Startup movies and TV shows – page 4

List of startup movies

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Greek Salad (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
TV show
Story: Takes place twenty years after the events of “L’Auberge Espanole,” and follows Tom and Mia, the children of the film’s protagonists Xavier and Wendy, as they spend time in Athens.
Style: thrilling, satirical, captivating, psychological, semi serious
Plot: family relations, couples, husband wife relationship, relocation, couple relations, satire, social issues, male female relationship, relationships, social problems, inheritance, startup ...
Place: athens greece, europe, greece
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, ...
Style: clever, uplifting, inspirational, touching, twist ending ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, freedom, friendship between men, hopes, friendship, corruption, human spirit, justice, prison life, life, stephen king ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 2010s ...
Place: usa, maine, columbus ohio, persia, iran ...
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Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on ...
Style: satirical, black comedy, entertaining, dark comedy, witty ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: marketing, advertising, business, lobbyist, satire, social satire, tobacco, reporter, lung cancer, politics, journalism, political satire ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., vermont, usa, los angeles, japan ...
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 7.3
 174K
Invictus (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby ...
Style: inspirational, sincere, christian film, uplifting, political ...
Audience: adult
Plot: human spirit, rugby, racism, politics, president, apartheid, leadership, underdog, leader, biopic, politician, life philosophy ...
Time: year 2009, 90s, 2000s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: south africa, africa, cape town south africa, johannesburg south africa, england ...
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 8.5
 175K
The IT Crowd (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: UK Comedy series about two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful company. When they are called on for help, they are never treated with any respect at all.
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: nerd, geek, computer genius, workplace, workplace situations, lifestyle, computer, teamwork, popularity, career, information technology, rivalry ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, london, canada
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 8.7
 286K
Mad Men (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Mad Men is set in the 1960s, initially at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City, and later at the newly created firm, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, located nearby in the Time-Life Building, at 1271 ...
Style: atmospheric, sexy, captivating, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: advertising, career, boss and employee, family problems, workplace, housewife, womanizer, advertising agency, workplace intrigue, career woman, drinking, ambitious ...
Time: 60s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: new york, usa, syria
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 8.7
 728K
Black Mirror (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.  Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style: anthology, thought provoking, philosophical, serious, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
Plot: technology, dystopian future, dystopia, twists and turns, satire, human nature, social decay, computers and web, alternate reality, society, social satire, media ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future
Place: england, london, united kingdom
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 7.0
 13K
The Crazy Ones (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: The Crazy Ones is an American situation comedy series created by David E. Kelley that stars Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar. The single-camera project premiered on CBS on September 26, 2013, as part of the 2013–14 American television ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot: longing, advertising, workplace situations, parents and children, office, workplace, campaign, media, advertising agency, family problems, disorder, gambling ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
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 8.5
 461K
Mr. Robot (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: hacker, computer hacker, hacking, computers and web, conspiracy, psychotherapy, fighting the system, conspiracy theory, split personality, secret society, introvert, hallucination ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, indiana
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 5.3
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Straight Ten (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Mirko is a typical Slovene of Balkan origin, filled with a lot of enthusiasm, big plans and minimal resources. He posted an ad looking for co-workers who would be willing to work as partners in the company and get food, housing and profit sharing ...
Style: satirical, captivating, funny, entertaining, sketch comedy ...
Plot: social satire, lifestyle, humour, comedy of errors, satire, friendship, ambition, community, idealism, workplace, camaraderie, optimism ...
Time: 2010s
Place: slovenia
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 7.1
 2K
Oh Manapenne (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A wannabe businesswoman and a happy-go-lucky guy meet each other during an arranged marriage blind date but eventually team up to start a food truck on their own.
Style: lighthearted, romantic comedy, humorous, feel good, uplifting ...
Plot: meet cute, young couple, arranged marriage, female protagonist, partnership, friendship, teamwork, young adult, blind date, personal growth, male protagonist, cooking ...
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Wilderness Therapy (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Deep in the Pyrenees, two close friends at rock bottom have the idea of the century: to pull themselves of their misery, they will launch a horse trekking tour, a voyage through the mountains for tourists in search of nature, silence and adventure.
Style: satirical, funny, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot: friendship, nature, mountain, friends, tourism, best friend, travel agency, satire, lifestyle, redemption, bittersweet, resilience ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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No Pain No Gain (2026)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story: Pei Qian accidentally gets an invitation from a mysterious big brother to start a company that must aim to lose money, and eventually becomes a conscientious boss in the hearts of his employees and an industry-recognized business whiz!
Style: satirical, dark comedy, witty, fast paced, absurd ...
Plot: entrepreneurship, irony, social satire, moral ambiguity, internet culture, urban, comedy of errors, office politics, small business, self discovery, identity crisis, bureaucracy ...
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 6.2
 100
Oh! Youngsim (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Oh Young-Sim is single and in her 30's. She has worked as a TV variety show PD for 8 years. She wants to make people laugh with her TV shows, but they were always cancelled due to low popularity ratings. Her career is now in a crisis.
Style: feel good, sentimental, humorous, sincere, funny ...
Plot: nostalgia, childhood love, company, childhood, individuality, ceo, producer, love and romance, couples, love, single woman, slice of life ...
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 8.1
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Mesudarim (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: Four friends sell their start-up company for 217,000,000$ and move in together into a mansion. The original series British "Loaded" is based on.
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, captivating, light ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hi-tech, friendship, money raising, boss, nouveau riche, millionaire, designer, slacker, business venture, ambition, programmer, rich ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
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 7.3
 668
Zhuki (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Nikita, Den and Artemy have developed unique application, and they've almost sold it to become their dreams come true. But last moment guys had to serve in the military. They arrived to village Zhuki, and tried to finish application. But ...
Style: funny, feel good, entertaining, light, captivating ...
Plot: friendship, military service, village life, humour, escapades, business, army, soldier, coping, problem solving, young adult, coming of age ...
Time: 2010s
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 6.9
 96
Leap Year (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: After being laid-off from their corporate day jobs, Aaron, Bryn, Derek, Olivia and Jack compete to get their businesses off the ground when a mystery benefactor promises to invest $500,000 in one of their startups.
Style: humorous, light, captivating, inspirational, semi serious ...
Plot: boss and employee, money raising, ambition, workplace, programmer, buddies, computers and web, power relations, rise to the top, society, rivalry, computer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.6
 10K
Baked (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The misadventures of three university flatmates who decide to start a midnight food delivery service. Watch as our oddball trio juggle student life with business, and invariably manage to land themselves into trouble.
Style: captivating, semi serious, funny, feel good, humorous ...
Plot: young adult, college, friends, college student, delivery, ambition, humour, ambitious, escapades, college roommate, satire, neighbor ...
Place: india
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Brewing Love (2024)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: A heart-fluttering love story between Chae Yong-ju, a super passionate sales king at a liquor company who hides her emotions, and Yun Min-ju, a super sensitive brewery owner who is adept at catching people’s emotions.
Style: romantic comedy, rom com, feel good
Audience: adult
Plot: beer, workplace romance, chemistry, heartwarming, urban, female empowerment, small business, slice of life, determination, flirting, rivalry, everyday life ...
Place: south korea
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 7.9
 19K
Start-Up (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry.
Style: dorama, romantic, uplifting, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot: pen pal, computers and web, professional, rags to riches, ambition, unrequited love, life philosophy, rise to the top, social relations, corporate world, lifestyle, faithfulness ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: seoul
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The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Denmark, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young man, Aren, is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people’s lives easier.
Style: inspirational, political drama, f word, comfort
Plot: sarcasm, racism, fired from the job, erased memory, regret, feces, staircase, telephone call, virtual reality, scandal, social media, barbershop ...
Time: year 1955
Place: empire state building manhattan new york city, berlin germany, los angeles, virginia, new york ...
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 6.6
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Forest Giant (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on the way with his upper-class wife, Pasi sees an opportunity – this is his ticket to climb the professional ladder in the company. On arrival, he ...
Plot: childhood friend, factory worker, loss of job, career, political candidate, election campaign, pregnant woman, christmas, teenager, teenage boy, small town, retiring ...
Time: 80s, 2010s, 90s
Place: finland, helsinki finland
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 6.6
 54K
Pain Hustlers (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: After losing her job, a single mom falls into a lucrative but ultimately dangerous scheme selling prescription drugs.
Style: f word
Plot: criminal, skinny dipping, pills, medication, capture, drug crime, arson, arrest, job, strip club, conspiracy, male nudity ...
Time: year 2011
Place: florida, argentina
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Plant (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A well-intentioned church congregation faces the harsh realities of New York City living in this satiric comedy series.
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot: satire, family relations, eccentric family, disorder, religions or cults, clergy, society, television, city life, social commentary, religion, culture clash ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Dismissal (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A successful Spanish executive from a telecommunications company working in Argentina is about to face the most important week of his life, but all his plans will be sabotaged by an eccentric character who will make his week a living hell…
Style: humorous, feel good, light, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: rivalry, co worker co worker relationship, manipulation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, malice, adultery, greedy man, failed expectations, father son relationship, employer employee relationship, caught cheating, comedy of manners ...
Place: buenos aires argentina
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 6.3
 8K
100 Things (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Best friends Toni and Paul decide to relinquish all of their belongings for 100 days, whereby they receive one of their items back on each day. During this challenge the two realize, that the only thing they cannot be without is their friendship. A ...
Style: inspirational, captivating, semi serious, satirical, sincere ...
Audience: date night, boys' night, chick flick
Plot: naked in public, consumerism, friendship between men, best friend, childhood friend, social satire, friendship, escapades, dispute, addiction, love story, life philosophy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, berlin germany, central europe
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 9.1
 79K
TVF Pitchers (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: A story of trials and tribulations of four young entrepreneurs who quit their day jobs in order to pursue their start up venture.
Style: captivating, psychological, semi serious, thought provoking
Plot: businessman, entrepreneurship, friendship, ambition, group of friends, ambitious, teamwork, career change, new job, escapades, changing lives, friends ...
Place: india
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