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23 Most Inspirational Movies

A new year can represent opportunity for new hopes and resolutions, and movies have the gift to inspire that personal change. If you’re eager to turn the page on 2022, here’s 23 of the most inspirational movies to charge your 2023.

Diet and exercise are always high contenders on new year’s resolutions lists, and movies like Brittany Runs a Marathon or Chariots of Fire will get you in motion. There are movies for getting in touch with inner hope (The Shawshank Redemption) and your roots (Lion), along with picking up new skills (Julie & Julia) and rekindling determination (Remember the Titans, Hidden Figures). There’s some movies guide us through trauma and disaster, like Life of Pi, and Soul Surfer. And those entering 2023 with open hearts ought to seek out Wild and Groundhog Day. And just recently audiences turned Everything Everywhere All At Once into a global hit, taking to heart the film’s message of self-acceptance and cherishing the moments.

If it’s a new year, it’s a new you: Here’s 23 movies to inspire your 2023. —Alex Vo