10 films about success, after which you want to move mountains

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

If you do not have enough inspiration, you should take an example from the heroes of these paintings.

1. Pirates of Silicon Valley

• USA, 1999.
• Biography, drama.
• Duration: 95 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 3.

Early 1970s. The computer industry is just beginning to develop. It was then that two dreamers - Bill Gates and Steve Jobs - began to realize their ambitions. Over time, both were able not only to become rich and famous, but also to found their own empires that changed the world around them.

Martin Burke's film will not provide a documentary accurate picture of how the computer giants were born. But then the euphoria after watching is provided, and the young actors are surprisingly similar to the real Jobs and Gates.

2. Boiler room

• USA, 2000.
• Crime, drama, thriller.
• Duration: 120 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 0.

Sharpie Seth Davis is hired by a broker at a prosperous firm where the monthly salary is higher than his previous year's income. But soon the guy realizes that the profit they get is not the most legitimate one.

The authors of Boiler Room were inspired by the life story of the American broker and fraudster Jordan Belfort - the very Wolf of Wall Street. True, there is not a word about him there. But Martin Scorsese later made a detailed adaptation of his biography with Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role.

3. Pursuit of happiness

• USA, 2006.
• Biography, drama.
• Duration: 117 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 0.

Chris Gardner's wife leaves, and the man is left alone with his young son. He decides to become a broker and takes an unpaid internship, which results in only one person from the whole group getting a job. But to become this one, the hero needs to risk everything he has.

The film is based on true events from the life of Christopher Gardner, who went from a homeless beggar to a millionaire. Of course, his personal recipe for happiness - to put everything you have on the line - is not for everyone. But here's the motto "Never give up!" it doesn't hurt to remember everyone.

4. Social network

• USA, 2010.
• Biography, drama.
• Duration: 121 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 7.

Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg quarrels with a girl and, in revenge, creates a website to discuss photos of pretty classmates. This is how the story of Facebook begins - well, Zuckerberg will soon become the youngest billionaire in the world.

In David Fincher's film, written by Aaron Sorkin, the founder of Facebook is not a very pleasant person. The authors tell the story of a man who invented a powerful tool for communication, but he himself did not make new friends and ruined relations with old ones. Critics even call this painting "Citizen Kane" of our day.

5. Areas of darkness

• USA, 2011.
• Science fiction, thriller, detective.
• Duration: 105 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 4.

New York-based writer Eddie Morra suffers from a creative crisis and a breakup with a girlfriend. But when he is offered to try an experimental pill for depression, the hero's life is transformed: he finishes a book in four days, and then completely becomes a virtuoso of the stock exchange. But then you have to pay for all this.

Director Neil Burger came up with a special color scheme for each state of the hero. Between doses of the drug, Eddie's life is painted in dull and cold shades. But as soon as the character eats another pill, warm, and sometimes even acidic colors begin to prevail on the screen.

6. The Wolf of Wall Street

• USA, 2013.
• Biography, drama, black comedy.
• Duration: 180 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 2.

Jordan Belfort dreams of becoming a broker, but gets his license at a bad time. He lives in a small provincial office until he comes up with a clever way to get rich. He manages to make his way to the very top of Wall Street. Trouble begins when Belfort gets the attention of the authorities.

Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street is a very striking film. The dialogues in it match the picture - memorable and lively, and the soundtrack is absolutely wonderful.

The picture instantly became almost the main film about money in the entire history of cinema, and Leonardo DiCaprio was expected to receive an Oscar for the main male role. The actor, however, did not receive the award then.

7. Steve Jobs

• USA, 2015.
• Biography, drama.
• Duration: 122 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 2.

The focus is on three important Apple product presentations. The most significant of them should be the premiere of the iMac, which will either save the company, which is breathing on its own, or completely destroy it.

Steve Jobs in this film was played by Michael Fassbender, who in ordinary life is completely different from the founder of Apple. But this is not the main thing, because the tape has many advantages. Director Danny Boyle took into account the mistakes of the previous unsuccessful film with Ashton Kutcher, so the film came out very dynamic.

8. Founder

• USA, 2016.
• Biography, drama.
• Duration: 115 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 2.

Ambitious traveling salesman Ray Kroc dreams of getting rich, but for a long time only gets involved in dubious adventures. Everything changes when he meets the McDonald brothers - the owners of an innovative restaurant with very fast service. Croc comes up with an idea to turn the family café into a fast-growing franchise. But his appetites do not know the measure.

John Lee Hancock's biopic is based on the life of a real person. But at the same time, the film has such a well-thought-out drama that it is not at all boring to watch it. The creator of the McDonald’s franchise is far from the most pleasant person, and his methods are downright predatory. But Kroc is played by the incredibly talented Michael Keaton.

9. Big game

• USA, 2017.
• Biography, drama.
• Duration: 140 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 4.

Molly Bloom was a promising skier, but she was injured, so the girl had to forget about her sports career. To find herself anew, the heroine moves to another city and plunges into the world of the underground gambling business. After being fired, Molly organizes illegal poker tournaments herself, but incurs the ire of the Italian mafia. And the FBI also begins to take an interest in Bloom's activities.

The Big Game is Aaron Sorkin's triumph not only as a screenwriter, but also as a director. If not such a talented director were in his place, the story of Molly Bloom would have turned out to be a boring production drama. But Sorkin shot a very lively and dynamic picture, and Jessica Chastain managed to create a very strong image that the audience remembered.

10. Greatest Showman

• USA, 2017.
• Biography, musical, drama.
• Duration: 105 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

An exemplary family man and desperate inventor Phineas Taylor Barnum has always dreamed of becoming famous and getting rich. One day he comes up with the idea of buying an old museum building and arranging performances of unusual people there. The show is becoming incredibly popular, but now Barnum has to prove that his circus is not a low-level spectacle.

It is necessary to watch "The Showman" first of all for the sake of musical numbers - they are really beautiful here. A special charm is given to them by the charisma of Hugh Jackman, who can sing and dance just fine.

By the way, the film is based on the real biography of Barnum, a famous entrepreneur who invented a circus named after himself.