Binge Watch : 10 Inspiring Movies for the Entrepreneur in you !!

B&L Editorial Posted On April 22, 2020

1. Ford vs Ferrari

American automotive designer Carroll Shelby and fearless British race car driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary vehicle for the Ford Motor Co. Together, they plan to compete against the race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

Initial release: 30 August 2019 (USA)

Director: James Mangold

Box office: 22.2 crores USD

Nominations: Academy Award for Best Picture

Awards: Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

2. Wolf of Wall Street

Introduced to life in the fast lane through stockbroking, Jordan Belfort takes a hit after a Wall Street crash. He teams up with Donnie Azoff, cheating his way to the top as his relationships slide.

Release date: 3 January 2014 (India)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Box office: 39.2 crores USD

Awards: MTV Movie Award for Best Jaw Dropping Moment

Production companies: Red Granite Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Appian Way Productions, Sikelia Productions

3. The Pursuit of Happyness

Chris Gardner takes up an unpaid internship in a brokerage firm after he loses his life’s earnings selling a product he invested in. His wife leaves him and he is left with the custody of his son.

Initial release: November 2006

Director: Gabriele Muccino

Featured song: A Father’s Way

Box office: USD 30.71 crores

Awards: MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance

4. The Social Network

Mark Zuckerberg creates a social networking site, Facebook, with the help of his friend Eduardo Saverin. But soon, a string of lies tears their relationship apart even as Facebook connects people.

Release date: 12 November 2010 (India)

Director: David Fincher

Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin

Box office: 22.49 crores USD

Awards: Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

5. Moneyball

Billy Beane joins forces with Peter Brand, a Yale graduate, to challenge the old-school selection methods and reinvent his team using a sabermetric model that has never been used before.

Release date: 24 February 2012 (India)

Director: Bennett Miller

Featured song: The Show

Nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor

Awards: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor

6. Rocket Singh

Harpreet Singh Bedi, a commerce graduate, becomes a salesman. After being ridiculed by his colleagues and his employer, he plans to operate a parallel company without their knowledge.

Release date: 11 December 2009 (India)

Director: Shimit Amin

Box office: INR 33 crores (US$4.6 million)

Budget: INR 5 crores

7. Wall Street

Wall Street is a 1987 American drama film, directed and co-written by Oliver Stone, which stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, and Daryl Hannah. The film tells the story of Bud Fox (Sheen), a young stockbroker who becomes involved with Gordon Gekko (Douglas), a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider.

Production company‎: ‎American Entertainment

Release date‎: ‎December 11, 1987 (US)

Starring‎: ‎Michael Douglas‎; ‎Charlie Sheen‎

Produced by‎: ‎Edward R. Pressman

8. The Founder

Ray, a salesman, meets the owners of McDonald, a burger joint in Southern California. He realises the potential of the place and decides to make it the biggest restaurant business in the world.

Initial release: 16 December 2016 (USA)

Director: John Lee Hancock

Budget: $7–25 million

Box office: 2.41 crores USD

Screenplay: Robert Siegel

9. The Intern

Ben Whittaker, a seventy-year-old widower, realises that he is not cut out for retirement. He then applies to become a senior intern for a sceptical boss at an online fashion site.

Release date: 25 September 2015 (India)

Director: Nancy Meyers

Featured song: Break Ya Neck

Box office: 19.46 crores USD

Nominations: Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress – Comedy