Top 10 Bollywood Inspirational Movies

Top 10 Bollywood Inspirational Movies: Everybody likes to watch a movie that leaves a good impact on your mind. Most people like to watch inspirational movies to learn new things and get motivated to do something in their life. Bollywood is home to some of the finest movies in the world. These movies are not just among the top-rated movies but they also provide an important message to society.

So, if you are looking to watch some Hindi inspirational movies then here is a list of the top 10 Bollywood’s most inspirational movies. The list is not based on popularity or ratings but rather on the message it gives to the audience. So, without any further ado let’s see the list-

No.1 Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

This is the best movie in terms of the message it gives to the audience and therefore tops the list. The movie highlights the fact that you get to live for a limited time only, so one must understand the importance of living in the moment and adopting a “do it now” mentality before it’s too late. The movie revolves around 3 friends, Arjun, Imraan, and Kabir, who decides to go on a vacation to Spain for the Bachelor’s party of Kabir. In the movie, each one is having some past and present problems individually and they try to solve them by understanding that “You Live Only Once”.

IMDb Ratings:2/10
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rated: U
Duration: 155 min
Release Date: 15 July 2011
Star Cast: Hritik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif, Kalki koechlin.

No.2 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

This movie is a biopic of sportsperson “Milkha Singh” and is one of the most inspirational stories in Bollywood. It highlights the various struggles of the life of Milkha Singh after he comes to India after the partition and despite all odds, he achieves his dream to represent India in the Olympics. The movie focuses on hard work, dedication, and the will to overcome all obstacles to become an Olympian and one of the most celebrated athletes of India. The movie is a mix of serious Drama, Romance, and time to time light comedy.

IMDb Ratings: 8.2/10
Genre: Drama, Sport
Rated: Not Rated
Duration: 189 min
Release Date: 11 July 2013
Star Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Divya Dutta, Sonam Kapoor, Pavan Malhotra.

No.3 Swades

“Swades” is a movie that inspires people to do something for humanity, even if it very small. The movie gives an important message to do something for people even if it is the development of a small village. This is a story of an NRI, Mohan, who works in NASA and returns to his hometown village to take her childhood Nany with him to the USA. But things change when he looks at the miserable living conditions of the people in that village and decides to stay there and work for their upliftment and development of that village.

IMDb Ratings:2/10
Genre: Drama
Rated: Not Rated
Duration: 203 min
Release Date: 17 December 2004
Star Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Ballal.

No.4 3 Idiots

3 Idiots movie is based on the novel “Five Point Someone” by Chetan Bhagat and gives one of the most important lessons to the student to go after excellence, not success, if you become an expert in something, success will come along anyway. The story revolves around 3 friends in an engineering college. Among them, Rancho is the smartest as he has a different perspective to see things. The story revolves around various problems of student life and the causes of student suicide cases in the country. This movie is a satire on the Education System and society, that how they care more about marks but not study.

IMDb Ratings:4/10
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Rated: PG 13+
Duration: 170 min
Release Date: 25 December 2009
Star Cast: Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan, Boman Irani, Kareena Kapoor, Omi Vaidya.

No.5 Dangal

This movie is an inspirational one, especially for girls. The movie gives an important message to society that girls can do anything that boys can do and second if you focus on your goal, you will get success. This movie is based on the life of Wrestler “Mahavir Singh Phogat” and his daughters “Geeta Phogat” and “Babita Phogat”. The movie showcases the struggle and hard work he does to train his daughters as a wrestler in between the orthodox-minded people and the sacrifices they make to reach their dream of winning a gold medal for India.

IMDb Ratings:4/10
Genre: Action, Sport
Rated: U
Duration: 169 min
Release Date: 23 December 2016
Star Cast: Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim.

No.6 Border

This is a blockbuster war movie, which inspired everyone for patriotism and showcased the sacrifices our brave soldiers have made to ensure the safety of our nation. The movie shows the real events that happened during the battle of Longewala in the year 1971. War starts at the Longewala post due to an ambush by the Pakistani military and Major Kuldeep Singh is left with the decision to hold the post or to flee as they are heavily outnumbered by the enemies. Major Kuldeep Singh and his troops decided to hold their post till the morning when the air force can come to their aid. This is being considered as the greatest war movie of all time.

IMDb Ratings:9/10
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Rated: Not Rated
Duration: 187 min
Release Date: 13 June 1997
Star Cast: Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Akshay Khanna, Jackie Shroff.

No.7 Chak de India

This movie inspires you to never give up and fight for victory even if you are an underdog. The story revolves around a former hockey player, Kabir Khan, whose image gets tainted as a traitor when he fails to score a simple goal leading to the victory of the Pakistani team. However, after a long gap, he begins coaching the Indian women’s hockey team and prepare them for the upcoming world cup. He prepares an underdog team for victory to prove his loyalty to his nation.

IMDb Ratings:2/10
Genre: Sport, Drama
Rated: Not Rated
Duration: 153 min
Release Date: 10 August 2007
Star Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Vidya Malvade, Sagarika Ghatge, Shilpa Shukla.

No.8 Lakshya (Top 10 Bollywood Inspirational Movies)

This movie inspires every youngster that he/she can achieve things in life if they adopt a little discipline and dedication by setting a particular goal in life. This is a story of an aimless young lad who joins the Indian army but backs out when he finds it quite difficult to be a soldier. This disappoints her girlfriend and creates a conflict in their relationship. To make her proud, he rejoins the army but with a strong will and character.

IMDb Ratings:9/10
Genre: War, Romance
Rated: Not Rated
Duration: 187 min
Release Date: 18 June 2004
Star Cast: Hritik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri.

No.9 Udaan (Top 10 Bollywood Inspirational Movies)

This movie gives an important message to the parents to let their child select their field of interest as their career rather than bossing our expectations on them. The story highlights the problem of youngster’s career aspirations, clashing with the aspirations of their parents and society. This is a story about a young boy who wants to become a writer but is forced to work at his father’s factory after getting expelled from his boarding school. The movie contains the drama of the parent-child relationship and the emotional trauma that children may face at such young age.

IMDb Ratings:1/10
Genre: Drama
Rated: Not Rated
Duration: 134 min
Release Date: 16 July 2010
Star Cast: Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, Manjot Singh, Ram Kapoor.

No.10 Rang De Basanti (Top 10 Bollywood Inspirational Movies)

This movie does not only have some fantastic songs and comic humor but it also conveys a great message to youth towards their duties and how to raise voice against evils of the system. The movie strikes the chord of youth to be awake and fight for the betterment of our country which is free now due to the sacrifices of our brave freedom fighters. The story revolves around a group of friends and a foreign student, Sue, who selects few students to portray freedom fighters for his movie but it awakens their patriotism in reality. They turn rebel against the corrupt system and plan an assassination of a politician to avenge the death of their friend Ajay.

IMDb Ratings:1/10
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Rated: Not Rated
Duration: 167 min
Release Date: 2006
Star Cast: Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Alice Patten, Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor, Siddharth.