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Inspiring films do not come by very often. Nevertheless, there are many inspirational movies in Hollywood. Here is a list of the top 100 most inspirational movies ever. Only some Hollywood movies with inspiring storyline have made it to this list. You can copy this list of top 100 most inspirational movies ever to make a list of your personal favorite inspirational movies. These movies will definitely make you feel good about yourself. Source: AFI

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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    1946
    Frank Capra
    Drama, Fantasy, Family
    Argentina Brunetti, Donna Reed, H. B. Warner, James Stewart, Sheldon Leonard, Mary Treen, Beulah Bondi, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Ward Bond, Frank Faylen, Charles Lane, Gloria Grahame More
  2. 2
    1962
    Robert Mulligan
    Drama, Black-and-white, Mystery, Crime Fiction, Film adaptation, Courtroom Drama More
    Brock Peters, William Windom, Mary Badham, Gregory Peck, Collin Wilcox, Paul Fix, Phillip Alford, Rosemary Murphy, Robert Duvall, Alice Ghostley, John Megna, Ruth White, Frank Overton More
  3. 3
    1993
    Steven Spielberg
    Drama, Black-and-white, History, Period piece, Biography, Biographical film, Film adaptation, Tragedy More
    Ben Kingsley, Mark Ivanir, Harry Nehring, Embeth Davidtz, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Ludger Pistor, Miri Fabian, Ezra Dagan, Aldona Grochal, Albert Misak, Beata Paluch, Anna Mucha, Malgoscha Gebel, Jonathan Sagall, Beata Nowak, Adi Nitzan, Friedrich von Thun, Krzysztof Luft, Shmulik Levy More
  4. 4
    1976
    John G. Avildsen
    Drama, Boxing, Action, Sports, Romance Film, New Hollywood
    Thayer David, Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Tony Burton, Burgess Meredith, Jodi Letizia, Carl Weathers, Joe Spinell, Jimmy Gambina, Pedro Lovell More
  5. 5
    1939
    Frank Capra
    Drama, Black-and-white, Political drama
    Ruth Donnelly, Grant Mitchell, Eugene Pallette, Porter Hall, Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, James Stewart, Pierre Watkin, H. B. Warner, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Claude Rains, Beulah Bondi, Frank Capra, Astrid Allwyn, Charles Lane, Henry DeWitt Carey II More
  6. 6
    1982
    Steven Spielberg
    Drama, Fantasy, Family, Science Fiction, Adventure, Children's, Family Drama More
    Debra Winger, Robert MacNaughton, Erika Eleniak, C. Thomas Howell, Michael Durrell, Peter Coyote, Pat Welsh, Sean Frye, Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace-Stone, K. C. Martel More
  7. 7
    1940
    John Ford
    Drama, Black-and-white, Film adaptation
    Frank Sully, Eddie Quillan, John Qualen, Russell Simpson, John Carradine, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, Charles Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon, Shirley Mills, Zeffie Tilbury, O.Z. Whitehead More
  8. 8
    1979
    Peter Yates
    Comedy, Family, Sports, Drama Film, Coming of age
    Jackie Earle Haley, Peter Maloney, John Ashton, Lisa Shure, Barbara Barrie, Robyn Douglass, Amy Wright, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Dennis Christopher, Paul Dooley, Hart Bochner, P. J. Soles, Jennifer K. Mickel More
  9. 9
    1947
    George Seaton
    Fantasy, Christmas movie
    Harry Antrim, William Frawley, Robert Gist, William Windom, Gene Lockhart, Maureen O'Hara, Porter Hall, Natalie Wood, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Jerome Cowan, James Seay More
  10. 10
    1998
    Steven Spielberg
    Drama, History, Action, War
    Paul Giamatti, Dennis Farina, Demetri Goritsas, Steve Griffin, Julian Spencer, Markus Napier, Tom Hanks, Vin Diesel, Barry Pepper, Nathan Fillion, Daniel Cerqueira, Tom Sizemore, Matt Damon, Ian Porter, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, Adam Shaw, Bryan Cranston, Gary Sefton, Rolf Saxon, Dylan Bruno, Edward Burns, Ted Danson, William Marsh, Anna Maguire , Max Martini, Adam Goldberg, Joerg Stadler, Marc Cass More
  11. 11
    1946
    William Wyler
    Drama, Black-and-white, War
    Myrna Loy, Roman Bohnen, Harold Russell, Gladys George, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Fredric March, Steve Cochran, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Hoagy Carmichael, Ray Collins More
  12. 12
    1995
    Ron Howard
    Drama, History, Adventure
    Kathleen Quinlan, Tracy Reiner, Emily Ann Lloyd, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris, Tom Hanks, Miko Hughes, Jean Speegle Howard, David Andrews, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Clint Howard, Christian Clemenson, Michele Little, Chris Ellis, Max Elliott Slade, Loren Dean, Gary Sinise, Xander Berkeley, Kevin Bacon, Marc McClure More
  13. 13
    1986
    David Anspaugh
    Drama, Family, Sports, Teen, Sports, Family Drama
    Chelcie Ross, Fern Persons, Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley More
  14. 14
    1957
    David Lean
    Drama, Adventure, War
    Ann Sears, M. R. B. Chakrabandhu, William Holden, John Boxer, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Peter Williams, Harold Goodwin, André Morell, Geoffrey Horne, Percy Herbert, Keiichiro Katsumoto, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Heihachirô Ôkawa More
  15. 15
    1962
    Arthur Penn
  16. 16
    1979
    Martin Ritt
    Drama
    Barbara Baxley, Vernon Weddle, Ron Leibman, Booth Colman, Morgan Paull, Sally Field, Robert Broyles, James Luisi, Lee de Broux, John Calvin, Gilbert Green, Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Gail Strickland More
  17. 17
    1975
    Miloš Forman
    Drama, Comedy, Indie, Film adaptation, Existentialism, Tragedy
    Brad Dourif, Vincent Schiavelli, Sydney Lassick, Josip Elic, Scatman Crothers, William Redfield, Louise Fletcher, Dean R. Brooks, Mwako Cumbuka, Jack Nicholson, Anjelica Huston, Will Sampson, William Duell, Saul Zaentz, Lan Fendors, Christopher Lloyd, Nathan George, Danny DeVito, Peter Brocco, Michael Berryman, Alonzo Brown More
  18. 18
    1959
    George Stevens
    Drama, Black-and-white, Biographical film, War, Film adaptation
    Millie Perkins, Gretchen Goertz, Joseph Schildkraut, Edmund Purdom, Ed Wynn, Gusti Huber, Nicholas Farrell, Mariah Gale, Diane Baker, Charles Wagenheim, Douglas Spencer, Kate Ashfield, Geoff Breton, Robert Boon, Dodie Heath, Ron Cook, Tim Dantay, Frank Tweddell, Shelley Winters, Lou Jacobi, Richard Beymer, Lesley Sharp, Ellie Kendrick, Delmar Erickson, William Kirschner More
  19. 19
    1983
    Philip Kaufman
    Drama, History, Period piece, Adventure, Film adaptation
    Levon Helm, Charles Frank, Kathy Baker, Fred Ward, Mickey Crocker, Ed Harris, Veronica Cartwright, Barbara Hershey, Kim Stanley, Lance Henriksen, Scott Glenn, Mittie Smith, Donald Moffat, Scott Paulin, Harry Shearer, Susan Kase, Dennis Quaid, Pamela Reed, Sam Shepard, Chuck Yeager, Royal Dano, Scott Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, Mary Jo Deschanel More
  20. 20
    1993
    Jonathan Demme
    Drama, LGBT, Courtroom Drama, Tragedy
    Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Antonio Banderas, Mary Steenburgen, Ron Vawter, Chandra Wilson, Charles Napier, Roberta Maxwell, Bradley Whitford, Buzz Kilman, Karen Finley More
  21. 21
    1967
    Norman Jewison
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller
    Peter Masterson, Lee Grant, James Patterson, Anthony James, Warren Oates, Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Larry Gates, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Peter Whitney, Kermit Murdock, Larry D. Mann, Matt Clark, Arthur Malet, Scott Wilson, Timothy Scott, Phil Adams More
  22. 22
    1942
    Sam Wood
    Drama, Black-and-white, Biography, Sports, Biographical film
    Virginia Gilmore, Harry Harvey, Walter Brennan, Pierre Watkin, Ludwig Stössel, Else Jannsen, Ernie Adams, Dan Duryea, Babe Ruth, Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Bill Dickey More
  23. 23
    1994
    Frank Darabont
    Drama, Period piece, Crime, Crime Fiction, Prison film
    William Sadler, Joseph Ragno, Larry Brandenburg, Bob Gunton, Jeffrey DeMunn, Brian Libby, Mark Rolston, Tim Robbins, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore, Renee Blaine, Neil Giuntoli, David Proval, Paul McCrane, Jude Ciccolella, Morgan Freeman More
  24. 24
    1945
    Clarence Brown
    Drama, Family, Film adaptation, Family Drama, Coming of age
    Mickey Rooney, Arthur Treacher, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, Anne Revere, Norma Varden, Terry Kilburn, Reginald Owen, Juanita Quigley, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp, Angela Lansbury More
  25. 25
    1941
    Preston Sturges
    Drama, Comedy, Black-and-white, Adventure, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Screwball comedy, Satire More
    Willard Robertson, Porter Hall, Margaret Hayes, Eric Blore, Monte Blue, Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, Franklin Pangborn, Byron Foulger, Robert Greig, William Demarest, Torben Meyer, Paul Jones, Julius Tannen, Arthur Hoyt, Billy Bletcher, J. Farrell MacDonald, Preston Sturges, Elsa Lanchester, Edward Hearn, Dewey Robinson, Esther Howard, Al Bridge, Jimmy Conlin, Roscoe Ates, Chester Conklin, Jimmie Dundee, Georges Renavent, Harry Tyler, Paul Newlan, Harry Hayden, Emory Parnell, Edgar Dearing, Jan Buckingham More

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