Inspire Your Career Goals: Watch 10 Of The Best Career Movies Of All Time

By Steph Tortogo

Mar 31, 2016 10:15 AM EDT

It is not unusual that we as human beings need inspiration in whatever that we do. Motivation and encouragement are two of the main keys of success. How wonderful would it be to be able to pull inspiration from one of the things that most of us love doing? Here are five of the best movies that might be great for your career:

1. The Pursuit of Happyness

IMDB description: A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor.

2. The Devil Wears Prada

IMDB description: A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine

3. 3 Idiots

IMDB description: Two friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".

4. Erin Brockovich

IMDB description: An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.

5. Julie and Julia

IMDB description: Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.

6. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

IMDB description: When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined.

7. Working Girl

IMDB description: When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss's job.

8. Baby Boom

IMDB description: The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.

9. Seabiscuit

IMDB description: True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.

10. Invincible

IMDB description: Based on the story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from South Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1976.