10 inspirational films for creative people

1. Billy Elliot (2000)

What should a miner’s son be interested in? There is no doubt: boxing and only boxing. But eleven-year-old Billy Elliot has his own opinion on this matter. He is in love with ballet. Tony’s father and older brother are furious when they find out that he “traded boxing” for a less than “masculine” dance.

Only sharp-tongued teacher Mrs. Wilkinson supports Billy in his desire to master the plié and arabesque, and he gets a chance to enter the Royal Ballet School.

2. “For once in a life” (Begin Again, 2013)

They live in the heart of the music world, in New York. Dan is a show business legend and former head of a music label. Greta is a musician and ex-girlfriend of a rock star.

A chance meeting with Greta gives Dan another chance. They decide to record an album together. They have no money, no professional musicians, but none of that matters, because Greta and Dan are ready for the most unexpected twists and turns in music and love. New York itself becomes their studio.

3. Moulin Rouge !, 2001

The film is set in 1899 in a famous Parisian nightclub. “Moulin Rouge” is not only a “disco” and a brothel, albeit a rich one. This is a place where, in obedience to an irresistible desire to feel the atmosphere of the holiday, people gather who suffer to join the beauty, freedom, love and are ready to pay for it in cash. This is a place where tragedy and comedy, luxurious interiors of the beginning of the century and modern musical rhythms come together.

For the love of the most famous courtesan of Paris, the brilliant Satin, two men are fighting, one of whom is the poor writer Christian, who has plunged headlong into the crazy world of nightlife, and the second is a rich duke who is ready to buy the entire Moulin Rouge, if only Satin spent with him night.

4. The Secret of Coco (Coco, 2017)

Twelve-year-old Miguel lives in a Mexican village in a family of shoemakers and secretly dreams of becoming a musician. Secretly – because in his family clan, music is considered a curse. Once his great-great-grandfather left his wife, Miguel’s great-great-grandmother, for the sake of a dream that now does not allow Miguel to live in peace.

Miguel discovers that there is a connection between him and his favorite singer Ernesto de la Cruz, now deceased. The boy goes to the idol in the Land of the Dead, where he meets the souls of his ancestors. Miguel meets a trickster spirit named Hector (in the guise of a skeleton), who becomes his guide. Together they go in search of de la Cruz.

5. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Two young American women, Vicki and Cristina, spend their summer holidays in Barcelona and are completely fascinated by the city, as well as by a young artist named Antonio.

Vicki is old-fashioned and in the mood for a serious relationship: courtship, dates and a wedding veil in the finale. Christina is sexually liberated and attractive in her rebellious nature. Antonio can’t decide who is more attractive to him, he is attracted to both girls.

Relations in a love triangle become more and more complicated, and here Antonio’s ex-wife, who has a very explosive temperament, comes into play. It seems that she has not completely renounced her rights to her ex-husband. In this film, creativity and inspiration play the role of very important “participants” of the love polygon.

6. Jane Austen (Becoming Jane, 2006)

Jane Austen believes in love, and her parents want her to marry for convenience: in England in 1795, a young woman had no other choice. However, when twenty-year-old Jane met the charming young Irishman Tom Lefroy, his intelligence and audacity whetted her curiosity, and the whole world went topsy-turvy.

Will Jane be able to reject the advances of her nephew Lady Grisham, go against the will of her parents and challenge social norms?

7. “Illusion of deception” (Now You See Me, 2013)

A team of the best illusionists in the world pull off daring heists right during their shows, playing cat and mouse with FBI agents. All their performances are just cover to rob a bank or steal the coolest car that exists in the world.

The police will find out what is happening: it is quite clear to them that the suspects are the same magicians. But not everything is so simple – illusionists are much smarter than the police believe …

8. The Truman Show (1998)

Imagine that you suddenly begin to understand that everything around you is scenery, and people are actors pretending to be who they seem to you. Your whole world is a television series where you play the main role without even knowing it. And life is the result of the work of the author of a television show that the whole planet has been watching for thirty years, starting from the moment you were born.

Truman, the protagonist of the picture, found himself in such a situation. Will he continue to live in a safe world where, as he now knows, he has practically no freedom of choice, or will he still leave the “game” and become the master of his fate, in which an unscripted girl awaits him?

9. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

60s of XX century. A couple of teenagers in love on an island in New England run away from adult supervision. Sam Shakaski is a Boy Scout, an orphan abandoned by his adoptive parents, an outcast among the other Boy Scouts, Susie Bishop is a reclusive twelve-year-old girl who dreams of magical worlds. Having discovered the loss, the local sheriff begins an investigation, and the leader of the Boy Scout camp organizes a search party.

The scenery for Wes Anderson films can bewitch: fans inspired by them even created a special hashtag on social networks #accidentallywesandreson. They are noted for illustrations, the visual range of which is reminiscent of the paintings of this director. Looking through the illustrations marked by him, I want to pick up paints or a camera myself – or at least repaint the walls in the apartment and purchase nice accessories for the home.

10. “Frida” (Frida, 2002)

Frida was 20 years old when she married the most famous artist in Mexico, Diego Rivera, middle-aged, rich and depraved. In just a few years, she will conquer Paris, and all American newspapers will write about his scandal with Rockefeller. Their many love affairs will not prevent them from conquering the world, but can they tame each other?

A biographical account of the life of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, who for many years was forced to overcome physical pain and who was not allowed to despair of love and art.