Movies like The Social Network

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The Social Network (2010)
 7.8
 813K
The Social Network (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.
Style: intellectual, clever, realistic, motivational, witty, visually appealing, serious, factual, independent film, social ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: entrepreneur, programmer, geek, business, facebook, computer genius, computers and web, hacker, success, inventions and discoveries, rise to the top, entrepreneurship, college, businessman, ego clash, social network, hacking, ambition, computer, twists and turns, marketing, inventor, creator, student life, internet ...
Time: year 2010, 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: harvard university, boston, california, usa, san francisco, bay area, palo alto california ...

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Most similar movies to The Social Network

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, thought provoking, inspirational and dramatic films with plots about entrepreneur, biopic, entrepreneurship, ambition, success, business and mentor mostly in Drama, Biography and Sport genres. Some movies like The Social Network: Steve Jobs (2015), Flash of Genius (2008), The Founder (2016), Jobs (2013), Halt and Catch Fire (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
 7.2
 186K
Steve Jobs (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Style: cerebral, realistic, factual, talky, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: entrepreneur, business, entrepreneurship, marketing, computer, biopic, prodigy, internet, father daughter relationship, computers and web, technology, inventions and discoveries ...
Time: 20th century, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, year 1998 ...
Place: san francisco, north america, usa, california
Similarity:
89%
Flash of Genius (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly ...
Style: inspirational, thought provoking, sentimental, sincere, serious ...
Plot: business, underdog, inventor, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, legal, lawsuit, marketing, courtroom, lawyer, car, justice ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 60s, 70s, 80s
Place: michigan, usa, detroit, california
Similarity:
92%
 7.2
 202K
The Founder (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise ...
Style: inspirational, motivational, realistic, cerebral, uplifting ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: business, businessman, fast food, capitalism, rags to riches, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, salesman, money, marketing, greed, food ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 2010s, year 2016, year 1954 ...
Place: usa, america, california, arizona, illinois ...
Similarity:
86%
 6.0
 107K
Jobs (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Style: inspirational, serious, factual, realistic, intense ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: entrepreneur, business, creativity, computer, rise to the top, entrepreneurship, biopic, inventor, marketing, inventions and discoveries, prodigy, startup ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century, year 2013, 90s ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa, india, new jersey
Similarity:
79%
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Halt and Catch Fire (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the early 1980s, and about a fictional visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations confronts the corporate behemoths of the time. Their personal and professional partnership will be challenged by greed and ego while charting the ...
Style: clever, realistic, serious, captivating, melancholic ...
Audience: family friendly, date night
Plot: computer, programmer, technology, gay interest, inventions and discoveries, computers and web, existentialism, computer system, businessman, identity crisis, secret past, marriage ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: texas, dallas texas, syria, usa
Similarity:
93%
The Imitation Game (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley ...
Style: inspirational, clever, intellectual, serious, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: world war two, mathematics, genius, inventor, inventions and discoveries, code, prodigy, code breaking, invention, mathematician, gay interest, computer ...
Time: 1940s, year 2014, 20th century, 1950s, year 1939 ...
Place: england, london, britain, idaho, los angeles ...
Similarity:
83%
 7.8
 533K
The Big Short (2015)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Style: intellectual, realistic, tense, inspirational, intelligent ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot: finance, wall street, business, stock market, financial crisis, money, greed, banking, economic crisis, bank, loan, analysis ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, year 2015, future, year 2016 ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, las vegas, california
Similarity:
84%
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This film is the semi-humorous documentary about the men who made the world of technology what it is today, their struggles during college, the founding of their companies, and the ingenious actions they took to build up the global corporate empires ...
Style: inspirational, entertaining, talky, tense, clever ...
Plot: business, entrepreneur, programmer, computer, marketing, geek, technology, hacking, entrepreneurship, hacker, businessman, internet ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century, future
Place: usa, california
Similarity:
67%
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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style: clever, cynical, captivating, motivational, cerebral ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: money, corruption, wall street, business, rise and fall, addiction, stock market, stock broker, success, wealth, greed, rags to riches ...
Time: 80s, year 2013, 90s, 20th century, year 1987 ...
Place: new york, usa, geneva switzerland, big ben london, italy ...
Similarity:
75%
 8.2
 36K
Temple Grandin (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.
Style: touching, inspirational, sincere, compassionate, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: autism, teacher, female protagonist, human spirit, disability, genius, against the odds, inventor, biopic, asperger's syndrome, slaughterhouse, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, y2k, 60s, year 1951, 70s ...
Place: arizona, boston, new hampshire, texas, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
Style: intellectual, philosophical, inspirational, unusual plot structure, clever ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: mathematics, genius, scientist, discovery, life, mathematician, cambridge university, university student, prejudice, religion, hinduism, biopic ...
Time: 1910s, edwardian era, post world war one, pre world war one, 1920s ...
Place: england, india, bombay india
Similarity:
100%
 7.5
 405K
The Aviator (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story: A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe ...
Style: epic, inspirational, realistic, period piece, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mental illness, success, aviation, entrepreneurship, businessman, test pilot, entrepreneur, biopic, business, filmmaking, obsessive compulsive disorder, corruption ...
Time: 1930s, year 2004, 1920s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place: los angeles, california, connecticut, new york, usa ...
Similarity:
75%
 7.6
 504K
Moneyball (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Style: inspirational, feel good, clever, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: baseball, mathematics, underdog, success, rise to the top, strategy, business, entrepreneurship, based on real people, biopic, entrepreneur, motivation ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, year 2002, 2000s, 80s ...
Place: boston, california, usa, san francisco, bay area ...
Similarity:
60%
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not ...
Style: clever, exciting, captivating, entertaining, inspirational ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick
Plot: con artists, adaptation, master criminal, creativity, deception, fbi, fraud, con man, impostor, prodigy, business, biopic ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1967, 70s, year 2002 ...
Place: los angeles, new orleans, new york, washington d.c., france ...
Similarity:
69%
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style: psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot: mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, imagination, scientist, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend, mathematician ...
Time: year 2001, 60s, 1940s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: harvard university, boston, new jersey, detroit, persia ...
Similarity:
57%
 6.6
 152K
Joy (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
Style: inspirational, intense, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Plot: entrepreneur, business, strong female lead, businesswoman, career woman, entrepreneurship, inventor, marketing, divorce, career, women, destiny ...
Time: 80s, 2010s, year 2015, 20th century, 70s ...
Place: boston, usa, new jersey, california, new york state ...
Similarity:
57%
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a dynamic engineer and an enthusiastic showman who envisions the car of the future. Against mighty odds he manages to build a fleet of them - only to have his factory shut down by ...
Style: talky, intense, sentimental, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: entrepreneur, business, marketing, underdog, car, corruption, dalmatian, police investigation, biopic, twists and turns, justice, entrepreneurship ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, future, year 1948, year 1988 ...
Place: chicago, michigan, washington d.c., detroit, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Style: inspirational, emotional, sentimental, uplifting, motivational ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot: homeless, life, human spirit, rags to riches, life philosophy, success, single father, poverty, rise to the top, family drama, life is a bitch, biopic ...
Time: 80s, year 2006, 2010s, 20th century
Place: usa, california, bay area, san francisco, america
Similarity:
53%
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 7.5
 74K
Rudy (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size ...
Style: inspirational, emotional, uplifting, feel good, tear jerker ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: underdog, american football, college, football, american football player, biopic, aspiration, college football, learning disability, college life, motivation, campus ...
Time: 70s, 90s, 20th century, 60s
Place: boston, indiana, usa, new jersey, texas
Similarity:
100%
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
Style: cerebral, inspirational, psychological, heartbreaking, clever ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: aids, transsexual, fighting the system, hiv, transgender, human spirit, casual sex, treatment, hiv positive, life is a bitch, gay slur, drug ...
Time: 80s, year 2013, 2000s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: texas, usa, idaho, midwest, nebraska ...
Similarity:
60%
Billionaire Boys Club (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establishes a get rich quick scam that turns deadly.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, realistic, exciting, intense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: money, greed, murder, social differences, lie, escapades, scheme, deception, dishonesty, betrayal, friendship, youth ...
Time: year 1980, 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, beverly hills, usa
Similarity:
100%
 7.3
 25K
WeCrashed (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story: Inspired by actual events — and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its valuation dropped $40 billion. What happened?
Style: exciting, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot: greed, biopic, entrepreneur, rise and fall, ambition, arrogance, couple relations, escapades, couples, love, love affair, relationships ...
Time: 2010s
Place: new york
Similarity:
100%
Walt Before Mickey (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Based on the book "Walt Before Mickey" covers the early years of Walt Disney's career. The legendary Walt Disney had a tumultuous childhood, yet he was determined to overcome obstacles in his path, before the creation of his first ...
Style: factual, serious, feel good, motivational, independent film
Plot: brother brother relationship, filmmaker, brother, follow your dream, relationship vs career, dream come true, rise to the top, dream, success, bigger dreams, motivation, daydreamer ...
Time: edwardian era
Similarity:
100%
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 7.4
 190K
Coach Carter (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Style: inspirational, touching, motivational, hood, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: basketball, teacher, mentor, teachers and students, underdog, athlete and trainer, high school, athlete's life, dedicated educator, sport team, life philosophy, college ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, new jersey, usa, san francisco, sacramento california ...
Similarity:
100%
The King's Speech (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit ...
Style: inspirational, period piece, sincere, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: british history, stuttering, world war two, british royal family, royal family, politics, queen, friendship, british monarchy, monarchy, historical character, king ...
Time: 1930s, year 2010, pre world war two, 50s, 2000s ...
Place: england, britain, london, united kingdom, scotland ...
Similarity:
100%
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for ...
Style: sexual, controversial, erotic, factual, non fiction ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, free love, courtroom, court, love, biopic, fighting the system, rebellion, drug addiction, sex, porn ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1996, year 1983, year 1979 ...
Place: kentucky, ohio, georgia, usa, los angeles ...
Similarity:
67%
The Billionaire (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 131 min.
Story: The Billionaire tells the story of Aitthipat Kulapongvanich and how he, at the age of nineteen, dropped out from university to launch a packaged fried seaweed business that is now Taokaenoi Food & Marketing and became one of Thailand's ...
Style: inspirational, motivational, thought provoking, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, chick flick
Plot: rise to the top, success, entrepreneur, teenage protagonist, business, coping, rags to riches, dream, businessman, get rich quick scheme, billionaire, direction and purpose ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand
Similarity:
40%
 7.8
 111K
October Sky (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on 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, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Style: inspirational, touching, realistic, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, date night, teen drama
Plot: friendship, small town, teacher, follow your dream, teenage life, against the odds, competition, mathematics, generation gap, scientist, biopic, nerd ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1957, year 1999, 90s ...
Place: west virginia, virginia, usa, indianapolis indiana, appalachia ...
Similarity:
67%
 7.6
 384K
The Blind Side (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style: touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: american football, adoption, life, african american, football, christian, interracial relations, human spirit, family drama, rising to stardom, interracial adoption, strong female character ...
Time: year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, tennessee, america, mississippi ...
Similarity:
100%
The Wizard of Lies (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.
Style: realistic, captivating, political, serious, tense ...
Plot: wall street, scam, financier, stock exchange, fraud, money, investor, financial crisis, finance, businessman, corporate world, workplace ...
Time: year 2017
Place: new york, usa
Similarity:
100%