Inspiring Documentaries on Conquering Difficulty?

[Vision]

I’m looking for inspiring documentaries of people overcoming difficulty and transforming their lives in the end. 

The theme I’m interested in: 

• Being unconquerable 
• Going from darkness into the light
• Being the captain of one’s own ship 
• Resiliency 
• Determination 
• Pulling oneself up by their bootstraps 

Any suggestions? List as many as you can    

[Intraplanetary]

I would say sports movies, for example, about climbing. They always show the physical and mental struggles and how they're being overcome. 

 

Something like that.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Into-Light-Stefan-Glowacz/dp/B07VNYY9L1/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=climbing&qid=1624917840&s=instant-video&sr=1-6

 

[Shiva99]

David Goggins. No documentary yet i think, but enough stuff of him on YouTube and he wrote a book. If he doesn't inspire you, no one will.

Edited June 29, 2021 by Shiva99

[Vision]

Thanks for the recommendations @Intraplanetary@Shiva99

I am mainly looking for a movie or documentary of someone struggling a lot at first but overcoming it and coming out on top. 

[Shiva99]

22 hours ago, Vision said:

Thanks for the recommendations @Intraplanetary@Shiva99

I am mainly looking for a movie or documentary of someone struggling a lot at first but overcoming it and coming out on top. 

There are plenty of interviews and clips on YouTube. Goggins is exactly what you are describing. Maybe he just doesn't resonate with you. Why does it have to be a documentary or movie btw?  

[Stephen]

 

[erik8lrl]

Jodorowsky's Dune, Places for the soul, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (1988), "Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer", At Eternity's Gate, Fitzcarraldo, Burden of Dreams and all films by Werner Herzog.

 

Edited July 3, 2021 by erik8lrl

[Bob Seeker]

I just watched Free Solo. Inspires me to do something great.

[molosku]

@Bob Seeker

I'd recommend "the dawn wall", even more insane and inspiring story than free solo. Free solo is basically a freak show  both are great

[Bodhitree]

Crazywise, about finding a way through mental health issues. 

[Osaid]