In this article, we have collected self-help documentaries that can help you to believe in yourself and your strength, be motivated to move forward and work on yourself, inspire you to see the best in life, never give up, and create your own reality. The best spiritual minds were involved in the production of these self-help documentaries, so you can open up your full potential and significantly improve your life!
Here are 11 great self-help documentaries to watch during your hardest times!
11 Self-Help Documentaries
#1 Road To Peace, 2015
“World Peace begins with Inner Peace” – Dalai Lama
In a world dominated by violence, how can we create peace in our lives? This documentary goes on an extraordinary journey with one of the greatest humanitarians of all time, the Dalai Lama. The Nobel Peace Prize winner offers a radical vision of how we can create lasting peace within ourselves and on a global level. This film demonstrates how we can create change and transform the world we live in.
#2 E-Motion, 2016
Imagine a world where everyone is manifesting from their heart the perfect creation that’s inside each of us. Imagine a world where abundance, inner peace, longevity, and loving relationships abound. Imagine we are sacred, spiritual beings here for a much larger reason, serving a much higher purpose, a divine purpose.
In this documentary, E-motion Experts from around the world sharing their wisdom and negative emotion clearing techniques to light a new pathway for humanity.
#3 The Secret, 2007
In this documentary film, leading scientists, authors, doctors, and philosophers reveal the great Secret that has transformed the lives of all those willing to live it. This is The Secret to everything – joy, health, money, relationships, love, happiness… everything you have ever wanted.
“The Secret” film explains, with simplicity, the Universal law that governs all lives, and offers the knowledge of how to create – intentionally and effortlessly – a joyful life filled with peace, love, well-being, and abundance. And as you learn The Secret, you too will come to know how you can have, be, or do anything you want. And you will come to know the true magnificence that awaits you in life.
#4 The Secrets Of The Keys, 2016
After Elizabeth, a motivational speaker and author, gets a life-altering call from her doctor, she must make a decision whether or not to accept a position that would have her straddling a life between two worlds.
Elizabeth comes face-to-face with her spiritual guide, Gwen, who has an intriguing opportunity for her. Gwen takes Elizabeth on a mystical journey where they encounter impressive experts eager to share the importance of 7 Keys: Appreciation, Harmony, Courage, Passion, Faith, Vibration, and Empathy.
#5 The Moses Code, 2005
This documentary begins with a simple premise – the idea that in Biblical times, the Old Testament God gave Moses a rudimentary “code,” used to “tap into” the power of Jehovah and perform miracles in day-to-day life.
The creators of this documentary argue that this same code was recently rediscovered and can still be used in the day-to-day lives of individuals, to both accelerate one’s own personal development and enhance the surrounding world in benevolent ways.
This film focuses on the power of Soul Manifestation, drawing upon our own innate spiritual ability to produce miracles everywhere we go.
#6 What the Bleep Do We Know!?, 2004
This film is part documentary, part story, and part elaborate and inspiring visual effects and animations.
Amanda, a divorced photographer, has a fantastic experience when life begins to unravel around her, revealing the cellular, molecular and quantum worlds that lie beneath everything.
She finds herself in a fantastic Alice in Wonderland experience when her daily, uninspired life literally begins to unravel, revealing the uncertain world of the quantum field hidden behind what we consider to be our normal, waking reality. She is literally plunged into a swirl of chaotic occurrences, while the characters she encounters on this odyssey reveal the deeper, hidden knowledge she doesn’t even realize she has asked for.
#7 I AM, 2010
The documentary “I AM” is the story of a man who had it all until something happened to make him realize he might have it all…wrong. After a near-death experience, Hollywood film director Tom Shadyac decided to spark a conversation around two rarely asked questions: what’s wrong with our world and what can we do about it?
Tom Shadyac interviews philosophers, scientists, and others to find out ways that people can improve the way they live.
#8 Living Luminaries: On the Serious Business of Happiness, 2009
Living Luminaries is a profound film that asks the most vivid contemporary philosophers and theologians one question: how does one achieve and maintain peace of mind? In this illuminating new documentary, follow young seeker Sean Mulvihill as he searches for the source of happiness. From sitting at the feet of a Tibetan Lama to receiving a potion from a Voodoo Priestess.
Eckhart Tolle, Don Miguel Ruiz, Marianne Williamson, Michael Beckwith and more “living luminaries” star in this documentary about what truly makes people happy for a lifetime, not just moments.
#9 Heal, 2017
This documentary takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that our thoughts, beliefs, and emotions have a huge impact on our health and ability to heal.
The latest science reveals that we are not victims of unchangeable genes, nor should we buy into a scary prognosis. The fact is we have more control over our health and life than we have been taught to believe. This film will empower you with a new understanding of the miraculous nature of the human body and the extraordinary healer within us all.
HEAL not only taps into the brilliant minds of leading scientists and spiritual teachers but follows three people on actual high stakes healing journeys. Healing can be extremely complex and deeply personal, but it can also happen spontaneously in a moment. Through these inspiring and emotional stories, we find out what works, what doesn’t, and why.
#10 Discover The Gift, 2014
Within each of us, there are special Gifts simply awaiting discovery. For sister and brother team Shajen and Demian, something was missing in their lives until they tapped into the power of their own Gifts, leading to a profound personal transformation.
In Discover the Gift, Demian and Shajen, narrate and present a simple road map to a journey of self-discovery that will change your life forever. Sharing their own heartfelt, personal stories of tragedy and redemption, the brother and sister are joined by many of today’s most influential transformational leaders who will inspire you, guide you, and ultimately enable you to begin your own journey to find your Gift and the life you were meant to live.
#11 3 Magic Words, 2012
When you watch this documentary you will discover the true nature of who we really are and the power that you have. This realization and the 3 Magic Words can re-program your subconsciousness mind. If you want to change your life, or if you just want to have a greater spiritual connection, if you want to learn how to be the greatest version of who you are, the transformation has to start from within.
3 Magic Words ignites this spark so that you can be happier, have better relationships, manifest more easily, accomplish your goals, act with more compassion, and have more mental clarity.