TOP5 MOVIES FOR [Money Minded People]

 

TOP 12 MOVIES FOR ENTREPRENEUR

#1. Startup.com [IMDB (7/10)]

Picking up where today's headlines leave off, Startup.com examines the current troubled state of the Internet revolution, in which inflated ideals and dreams of instant wealth have been supplanted by harsh economic realities and broken promises. Graced with sensitive storytelling and a dynamic, intimate cinnamaverine style, the film also manages to personalize this crisis with intensely private views of the people involved.

Initial release: 25 May 2001

Directors: Jehane Noujaim, Chris Hegedus

Producer: D. A. Pennebaker

Box office: 18 lakhs USD

Awards: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary

#2. Catch Me If You Can [IMDB (8.1/10)]

Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) worked as a doctor, a lawyer, and as a co-pilot for a major airline -- all before his 18th birthday. A master of deception, he was also a brilliant forger, whose skill gave him his first real claim to fame: At the age of 17, Frank Abagnale, Jr. became the most successful bank robber in the history of the U.S. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) makes it his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank is always one step ahead of him.

Initial release: 25 December 2002

Director: Steven Spielberg

Featured song: Catch me if you can

Nominations: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Awards: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

#3. Lord of War [IMDB (7.6/10)]

The 20-year arms dealing career of Queens, N.Y., outcast Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) serves as a window onto the end of the Cold War and the emergence of worldwide terrorism. He finds himself reassuring his more ethically challenged younger brother, Vitaly (Jared Leto), while adeptly sidestepping the pursuit of federal agent Jack Lawrence (Ethan Hawke). The globetrotting arms dealer also pursues the woman of his dreams, supermodel Ava Fontaine (Bridget Moynihan).

Initial release: 16 September 2005

Director: Andrew Niccol

Box office: 7.26 crores USD

Producers: Nicolas Cage, Andrew Niccol, Chris Roberts,

Music director: Antonio Pinto, Antônio Pinto

#4. Wall Street [IMDB (7.4/10)]

Wall Street is a 1987 American drama film, directed and co-written by Oliver Stone, which stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah and Martin Sheen. The film tells the story of Bud Fox (C. Sheen), a young stockbroker who becomes involved with Gordon Gekko (Douglas), a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider. Bud, a junior stockbroker, wants to work with Gordon Gekko, his idol, and tries to impress him by spying on renowned companies. But when Bud learns about Gordon's evil antics, he tries to destroy him.

Initial release: 11 December 1987

Director: Oliver Stone

Film series: Wall Street

Featured song: Fly Me to the Moon

Awards: Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

#5. Fyre [IMDB (7/10)]

Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened is a 2019 American documentary film about Billy McFarland and the failed Fyre Festival of 2017. It was directed by Chris Smith, and produced by Mick Purzycki and was released on Netflix on January 18, 2019. The film was co-produced by Jerry Media, the social media agency responsible for promoting the Fyre Festival and covering up the fraud, and MATTE Projects, the production company that directed the Fyre Festival's promotional shoot. Jerry Media approached VICE with the idea of a documentary three months after the events. According to Netflix, the documentary was Smith's idea.

Initial release: 18 January 2019

Director: Chris Smith

Production company: Vice Media

Producers: Chris Smith, Mick Purzycki, Danny Gabai

Nominations: Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special,

 

           PERSONAL FAVOURITE

#1. The social network [IMDB (7.7/10)]

The Social Network is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, it portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits. It stars Jesse Eisenberg as founder Mark Zuckerberg, along with Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin, Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, Armie Hammer as Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and Max Minghella as Divya Narendra. Neither Zuckerberg nor any other Facebook staff were involved with the project, although Saverin was a consultant for Mezrich's book.

Release date: 12 November 2010

Director: David Fincher

Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin

Awards: Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), 

Nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

#2. pitchers [IMDB (9.1/10)]

TVF Pitchers is a web series created by The Viral Fever and developed by Arunabh Kumar. The first season consists of five episodes and premiered online on The Viral Fever's content portal TVFPlay on 3 June 2015. A week later, on 10 June, it premiered on YouTube.

First episode date: 5 June 2015

Final episode date: 30 August 2015

Number of episodes: 5

Number of seasons: 1

Program creator: Arunabh Kumar