51 Best Movies for Entrepreneurs Must Watch

Joy (2015)

Entrepreneur: Joy Mangano
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangano, a self-made millionaire who created her own business empire.
Synopsis: Joy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.

Wall Street (1987)

Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, and Martin Sheen
Synopsis: The film tells the story of Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen), a young stockbroker who becomes involved with Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider.

The Social Network (2010)

Entrepreneur: Mark Zuckerberg
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, with Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin, Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, Armie Hammer as Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and Max Minghella as Divya Narendra. Neither Zuckerberg nor any other Facebook staff were involved with the project, although Saverin was a consultant for Mezrich’s book.
Synopsis: Based on the 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich. 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 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.

Margin Call (2011)

Director: J. C. Chandor
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, and Stanley Tucci
Synopsis: The principal story takes place over a 24-hour period at a large Wall Street investment bank during the initial stages of the 2007–2008 financial crisis. Its focus are the actions taken by a group of employees during the subsequent financial collapse.

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Entrepreneur: Jordan Belfort
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio as Belfort, Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend, Donnie Azoff, Margot Robbie as his second wife, Naomi Lapaglia, Matthew McConaughey as his mentor and former boss Mark Hanna, and Kyle Chandler as FBI agent Patrick Denham.
Synopsis: Based on Jordan Belfort’s 2007 memoir of the same name. It recounts Belfort’s career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm, Stratton Oakmont, engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street, leading to his downfall.

Jerry Maguire (1996)

Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Tom Cruise as the sports agent Jerry Maguire, alongside Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jerry O’Connell, Jay Mohr, Bonnie Hunt and Regina King.
Synopsis: When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Director: James Foley
Starring: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Jonathan Pryce
Synopsis: Based on his 1984 Pulitzer Prize–winning play of the same name. The film depicts two days in the lives of four real estate salesmen, and their increasing desperation when the corporate office sends a motivational trainer to threaten them that all but the top two salesmen will be fired within one week.

Boiler Room (2000)

Director: Ben Younger
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Tom Everett Scott, Ron Rifkin, and Jamie Kennedy
Synopsis: A college dropout, attempting to live up to his father’s high standards, gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm which puts him on the fast track to success. But the job might not be as legitimate as it first appeared to be.

Erin Brockovich (2000)

Entrepreneur: Erin Brockovich
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart
Synopsis: The film is a dramatization of the true story of Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts, who initiated a legal case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company over its culpability for the Hinkley groundwater contamination incident.

Moneyball (2011)

Entrepreneur: Billy Beane
Director: Bennett Miller
Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Synopsis: The film is based on the 2003 nonfiction book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis. The book is an account of the Oakland Athletics baseball team’s 2002 season and their general manager Billy Beane’s attempts to assemble a competitive team. In the film, Beane (Brad Pitt) and assistant general manager Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), faced with the franchise’s limited budget for players, build a team of undervalued talent by taking a sophisticated sabermetric approach to scouting and analyzing players.

The Founder (2016)

Entrepreneur: Ray Kroc
Director: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll, Linda Cardellini, Joan Smith, B. J. Novak
Synopsis: The film depicts the story of his creation of the McDonald’s fast-food restaurant chain, which eventually involved forcing out the company’s original founders (Richard and Maurice McDonald) to take control with conniving ruthlessness.

Lord of War (2005)

Director: Andrew Niccol
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Ethan Hawke
Synopsis: Lord of War follows Yuri Orlov as he enters the illegal arms trade shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, eventually becoming a well-known and unscrupulous gun runner.

Steve Jobs (2015)

Entrepreneur: Steve Jobs
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Katherine Waterston, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jeff Daniels
Synopsis: It was adapted from the 2011 biography by Walter Isaacson and interviews conducted by Sorkin. The film covers fourteen years in the life of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, specifically ahead of three press conferences he gave during that time – the formal unveiling of the Macintosh 128K on January 24, 1984; the unveiling of the NeXT Computer on October 12, 1988; and the unveiling of the iMac G3 on May 6, 1998.

Two for the Money (2005)

Director: D. J. Caruso
Starring: Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo, Armand Assante, and Carly Pope
Synopsis: Brandon Lang loves football: an injury keeps him from the pros, but his quarterback’s anticipation makes him a brilliant predictor of games’ outcomes. Needing money, he leaves Vegas for Manhattan to work for Walter Abrams advising gamblers. Walter has a doting wife, a young daughter, and a thriving business, but he has problems: a bum heart, a belief he’s a master manipulator, and addictions barely kept in check. He remakes Brandon, and a father-son relationship grows. Then, things go awry. Walter may be running a con. The odds against Brandon mount.

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

Director: David Frankel
Starring: Miranda Priestly, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, Adrian Grenier
Synopsis: Based on the 2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger. After graduating from university, Andy lands the dream job that “a million girls would kill for”: assistant to Miranda – the chief editor of Runway, the top-selling fashion magazine in the industry. It is a job set to fast-track her career in journalism if she can survive a year working for Miranda. From here, Andy, with no sense of fashion at all, begins a fish-out-of-water drama as she is thrown into a lifestyle full of fast-paced, three-inch-minimum-heel-height, diet coke and coffee substance abuse. Andy works really hard to deal with Miranda’s endless unimaginable demands. She even becomes trendy and classy. However, she gradually finds she is working 24/7 and soon her life with boyfriend Nate and best friend Lily is slipping away from her. Then, she realizes that she is losing what really matters. She does not want to lose herself no matter how many pairs of Monolos and Jimmy Choos she can score along the way.

Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)

Entrepreneurs: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
Director: Martyn Burke
Starring: Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates
Synopsis: Spanning the years 1971–1997 and based on Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine’s 1984 book Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer, it explores the impact that the rivalry between Jobs (Apple Computer) and Gates (Microsoft) had on the development of the personal computer.

Startup.com (2001)

Entrepreneur: Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman
Director: Jehane Noujaim and Chris Hegedus
Starring: Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman
Synopsis: It follows the dot-com start-up govWorks.com, which raised $60 million in funding from Hearst Interactive Media, KKR, the New York Investment Fund, and Sapient. The startup did not survive, but it became a reference for lessons learned, as it was the subject of a 2001 documentary that follows govWorks founders Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman from 1999 to 2000, as the Internet bubble was bursting.

The Big Short (2015)

Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, with John Magaro, Finn Wittrock, Hamish Linklater, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, and Marisa Tomei
Synopsis: It is based on the 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis showing how the 2007–2008 financial crisis was triggered by the United States housing bubble.

You’ve Got Mail (1998)

Director: Nora Ephron
Starring: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan
Synopsis: Inspired by the 1937 Hungarian play Parfumerie by Miklós László (which had earlier been adapted in 1940 as The Shop Around the Corner and in 1949 as In the Good Old Summertime). It tells the story of two people in an online romance who are unaware they are also business rivals.

The Aviator (2004)

Entrepreneur: Howard Hughes
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn, and Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner
Synopsis: Based on the 1993 non-fiction book Howard Hughes: The Secret Life by Charles Higham, the film depicts the life of Howard Hughes, an aviation pioneer and director of the film Hell’s Angels. The film portrays his life from 1927 to 1947 during which time Hughes became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD).

Jobs (2013)

Entrepreneur: Steve Jobs
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
Starring: Steve Jobs is portrayed by Ashton Kutcher, with Josh Gad as Apple Computer’s co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Synopsis: Based on the life of Steve Jobs, from 1974 while a student at Reed College to the introduction of the iPod in 2001.

Thank You for Smoking (2005)

Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, Rob Lowe, William H. Macy, J. K. Simmons, Robert Duvall
Synopsis: Based on the 1994 satirical novel of the same name by Christopher Buckley. It follows the efforts of Big Tobacco’s chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who lobbies on behalf of cigarettes using heavy spin tactics while also trying to remain a role model for his 12-year-old son.

Fight Club (1999)

Director: David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter
Synopsis: Based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. Edward Norton plays the unnamed narrator, who is discontented with his white-collar job. He forms a “fight club” with soap salesman Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and becomes embroiled in a relationship with an impoverished but beguilingly attractive woman, Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter).

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

Director: Alex Gibney
Starring: Peter Coyote (narrator)
Synopsis: Based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, who are credited as writers of the film alongside the director, Alex Gibney. It examines the 2001 collapse of the Enron Corporation, which resulted in criminal trials for several of the company’s top executives during the ensuing Enron scandal, and contains a section about the involvement of Enron traders in the 2000-01 California electricity crisis. Archival footage is used alongside new interviews with McLean and Elkind, several former Enron executives and employees, stock analysts, reporters, and former Governor of California Gray Davis.

Office Space (1999)

Director: Mike Judge
Starring: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, Stephen Root, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, and Diedrich Bader.
Synopsis: It satirizes the work life of a typical 1990s software company, focusing on a handful of individuals weary of their jobs.

Molly’s Game (2017)

Entrepreneur: Molly Bloom
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O’Dowd, Joe Keery, Brian D’Arcy James, and Bill Camp
Synopsis: Based on the 2014 memoir of the same name by Molly Bloom. The film follows Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), who becomes the target of an FBI investigation after the underground poker empire she runs for Hollywood celebrities, athletes, business tycoons, and the Russian mob is exposed.

War Dogs (2016)

Entrepreneur: Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, Bradley Cooper
Synopsis: The film follows two arms dealers, Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, who receive a U.S. Army contract to supply ammunition for the Afghan National Army worth approximately $300 million. The film, which has an unreliable narrator, is heavily fictionalized and dramatized, and some of its events, such as the duo driving through Iraq, were either invented or based on other events, such as screenwriter Stephen Chin’s own experiences.

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, Eli Wallach
Synopsis: A sequel to Wall Street (1987). Now out of prison but still disgraced by his peers, Gordon Gekko works with his future son-in-law, an idealistic stock broker, when he sees an opportunity to take down a Wall Street enemy and rebuild his empire.

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)

Director: Neal Brennan
Starring: Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, James Brolin, David Koechner, Kathryn Hahn, Ed Helms, Jordana Spiro and Craig Robinson
Synopsis: Used-car liquidator Don Ready is hired by a flailing auto dealership to turn their Fourth of July sale into a majorly profitable event.

There Will Be Blood (2007)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O’Connor, Ciarán Hinds, and Dillon Freasier
Synopsis: A story of family, religion, hatred, oil, and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. The film is loosely based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair.

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

Director: Frank Capra
Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Ward Bond, Frank Faylen, Gloria Grahame
Synopsis: It is based on the short story and booklet “The Greatest Gift” self-published by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1943, which itself is loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol. James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his personal dreams in order to help others in his community and whose thoughts of suicide on Christmas Eve bring about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody. Clarence shows George all the lives he touched and what the world would be like if he had not existed.

Any Given Sunday (1999)

Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, Ann-Margret, Lauren Holly, Matthew Modine, John C. McGinley, Charlton Heston, Bill Bellamy, Lela Rochon, Aaron Eckhart, Elizabeth Berkley
Synopsis: A behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them. It is partly based on the 1984 novel On Any Given Sunday by NFL defensive end Pat Toomay; the title is derived from a line in the book (also used in the film) that a team can win or lose on “any given Sunday”, said by the fictitious coach Tony D’Amato.

Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (2019)

Founders: Billy McFarland, Ja Rule
Director: Chris Smith
Synopsis: The film is about Billy McFarland and the failed Fyre Festival of 2017.

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019)

Entrepreneur: Elizabeth Holmes
Director: Alex Gibney
Synopsis: The story of Theranos, a multi-billion dollar tech company, its founder Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made female billionaire, and the massive fraud that collapsed the company. It is considered a companion piece to the book, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Director: Mel Stuart
Starring: Gene Wilder as candymaker Willy Wonka
Synopsis: Based on his 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The film tells the story of a poor child named Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) who, upon finding a Golden Ticket in a chocolate bar, wins the chance to visit Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory along with four other children from around the world.

The Great Hack (2019)

Director: Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim
Starring: Carole Cadwalladr, David Carroll, Brittany Kaiser, Julian Wheatland, Roger McNamee, Christopher Wylie
Synopsis: The film about the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

Becoming Warren Buffett (2017)

Entrepreneur: Warren Buffett
Director: Peter W. Kunhardt
Synopsis: The legendary investor started out as an ambitious, numbers-obsessed boy from Nebraska and ended up becoming one of the richest and most respected men in the world.

Trading Places (1983)

Director: John Landis
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis
Synopsis: The film tells the story of an upper-class commodities broker (Aykroyd) and a poor street hustler (Murphy) whose lives cross when they are unwittingly made the subjects of an elaborate bet to test how each man will perform when their life circumstances are swapped.

Tommy Boy (1995)

Director: Peter Segal
Starring: Chris Farley and David Spade
Synopsis: It tells the story of a socially and emotionally immature man (Farley) who learns lessons about friendship and self-worth, following the sudden death of his industrialist father.

The Corporation (2003)

Director: Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott
Synopsis: The documentary examines the modern corporation. Bakan wrote the book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power during the filming of the documentary.

Walt Before Mickey (2015)

Director: Khoa Le
Starring: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Armando Gutierrez, Jon Heder
Synopsis: The film covers Walt Disney’s early years in business, during which he started various businesses including Laugh-O-Gram Studio and The Walt Disney Company with fellow animator Ub Iwerks and his brother, Roy Disney.

Ford v Ferrari (2019)

Director: James Mangold
Starring: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitríona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone, and Ray McKinnon
Synopsis: The plot follows a determined team of American and English engineers and designers, led by automotive designer Carroll Shelby and his British driver, Ken Miles, who are hired by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca to build a race car to defeat the perennially dominant Italian racing team Scuderia Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France.

Air (2023)

Director: Ben Affleck
Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, and Viola Davis.
Synopsis: The film is based on true events about the origin of Air Jordan, a basketball shoe line, of which a Nike employee seeks to strike a business deal with rookie player Michael Jordan.

BlackBerry (2023)

Entrepreneur: Douglas Fregin and Mike Lazaridis, and Jim Balsillie
Director: Matt Johnson
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson, Rich Sommer, Michael Ironside, Martin Donovan, Michelle Giroux, SungWon Cho
Synopsis: A company that toppled global giants before succumbing to the ruthlessly competitive forces of Silicon Valley. This is not a conventional tale of modern business failure by fraud and greed. The rise and fall of BlackBerry reveals the dangerous speed at which innovators race along the information superhighway.

Risky Business (1983)

Director: Paul Brickman
Starring: Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay
Synopsis: Trustworthy son Joel Goodsen, an industrious, college-bound Chicago high school senior struggling to live up to his parents’ expectations, has more than enough on his plate. But when mum and dad go off on vacation, the inexperienced teenager seizes the golden opportunity to live a little: Joel breaks one rule after another, indulging his wide-eyed curiosity and unspoken desires. And now, there’s no turning back–Joel’s risky business has already thrown his life into complete disarray. What happens if Joel’s parents return home earlier than expected? Will Joel learn a thing or two about life, consequences, and love?

Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

Entrepreneur: Preston Tucker
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Elias Koteas, Frederic Forrest, Christian Slater, Don Novello, Nina Siemaszko, Mako, Dean Stockwell, Lloyd Bridges
Synopsis: The film recounts Tucker’s story and his attempt to produce and market the Tucker 48, which was met with scandal between the Big Three automobile manufacturers and accusations of stock fraud from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)

Entrepreneur: William Kamkwamba
Director: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maxwell Simba, Aïssa Maïga, Lily Banda, Robert Agengo
Synopsis: Against all the odds, a thirteen-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine. Based on the memoir of the same name by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore
Synopsis: Based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The film tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. Over the following two decades, he befriends a fellow prisoner, contraband smuggler Ellis “Red” Redding (Morgan Freeman), and becomes instrumental in a money laundering operation led by the prison warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton).

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams, and James Brolin
Synopsis: Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.

Limitless (2011)

Director: Neil Burger
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro, Andrew Howard, Anna Friel
Synopsis: It follows Edward Morra (Bradley Cooper), a struggling writer who is introduced to a nootropic drug called NZT-48, which gives him the ability to use his brain fully and to improve his lifestyle vastly.

Gold (2016)

Director: Stephen Gaghan
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Édgar Ramírez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll, Toby Kebbell, Craig T. Nelson, Stacy Keach, Bruce Greenwood
Synopsis: Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on a journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. The film is loosely based on the true story of the 1993 Bre-X mining scandal when a massive gold deposit was supposedly discovered in the jungles of Indonesia; however, for legal reasons and to enhance the appeal of the film, character names, and story details were changed.

Nightcrawler (2014)

Director: Dan Gilroy
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Bill Paxton
Synopsis: When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.

The Greatest Showman (2017)

Director: Michael Gracey
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
Synopsis: Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

The Internship (2013)

Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson
Synopsis: Two salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital age find their way into a coveted internship at Google, where they must compete with a group of young, tech-savvy geniuses for a shot at employment.