Films about people who earned millions, conquered countries and achieved the highest results in their business. The perfect movie for those looking for inspiration and needing motivation.
Molly’s Game (2017)
After an injury, Molly Bloom’s sports career ends. A former skier moves to sunny Los Angeles. There she becomes the organizer of a prestigious underground poker club.
Having achieved success on the West Coast, Molly opens an underground casino in New York. The entire American bourgeoisie, celebrities and businessmen sat at her tables. And Molly made incredible money. But it is impossible to make money for a long time without attracting the attention of the tax and police.
Molly’s Game was named one of the best films of 2017 and was also nominated for an Oscar in 2018.
Nightcrawler (2014)
Louis Bloom is an unemployed guy who is trying in every way to get a job. Quite by accident, he manages to record a car theft on video.
He sells the recording to one of the city’s television companies. There he is invited to work as a reporter. Louis specializes in crime reporting.
By talking about crimes, Louis was able to become a fairly famous person. After all, his reports attract a large number of viewers. But such work turns out to be very dangerous.
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The plot of the film is based on real events and based on the novel of the same name.
Jordan Belfort is a famous American stock broker. In 1987, he founded one of the brilliant firms on Wall Street. He quickly became rich. The amazing success turned the young guy’s head.
Jordan spent his money on entertainment and drinking. All the doors of high society and unbridled parties were open to him. In the end, endless parties, dubious partnerships and illegal actions led yesterday’s king to a prison cell.
TV series “Billions”
In the series “Billions,” viewers can watch the story of the confrontation between federal prosecutor Chuck Rhodes and Bobby Axelrod. The prosecutor always follows his principles and upholds the law. While Bobby always follows only the law of money. Who will win in this difficult battle: the power of billions or the letter of the law?
The series premiered on January 1, 2016 on the cable channel Showtime. The third season of the series “Billions” starts on March 25, 2018.
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There will be blood (2007)
Danielle Plainview is an American entrepreneur. Wanting to open a new business, he alone searches for deposits of precious metals in California. In search of wealth, he falls into a deep mine. Despite the fact that the main character broke both of his legs, he is happy.
After all, he managed to discover an oil deposit. This is how his own oil production company is born. She will have to overcome many difficulties in the form of clergy and competitors before true success will come to her and her master.
Joy (2015)
The biographical film is based on the true life story of single mother Joy Mangano. Tired of routine household chores, a woman invented a miracle mop. The invention was a breakthrough in the household industry.
The action of the film will tell us about the reincarnation of an ordinary girl, who in childhood was predicted to have a happy life and beautiful children. She managed to overcome many difficulties in her life, including an unsuccessful marriage and divorce. Despite all the setbacks, Joy always strived to create something that would make people’s lives easier and simpler.
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
The film takes place in the early 80s in San Francisco, California. Married couple Chris and Linda Gardner live in a small apartment with their young son. The couple cannot pay the bills, and their number is increasing every day. This soon leads to Linda leaving her husband and son.
Chris despairs, because there is not enough money at all. He really wants his son to grow up happy. Then the loving father decides to try his hand at doing an internship at a brokerage firm. But the internship is not paid, and besides, twenty applicants are competing for this place.
Moneyball (2011)
The main character is the manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team, Bill Beane. His team are classic losers who are forced to endure the contempt of their own fans. One day, a new assistant coach named Peter appears on the team.
He proposes to Bill a brilliant gamble, an innovative and radical idea to recruit players for the team based on statistics.
Bean agrees, based only on pure statistics. He recruits a team of injured losers and baseball veterans. The idea pays off, and the Oakland Athletics soon have a record winning streak.
The Social Network (2010)
The movie develops the topic of copyright, which is so painful for the modern world. And at the same time, it remains a life-affirming story about how a simple programmer became the youngest billionaire.
Mark Zuckerberg has problems with his personal life. Having quarreled with a girl, he decides to prove to everyone that circle, how cool he really is. Overnight, he manages to create something that in the future will appeal to billions of Internet users around the world.
Only at first Mark created his creation not for the sake of money and fame, but for the sake of recognition. “You, in principle, are not capable of what I do,” he declared, not without self-satisfaction. However, the incredible success of the project forced Mark’s friends to declare their rights to the promising network.
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Provincial Andy finds herself in the world of high fashion. The girl had a unique chance to become an assistant to the editor-in-chief of the largest fashion magazine in New York.
Miranda Priestly is tough as the devil, a despotic, purposeful woman, ready to go to success in her bones. She does not spare enemies and does not feel pity for her subordinates. Andy works tirelessly without receiving the slightest gratitude in return.