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26 Most Inspiring Speeches In Film History

Hugh Scott

12 July 2024 at 4:30 pm

There's nothing better to fire you up than an inspiring speech.

Independence Day - President Witmore

The Hunt For Red October - Captain Ramius

Any Given Sunday (Coach D'Amato)

Gladiator (Maximus)

Friday Night Lights (Coach Gaines)

Henry V (Henry V)

Animal House (Bluto)

Gone With The Wind (Scarlett O'Hara)

Barbie (Gloria)

Good Will Hunting (Sean Maguire)

Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King (Aragorn)

Braveheart (William Wallace)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Elizabeth)

Stripes (John Winger)

Miracle (Herb Brooks)

Rocky IV (Rocky Balboa)

Swingers (Trent)

Network (Howard Beale)

The Goonies (Mikey)

Clueless (Cher)

Milk (Harvey Milk)

Troy (Achilles)

Norma Rae (Norma Rae)

We Are Marshall (Jack Lengyel)

Legally Blonde (Elle Woods)

Avengers: Endgame (Captain America)

There's nothing better to fire you up than an inspiring speech.

A lot of great speeches come from sports movies, but that's not the only genre that can make us want to run through walls. Some speeches are so good it has us rooting for the bad guys. Most are by the good guys though, and we'll follow those good guys anywhere. Here is our list of the most inspiring speeches in film history.

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Whether it's to hype up a sports team, or inspire themselves, a good speech can make a decent movie great and a bad movie good.

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