With Labor Day fast approaching, it’s a great time to look at movies that celebrate honest work. These eight films highlight hard work, responsibility, perseverance, and sacrifice while reminding us that work has value without becoming our identity. From a Christian perspective, our work matters, but it should never replace our identity in Christ.
8 Movies That Honor Honest Work Without Making Career an Idol
HIDDEN FIGURES
HIDDEN FIGURES is an engaging, uplifting salute to three African-American women who contribute to the NASA program during the 1960s Space Race with Russia. The story centers on Katherine Johnson. A brilliant mathematician, Katherine proves herself a critical addition to the Space…
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MCFARLAND, USA
MCFARLAND, USA is an inspiring sports story taking place in 1987. It stars Kevin Costner as Jim White, a coach with a history of getting fired who’s forced to take a teaching position in the tiny town of McFarland, California. The predominately…
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A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD is a wonderful movie starring Tom Hanks as the famous children’s television host, Fred Rogers. After getting into a fight with his estranged father at his sister’s wedding, a cynical reporter named Lloyd is assigned to…
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THE BOYS IN THE BOAT
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT is based on a book about the inspiring real-life University of Washington’s rowing team during the great depression. The movie specifically focuses on the lives of Joe Rantz, who has been on his own since a child.…
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THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS is the inspiring true-life story of Chris Gardner. Chris, played with brilliant passion by Will Smith, is a man struggling to make ends meet in the 1980s. One day, a chance encounter sets Chris in motion to change…
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SULLY
SULLY is a very powerful, miraculous, heroic story about the airline pilot who safely landed 175 people in the Hudson River in January 2009. Afterwards, however, government bureaucrats start to accuse Capt. Sully so they can have a scapegoat to blame for…
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MIRACLE
MIRACLE is a splendid, inspirational re-telling of the U.S. hockey team’s victorious play at the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York. MIRACLE opens with historical footage revealing the precipitous social decline of the United States from the late 1960s to…
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