| Great suggestions here, many that I've either never heard of or never considered - I look forward to checking them out and please keep them coming, I'm hopeful this can turn into a masterthread to keep coming back and discovering motivational media. Should maybe have done this earlier but adding a few of the ones I've already watched. Technical Motivation: - Silicon Valley (TV show, 2014-2019)
- The Social Network (2010)
- The Imitation Game (2014)
- Halt & Catch Fire (TV show, 2014-2017)
- Iron Man (2008)
- Primer (2004)
- The Martian (2015)
- Hidden Figures (2016)
- Flight of the Phoenix (1965 original or 2004 remake)
"Sales" Motivation: - The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
- Door to Door (2002) - Underrated straight-to-TV film about a man with cerebral palsy who wants to become a door-to-door salesman
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) - Pure sales, persistence and Pacino
- Salesman (1969 documentary) (As above, but instead of Pacino it's real door-to-door bible salesmen and what they go through)
Honorable Mentions:- Mr Robot (2015-2019): probably the most thrilling and technically accurate depiction of technology and hacking ever put to a screen, but as someone else said it's also very dystopian and depressing, and not too motivational except in the brief bursts that they show Elliot setting up a hack. Either way no VisualBasic GUIs here. - Flash of Genius (2008): about the inventor of the modern windshield wiper who had it stolen from Ford and sued them. The premise is motivational, but I personally found it more of a cautionary tale on what you can lose for your principles when you go up against the giants. |