10 Must-See Movies for Business Majors

These 10 movies have in common is they all proivde indispensible counsel for students who want to know the ins and outs of the business world.
True movie classics find their place in history because they tell the stories that matter. These titles are no different; some are comedic, some are dramatic, and some are hair-raising thrillers. What they all have in common is they all proivde indispensible counsel for students who want to know the ins and outs of the business world.

1. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942): A cautionary tale about a family business that faces ruin when it won’t change with the times. The family’s stubborn son even thinks automobiles "had no business to be invented."
2. Death of a Salesman (1985): Based on the 1949 Arthur Miller play, this movie details the life of Willy Loman, a struggling salesman whose goal in life is to be a hero in his family’s eyes. He works endlessly, toiling to pay the bills and earn the respect of his sons. Death of a Salesman reveals the shadowed side of the world of sales.
3. Wall Street (1987): Bud Fox, a smart ambitious young Wall Street broker, will stop at nothing to gain the career he dreams of…but will he lose his soul along the way? Young business learners should watch closely the greed of Gordon Gekko, a corporate tyrant with an insatiable hunger for power and riches.
4. Working Girl (1988): Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy — but villainous — boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess simply takes over, revamping her office, her apartment, even her wardrobe.
5. Office Space (1999): This is the classic comedic tale of company workers who hate their jobs and decide to rebel against their greedy, selfish boss.
6. American Psycho (2000): A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
7. Boiler Room (2000): A college dropout 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 sounds.
8. Antitrust (2001): A computer programmer’s dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.
9. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room(2005): A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
10. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006): The incredible story based on the real-life stockbroking career of Chris Gardner, who went from rags to riches, from homelessness to wealth, based solely on ambition.

These 10 movies have in common is they all proivde indispensible counsel for students who want to know the ins and outs of the business world.
True movie classics find their place in history because they tell the stories that matter. These titles are no different; some are comedic, some are dramatic, and some are hair-raising thrillers. What they all have in common is they all proivde indispensible counsel for students who want to know the ins and outs of the business world.

1. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942): A cautionary tale about a family business that faces ruin when it won’t change with the times. The family’s stubborn son even thinks automobiles "had no business to be invented."
2. Death of a Salesman (1985): Based on the 1949 Arthur Miller play, this movie details the life of Willy Loman, a struggling salesman whose goal in life is to be a hero in his family’s eyes. He works endlessly, toiling to pay the bills and earn the respect of his sons. Death of a Salesman reveals the shadowed side of the world of sales.
3. Wall Street (1987): Bud Fox, a smart ambitious young Wall Street broker, will stop at nothing to gain the career he dreams of…but will he lose his soul along the way? Young business learners should watch closely the greed of Gordon Gekko, a corporate tyrant with an insatiable hunger for power and riches.
4. Working Girl (1988): Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy — but villainous — boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess simply takes over, revamping her office, her apartment, even her wardrobe.
5. Office Space (1999): This is the classic comedic tale of company workers who hate their jobs and decide to rebel against their greedy, selfish boss.
6. American Psycho (2000): A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
7. Boiler Room (2000): A college dropout 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 sounds.
8. Antitrust (2001): A computer programmer’s dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.
9. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room(2005): A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
10. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006): The incredible story based on the real-life stockbroking career of Chris Gardner, who went from rags to riches, from homelessness to wealth, based solely on ambition.