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10 inspirational movies about resilience that you must watch

    1. The Banker

      • Featuring Samuel l. Jackson and Anthony Mackie 

      • Two African American entrepreneurs in the 60s fight against all odds to become bankers 

      • Available on Apple TV

    2. Greenbook 

      • Featuring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali

      • A bouncer from an italian-american neighborhood in the Bronx is hired to drive a world-class black pianist on a concert tour to the Deep South from NYC 

      • Available on showtime 

    3. Saint Judy

      • Featuring common and Michelle Monaghan 

      • Story of immigration attorney and how she initiatid the change in US law of asylum to save women’s lives, based on a true story 

      • Watch on Hulu or start with a subscription 

    4. The Help

      • Featuring Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone and Viola Davis

      • Aspiring author during civil rights movements of the 60s writes a book about the viewpoint of the African American maids in the southern town she grew up in 

      • Watch on amazon prime and YouTube

    5. Hidden Figures 

      • Featuring Taraji Henson, octavia Spencer, Janelle Mona

      • Story of a team of female African American mathematicians who were in NASA during early years of the US space program 

      • Watch on Hulu

    6. Selma 

      • Directed by. Ava duvernay , featuring David oyelowo 

      • Chronicles Dr Kings campaign to get equal voting rights 

      • Available on amazon prime and YouTube 

    7. Erin Brockovich

      • Featuring Julia Roberts and Albert Kinney

      • Unemployed single mom becomes a legal assistant and basically takes down a California power company. After they polluted city water supply and people got sick

      • Available on starz 

    8. A League of their own

      • Featuring tom hanks, gene Davis 

      • Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league 

      • Watch on prime 

    9. The Upside 

      • Featuring Kevin hart and Nicole Kidman

      • Comedy about a relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with criminal record who is hired to help him 

      • Watch on showtime 

    10. Eat pray love

      • Featuring Julia Robert and Javier bardem 

      • A married woman is getting divorce and realizes she needs to find herself. Take her journey , based on true story 

      • Watch free on IMDB tv