Motivating success movies

Motivating success movies
List of the best movies about success selected by visitors to our site: The Wolf of Wall Street, Jobs, The Founder, A Star Is Born, Startup, Queen of the South, Steve Jobs, The Aviator, The Social Network, American Made.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration03:00

    A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA, Luxembourg
    Duration02:02

    The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA, Greece
    Duration02:38

    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 potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:24

    Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:32

    Russia’s answer to U.S. box-office hit “The Social Network”, the movie tells the story of a pair of Moscow students in the mid-90s who create an internet search engine that becomes one of the largest in the world.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Mexico, Spain, Malta
    Duration00:29

    Teresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas, she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:31

      Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration02:43

      A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

        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 friends 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.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Japan, Colombia
        Duration02:32

          The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryGermany
          Duration02:28

          An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.

          Markimdb: 4.2
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
          CountryRussia
          Duration01:52

          A funny musical story about a most popular Russian TV show "The Voice" and it's participants.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountrySouth Korea
          Duration00:28

          Shin Suk-Ho worked for the biggest entertainment company as a director, but he is now the CEO of a new and tiny entertainment company. He gathers people to form a band. Through various incidents, Shin Suk-Ho becomes a real and successful manager.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:55

          In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA, Germany

          A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrecomedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:52

          After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:01

          A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrecomedy, drama, sport
          CountrySouth Korea
          Duration01:34

          Mark is an arm wrestler and dreams of becoming a champion. Jin-ki is a promoter and he dreams of turning his life around by using Mark. But then Marks sister Soo-jin appears and changes the live of everyone.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
          Duration01:48

          The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:57

          Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss, the ravishing Jacqueline, is treating him in exactly the same way. Completely traumatised by this, his work goes badly downhill.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrecomedy, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:45

          Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genredrama, biography, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:45

          Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public consensus was that it was a waste of time – no one good enough to play professional football was going to be found this way.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genredrama
          CountryRussia
          Duration03:15

          We don't have an overview translated in English. Help us expand our database by adding one.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genreaction, drama, western
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:03

          A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrecomedy, drama, music, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, France
          Duration02:24

          The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

          Markimdb: 7.9
          Genrecomedy, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:22

          "This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genredrama
          CountryDenmark

          On his quest for happiness, Per decides to leave Jutland and an upbringing in a strict religious home. He runs from his family and his patriarch father, and sets sail towards Copenhagen to become an engineer. Parallel to his studies, he works on a visionary energy project based on wind and wave energy, a project so much ahead of its time, that professors consider him insane and far too self-confident. However, Per’s project becomes a success and he marries the beautiful Jakobe who is a part of a wealthy Jewish family. One would imagine that Per’s happiness now is made. But Per’s childhood keeps haunting him and his dogmatic family cannot accept his new life. Despite his luck and success, Per is unable to fully cut the strings to his strict religious background, and he now fears that he will repeat his father’s patriarchist behavior.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:06

          A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrethriller, comedy, documentary
          CountryUSA

          This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrehorror, comedy, melodrama, musical, cartoon
          CountryUSA, France
          Duration01:34

          Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrefantasy, comedy
          CountryRussia
          Duration02:29

          Vadim is an ordinary office worker with no prospects, desperate to somehow change his boring life. One afternoon, while pondering his life in a pub, a mysterious bartender offers Vadik a cocktail. Upon drinking this cocktail, Vadik's world is instantly transformed beyond recognition. He is now successful, attractive and interesting. However, Vadik needs to learn how to sustain this new mirage, once the cocktails run out.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:28

            The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genredrama, crime, music, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:02

            NOTORIOUS is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time; THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genredrama, crime, biography
            CountryIndia

            Inspired by events from the late '80s and the early '90s that shook the country's financial fabric, The Big Bull tells the story of the biggest hustle in the stock market.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:08

            The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who became an outspoken agent for change, seeking equal rights and opportunities for all. His great love for the city and its people brought him backing from young and old, straight and gay, alike – at a time when prejudice and violence against gays was openly accepted as the norm.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genredrama, music
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:45

            Rock Star tells the story of Chris Cole and a rock band called Steel Dragon. Cole is a photocopier technician by day, and the lead singer of a Steel Dragon tribute band called "Blood Pollution" by night.Internal struggles between the Steel Dragon band members culminate with the firing of the lead singer, Bobby Beers and the starting of recruitment sessions to find a new vocalist. Loosely inspired by the true story of the heavy metal band Judas Priest.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genreaction, comedy, sport
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:48

            Lifelong friends and national idols Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr. have earned their NASCAR stripes with their uncanny knack of finishing races in the first and second slots, respectively, and slinging catchphrases like "Shake and bake!" But when a rival French driver coasts onto the track to challenge their records, they'll have to floor it to retain their top-dog status.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genredrama, music, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:49

            The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

            Markimdb: 6
            Genrehorror, thriller, detective
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
            Duration01:34

            The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she analyzes Leon's work and asks him to improve the quality of his photos. During the night, the upset Leon decides to wander on the streets taking pictures with his camera, and he follows three punks down to the subway station; when the gang attacks a young woman, Leon defends her and the guys move on. On the next morning, Leon discovers that the woman is missing. He goes to the police station, but Detective Lynn Hadley does not give much attention to him and discredits his statement. Leon becomes obsessed to find what happened with the stranger and he watches the subway station. When he sees the elegant butcher Mahogany in the train, Leon believes he might be a murderer and stalks him everywhere, in the beginning of his journey to the darkness.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUSA, France
            Duration01:49

            The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their magazine when all she really wants to be a good journalist.

            MoviesList