Those spine tingling inspirational dialogues in films always feel like they’re talking directly to you. Certain films have the ability to completely capture your full attention, and that’s even more so with inspiring and motivational speeches. Here’s a few of my favourite movie speeches, delivered by some very good actors.
The Pursuit of Happiness
“Don’t ever let somebody tell you, you can’t do something.”
The Pursuit of Happiness is very moving throughout, and Will Smith’s wise words in this scene, is arguably the most profound moment of the whole film. He tells his son to always protect and chase his dreams, and even though the speech is only about thirty seconds long, the message is nothing short of inspiring.
Rocky Balboa
“It ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.”
If Sylvester Stallone tells you to do something, you do it. No question. He’s not the type of guy you’d want to argue with. In this scene, Rocky gives his son some strong words of advice about the importance of believing in yourself. It’s definitely one of the greatest movie speeches of all time, because it’s grounded in absolute truth.
Good Will Hunting
“I’d do anything to fuckin’ have what you got … It’d be an insult to us if you’re still here in twenty years.”
Although Ben Affleck’s character Chuckie, completely berates Matt Damon’s Will Hunting, it’s his sharp tone of voice, and simplicity of his words that make them so endearing. Will is a mathematical genius and Chuckie tries to help push him to greatness.
Are there any inspirational speeches from films that you particularly love? Let me know in the comments.
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Great list. This Good Will Hunting speech is just unparalleled. I also love Al Pacino’s speech at the end of Scent of a Woman – great performance.
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I haven’t seen that film. Might check it out.
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Or even the speech between Robin Williams and Matt Damon on the bench.
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Yeah I was going to include that one, but Afflecks speech is the one that finally gets through to Will.
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I watched it again recently and it reminded me how great of a dramatic actor he was.
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Definitely. Very thought-provoking.
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I wanted to be silly and jokingly suggest Amy Adam’s speech in the bar from Talladega Nights, but this list was actually pretty good so I decided to just give a sincere comment:
I totally had forgotten how inspiration the Rocky Balboa one was. Very nice to remember that one and include it.
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The rocky one is vey inspirational, it’s just so true and real
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Great list, I love these kinds of scenes in movies. Makes you wanna punch the air in victory.
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Yeah, they’re always so captivating too.
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I get pumped listening to inspirational speeches.
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If we are talking inspirational speeches, I know it’s cheesy and corny but I always get goosebumps when you hear the President’s speech in Independence Day.
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Ah that’s a good one actually. One of those speeches that gets you pumped.
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