Binge Watch : 10 Inspiring Movies for the Entrepreneur in you !!
B&L Editorial
Posted On April 22, 2020
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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
10. Joy
Despite facing several hardships, Joy Mangano, a divorced mother of two, rises against all odds and sets up a successful business empire.
Initial release: 13 December 2015 (USA)
Director: David O. Russell
Box office: 10.11 crores USD
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Actress
Awards: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
