Movie Scenes that Inspire

Last week at the small group that Rachel and I have been going to on Tuesday nights, the icebreaker question that was asked was: "What movie scene leaves you feeling either inspired or satisfied?"

As all the movies that I have seen in my lifetime began to flash through my head, there were just a handful that stood out to me. Later in the week, while at work, I began thinking about this question again and my top 3 movie scenes that have left me inspired and/or satisfied. Here is my list.

#1- Without a doubt is the scene in "Remember the Titans" when the team is at camp and Julius and Gary (the two leaders of the team) have a discussion at the drinking fountain about what it means to be a leader and captain. After the short conversation the film then goes to an evening practice where the team is just getting pummeled by Denzel. One of the offensive tackles (white guy) misses a block and the QB gets drilled. Gary notices the purposeful miss and calls out his teammate. This then flips to the team coming together and rallying around the two leaders.

#2- The closing scene of "American Tale" when Fiefel and his father are calling for eachother. They see eachother threw a waterfall of some sort and Fiefel yells out 'PAPA!' and jumps threw the water into his fathers arms.

#3- The scene in "Glory" where Denzel Washington gets punished for running away to get adequate shoes for him and his fellow soldiers. The punishment is whipping and his officer, who he respects and admires, looks on without doing anything. Denzel, putting on a tough persona lets a single tear drip down his face as the whipping takes place. This is a powerful, powerful scene that isn't very pleasant to watch but is very inspiring.

There are probably many more scenes that have left me feeling inspired but these are 3 that definitely stood out in my mind.