7. The Social Network
From the director who brought you the distinctly anti-capitalist Fight Club comes probably the most incredible business story ever committed to film. Mark Zuckerberg changed the world. And like anyone who changes the world in this day and age, he made an awful lot of money out of it. The refreshing thing about The Social Network is that Zuckerberg did not set out purely to make money. He set out to bring people together, an altogether more noble intention. (Actually he set out to rate the attractiveness of fellow students, but he quickly progressed). He had a good idea, worked at it, refined it, worked at it some more, and, with a large amount of luck and good timing, made an incredible success out of it. It's one of those stories that you could not make up. Whether you subscribe to the view that success has corrupted the initial communitarian doctrines of Facebook or not (and there's no doubt it's nowhere near as fun as it used to be), you can't help but admire its colossal rise. And it makes for quite a film, one of the most impressive business movies ever made (although the competition for that accolade is not fierce).