Ask HN: Best startup/tech movies?

[ch4ch4]

Ghostbusters.

They identified a niche, bootstrapped their company, solved a real pain point for their customers, and spread through word of mouth from their satisfied customers to become the dominant player in their space.

[nextweek2]

I'm not so sure:

* They didn't invest in redundant systems * They had problems at scale * They had high running costs * They took health and safety risks with their employees

[DanSmooth]

There is also the TV-series "Halt and Catch Fire".

Slightly related movie suggestions, based on their interruptive theme: "Field of Dreams", "Moneyball", "The Wolfs of Wall Street"

[wallflower]

This documentary captures the early dotcom era

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Nerds

[anysz]

cringeley is the bomb

[nextweek2]

Middle men:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1251757/

The bell idea was great.

[rwjwjuwjudf]

Pirates of Silicon Valley, Sneakers, Primer, Ex Machina

[anysz]

primer is a masterpiece

[Raed667]

Silicon Valley[0] is quite funny if you get the culture references. And sometimes it is also quite spot-on in its critique.

[0]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2575988/?ref_=nv_sr_1

[hanniabu]

The Social Network, Middle Men, Silicon Valley(series), Halt and Catch Fire(series), Blow(non-traditional), First 20 Million Is Always the Hardest, How To Make It In America(series), Startup.com, Pirates of Silicon Valley

[wj]

There was also the series Betas on Amazon Prime. Pretty similar to Silicon Valley imho.

[jaguar86]

The social network?

[pink_dinner]

e-gold tiger nation is also a good one.