Highest-Rated Movies about 'Inspiration', Sort by Popularity

Orpheus (1950), Wide Awake (2006), Murderball (2005), Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields (2010), Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love (1977), La Lectrice (1988), Bull Durham (1988), Ride Like a Girl (2019) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Inspiration movies.

#16. Lions for Lambs (2007)

Storyline: Three stories told simultaneous in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a promising student to re-engage. Decisions press upon the reporter, the student, and the soldiers.

Plot Keywords: college student, college professor, journalist, senator, lieutenant, soldier, gripping ...

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#17. Leaving Metropolis (2002)

Storyline: David is a painter with painter's block who takes a job as a waiter to get some inspiration. He falls for hunky diner owner Matt, who falls just as hard back. But Violet, Matt's wife is a complicating factor! Toss in David's best friends a dying pre-op transsexual best friend and an aging, bitter, fag-hag journalist. Will David break up Matt's marriage? Will Violet learn the truth? Will David or Matt learn the true meaning of love?—Tim Evanson <tevanson@earthlink.net>

Plot Keywords: painter, boss, waiter, wife, transsexual, journalist, cheeky ...

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#20. The Wedding Chapel (2013)

Storyline: Uninspired and newly single painter Sarah is down on her luck and wants nothing more than to get away from her problems. When she decides to take a trip to visit her mom, she becomes involved in the efforts to save a local church which is in danger of closing down.

Plot Keywords: artist, troubled woman, young woman, mother, emotional, inspiring, engaging ...

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#21. The Muse (1999)

Storyline: What happens when a screenwriter (Brooks) loses his edge, he turns to anyone he can for help... even if it's the mythical "Zeus's Daughter" (Stone). And he's willing to pay, albeit reluctantly, whatever price it takes to satisfy this goddess, especially when her advice gets him going again on a sure-fire script. However, this is not the limit of her help, she also gets the writer's wife (MacDowell) going on her own bakery enterprise, much to the chagrin of Brooks, who has already had to make many personal sacrifices for his own help.

Plot Keywords: muse, screenwriter, wife, friend, amusing, quirky, winsome ...

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#22. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)

Storyline: The sisters come back to Deloris' (Whoopi Goldberg's) show to get her back as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a group of students in their parochial school, which is doomed for closure. One of the girls, Rita Watson (Lauryn Hill), who is the most talented of the bunch, is forbidden to sing by her mother, Florence Watson (Sheryl Lee Ralph), although the choir has made it to the state championship. A group of monks tries to stop them.

Plot Keywords: lounge singer, nun, administrator, high-school student, friend, amusing, spirited ...

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#23. City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)

Storyline: The second part of City Slickers begins after the death of Curly. It is the 40th birthday of Mitch Robbins and the day begins quite good until he returns home (after a hard day at the radio station) and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Nevertheless he is about to have a wonderful birthday-night with his wife when he discovers a treasure map of Curly by chance. Together with Phil (from the first part) and unfortunately with Glen he tries to find the hidden gold of Curly's father in the desert of Arizona instead of attending a meeting in Las Vegas. The adventurous journey reveals many surprises until everything seems to be over when the map gets lost...

Plot Keywords: husband, twin, friend, brother, wife, cowboy, madcap ...

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#24. An L.A. Minute (2018)

Storyline: "An L.A. Minute" is a satirical look at fame, success, the star-making machinery and the karma that attaches to all those who worship at the altar of Celebrity. Best-selling author Ted Gold faces a moral dilemma when Velocity, an avant-garde performance artist and the living embodiment of integrity, rocks his 1% world.

Plot Keywords: novelist, movie producer, agent, performance artist, amusing, emotional, tense ...

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#26. The Muse (1999)

Storyline: Screenwriter Steven Phillips (Albert Brooks) seemingly has it all, including an Academy Award for his latest script. But he's hit an artistic dry patch, so his writer friend Jack Warrick (Jeff Bridges) recommends the services of Sarah Little (Sharon Stone), a woman he swears is a veritable muse. Steven takes her on and is suddenly more inspired to create. Her services, however, come at a very steep price and Steven becomes suspicious about who Sarah really is and what she wants.

Plot Keywords: muse, screenwriter, wife, friend, amusing, quirky, winsome ...

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#27. Chopin: Desire for Love (2002)

Storyline: A tangled web of unruly passion lies at the center of this drama, chronicling the stormy affair between the great piano virtuoso Frederic Chopin and the flamboyant feminist writer Aurore Dupin, who called herself George Sand. Academy Award nominated Jerzy Antczak directs this sweeping portrayal of the famed composer and his intense but hurtful relationship with George Sand and her children. Chopin's Music known and loved by millions worldwide provides a powerful score that underlines the drama. The world recognized Yo-Yo-MA (cellist), Emanuel Ax (pianist), Yukio Yokoyama (pianist), Janusz Olejniczak pianist), Pamela Frank (violin), Vadim Brodsky (violin) use their talents to brilliantly perform Chopin's music.

Plot Keywords: composer, pianist, writer, feminist, daughter, sultry, spectacular ...

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#28. Love & Sex (2000)

Storyline: Kate Wells is a beautiful and talented magazine writer who turns to her own life for inspiration when she is given an impossible assignment. Within twenty-four hours, Kate must write a single woman's guide to love and sex. A stranger to both since her break-up with Adam Levy, Kate conducts her research by recalling her many calamitous relationships with men, beginning with her first kiss and her first betrayal on the sixth-grade playground.

Plot Keywords: magazine reporter, young woman, best friend, editor, love interest, lighthearted, emotional ...

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#29. Below Zero (2012)

Storyline: Based on true events, BELOW ZERO is a thriller with a 'Fargo' feel. It is the story of 'Jack the Hack', a less than average, but once successful screenwriter who now faces writer's block. Desperate to meet a career-saving deadline and lock out the distractions of his troubled life, Jack arranges to be left alone and locked inside a meat cooler, with only vegetarian meals and his imagination to inspire him. As the temperature drops, the lines between reality and fiction blur, and Jack's script comes dangerously to life. Will he make the most important deadline of his career? Or is Jack 'just a hack'? While writing the script, the actual screenwriter and producer of BELOW ZERO, Signe Olynyk, arranged to have herself physically locked in the meat freezer of an abandoned, remote slaughterhouse. That's partly how this story developed. It was filmed at the same location.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: author, writer, screenwriter, thrilling, suspenseful, shocking, gripping ...

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#30. Camilla (1994)

Storyline: While vacationing in Savannah, Ga., Canadian couple Vincent (Elias Koteas) and Freda (Bridget Fonda) meet retired classical musician and Canadian ex-pat Camilla (Jessica Tandy). Freda, an amateur singer, finds in Camilla a powerful source of encouragement for her creative aspirations. After a fight in which Vincent belittles Freda for what he sees as impossible musical dreams, Freda recruits Camilla to join her on a road trip back to Toronto, where they plan to attend a concert together.

Plot Keywords: songwriter, husband, violinist, son, old flame, wife, lighthearted ...

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