Movies based on real-life figures and events offer the viewers with an opportunity to celebrate the success of inspiring stories that were never heard before. Inspirational movies based on true events often captivates interest in driving personal projects.  Here is a list of five movies based on true inspirational events that might grasp your attention.

Hidden Figures (2016)

Hidden Figures is a brilliant story of willpower, individual glory, and struggle. The story is set in Virginia of 1960 and is pivoted around three African American women pioneering integral calculations for NASA to assist multiple historic missions to space. Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Katherine Johnson were engineers and superlative mathematicians who guided John Glenn's space journey for orbiting the earth. Hidden Figures, a biographical drama, magnificently portrayed the journey and accomplishments of these phenomenal women through the lens.

Jackie (2016)

Pablo Larraín's movie on Jackie Kennedy illustrates the immediate aftermath of the assassination of President John F Kennedy, her husband. Natalie Portman portrayed Jacquline Kennedy and the movie intricately displayed the most tragic event in the history of America. Furthermore, the movie tells her side of the story and how she coped with the grief of her husband's loss.

Sully (2016)

Sully depicts the real story of Chesley Sullenberger (a.k.a Sully), a pilot of American origin who emerged as a hero after safely landing his wrecked airplane on the American river of Hudson, for saving the lives of his passengers and crew members. The National Transportation Safety Board (N.T.S.B) closely scrutinized and investigated the decision of Sully to land on the Hudson River. The movie represents the hardships that were inflicted upon Sully by the N.T.S.B owing to his decision of emergency landing.

Lion (2016)

Lion tells the story of Saroo Brierley, a five-year-old impoverished Indian street-child who dozed off on a train and found himself 1,000 miles away from home. He was sent to an orphanage in Kolkata and was adopted by an Australian couple and his life took a new turn ever since. Nearly twenty-five years later Saroo travels back to India to search for his biological mother and this enchanting biographical movie depicts the bittersweet journey of Saroo.

The Imitation Game (2014)

The Imitation Game is based on the story of Alan Turing, who was recruited by the British Intelligence Agency to encrypt Nazi codes like Enigma that could not be deciphered by anyone. The Movie makes the audience aware of his success story in deciphering the Enigma code but also highlights the disgrace he had to face later for being homosexual.

Go ahead and watch the movies if you haven't already.