| How to Make It in America (2010) | 7.9 | |
| The Game (1997) | 7.7 | |
| Magic City (2012) | 7.6 | |
| Succession (2018) | 8.8 | |
| Exit (2019) | 8.2 |
Businessman movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant businessman movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, entertaining, realistic, inspirational, clever and suspense films and TV shows about / with businessman, entrepreneur, business, ambition, money, finance, rivalry, greed, mentor and dialogue plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Norway and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as businessman: The Founder (2016), Billions (2016), Margin Call (2011), Flamin' Hot (2023), Exit (2019), Boardwalk Empire (2010), A Good Year (2006), Wall Street (1987), The Social Network (2010), Limitless (2011).
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202K
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 ...
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117K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance.
Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, intellectual, political, smart ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
finance, money, corruption, investor, stock exchange, wall street, twists and turns, wealth, stock market, rivalry, life philosophy, obsession ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s
Place:
usa, new york
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160K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
Style:
clever, realistic, captivating, serious, political ...
Plot:
stock market, financial crisis, wall street, businessman, finance, greed, stock market crash, corporation, corporate america, investments, bankruptcy, marketing ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, year 2008, 2010s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, dramatic, serious, realistic
Plot:
food, businessman, janitor, career, journey, business, job, life, industry, phenomenon, economist, factory worker ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1974, year 1985 ...
Place:
california
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16K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Exit are based on the true stories of four men in their mid-30s who all made became multi millionaires before the age of thirty an. Attempting to escape from their obligations, expectations and families, they employ drugs, prostitutes, and their ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating, dark comedy
Plot:
drug abuse, finance, businessman, narcissism, rivalry, erection, friendship, female nudity, marriage, society, friends, love ...
Place:
oslo norway
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, period piece, erotic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, mob boss, businessman, prohibition, criminal heroes, organized crime, gangster, federal agent, female nudity, corruption, crime boss ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, year 2010 ...
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city new jersey, cuba, atlantic city, chicago ...
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106K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.
Style:
feel good, romantic, sentimental, sexy, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
wine, vineyard, countryside, fall in love, love story, character change, inheritance, love and romance, workaholic, stock broker, starting over, doubts and hesitations ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place:
provence, france, europe, england, london ...
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174K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Style:
political, talky, intense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
wall street, stock market, stock broker, stock exchange, business, businessman, capitalism, yuppie, entrepreneur, greed, top executive, workplace ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, california, canada
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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 ...
Style:
intellectual, clever, realistic, motivational, witty ...
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 ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
harvard university, boston, california, usa, san francisco ...
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642K
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract ...
Style:
clever, thought provoking, intellectual, philosophical, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
intelligence, success, drug, creativity, drug abuse, superhuman powers, ambition, rise to the top, rags to riches, brain capacity, experimental drug, prodigy ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his ...
Style:
feel good, touching, inspirational, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, road not taken, midlife crisis, alternate reality, lost love, life changing experience, lifestyle change, fish out of water, parallel universe, destiny, time travel, family man ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century, year 1987, 2000s ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
After being implicated in a deadly scandal, a trader at a leading London bank fights to clear his name, but instead uncovers an intercontinental conspiracy masterminded by powerful forces operating in the shadows.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
finance, businessman, conspiracy, coping, bank manager, money, job, scandal, blackmail, abuse of power, rivalry, ambition ...
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Mr. Selfridge recounts the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's lavish department store. Set in 1909 London, when women were reveling in a new sense of freedom and modernity, it follows ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, costume drama, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
businessman, high society, rise to the top, visionary, department store, success, materialism, lifestyle, ambitious, career, boss, manager ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
england, london, britain
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 1959 Miami, Florida shortly after the Cuban Revolution, Magic City tells the story of Ike Evans, the owner of Miami's most glamorous hotel, the Miramar Playa. Evans is forced to make an ill-fated deal with Miami mob boss Ben Diamond to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, atmospheric, tense, stylized ...
Plot:
hotshot, organized crime, businessman, mafia, intrigue, hotel, gangster, mob boss, cheating wife, lifestyle, power struggle, cover up ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, year 1959, 1950s
Place:
miami, usa, miami beach
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Trying to make a name for themselves in New York's competitive fashion scene, Ben Epstein and his friend and business partner Cam Calderon use their street knowledge and connections to bring their ambitions to fruition. With the help of ...
Style:
erotic, semi serious, stylized, sensual, captivating ...
Plot:
entrepreneur, businessman, follow your dream, group of friends, determination, party, young woman, lifestyle, ambition, ambitious, success, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
400K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a millionaire wheeler-dealer enters a business contract with a Hollywood sex worker Vivian Ward, he loses his heart in the bargain.
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, rom com, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
love story, love, love and romance, prostitute, fall in love, cinderella story, social differences, opposites attract, hooker, rich man poor woman, rags to riches, character change ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1990
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, usa, san francisco, california ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a double-glazing showroom in Essex in the 80s, led by charismatic Vincent Swan, and his unscrupulous sales team, Brian Fitzpatrick and Martin Lavender.
Style:
sitcom, captivating, psychological, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
businessman, salesman, rivalry, friendship, ambition, friends, lifestyle, life philosophy, disorder, youth, obsession, greed ...
Time:
80s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, entertaining, clever, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
computer, geek, programmer, computer genius, startup, computers and web, computer system, workplace situations, businessman, friends, workplace, ambition ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, san francisco, bay area, palo alto california
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347K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, disturbing, stylized, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
wealth, family business, business, dysfunctional family, betrayal, dysfunctional relationship, father son relationship, businessman, family drama, ceo, patriarchy, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavour. Completing the all-star team are two actors with massive talent ...
Style:
comedy drama, semi serious, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
businessman, lesbian, filmmaking, filmmaker, eccentric woman, gays and lesbians, workplace situations, eccentricity, understanding, ambition, co worker co worker relationship, eccentric man ...
Place:
iberian peninsula
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466K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, mind game, manipulation, psychology, puzzle, uncover truth, existentialism, surveillance, life & death, game, life turned upside down, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, california, seattle ...
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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
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Two worlds collide when Josh, a wealthy young tech entrepreneur, meets Gabi, a feisty young food blogger, looking to be his personal chef. Gabi is desperate for the job and must prove herself, mostly to Josh's aide, who prefers a famous chef ...
Style:
sitcom, light, humorous, feel good, hilarious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
businessman, female protagonist, chef, female friendship, gay lead character, employer employee relationship, publicist, best friend, women, computers and web, female chef, star crossed lovers ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, revenge, fish out of water, rags to riches, social satire, manipulation, wrongful arrest, beggar, wager, poverty, christmas ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, arizona ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
Max is a charismatic self-made American businessman with media outlets in London and around the world. When the self-destructive lifestyle of his 30 year-old son, Caden, spirals out of control, the devastating consequences threaten the future of ...
Style:
captivating, psychological thriller, entertaining
Plot:
businessman, journalism, investigation, self made man, family crisis, british police, privilege, media, political party, family relations, father son relationship, drug ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his ...
Style:
clever, funny, feel good, humorous, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers, family outing ...
Plot:
baby, teenage girl, shrinking, inventor, businessman, nothing goes right, fish out of water, inventions and discoveries, childhood, giant, stuffed toy rabbit, electrocution ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Two old friends go into business together – one's a master communicator, and the other's a great engineer. Their goal? To make a trillion dollars.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tension, fast paced, motivational ...
Plot:
business, investments, businessman, ambition, friendship, entrepreneur, programmer, student, entrepreneurship, aspiration, teamwork, ambitious man ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
When the patriarch of a mega-rich Southern family, famed for creating a wildly successful Christian television network, dies in a plane crash, his wife and family are stunned to learn that he fathered three illegitimate children, all of whom are ...
Style:
light, cynical, ironic, funny, southern gothic ...
Plot:
rich, businessman, family relations, family business, rivalry, secret, escapades, death, feud, brother sister relationship, vengeance, religion ...
Place:
usa, new orleans
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Maya, a 40-year-old woman struggling with frustrations from unfulfilled dreams. Until, that is, she gets the chance to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts, and that it is never too late for a Second Act.
Style:
light, feel good, inspirational, sweet, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
ambitious woman, career woman, businessman, job interview, job seeking, female protagonist, deception, best friend, businesswoman, career, new job, women ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Ellie Hartman is an aspiring crafter working in her small town’s bakery making famous Christmas Kringles. When the new, big-city CEO Nick Carlingson visits the bakery, he arrives filled with modernization ideas destined to lay off many employees.
Style:
light, romantic, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
businessman, happy ending, christmas, bakery, holiday, family business, small town, christmas romance, love interest, opposites attract, character change, transformation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
missouri, san francisco
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