DISQUS

stevesipress · 5 months ago

"Thank You For Smoking", "Tin Men" = thick-skinned salespeople
"Ghostbusters" = entrepreneurial story at heart - never quit!
"The Rookie" = you're never too old to chase your dream
"Towering Inferno" = don't cut corners in your quest for the top
"Saving Private Ryan" = relentless focus and pursuit of your goal
"Field of Dreams" = pursue your dream
"Seabiscuit", "Star Wars", "Stand and Deliver", "Hoosiers" = underdogs
"Working Girl", "Fame", "Ray", "Chariots of Fire", "The Karate Kid"
"Apollo 13", "Erin Brockovich", "Big Night", "Barbarians At The Gate"
"The Secret of My Success", "E-Dreams", "Triumph of the Nerds"
"Dead Poets Society", "Rocky", "Goodfellas", "Casino", "Good Will Hunting", and of course: "Godfather II"
...just to name a few!

HeatherO · 8 months ago

Great list Brad! thanks!

Infinite_Ray · 8 months ago

All great movies, thanks for the post

HarrisonPainter · 8 months ago

When I had multiple agents working for me I would play Glengarry Glen Ross and Boiler Room for them in training sessions. Then talk about how destructive ego and greed are to any business.

This is an amazing list, and again, you have hit a home run!!! Babe Ruth/Barry Bonds have nothing on you my friend! LOL

I would add "Breaking Away"(1979) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/ This was a great movie about dealing with the fears of growing up, determination, and making choices.

Thanks Bradley!

mikemyatt · 8 months ago

Hi Bradley: Here's another list with a few additional titles: http://www.n2growth.com/blog/top-leadership-movies

All the best Bradley,

Mike

BradleyWill · 7 months ago

Thanks Mike and for the great tips the other day on the phone!

cesarabueg · 8 months ago

Wow what a list of business movies to watch. Can't wait to see them all. Thanks Brad.

Michael Covel · 8 months ago

My new doc is one: www.brokemovie.com.

BradleyWill · 7 months ago

Dude this is really cool. I watched the trailer. What is your story and what inspired you to create this film?

daallen · 8 months ago

Wall Street and the Pursuit of Happyness are two of my all time favs. Great Post!

helenraptoplous · 8 months ago

LOVE this list and the idea behind it! Thank you Bradley!! Huge movie fan and I use movies a lot for inspiration (like all the time!). One movie that I thought of right away when I read your question... 'Working Girl' with Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith. It was a fabulous movie! Also, while I am thinking about Melanie Griffith, she was in another great business movie with Don Johnson called 'Born yesterday'. Let me throw another one out there, 'Door to Door', with William H. Macy and Kyra Sedgwick. Very inspirational.
Keep up the great work Bradley, You rock!!!!
xox
Helen

BradleyWill · 7 months ago

Thanks Helen! I appreciate your feedback. I haven't seen any of those, but I will check em out.

helenraptoplous · 7 months ago

Yea, you should try to see them, they are really good. Or I like them at least and see a lot of great business lessons in them. I just love keeping in touch with you! You are to just awesome things!!
xox
Helen

thinktom · 8 months ago

Sorry but you simply CAN'T have a list of inspirational movies without Dead Poet's Society.

The original Carpe Diem my friends.

Tom
www.ThinkTom.com

chandramoorthy · 8 months ago

Thats a great post my friend...very helpful

I would like to add a few more movies names here:

"Field of Dreams"
"Goal"
"Men of Honor"

Greg Rollett · 8 months ago

Oh man - Boiler Room is a must! It gets me so beyond motivated, might have to NetFlix that this weekend.

BradleyWill · 8 months ago

G-Ro-

What do you mean, you're gonna pass. Alan, the only people making money passing are NFL quarterbacks and I don't see a number on your back.

SEO Nepal · 8 months ago

i'm not they are all inspiring for entrepreneurs but ya definitely worth watching. forrest gump's comic sense is quite inspirational & interesting.

Inaki Zuloaga · 8 months ago

I would recommend you Wind (1992)
Starring: Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey Director: Carroll Ballard. Is about the efforts of one guy to recover the Americas Cup after it is lost for the first time to Australia. Very good movie to set you in entrepreneurship mode.

Wesley Verhoeve · 8 months ago

I have to say I think The Secret is a bunch of nonsense combined with a bunch of common sense. Curious to hear what you found useful about it?

BradleyWill · 7 months ago

I feel that the secret is like a gateway for people to understand the law of attraction. There is not much applicable "how to" knowledge, but what it does is get people thinking and get a clear vision of what they want.

I got caught up in all the material things and used that as a measurement of my success in the past. An entrepreneur can learn about establishing their vision, drawing out a vision board and get an introduction to the law of attraction. Believe it or not, all entrepreneurs don't understand the concept that "like attracts like."

I have heard many people share similar opinions. I have heard John Assaraf's book "The Answer" is a great follow up to this movie.

Thanks for sharing your opinion.

bradley will

John · 2 months ago

"The Secret" ripped off ideas of the masters, eliminated any mention of hard work , and called it their own. I recommend reading Hanaal, Hill, Wattles etc.

shantaram · 8 months ago

Amazing list
Do check out "October sky" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132477/
Its a movie which left a great impression on me.

Plot (imdb ) : The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.

BradleyWill · 7 months ago

Sounds like a pretty cool movie. Thanks for your comment.

Davidbeking · 8 months ago

Great Post Brad...

Slumdog Millionaire is one of my favorite movies...

The cinematography is amazing!

Pursuit of happiness is also awesome...

office space.... a great comedy!

I love pretty much all of these movies!

One movie that i would check out is called "Flash Of Genius"

It's a great entrepreneurial movie that i would check out...

Keep these awesome posts coming!

BradleyWill · 6 months ago

Thanks for your feedback David. What is Flash of Genius about?

Chris Dunn · 7 months ago

You're gonna have to add another one after August 14th... "The Goods" with Jeremy Piven. This looks awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKQVymZUUGI

BradleyWill · 6 months ago

Did you ever see this movie? I am curious to know how it turned out.

krishj · 7 months ago

Great compilation. Thanks !

whoisgregreed · 7 months ago

Add "American Gangster"

"The loudest guy in the room is the weakest" Frank Lucas

gratuz · 7 months ago

I have seen most of them, and they are all inspiring in their own way!

surabhij · 7 months ago

This was really good...i will definitely try to watch the ones i have missed out :) Thanks for this post!

Guy Hirsch · 7 months ago

Dead Poet Society, #1 Movie for founders http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097165/

Name · 7 months ago

ROCKY I & II...and the
Most overlooked and misunderstood personal development movie:
Tom Hanks in Joe Versus the Volcano...

luv Rudy, Wall Street and Forest Gump

joshhinds · 7 months ago

Good list Bradley. Some I've seen, some I haven't. Because of your easy to digest reviews I'm a lot more likely to catch the ones I haven't yet. I like that you have a balance between what to do and movies which hold lessons of what not to do. As business philosopher Jim Rohn might say, powerful learning opportunities can come from learning what to do as well as what not to do.

Josh :-)

Tai Goodwin · 7 months ago

Great list. Can I also recommend October Sky? Good story about not living your own dreams and not your father's (family's).

darnyelle · 7 months ago

Incredible list....Thank you.
Be Incredible,
Darnyelle

BradleyWill · 6 months ago

Thank you Darnyelle

joehigh · 6 months ago

Lot of great flicks on this list. I love Remember the Titans! Let me encourage you to also watch The Ultimate Gift. Great story.

Raúl González · 6 months ago

You know, the enron documentary is very very enlightning on what not to do. I looooooove Tucker, thanks for reminding me that one; dead poet society perhaps on the You're suposed to be changing the world

Rick Ramirez · 6 months ago

Frost/Nixon = Persistence

Man on Wire = Audacity

Billabong Odyssey = Taking Risk

Eric Goldstein · 6 months ago

Boiler Room ROCKED!

"Who says money doesn't buy
happiness... Look at the smile
on my face, ear to ear baby!"

Thanks for sharing VALUE with
the world Brad!

BradleyWill · 5 months ago

:)

The only people making money passing are quarterbacks and I don't see a number on your back...

AnkammaRao · 4 months ago

Thank you. I have seen Pursuit of Hapiness, i am gonna download other movies.

Thanks
AnkammaRao

petersorensen · 4 months ago

Great movies! I've seen all but two of them. I guess I will go to Blockbuster and rent the 2 I haven't seen yet. I love some of the classic Boiler Room scenes. All of them have some great messages and stories of hope, possibility, of never giving up, being committed, all great lessons for young entrepreneurs. Keep up empowering the young entrepreneurs out there like myself Brad. We need more of us! Thanks for the movie tips.

Peter

beanie72 · 4 months ago

My favourite is A Knights Tale with two great quotes.
"A man can change his stars"
"Most of it is the guts to take a blow.
Very appropriate for all Entrepreneurs.
Cheers Adam Bean

Young, Fabulous, Self-Employed · 2 months ago

I am surprised Facing the Giants didn't make the list -- it's definitely an inspirational movie with tons of applicable lessons for business owners in a sports setting.

Facing the Giants is the story of Grant Taylor, a mediocre high school football coach. After several years of failing seasons, the Shiloh Eagles consider replacing him as head coach. This is not the only problem Taylor is facing however; his car is breaking down, the players' fathers are trying to get him fired, and he discovers that he is the reason that his wife cannot become pregnant.

In order to find a solution to these problems, he prays to God for help. He creates a new coaching philosophy and decides to praise God after each game. From that point on, he loses only one game and goes on to win the state championship.