Movie List for Mba Aspirants

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Movie List for MBA aspirants

Written by Jigar

Thursday, 26 May 2011 11:51 - Last Updated Thursday, 26 May 2011 12:22

1. Its a Wonderful Life:

Starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed Lesson from this movie - Money is really not whats

important in life and no job is worth dying over. In the end our family and friends are truly whats

important and it doesnt matter if we have a good job or are filthy rich or unemployed, life itself is

the real prize of living and we should never forget it!

2. Citizen Kane:

Starring and directed by Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane Widely considered the

greatest movie of all time, this classic is about the rise of newspaper tycoon Charles Foster

Kane. Kane is a man who starts with good intentions but gets consumed by the pursuit of

power.

3. Smartest Guys in the Room:

Featuring Kenneth Lay and Jeffery Skilling Its real life lesson in business ethics. Produced by

billionaire Mark Cuban, its an in-depth look at the mega fraud and downfall of what was

ENRON, the biggest failure in the history of business.

4. Glengarry Glen Ross:

Starring Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin, Jack Lemmon, and Ed Harris This movie will

give any MBA the ABCs of selling, literally! Its a great film on what exactly it takes to make it in

the business world as a salesman.

5. Office Space:

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Starring Ron Livingston and Jennifer Aniston This comedy is about a guy who one day decides

hes fed up and not going to put up with the everyday drone of the 9-to-5 anymore. This movie

is an inside look at office politics at their finest. Its a case study in bad management and willgive you an up close and personal look at exactly what consultants do

6. Tucker: A Man and His Dream:

Starring Jeff Bridges Tucker was an entrepreneur who created a car and used his passion to

briefly live the American Dream. This movie is full of the American Dream, the Land ofOpportunity and the Entrepreneurial Spirit that many MBAs have.

7. The Insider:

Starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe A man is faced with a choice of either keeping his mouth

shut or doing the right thing by risking his life to expose a company that is doing wrong.

8. Boiler Room:

Starring Ben Affleck and Vin Diesel A talented young broker gets caught up in a scheme to

defraud people. He is blinded by the lure of money and ultimately must make a decision to do

whats right.

9. Wall Street (1&2):

Starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen (Shia LaBeouf) Money is everything. In this thriller

we see just what lengths people will go to make a buck or two Young stock broker Bud Fox

becomes enamored with millionaire mogul Gordon Gekko and will do anything it takes to makeit.

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10. Back to School:

Starring Rodney Dangerfield and Sally Kellerman A self-made millionaire decides to go back to

school to prove a point. However, because hes already a made man, all he focuses on is

partying and having fun.

11. Flash of genius:

Starring Greg Kinnear, Bill Lake, Dermot Mulroney. Robert Kearns takes on the Detroit

automakers who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper. Mandatory for

entrepreneurs trying to do a deal with a big company.

12. All The Presidents Men:

Starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden. Reporters Woodward and Bernstein

uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Nixon's resignation.

Burnstein and Woodward give us lessons in ethics.

13. Barbarians at the Gate:

Directed by Glenn Jordan. With James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Riegert, Joanna Cassidy.

This made-for-HBO movie, recounts the events surrounding the biggest leveraged buyout in

history, that of RJR Nabisco in 1988.

14. I.O.U.S.A:

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Starring Humphrey Bogart, Warren Buffett, George W. Bush. The Movie boldly examines the

rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens.

15. Other peoples money:

Starring Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller A corporate raider threatens a

hostile take-over of a "mom and pop" company. Good lessons in mergers and acquisitions.

16. October Sky:

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern Perfect example of a guy who doesnt have

the skills or the know-how, but manages to bring it all together. Homer is the entrepreneurial

ideal - a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry

against his father's wishes.

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