Ask HN: Best Startup-Themed Movies?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=897183

by AlleyRow • 17 years ago

8 11 17 years ago

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Does any one have film suggestions? Startup/tech history favorites?

robg• 17 years ago

Weird Science. We all want to make something beautiful. The only differences are what goals we're after.

jacquesm2• 17 years ago

Primer

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/

kevinherron• 17 years ago

Do you mean Primer (no "The")? Because if so, then yes. Awesome!

jacquesm2• 17 years ago

Ah, yes, you're right. I misremembered. It's been a while since I saw it.

It's one of the lowest budget movies ever that I've watched and enjoyed more than most of the high budget ones.

It's also a complete mind bender.

humbledrone• 17 years ago

Primer is a great movie. It is in fact "startup themed," although it is a little light on the business side of things; it's more focused on the product they design...

bjplink• 17 years ago

It's a little old now and a documentary, which might not be what you were asking about, but you should check out Startup.com

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256408/

AlleyRow• 17 years ago

I just watched "August." It was pretty decent.

bemmu• 17 years ago

Micro Men from BBC had some startuppy themes when Acorn began, although it was more about the rivalry with Sinclair than the startup experience itself.

In my head I associate all kinds of survival movies like Cast Away, Rescue Dawn etc. being startuppy as well in the sense that the characters are surviving on their wits and persistence, against forces of nature and their own doubts.

pwim• 17 years ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=304274

iterationx2• 17 years ago

There used to be a tv series about a startup from like ABC, I thought it was called hyper-something. I googled it but no luck

iterationx2• 17 years ago

I'm thinking of "Hyperion Bay" not completely about a startup though.

The series centered around Dennis Sweeney (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) who, after a successful career in the software business, returns home to open a local division for the company he works for. The series follows the drama when the new meets the old in the little coastal town of Hyperion Bay, California.

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