We’re almost a week into the New Year and suddenly all those resolutions to be kick-ass in 2015 seem a heck of a lot harder now that work and every day life have come rushing back after the holidays. In an attempt to keep the motivation flowing, here are ten films that will not only help keep your holiday film bingeing on a steady course, but will also motivate you to be a better you! So grab some healthy snacks, do a few crunches while you watch, or just find some zen with these fun and encouraging films.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Resolution: Be a better friend and feel empowered as a woman. (Or dudes: Show some respect to your ladies.)

This sappy ’90s movie shows two best friends defying gender norms in the ’50s while Kathy Bates plays a frumpy housewife in modern times inspired by their tale to take charge of her happiness. Watch the scene where Bates plows into a younger and cockier woman’s car repeatedly shouting her battle cry of “Towanda!” and tell me you don’t feel invigorated.

Catch Me If You Can

Resolution: Have more confidence.

So yes, this Spielberg film is technically about a lying, swindling con-artist played by Leo DiCaprio. But what do you need to have to do all those things successfully? Total and absolute personal confidence. Confidence in yourself engenders confidence from others. Take a few pointers from this real-life inspired tale.

Working Girl

Resolution: Get noticed by my boss.

Carly Simon will get your positive mojo running with the film’s opening song “Let The River Run” in the first few minutes of Working Girl. Melanie Griffith as lowly secretary Tess McGill will inspire you to take charge of your career as she finesses her female authority and uncompromisingly bulldozes past her snake-like boss (Sigourney Weaver). Snagging hunky ’80s Harrison Ford is only a side-dish to attaining the career she truly wants and deserves.

Office Space

Resolution: Quit my job.

So we don’t recommend you stick it to your boss by scamming them out of money. That would land you in jail. But definitely feel inspired by Peter, Michael, and Samir as they finally stop letting Initech treat them poorly and under-appreciate their work. Peter’s (Ron Livingston) conversation with two consultants hired to fire him is the perfect example of just how much recognition you can get when you stop feeling miserable and start working on your own job happiness.

My Fair Lady

Resolution: Work my way up. (Or: Makeover!)

So, yes, a few voice lessons may not be what you need to work your way to the top of a social ladder. But what Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) learns while taking these exhausting voice lessons is a basic understanding of how people of influence and power think. What wins over the masses is her handle on her own winning personality, while understanding just how to play the game. In this modern age, we’re not encouraging you try to find a prince like Eliza, but if there’s some circle you’re trying to break into, why not try beating them at their own game?

Billy Elliot

Resolution: To try new things and follow my passions.

As a funny and charming Irish film, Billy Elliot has plenty of lessons to offer including familial acceptance and challenging gender behavior expectations. But watching an 11-year-old boy pursue his taboo love of ballet is enough to make anyone wonder why they ever feared trying anything that made them feel uncomfortable or judged. Onlookers be damned, pursue that passion!

Pretty Woman

Resolution: Stand up for myself.

So hear me out. I know the fairy tale story of a prostitute swept off her feet by a wealthy business man doesn’t seem a practical film to be looking to for inspiration. So yes, grain of salt. But don’t tell me that having someone invest in your well-being doesn’t feel great, it does. Just don’t go run around looking for a sugar-daddy. Instead, stand up for yourself and your dreams. And if there’s anyone needing a good telling off in your life, Vivian’s (Julia Roberts) vindication when returning to the store where some snooty store clerks snubbed her will absolutely rev you up. Just practice saying “big mistake” in the mirror.

Bridget Jones’s Diary

Resolution: Time to do me.

Recent break up? Feeling frumpy? Just need to generally start fresh? It’s cheesy and silly and Jane Austen-inspired but if the utterly ridiculous character of Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) can take life by the horns, so can you. And honestly you might fall on your ass a few times before you get it right, just the way Bridget does, and that’s just fine. So work on putting yourself first and running (though please not in granny panties in the snow) after the things you want in life.

Slumdog Millionaire

Resolution: Take on the obstacles I’ve always considered insurmountable.

So the takeaway here isn’t to try to get on a huge game show and win a lot of money (though wouldn’t that be nice). It’s that Jamal (Dev Patel) proves that all the hardship he endured in the slums of Mumbai prepared him to win that game show. It’s about drawing strength from your past and keeping your eyes on the future. There’s a lot in this world trying to get us down, but nothing is impossible. Also, I’ve never met a Bollywood dance number that didn’t bring a smile to my face.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Resolution: This year, I’m open to love.

There’s a reason there’s a fair amount of romantic and romantic-comedy films on this list. They tend to leave us with all the feels. But what’s great about this rom-com starring Nia Vardalos is that it doesn’t start with her trying to intentionally look for love. Instead she decides she’s sick of the person she has become and wants to improve on it. Falling in love is just a side effect of her decision to go back to school and take an interest in herself. She never changes for this new dude. And in fact subjects him to the ridiculousness of her family. It’s a great lesson that being your true-self will attract your perfect companion.

There was a funny bit of news floating around this week regarding an obscure (comically so) film having its Best Original Song Oscar nomination revoked by the Academy. “Alone Yet Not Alone”, the song in question from a movie of the same name, has got to be one of the cheesiest, most hackneyed piece of movie music of the year, and a far cry from being in the running for the title of “the best”. Turns out, as reported by several outlets, the song’s composer, Bruce Broughton, is a former Academy governor and current executive committee member, a position he exploited to “earn” his song a nomination. No song will replace “Alone Yet Not Alone” (the title still makes me giggle) in the ballot, reducing the field to four nominees.

It’s not the most gripping news story, but you know the saying: “Give me lemons, and I’ll make…my Weekend Streaming Recommendations!!!” That’s how the saying goes, right? Close enough. For this week’s recommendations, I’ve chosen films that have won the Oscar for Best Original Song in years past, films with legitimately great songs to wash out the icky taste of “Alone Yet Not Alone”. (Man, that is seriously one of the funniest movie/song titles I’ve ever heard. It sounds like middle school poetry.)

You’ve probably seen all of these awesome films at least once, but each is worth revisiting. And if you’ve missed some, discovering them is only a click away.

8 Mile

When Eminem was announced to be the star of a “serious” drama inspired by his life as an underground rapper in Detroit, most of us–even fans of the gifted emcee, like me–cringed. Surely this was a cash-grab built to capitalize on Mr. Mathers’ popularity. (He was INSANELY popular back in 2002, approaching Madonna and Michael Jackson levels of notoriety.) To everyone’s surprise, the movie wasn’t half bad! It’s definitely worth watching on a lazy Sunday afternoon, at least. Eminem’s performance feels natural, if a little restrained, and the basement-rap-battle scene is undeniably electric. Best of all, the film gave us “Lose Yourself”, Em’s driving motivational anthem about seizing once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. The chugging guitar riff and catchy-as-all-hell hook (“LOSE yourself in the MUsic, the MOment you OWN it…“) have made it one of Eminem’s most enduring singles. (As a bonus, the film also inspired that awesome Chappelle’s Show parody. “Spaghetti! Spaghetti! Spaghetti!“)

Slumdog Millionaire

Danny Boyle is one of those rare filmmakers who can seemingly do anything: horror (28 Days Later); kids movies (Millions); sci-fi (Sunshine); psychological (127 Hours, Trance)…and the list goes on. We’re quite fortunate to have the fellow making movies for our lucky eyes and ears to feast on. Of the excellent films in his oeuvre, none have had the success or cultural impact of Slumdog Millionaire, the South Asian underdog story about street kid Jamal (Dev Patel) defying fate by progressing farther in India’s version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” than the corrupt showrunners had planned. The film is bursting with life, and its runtime is just about the briskest 120 minutes you’ll sit through. The film’s Oscar-winning song, the infectious, pulsing Bollywood hit Jai Ho, was actually written for another Indian film, Yuvvraaj, but only really picked up steam when it was featured in Boyle’s film.

Crazy Heart

Jeff Bridges enjoyed a string of box-office and critical success from 2008 to 2010, with his work in Iron Man, Tron: Legacy, and True Grit making him a more commercially popular actor than ever. The best performance of this period of Bridges’ career was in Crazy Heart, in which he played a hopelessly washed-up, alcoholic country singer-songwriter named Bad Blake. With deep emotional complexity and a slight devilish touch, Bridges scores with one of his most brilliantly conceived performances. The turn won him the Oscar for Best Actor in 2009, and the film’s song “The Weary Kind”, written by Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett, captured gold as well. It’s got everything I love in a country song: a stripped-down arrangement, forlorn, poignant lyrics, and a timeless melody. Bridges broke his hot streak with last year’s R.I.P.D, but thankfully, with the power of internet streaming, we can rewind back a few years to when he was still on fire.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

“Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head…” Aaaahhhh…the sound of peacefulness. What a great song for an equally great movie. Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the distinctively ’70s-sounding tune isn’t exactly the most obvious musical companion for a badass gunslinger Western set in the 1890’s, but it perfectly fits the scene it accompanies, of Paul Newman practicing tricks on a bicycle to the giddy amusement of Katharine Ross. George Roy Hill’s film, as you probably already know, is clever, charming, impeccably acted, and one of the best buddy movies of all time (if not one of the best movies, period). Newman and Robert Redford are at the peak of their careers here, and the film’s famous final frame is one of the most treasured images in all of cinema. You can’t watch this classic too many times, so stream away, my friends. You won’t regret it.