An entertaining way to motivate yourself towards the dream you have in your mind. Watching your favorite characters dreaming, struggling, solving problems, decision making and achieving dreams inspires and motivates us. Some movies really a power source of inspiration and motivation drawn from real-life stories. Here are 8 top best inspiring movies every startup leadership and entrepreneurs must watch to get the inspiration.
1. Wall Street
Release Date: 1 December 1987
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
Earning: $43.9 million
Wall Street revolves around a man named Bud Fox, an ambitious stockbroker who can do whatever it takes to be on top. He takes risky and illegal insider trading tactics from Gordon Gekko whose hard-ball attitude and never-give-up philosophy drives his determination to succeed, no matter what. The Wall Street movie teaches startup leadership and entrepreneurs to have patience and gives us a clear message; not to take shortcuts in order to have instant success. You can have everything you have ever wanted, you just can’t have it all at once; Enjoy the journey you are on, even if it is difficult.
2. The Social Network
Release Date: 24 September 2010
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
Total Earning: $224.9 million
The Social Network is based on Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook journey. This movie inspires startup leadership to turn your dreams into reality and how to scale the business from a dorm room to the most successful company!
3. Joy
Release Date: 13 December 2015
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
This movie is based on Joy Mangano, a self-made millionaire and was nominated for an Oscar. This movie conveys the challenges of women entrepreneurs, startup leadership and inspires to beat all odds and achieve success.
4. NightCrawlers
Release date: 31 October 2014
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
NightCrawlers is about a struggling guy who was looking for a job. He goes through a situation where he finds an opportunity in it; he becomes a crime journalist after witnessing a crime. This movie will teach startup leadership to not to give up when things don’t turn out to be the way you want, instead, look for an opportunity in every situation plus it also teaches focusing and improving your positive attributes will make you limitless.
5. Steve Jobs
Release Date: 5 September 2015
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Total earning: $34.4 million
This movie doesn’t need any introduction, the name itself says everything; “Steve Jobs” is one of the most inspiring movie for startup and business leadership based on the co-founder of Apple. His passion for design is one of the guiding principles for everyone especially the startup world. This movie is based on the ups and downs of Steve Job’s life and how his passion helped him to be the genius behind one of the biggest companies in the world and why you should never let anyone write you off.
6. 12 Angry Men
Release Date: April 10, 1957
IMDb Rating: 8.9/10
Total Earning: $200000
12 angry men is courtroom drama; even if it’s not about business but there is something in this movie which is critical for any business. It teaches us even if all odds are against us; we have to sometime march forwards based on instinct. It has several layers of insight on leadership, decision-making, team-building, the psychology of group behaviour. This is a must-watch movie as the 96 intense minutes will leave you thinking about the way you can make important decisions.
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7. Startup.com
Release Date: 25 May 2001
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Total earning: $1,830,008
Startup.com movie is an excellent documentary and has many lessons for startup leadership based on the story of GovWorks, a promising startup that failed because of mismanagement and internal struggles. It shows how challenges and pitfalls of a startup at every stage and If you want to learn more about the rise and fall of internet companies, lifelong friendships on the line and do-or-die ambitions then this movie is the perfect combination to form a deadly cocktail for an internet startup. It cautions as in how friendships can turn into bitter rivalries because of internal politics. It shows the reality of how it can affect if partners aren’t on the same page and how to manage a budget after you’ve secured funding.
8. Moneyball
Release Date: 24 February 2012
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Total earning: $110.2 million
Moneyball movie shows the journey of the team from being an underdog to a winning team. This movie conveys how entrepreneurs can take an innovative approach in their existing business and beat out the competition with little to no money. Entrepreneurship is not cakewalk many people fall off the wagon quickly and many give up when it gets too tough. When you see no hope all you need is an inspiration and daily motivation.
Seeing such inspiring top movies can help startup leadership, entrepreneurs and management leaders to challenge your limits and invoke the powerful feeling that will help you with creative ideas, problem solving techniques, decision making, quick action and survive those struggling days and achieve the goals that you always wanted.
