was over, but there was more. It changed the way I see the world.
These are all independent movies made by people who wanted to make back the money put into them, so they're hard to find. I waited until Beaver Believers was for sale on their website and bought a copy, and I forced my family to watch it. I'd do the same for the others.
posted by AugustusCrunch at 1:11 PM on August 7, 2022
Miracle - about the 1980 US Men’s Olympic hockey team
posted by glaucon at 1:16 PM on August 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by glaucon at 1:16 PM on August 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Great suggestions.Thanks.Please keep ‘em coming.
posted by SunPower at 2:28 PM on August 7, 2022
posted by SunPower at 2:28 PM on August 7, 2022
Spare Parts
The Grizzlies
Does it have to be based on real life?
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
posted by rozcakj at 4:45 PM on August 7, 2022
The Grizzlies
Does it have to be based on real life?
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
posted by rozcakj at 4:45 PM on August 7, 2022
Response by poster: Does it have to be based on real life?
Yes
posted by SunPower at 5:40 PM on August 7, 2022
Yes
posted by SunPower at 5:40 PM on August 7, 2022
Man on Wire is a fun doc. It’s about Philippe Petit’s 1974 tight rope walk between the WTC towers. Petit is very inspirational, tons of charisma. Very entertaining to watch him tell the story.
posted by TurnKey at 11:10 PM on August 7, 2022
posted by TurnKey at 11:10 PM on August 7, 2022
Coming back to add (can't believe I forgot) Won't You Be My Neighbor?
posted by gudrun at 5:49 AM on August 8, 2022
posted by gudrun at 5:49 AM on August 8, 2022
The Dish and The Rookie. Both based on real life stories.
posted by TayBridge at 8:10 PM on August 10, 2022
posted by TayBridge at 8:10 PM on August 10, 2022
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posted by mskyle at 6:20 AM on August 7, 2022 [4 favorites]