We are going to start a new category of blog posts which will be released every week on Wednesdays, the name of this category is “Top 10″ and every week we’ll add a new post displaying the top 10 items for blank. The first post for this new category is Top 10 Entrepreneurial Movies. I am sure that by now most of you have already watched the movies below, if not, then I hope you take the time to watch them, they are really good and are categorized as being entrepreneurial movies for different reasons explained below.
I know that there are many really good movies that didn’t make it in this list, then again, these are the top 10 according to OnTechies.com. Please use the comment’s section to add any of your favorite entrepreneurial movies that didn’t make it to the list. If you have ideas for other top 10 lists, please let us know!
The movies are ordered by release date in ascending order:
1- Citizen Kane (1940)
Director: Orson Wells
Message: Overwhelming success sometimes brings overwhelming sacrifices.
Summary: Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.
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 2- Baby Boom (1987)
Director: Charles Shyer
Message: People can find success in business by making decisions based on their values and priorities. J.C.’s experience and knowledge perfectly position her to take her small startup to regional and national success.
Summary: The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative. |
 3- Wall Street (1987)
Director: Oliver Stone
Message: Greediness has its price.
Summary: A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.
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4- Tucker: The Man & His Dream (1988)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Message: Fight hard, follow your big dreams and learn how to deal with failure.
Summary: The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.
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 5- Jerry Maguire (1996)
Director: Cameron Crowe
Message: This movie teaches you a lot of things about honesty, loyalty and failure. There is also the great message about courage and consistency to reach success.
Summary: When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent with the only athlete who stays with him.
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6- Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
Director: Martyn Burke
Message: Inspiration is powerful. Watch it and be inspired.
Summary: History of Apple and Microsoft.
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 7- E-Dreams (2001)
Director: Wonsuk Chin
Message: Not all ideas will become the Next Big Thing.
Summary: An in-depth look at the highs and lows of a dot com. The movie follows the founders of Kozmo.com as they raise money and file for IPO. But no one has predicted the market crash in April 2000. |
 8- Startup.com (2001)
Director: Chris Hegedus, Jehane Noujaim
Message: Startups are a rollercoaster.
Summary: Traces the birth and failure of new media company govWorks.com.
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 9-Antitrust (2001)
Director: Chris Hegedus, Jehane Noujaim
Message: Doing a startup is cooler than working at a corporation.
Summary: A computer programmer’s dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.
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 10- The Social Network (2010)
Director: David Fincher
Message: Stop finding excuses, make something happen.
Summary: Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking website that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
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The images and summaries above are from IMDb.com.
Any other movies that have inspired you? please add them in the comment’s section below.
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Fun idea! I actually haven’t seen 5 of those movies, so I will add them to my list …
Cool! which movies are the ones you haven’t seen?
Interesting list. Great idea
Thanks. Let me know if you have fun ideas for Top 10 lists… I have some ideas but I am sure I will run out of them eventually.
Hey, you forgot about “August” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470679/
Great list. I like the format you’ve used (message – summary).
I’ve seen 1,3,5,6, and 10. That gives me 6 more movies to watch.
“Tucker” was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, not Orson Welles.
Yes! you are right and I have corrected the mistake. Thanks!
Primer. Probably the best movie I’ve seen. Made by an engineer, with 3 friends, in 4 weeks, on a budget of $7000.
Don’t Google it – I could say two words that would spoil the entire movie.
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