Emmanuel Lopez-Motivatorman is an Author, Speaker, Movie Blogger and an award-winning illustrator. The WASHINGTON POST has featured Emmanuel’s blog, Movies That Motivate: The Adventures of Motivatorman, as a recommended resource for motivational tips and inspiring movie examples.

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INTRODUCTION

I have had many great successes in my career as an award-winning illustrator, entrepreneur, recording artist and motivational speaker. I’ve also had many challenges and painful experiences with unexpected change and crisis. Through it all it was the power of movies that brought out the best in me and kept my OPTIMISM alive.

HOW TO ACCESS TIPS

These movie tips come from the first 400 tips of my internationally popular blog, Movies That Motivate: The Adventures of Motivatorman that documents my struggles and the movies that fueled my spirit to help me persevere. Click on each tip number and they will take you to the full blog entry of the movie discussed. I hope the CINEMATIC ROLE MODELS of these films help bring out the BEST in you. Enjoy!

Emmanuel Lopez-Motivatorman
Author | Speaker | Movie Blogger

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TOP 10 MOTIVATIONAL TIPS:

1) The Power of Your Passions click here

2) Believe In Synchronicity click here

3) Cultivate Supportive Relationships click here

4) What Can’t You Live Without? click here

5) What Makes You Laugh? click here

6) Resilience Is Your Hidden Super Power click here

7) Activate The Power of Your Mind click here

8 Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining click here

9) Favourite Stories Energize click here

10) How To Build Indestructible Optimism click here

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MOVIE LIST A to Z:

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A

A Beautiful Mind #47 #322 #340

A Christmas Carol 1951 #300

A Christmas Story #10 #82

A Good Year #398

A History of Violence #358

A Knight’s Tale #125 #137 #249 #300

A Perfect Getaway #328

Accepted #363

Alice In Wonderland 2010 #339

Amal #357

Amelie #140 #197

The American President #131

An Inconvenient Truth #45

Antitrust #56

Apocalypto #278

Apollo 13 #284 #300

As Good As It Gets #41 #45 #122 #137 #200 #252 #300

August Rush #141 #224

Austin Powers Goldmember #46

Avatar #314 #324 #365 #384 #395

Awakenings #142 #143

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B

Baby Boom #45 #61 #122

Back To The Future #37

Back To The Future Part III #171

Bandidas #289

Batman Begins #68

Bedtime Stories #218

Be Kind Rewind #168 #290 #300

Ben Hur #146

Bicentennial Man #48 #79 #87 #96 #333

Big #88 #89 #197

Big Night #111 #231

Big Trouble In Little China #356

Billy Elliot #334

The Black Stallion #103 #367

Blast From The Past #204 #273

The Blind Side #325 #335 #343 #395

The Blue Butterfly #294

The Book of Eli #383

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan #58

Boundin’ #134

The Bourne Identity #85

The Bourne Supremacy #85

The Bourne Ultimatum #85

Boys and Girls #4

Brainstorm #161

Bridge To Terabithia  #132

Bridget Jones’s Diary #47

The Bucket List #401

The Butterfly Effect #265

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C

Casino Royale #19

Cast Away #42 #45 #47 #86 #96 #103 #123 #143 #200

Catch Me If You Can #309

Cedar Rapids #430

Certified Copy (Copie Conforme) #411

Charlie & The Chocolate Factory #28

Chasing Amy #397

Children of Men #375

Chocolat #27 #197 #231

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian #209

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader #420

Cinderella Man #3 #41 #47 #54 #122 #147 #175 #233 #335 #347 #395

Citizen Kane #100 #226 #269 #402

Click #37 #46 #51

Cloudy With A Change of Meatballs #310

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind #35 #163

Cloverfield #124 #126

The Color Purple #268

Contact #39 #129 #200 #300

The Contender #47

Conversations With God #47 #258 #333

Coraline #282

Count of Monte Cristo #47 #62 #91

Crocodile Dundee #90 #300

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon #103

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button #217 #370

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D

Dark City #57 #191

Dark Knight #359

The Day After Tomorrow #133 #136 #215

The Day The Earth Stood Still 2008 #237

Deep Impact #133 #272

Despicable Me #423

Deuce Bigalow, European Gigolo #46

The Devil Wears Prada #321

Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries) #387

Die Hard #416

Disney’s The Kid #179 #226

District 9 #281

Dor #49

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E

Eat Pray Love #381 #395 #417

The Edge #45 #47 #123

Edward Scissorhands #407

Elf #8 #10 #67 #109 #113 #197 #216 #412

Erin Brockovich #25 #47

Enchanted #110 #113 #130 #197

Evan Almighty #239

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F

The Fall #189

The Family Man #11 #51 #75 #92 #113

The Family Stone #113 #313

Fanboys #251

Field of Dreams #39 #115 #296 #300

The Firm #298

50 First Dates #130 #186 #200

500 Days of Summer #274 #303 #355

Finding Forrester #41

The Fly #112

Forbidden Kingdom #151

Forrest Gump #80 #175 #181 #247 #335

Freedom Writers #92 #94 #342

Frequency #115

Funny People #306

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G

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra #279

Galaxy Quest #210

Get Shorty #277

Ghost #145

Ghost Town #211 #300

Gladiator #362

Going The Distance #413

The Golden Compass #120

Good Will Hunting #225

Gran Torino #232

Great Expectations #65

The Green Mile #379

Grizzly Man #177

Groundhog Day #24 #54 #77 #81 #96 #127 #130 #200 #227 #300 #326 #395 #427

Grown Ups #410

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H

Hachiko: A Dog’s Story #344

Hancock #174

The Happening #174

Happy Feet #36 #67 #197

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 #406

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince #275

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban #332 #386 #395

Hereafter #396

High Fidelity #43

Highlander #256

Hitch #108

The Holiday #319

How To Train Your Dragon #346

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I

I, Robot #242

I Am Legend #114 #143

I Heart Huckabees #57 #66 #135 #226 #261

The Illusionist #266

Imagine That #422

In America #41

Inception #374 #389 #395

The Incredible Hulk #165 #359

The Incredibles #117 #122 #299 #359

Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull #104

Into The Wild #244

The Invention of Lying #323 #360 #395

Invictus #327 #335

Iron Man #154 #201 #359

Iron Man 2 #354

It’s A Wonderful Life #6 #7 #10 #51 #73 #92 #131 #300 #347 #415

The Italian Job #118

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J

Jerry Maguire #96 #97 #122 #130 #197 #200 #252 #270 #300 #335

Joe Versus the Volcano #308

Julie and Julia #283 #300 #316 #391 #395 #404

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K

Kate & Leopold #131

The Karate Kid #157 #335 #390

The Karate Kid 2010 #364 #428

Kick-Ass #351 #359 #362 #395

Kingdom of Heaven #409

The King’s Speech #424

Knowing #241

Kung Fu Panda #164 #197

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L

The Lake House #131

Last Holiday #263

The Last Mimzy #132

Lawrence of Arabia #220

Laws of Attraction #131

Legally Blonde #105 #175

Letters To Juliet #398

Life or Something like it #160

The Lion King #167

Live Free or Die Hard #104

Love Actually #12 #113 #130

The Lovely Bones #329

Local Hero #14

Lord of the Rings trilogy #47 #90 #96 #226 #234 #291 #300 #333

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M

Machete #392

Mad Max beyond Thunderdome #307

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World #293 #300

The Matrix #5 #39 #57 #64 #84 #100 #119 #128 #276 #340

The Matrix Reloaded #369

Meet Dave #182

Meet Joe Black #20 #45 #96 #131 #166

Meet John Doe #229 #300

Memento #17 #226

Micmacs #399

Millions #169

Minority Report #121

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life #144

Mr. Deeds Goes To Town #31 #47 #73 #148 #300 #382

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington #31 #47

Mrs. Doubtfire #292

Multiplicity #98

Music and Lyrics #78 #131 #259

My Cousin Vinny #271

My Date With Drew #280 #300

My Kid Could Paint That #236

Mystery Men #353

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N

Night At The Museum #193

Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian #288

Nim’s Island #147

Noel #315

Notting Hill #74 #130 #167

The Number 23 #243

The Nutty Professor #107

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O

Ocean’s 11 #70 #72 #91

Ocean’s 12 #70 #72 #91

Ocean’s 13 #70 #72 #91 #300

The Other Guys #414

Office Space #213

Outsourced #192

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P

P.S. I Love You #173

The Pacifier #58

Parenthood #167

Paris Je T’aime #230

Passengers #267

Patch Adams #46 #214

Pay It Forward #2 #81 #126 #190 #300

Peaceful Warrior #69 #92 #95 #96 #100 #101 #119 #152 #200 #252 #270 #372 #395

Phenomenon #57 #135

The Pianist #47

Pinocchio #35

Planes, Trains and Automobiles #176

Planet of the Apes #146

Pleasantville #1 #30 #71 #197 #200 #212

Powder #57 #135

The Prestige #112

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time #361

The Pursuit of Happyness #22 #23 #40 #47 #84 #122 #136 #147 #197 #270 #300 #347 #395

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Q

Quantum of Solace #240

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R

Raiders of the Lost Ark #155

The Rainmaker #206

The Ramen Girl #388

Ratatouille #111 #196

Red Planet #377

Redbelt #208

Regarding Henry #45 #75 #194

Remember The Titans #338

Rescue Dawn #429

Revolver #286

Rocky #197 #335

Rocky 2 #202

Rocky Balboa #18 #47 #99 #104 #335 #395

Role Models #203

Rudy #254 #300 #335

Run, Robot, Run! #337

Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage #378

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S

Salt #414

The School of Rock #59 #67 #122 #197 #335 #340 #362

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World #380 #405

Seabiscuit #331 #335 #347

The Secret #9 #32 #38 #56 #57 #82 #96

The Secret of My Success #205

Serendipity #13 #26 #113 #130 #221 #311

The Shadow #57

Shall We Dance? #352

Shallow Hal #285

The Shawshank Redemption #47 #123 #188 #200 #362 #373 #395

She’s All That #4

Sherlock Holmes #318

Shorts #317

Signs #13

The Sixth Sense #76

Sliding Doors #51

Slumdog Millionaire #222

The Social Network #393

Son of Rambow #159

The Sound of Music #195 #197

Space Cowboys #104

The Sphere #57

Spider-Man 2 #5 #15 #130 #359

Spider-Man 3 #53

The Spiderwick Chronicles #139

Splice #366

Star Trek #60 #112 #150 #178

Star Trek Generations #295

Star Trek 2009 #255 #264 #300

Star Wars #57

Stardust #83

Stranger Than Fiction #21 #52 #63 #93 #121 #122 #130 #153 #197 #231 #248 #270 #336

Stuart Little #67

Sullivan’s Travels #347

Superman The Movie #257 #359

Superman Returns #106 #149

Surrogates #302

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T

Take The Lead #198

Taken #228

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three #162

The Tale of Despereaux #287

Tampopo #111 #231

Temple Grandin #385 #395 #408

The Ten Commandments #146 #333

The Terminal #123 #297 #300 #345

That Thing You Do! #199 #335

This Is It #301

Thomas Crown Affair #91 #130

The Time Traveler’s Wife #330

Titanic #131 #219 #371

300 #102

The Town #394

TRON: Legacy #419

Tropic Thunder #187

True Grit 2010 #418

The Truman Show #13 #185

Tucker: The Man and His Dream #235 #300 #376

2012 #223 #304 #305

Twilight #250

The Twilight Saga: New Moon #341

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U

The Ultimate Gift #96 #246

Unbreakable #5 #47 #359

Up #262 #270 #426

Up In The Air #320

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V

Vanilla Sky #184

Vicky Cristina Barcelona #180

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W

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps #403

Watchmen #238 #359 #368

The Way Back #425

What Dreams May Come #116

What The Bleep Do We Know? #57

When Harry Met Sally #74

Where God Left His Shoes #253

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory #28

Witness #172

The World’s Fastest Indian #421

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X

X-Men trilogy #5 #47 #57 #183 #359

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Y

Yes Man #245

You Don’t Mess With The Zohan #182

Youth Without Youth #207

You’ve Got Mail #131 #260

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Z

Zombieland #312

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