Great Picks for When You Feel Energetic
If you can't sit still, turn that energy into something good. This list has songs for running, cleaning or hitting the road, boxers sprinting up staircases, girls breaking the rules on the soccer field, school bands taking the stage, and adventures that reach deep beneath the sea.
Films
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1 Film
Rocky
The courage to run up those steps, as a boxer nobody gives a chance stands up by believing in himself.
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2 Film
Bend It Like Beckham
Jess chases her passion for football, makes peace with her family and walks toward her dreams in a cheerful story of courage.
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3 Film
School of Rock
Fake substitute teacher Dewey turns a classroom of kids into a rock band in a comedy with sky-high energy.
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4 Film
Sing Street
An energetic coming-of-age film about a boy who starts a band to impress a girl and finds freedom in music.
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5 Film
Champions
A basketball team of players with intellectual disabilities teaches their cranky coach how to live again.
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6 Film
The Karate Kid
Watch a bullied teenager stand tall through the balance and confidence Mr. Miyagi patiently teaches him.
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7 Film
Cool Runnings
A Jamaican bobsled team who have never seen snow walk proudly across the finish line in an uplifting story of determination.
Songs
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8 Song
Don't Stop Me Now
An explosion of joy that rises with Freddie Mercury's piano and fills you with unstoppable energy.
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9 Song
September
A funk classic that celebrates a beautiful memory and gets everyone moving.
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10 Song
Dancing in the Street
A summer-spirited song that turns the streets into a dance floor.
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11 Song
Shotgun
A song carrying the freedom and joy of a summer drive down the open road with the windows down.
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12 Song
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
An anthem that celebrates the freedom of enjoying life and being yourself, in every color of the rainbow.
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13 Song
Kuzu Kuzu
A high-energy pop classic that, with its playful charm, makes it impossible to stand still.
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14 Song
Araba
An upbeat pop song carrying the itch to hit the road and the exuberance of youth.
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15 Song
Everyway That I Can
A spirited song that danced its way to Eurovision victory with eastern melodies.
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16 Song
Levitating
A bright, sparkling disco-pop ride that makes you feel like you're floating in the moonlight.
Books
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17 Book
Around the World in Eighty Days
A thrilling and entertaining journey around the world with the unflappable Phileas Fogg and the cheerful Passepartout.
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18 Book
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
An adventure aboard the Nautilus, discovering the wonders of the ocean depths.
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19 Book
Swallows and Amazons
A free-spirited childhood summer of sailing boats and camping by a lake.
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20 Book
The Hobbit
An adventure in which a home-loving hobbit discovers his courage and finds his way back home.
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21 Book
Pippi Longstocking
The joyful adventures of the strongest and freest girl in the world.
Paintings
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22 Painting
Dance
The exuberance of five figures joined hand in hand in a ring, one of the purest expressions of joy in painting.
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23 Painting
Blue Horse I
A young blue foal standing before colorful hills, one of the sweetest symbols of innocence and hope.
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24 Painting
Sea Festival (Yacht Race)
Flags, sails and a blue sea celebrate the joy of a holiday in brushstrokes.
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25 Painting
Circular Forms, Sun
A canvas that turns sunlight into spinning rings of color and seems to radiate warmth and energy.
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26 Painting
Le Chahut
Kicked-up legs and merry musicians; the cheerful cancan rhythm of Parisian nights, rendered in dots.