14 Awesome Movies For Manifesting Inspiration

Manifesting inspiration is the remedy for clearing creative blocks.  Have you ever found yourself saying, "I just need some inspiration"?  Whether it's a positive affirmation, listening to music, baking some delicious gluten-free cookies, or watching a movie, inspiration can come from anything.  One way to manifest inspiration is to be open to it. Watching movies is a great way to do it.  Sit back, enjoy the show, and allow your mind to be open for ideas that can come to you while you are enjoying rather than overthinking and overanalyzing.  By simply watching inspiring movies, you can learn how to manifest your own abundance.  How exciting is that?

Just go with me for a second...

• Bad mood?  Remedy: Get inspired
• Bad breakup? Remedy: Get inspired
• Creative block? Remedy: Get inspired
• Family/Work/Friendship problems?  Remedy: Get inspired

See where I am going with this?

Movies can be ridiculously inspirational.  I am all about being in nature and seeing the world, but some days are absolutely perfect for that movie marathon.  Movies, like books, give you a chance to escape from over-obsessing about your life, where it is going, or where it isn't going, and allow you to relax.  Key point!  It is when you are in that relaxed state that inspiration can flow through.

Movies can be comforting, relaxing, and filled with enough fantasy (main point) to take you out of your current element and let your mind rest.  While watching a movie, you don't have to think about anything else except what is on the screen in front of you.  It's the only time besides the gym and yoga that your phone is off.  No distractions possible.  And this is when creativity and inspiration are born, when you let it FLOW.

One of the best pieces of advice I have ever gotten was from a Life coach who said, "do less".  I thought, do less?  What do you mean do less?  I can't do less, I have things to do, a purpose on this planet, I have got to get moving - but at the same time, I was SO BLOCKED, I couldn't.  And she just said "do less".

When I stopped the hamster wheel and slowed down, I allowed the inspiration to come through me, to speak to me, to inspire me.  Slow down enough to catch the inspiration.

Have you ever left a movie feeling like that issue you couldn't solve is now solvable?

Have you ever left a movie feeling happier? More relaxed? Inspired? At ease?

Hashtag #inspired.

TOP 14+ MOVIES THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU TO MANIFEST YOUR DESIRES

And help you get your inspiration back, or get those creative juices flowing.

There is one caveat here.  Manifestation isn't just about sitting back and letting things flow.  Manifestation is where you have cleared the blocks to allow the flow of inspiration back into your life, but the second part of this equation is the work you have to do on your end.  To co-create with the universe and manifest, you must be inspired, and also be inspired to do the work to get you there.  It's a co-creation.  It will not just be handed to you.

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1. Yes, MAN-starring Zooey Deschanel and Jim Carrey.  This movie is about being open to possibilities.  It's about what happens when you start saying YES to your life!  In this movie, you get to see it both ways.  Living life with doubt and negativity, and living life with a positive zest!  You also get to see the transformation when Jim Carey's character changes his life and starts saying YES to opportunity after a co-worker invites him to a spiritual guru's cult-like seminar. Watch his life unfold in mysterious and positive ways.

Why I love it-Hello inspiration!  By simply saying yes, our world can open up and shift in a powerful way.  This movie reminds me to stop playing small, that if we want something out there in the world, all we have to do is take steps towards it.

2. Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead-starring Cristina Applegate.  A 1980's 1980s-themed movie about a high school teen who pretends to be an adult working in the fashion industry while her mom is on Summer vacation.  Fake it till ya make it is the motto in this movie, but what happens is that Christina Applegate's character finds her passion and her zest for life in unexpected places, and inspires her to pursue MORE.

Why I love it-Hello inspiration!  This movie reminds me that we can find our passion anywhere if we just let go and see where life takes us.

3.  School of Rock, starring Jack Black.  This is about a music teacher who feels unworthy and ends up teaching a music class of young students who also feel unworthy.  It's about finding that inner light you lost within, getting back to your roots, and realizing that what you love, your passion, is what will take you farther than you ever imagined.

Why I love it-Hello inspiration!  This movie reminds me to remember that we are all good enough in our own unique ways!  We each have our own creative light that needs to shine.  And when we allow our uniqueness to shine, beautiful things can happen.

4.  Julie & Julia-starring Meryl Streep.  This movie is about passion and gaining confidence.  While one character hates her current life and longs for change, the other character is overly excited about her journey but scared.  What do the two characters have in common?  They both start to make small shifts that grant them bigger powerful positive shifts, and both of their lives change in miraculous ways.

Why I love it-Hello inspiration!  Each character did not start out with all the answers, and it wasn't easy for either character to make it happen.  This movie is about being stuck, getting out of stuck, making moves, and creating a life of desire.  I actually cried after watching this movie.  It's not sad by any means, but it's filled with confidence-building inspiration to show you how to make your dreams come true.

5.  Simply Irresistible-starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.  This movie is about a young woman who works at a failing restaurant her late parents owned that is about to shut down.  Sarah's character can't cook because of her lack of confidence. She doesn't think she is good enough, and therefore has no inspiration, until one day she goes to the Farmer's Market and meets a magical Crab Salesman, and her entire life and the restaurant change for the better.  Sarah Michelle Gellar's character gets her groove back, aka inspiration, back, and miracles start to happen.

Why I love it-Hello inspiration!  About cooking, finding your creative light, believing in yourself, and following your instincts.

6. SCOOP- starring Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, and Woody Allen.  As far as Woody Allen movies go, this one is by far my favorite!  It's a peculiar mystery that takes place in London, that involves an unlikely love story between an American Journalist pretending to be an actress who takes it upon herself to solve a murder mystery, and simultaneously falls in love with the killer. It sounds scary, but this is actually a comedy!

Why I love it-It completely takes your mind off life entirely!  It's a darling comedy that is about following your instincts by paying attention to the clues right in front of you, and how to use them creatively to your advantage.  It's a movie I can watch over and over without getting sick of it.  The Italian music alone is enchanting, and Mr. Hottie Hugh Jackman makes my heart flutter every time! : )

7.  House Guest- starring Sinbad.  This movie is about changing your life and wanting your life to go in a positive direction, even if you are unsure of how to get there, and even if you didn't plan on your life changing.  Suddenly, each character ends up in a place where they have the ability to make solid life-altering changes that not only better themselves, but also the characters around them.

Why I love it: Confidence building, love, and friendship.  Easy lessons to understand about being yourself and not shrinking yourself.

8.  Shallow Hal-starring Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander, and a guest appearance by Tony Robbins.  Years after seeing this movie, I learned that Tony Robbins was actually a real person, and not just a self-help guru played on Shallow Hal.  This movie is about seeing inner beauty and love.  It's about understanding that it's the inside that matters, not the outside.  It's also about confidence and what beauty means to each person.

Why I love it: At the end of the day, we ALL have insecurities and rough times in life, and this movie always reminds me that we are each amazing as we are, that there is someone out there who will completely appreciate us as is.  There are two sides to seeing what we want to see.  Either we use it for good or for the bad.  If we choose to see the positive, we see exactly that.

9. The Way Way Way Back- starring Toni Collette, Steve Carell, and Allison Janey. So many lessons in this movie about confidence, standing up for yourself, fear, loss, and light.

Why I love it: I love a movie where someone stands up to a bully!  Being bullied growing up gives me an extra soft spot for these types of movies, and instead of this type of movie holding me back, or bringing me back to a time where I didn't have enough confidence to stop them, this movie actually inspires me.  It's never too late to stand up for yourself.

10. Troop Beverly Hills - Starring Shelly Long.  There are so many lessons in this girly '80s tale, like confidence, standing up for yourself, being ok with your insecurities, handling transitions, and finding ways to stand out that are comfortable for you.  I

Why I love it: When you stay true to yourself, you sparkle and shine.

11.  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, and Bill Nighy.  I'll tell you now that everything you are thinking about this movie, I thought too.  I thought, Ugh, I don't want to see that. It's a movie my mother would see, right?  Before you judge this movie, listen up!  If you are on a spiritual journey, or stuck in life, or need guidance, or are questioning your life at your age right now, whether you are 35, 40, 80, or a very spiritual 25-year-old, THIS movie has your name written all over it!  It's about a bunch of random British Retirees who are all traveling to India for a vacation to what they think is a luxurious hotel, but upon arrival, they realize that they have been duped.  This hotel appears to be a total dump, and it is in India.  As stuck as they are, throughout the movie they finally come the the realization that they are NOT stuck, that with the skills they were born with, and the beauty they each possess deep down underneath their fears, can shift their lives.  This is a movie about spiritual paths.  Their trip to this dumpy hotel in India proves to be the catalyst for their spiritual journeys to unlock.  The portal to the shift in perception, the portal to a state of happiness, they each didn't deem possible.

Why I love it:  It's about finding yourself under the most unlikely circumstances, even if you think you are too old to find yourself.  It's about learning to flow with change through a transformation process: anger, frustration, anger again, frustration again, trying to change the circumstance even though it is out of their control, and then learning about flow, which in turn gives us the ability to find happiness.  A shift has been created.  It was beautiful to watch the transition process, because we all, at one point in our lives, or even often, go through this process ourselves.

12.  The Chef starring Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, Dustin Hoffman, and Scarlett Johansson.  It's about a Chef who loses his Restaurant job as Head Chef and starts a Food Truck business.  But wait!  It's never that easy, right?  Because we never think we are good enough to do it.  Our fears come in with a huge force, telling us that there is no way we can do this.  And that is what this movie is about.  It's a transformation movie.  And with transformation comes a bout of transition that feels like we are in the worst place possible.  The anger, the frustration, the sadness of being unemployed, even though we thought we deserved better, play a huge role in this movie with the lead character.  But we all go through this, right?  We don't listen to flow, and instead play the victim for a while before deciding it is safe to give ourselves another try without the feelings of guilt and judgment.  And what happens when we try with something we are truly passionate about?  Watch to find out!

Why I love it:  It's about reinventing yourself and pushing through your fear blocks, without knowing how it will turn out.  It's about going through the whole process.  The good, the bad, the ugly, and the amazing.

13. Silver Linings Playbook - Man, I wish I listened when I was told to watch this years ago.  I now own it on DVD because it is so inspirational for anyone going through mental health issues.  It's about two people who are deeply struggling in their own ways and how they both move through it.  Wildly inspiring, a total tear-jerker in the good vibes department, and Robert De Niro stars in it along with Jennifer Lawrence and hottie Bradley Cooper.  It's actually one of his best non-funny roles.

Why I love it:  It's a gentle reminder that we are not alone.  And it empowers us to move through our "stuff" anyway.

14. Joy - Long, but madly inspiring.  It's a movie that's all about HOPE.  Also starring Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, and Jennifer Lawrence - These three are magical when they work together as they did in #13.  This movie is also magically inspiring.  It is about a woman who comes from a poor lifestyle who decides to create something that is missing in the world, which every woman of her time needed.   It just goes to show you can come from anywhere and still go somewhere if you are determined and willing to do the work. Watch Joy.

Why I love it:  She made it happen.  It wasn't easy, but she did it.  Every step was a learning experience.

15. Eat, Pray, Love - Starring Julia Roberts is a memoir about Elizabeth Gilbert's one-year-long journey back to self-discovery after a harrowing divorce.  The book chronicles her travels through 3 countries, each representing a phase of self-discovery on finding one's own path through pleasure, devotion, and balance.

Why I love it:  There's a movie and a book!  (the book was hard to get through), But my personal favorite part of this book was the last section on healing, balance, and visiting Bali.  After her divorce, Elizabeth didn't know who she was, and she had to rediscover herself, this time alone and on her own.  While I may not have gone through her particular trauma, we all have trauma we must heal.  And it's okay to do things differently.   This movie/book may also make you realize you are not alone.  And if you're not into reading a book, the movie is the sped-up version of the book.

16.  The Secret - A book and a movie, so you can decide how you take it in.  This is a movie documentary from 1994 about the law of attraction and manifesting your desires.  It is wildly popular if you are a beginner to manifesting and vision boards.

Why I love it: It's a teaching movie.  It teaches you to visualize or create a vision board to attract specific things into your life.  It teaches you how to align your mindset with your actions.  I used to think vision boards were foolish, and I have come to learn through all of my spiritual teachings that a vision board is important, and it is the foundation.  You are declaring to the Universe what you want and what you want to co-create.  It is how you plant the seed.

17. Anything Abraham Hicks - Abraham is the given name to a group consciousness from the non-physical dimension, channeled by Esther Hicks.  The teachings of Abraham focus on the law of attraction.  How to achieve, know, recognize, and act on the law of attraction.  They teach you how to align your vibration to activate your ability to manifest. And that if you are out of alignment, your manifesting abilities will also be out of alignment.

Why I love it: Abraham Hicks is the king/queen of the law of attraction.  I love their work.  They don't just teach manifestation; they teach you how to go deeper into your feelings, desires, and truth so that you can take action into manifestation by aligning with it.  They teach how positivity and negativity affect your life and your nonphysical vortex.  They are talking about different dimensions, this dimension, and your higher self.  Get their teachings, meditations, and inspirations on YouTube.

18. Nonnas - A Brooklyn man (starring Vince Vaughn) decides to open a restaurant to honor his late mother, and hires Italian grandmas as the chefs.  He doesn't have much, but he has an idea.  This idea is actually a real restaurant here in NYC today!

Why I love it:  It's a bittersweet story with a purpose.  When one door closes, another opens, even during an inopportune time.

19. MARTHA - A documentary about the one and only Martha Stewart on Netflix.  In this documentary, you see how Martha built it all and where she started.

Why I love it: You get her whole story, which is quite inspirational, and what she did to create her empire that you see today, including her downfalls, her pivots, and her magical moments.

20. Girl Boss - Both the movie and book are great, though the book is even better.  Both are inspiring.  A young 20-something living the rat life on her own and struggling has a brilliant idea to sell clothes from her apartment, which launches a career shift, and a new perspective.  The movie is based on a true story, while the book is all real details.

Why I love it: This movie teaches you that manifesting is real work, and real work takes time and sweat, but that real work can be rewarding, especially as you try and build your brand.  The movie is cute and inspiring, while the book is a fierce tale of manifestation for all fashionistas.

All of these movies share one thing in common.  INSPIRATION.  And that is the first seed to manifesting your desires.

Love and manifesting,