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Best movies like The Founder (2016)

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1 The Social Network (2010) ★ 7.7

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The film tells the story of the creation of Facebook, one of the most popular social networks on the Internet. The network's resounding success among users around the world changed the lives of Harvard University classmates who founded it in 2004 and became the youngest multimillionaires in the United States in a few years.
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2 Joy (2015) ★ 6.6

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The story of four generations of a family. A girl named Joy turns into a woman who becomes the founder of a business dynasty and its head.

Flash of Genius (2008) poster

3 Flash of Genius (2008) ★ 7.0

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Professor Robert Kerne and his family are on the verge of realizing the American dream, thanks to the fact that he has invented a device that can be used in any car. When a giant corporation steals his concept, Robert decides to take the unthinkable step of challenging the corporate monster in a knowingly hopeless lawsuit.
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4 Steve Jobs (2015) ★ 7.2

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Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
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5 The Aviator (2004) ★ 7.5

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Having received a small factory from his father, Howard Hughes turned it into a gigantic, fantastically profitable enterprise. Becoming the owner of a huge film company, he shot the most expensive film for its time and won the hearts of the most beautiful Hollywood actresses.

He owned the most prestigious casinos in Las Vegas and set the record for fastest flights, bought the second-largest commercial airline...

Money burns Hughes's heart, it gives him no rest, and his soul is torn upwards. Only there, at an altitude of several thousand meters he is truly happy. Only there, where only the skill of the pilot and God decide everything, nothing is so valuable as loyalty and honor.

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6 The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) ★ 8.0

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Chris Gardner is a single father. Raising a five-year-old son, Chris struggles to make sure the child grows up happy. Working as a salesman, he cannot pay his rent and they are evicted.

Finding himself on the street, but unwilling to give up, the father takes a job as an intern at a brokerage company, expecting to get a professional position. Only during the internship he will not receive any money, and the internship lasts 6 months...

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7 Inside Job (2010) ★ 8.2

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The global economic downturn, with an estimated loss of $20 trillion, has caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes. Through careful research and interviews with leading figures in the financial world, politicians, and journalists, the film reveals the ugly truth about the origins of the criminal industry and its networks that have corrupted politics, economic regulators, and academia...

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8 True Story (2015) ★ 6.3

The story of the interactions between journalist Michael Finkel and an FBI wanted assassin named Christian Longo, who has been hiding outside the United States for many years under the name of Finkel.

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) poster

9 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) ★ 6.2

Ex-corporate raider Gordon Gekko, who has served his time, emerges from prison into a whole new world on the brink of a financial crisis. He is a dinosaur whose methods are long outdated and whose reputation is playing havoc. But he is chosen as a partner by young trader Jacob Moore, who offers Gekko a deal: he fixes the old man's relationship with his daughter, who has not spoken to him for eleven years and who blames Gordon for his brother's suicide, and he helps Jacob, who is courting the girl, to climb to the top of the financial ladder.

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Up in the Air (2009) poster

10 Up in the Air (2009) ★ 7.4

Corporate lawyer Ryan Bingham spends all his time on business trips. A model consumer, he excels at corporate affairs, something he can't boast about in his personal life. One-night stands for him are just part of a long list with countless hotel suites, rental cars, emails and answering machine messages. His constant travels have alienated him from his family, and he has never created one of his own.

Moneyball (2011) poster

11 Moneyball (2011) ★ 7.6

A film based on the 2003 book by Michael M. Lewis about the Oakland baseball team and its general manager, Billy Beane. His goal is to build a competitive baseball team despite financial difficulties.
A Beautiful Mind (2001) poster

12 A Beautiful Mind (2001) ★ 8.2

From world fame to sinful depths, John Forbes Nash, Jr. A mathematical genius, at the dawn of his career he did titanic work in game theory that turned that branch of mathematics upside down and practically brought him international fame.

However, literally at the same time, the arrogant and successful with women Nash receives a stroke of fate that turns his own life upside down.

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13 The Big Short (2015) ★ 7.8

The story of several people who independently predicted the global economic crisis of 2008 long before it was whispered on the sidelines of Wall Street. And having predicted it, they began to make money on it.
Gold (2016) poster

14 Gold (2016) ★ 6.7

The story of Kenny Wells, a modern-day gold prospector, a grizzled businessman and dreamer who desperately awaits a chance to turn his fortunes around. Left with few options, Wells finds an equally unsuccessful partner, a geologist, to carry out a grand plan: to find gold in the uncharted Indonesian jungle.
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15 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) ★ 8.2

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1987. Jordan Belfort becomes a broker at a successful investment bank. Soon the bank closes after a sudden collapse of the Dow Jones index. On the advice of his wife Teresa, Jordan takes a job at a small small stockbroker. His persistent customer relations style and innate charisma quickly pay off. He meets his housemate Donnie, a salesman, who immediately finds common ground with Jordan and decides to open his own firm with him.

They hire several of Belfort's friends and his father Max as employees and call the company Stratton Oakmont. In his spare time, Jordan lives his life: maneuvering from one party to another, engaging in sexual relations with prostitutes, and using a variety of drugs, including cocaine and Quaaludes. One day there comes a moment when an FBI agent begins to take an interest in Belfort's rapid enrichment...

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