Business in Film

BUS225 Approved Films List Throughout this class, you will be able to select several films to use as the basis for

analysis. This is a list of approved choices. Many of these films are available on

streaming services like Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, or YouTube and are also available

on DVD. If you have trouble finding the film you want, contact your instructor for

guidance.

NOTE: If you would like to write about a film that is not on this list, you must email your

professor in advance. If you write about an unapproved film option in this class you may

not receive credit.

Film Year

Steve Jobs (with Michael Fassbender) 2015

The Big Short 2015

The Pursuit of Happyness 2006

Moneyball 2011

Joy 2015

Boiler Room 2000

Up in the Air 2009

The Devil Wears Prada 2006

The Intern 2015

Office Space 1999

American Factory (documentary) 2019

Candyman: The David Klein Story (documentary) 2010

The Call of the Entrepreneur (documentary) 2007

Jiro Dreams of Sushi (documentary) 2011

The Pixar Story (documentary) 2007

Salesman (documentary) 1969

Social Network 2010

Barbarians at the Gate 1993

The Wolf of Wall Street 2013

Margin Call 2011

Jerry Maguire 1996

Glengarry Glen Ross 1992

Working Girl 1988

Casino 1995

Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1988

Risky Business 1983

You’ve Got Mail 1998

Hitsville: The Making of Motown (documentary) 2019

9 to 5 1980

Modern Times 1936

The Hudsucker Proxy 1994

Jobs (with Ashton Kutcher) 2013

Gung Ho 1986

The Rainmaker 1997

Toys 1992

Promised Land 2012

Thank You for Smoking 2005

The Aviator 2004

Wall Street 1987