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Movies That Motivate Me

Posted July 13th, 2007 by Jeremy Schoemaker

**WARNING THERE IS SOME EXPLICIT LANGUAGE IN THESE VIDEOS***

I have a 5 disc DVD player that was state of the art 7 years ago when I bought it. Now its a bit outdated. Reguardless until we can decide on a HD DVD format it will suffice. there are 3 movies that are ALWAYS in my dvd player. These movies are Boiler room, Glen Gary Glen Ross, and Blow. All movies are about making money.

Boiler Room Group Interview: This is my favorite… so CRAZY there is like 9000 quotes from this speech.



Glen Gary Glen Ross
– Alec Baldwins finest performance ever

EDIT: I have been adding ones I forgot about that users been adding in the comments.

Any Given Sunday
- Pacino – FRICKIN AWESOME contributed by Corey Donovan in comments

Jerry Mcgwire – SHOW ME THE MONEY! contributed by Martin Muehl

Pulp Fiction – GET MY WALLET THE ONE THAT SAYS BAD MOTHER FUC*KER

So any movies motivate you?

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172 comments. What say you?

  1. Good Comment?
    download free dvd movies

    Pulp Fiction is still my number 1!!! and Jerry Maguire comes next. Quite a good collection there buddy! :)

  2. Good Comment?
    Your Name (required)

    Rudy is a big one for me too. It’s about never giving up even if the end is near and it looks like your done

  3. Good Comment?
    warez

    that what you into Shoe?

  4. Good Comment?
    Accepted

    i think accepted which a high school student fail to enter any college… its juz fun to watch and motivate me…

  5. Good Comment?
    poor jokes

    notebook
    october sky
    21
    for me

  6. Good Comment?
    Briongloid

    Falling Down >:D

  7. Good Comment?
    CodeFreedom

    Rudy is a big one for me too. It’s about never giving up even if the end is near and it looks like your done, if you are still breathing, you are in with a chance. Great movie that keeps you guessing right until the final scenes when you think it is over.

  8. Good Comment?
    Chris

    You included two of my favorite movie scenes in this post. I love the boiler room one and my second favorite is the pulp fiction one. Great scenes.

  9. Good Comment?
    Free Xbox 360

    Pulp Fiction has to be one of the best movies ever

  10. Good Comment?
    Syed Balkhi

    the movie that motivates me the most is Rocky. Never give up without trying and that is what my motto is.

  11. Good Comment?
    Money Never Sleeps

    you forgot to mention Wall Street! Wall Street is KING of money making quotes!

  12. Good Comment?
    Geiger

    I’ve got to be honest, Boiler Room just didn’t “Do it” for me. Glengarry Glenross however is one of my ALL time favorites. The one of Any Given Sunday seems bugged half-way.

  13. Good Comment?
    SEOContest2008

    That is one good movie! I’ve seen this one.

  14. Good Comment?
    SEOContest2008

    That’s sad, but I think money actually does that in most cases.

  15. Good Comment?
    SEOContest2008

    You got me motivated here! I’ll buy them ASAP now.

  16. Good Comment?
    Saim Baig

    Rockey forever.Man Silvester was the best man to do it.And he delivered big time.

  17. Good Comment?
    RacerX

    Pulp, Fight Club, Wall Street, Boiler, Star Wars, Rocky II

  18. Good Comment?
    youfoundjake

    Where is the Triggit set up on this page? Am I missing something?
    heeh

  19. Good Comment?
    nBridges Media

    Nice post and the Jerry Mcgwire video was funny…Is it just me who felt “Show me the Money” sounded alot like Shoemoney ? :D

  20. Good Comment?
    Affiliate Marketing Podcast

    I think I’ll just stick to instant classics like 300…ooh, and Pan’s Labyrinth is a good one. I don’t see how they’re motivating, apart from the fact that they kick ass, and that makes me happy.

    ~ Dave

  21. Good Comment?
    Hustle Strategy

    Boiler Room is great. The scene where they are being asked about the exam and getting introduced to the compacy is priceless.

  22. Good Comment?
    Hustle Strategy

    Both the original Ugly Americans and the recent one by the same author as Bringing Down The House were great reads.

  23. Good Comment?
    Hustle Strategy

    And just to add you have to cut Blow off about 30 minutes before it ends for real motivation. The others you can watch straight threw.

  24. Good Comment?
    commandos

    funny that u mentioned “Boiler Room Group Interview” i watched it for the first time last week !

    The movie that i like the most .. “Gladiator” =>

    The slave who became a gladiator.The gladiator who defied an emperor

  25. Good Comment?
    Abel Brata

    Rocky is my favorite too!!

  26. Good Comment?
    Jennifer G

    The most motivational movie in my collection (and the one that reminds me to keep being original and never stop learning) is Hackers.

    But I’m more of a reformed hacker than a businessman (woman, whatever) to begin with – that might make a difference in my selection process.

  27. Good Comment?
    Hustle Strategy

    Go ahead and throw American Gangster on the list of those.

  28. Good Comment?
    safesurfer

    I do not feel motivated by the ‘Greed is Good’ speech by Gordon Gekko but I believe it to be a very good one that should have been mentioned in your post.

  29. Good Comment?
    Joy

    Nice list Shoe..but my favorites are “The Pursuit of Happyness” and “Happy Gilmore”..^^

  30. Good Comment?
    serge

    yeah, but that last rocky sucked, call me a liar.

  31. Good Comment?
    Adrian

    Here are some of my favorites: “Catch me if you can”, “Confidence”, “Jerry Maguire”, “Men of honor”, “The pursuit of happiness” and “Two for the money”

  32. Good Comment?
    Nick Sullivan

    I love Pulp Fiction. One of the best films ever. Still need to watch Glen Gary Glen Ross, seen some of it, amazing acting.

  33. Good Comment?
    Trevor McNotDonald

    My favourite film out of the few above is pulp fiction – I haven’t even seen any of the others :( lol

  34. Good Comment?
    BlueDevilMedia

    hehe…they sure motivate me!

  35. Good Comment?
    BlueDevilMedia

    Seriously…what about Scarface, The Godfather & Blow?

  36. Good Comment?
    Chris

    haha… so predictable :)

  37. Good Comment?
    Michael Fultz

    Movies? Can porn be considered motivational? I guess it can, in a sense…

  38. Good Comment?
    Joeychgo

    I agree completely!

  39. Good Comment?
    Grivon

    agreed! it literally gave me chills – those nostalgic ones will do that! as for motivation.. I’d say the godfather series… lots of planning… lots of money… lots of motivation!

  40. Good Comment?
    chrisblogging.com

    Great list! I couldnt agree with you more on the majority of these clips…

  41. Good Comment?
    Nathan Hannig

    The Any Given Sunday speech is the best

  42. Good Comment?
    GiladG

    I’ll second the Wallstreet call but by far, Boiler Room is the ultimate leader.

  43. Good Comment?
    Study Guide

    You missed some great movies on that list… Interesting though

  44. Good Comment?
    spidro

    very nice scene Jerry Mcgwire still the best show me the money

  45. Good Comment?
    cyberst0rm

    Rocky Balboa and 300!

    cyberst0rm’s tech blog
    http://cyberst0rm.blogspot.com

  46. Good Comment?
    Rhea

    FARGO. It motivates me — big time — to stay out of debt. The tension in that film (via William H. Macy’s car salesman) is palpable.

  47. Good Comment?
    Billiam

    Poolhall Junkies – Undiscovered movie, Christopher Walken at his best.

  48. Good Comment?
    Billiam

    Poolhall Junkies – Undiscovered movie, Christopher Walken at his best.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=jzekDivpK3M

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=f_q8nWTMpZs

  49. Good Comment?
    cooliojones

    Everyone hates 5, but when I watch it, it’s not that bad to me. I used to feel the same way. But it’s not in my top 3, no.

  50. Good Comment?
    cooliojones

    “Say ‘Hello’ to my little friend!”

    I don’t think that will qualify as inspirational. Unless your a marathon runner!

  51. Good Comment?
    cooliojones

    Rocky III & IV are my favorite. New Rocky Balboa movie was surprisingly good too!

  52. Good Comment?
    Stan-Lee

    Blow is a great movie, one of my favorites. But I think that the greatest movie of all time is Goodfellas, you just can’t beat it.

  53. Good Comment?
    Rick

    Big Rudy Fan.. “5 foot nothing.. 100 and nothing..”
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=V5L0ThLloD8

    great post shoeman

  54. Good Comment?
    Howie

    Nice list. Boiler room is one of the best. Pulp fiction is great too. There are certainly lots of motivational movies to choose from depending on our taste.

  55. Good Comment?
    Freebies

    Now THERE’S a movie with a good message :D

  56. Good Comment?
    Leonid Shalimov

    Freakin’ great collection of clips.

  57. Good Comment?
    robert

    6 disc player here – boiler room, wall street and pulp fiction. it’s funny that the director of boiler room now says he doesn’t even like the movie…

  58. Good Comment?
    Martin Muehl

    when it comes to triathlon:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EokseUskyDI

  59. Good Comment?
    Mike

    For some reason the Usual Suspects motivates me. A lot like life where the least suspected guy is actually the one pulling all the strings ;)

  60. Good Comment?
    Virgin

    Here is a commercial Michael Jordan did for Nike regarding failure.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=45mMioJ5szc

  61. Good Comment?
    Joeychgo

    LOL – see movies dont motivate me, they give me a reason to be lazy and watch them!

  62. Good Comment?
    Tyler Eastman

    Wall Street speech by Michael Douglas

  63. Good Comment?
    mark

    A lot great movies here. I like part in Star Wars where Yoda teaches Luke to use the force.

    Star Wars
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=g-zD-RohzNY

  64. Good Comment?
    mahdi yusuf

    your the freaking man! honestly, post of the year this one!

  65. Good Comment?
    Helen

    I agree with the list. Great selection of movies. I never thought movies about business would be that motivating until I saw it.

  66. Good Comment?
    Virgin

    Here are some of my favorite motivational videos:

    Mix of Michael Jordan’s skills
    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1p2t0_michael-jordans-skills

    Facing The Giants – Never Give Up! Clip
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HNHbucBXrA

    Peaceful Warrior Movie Trailer
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GPLqEbkOn4

    300 Movie Trailer
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnIPkfXNHfc

  67. Good Comment?
    blog money

    These are some great movies… maybe except Any Given Sunday, I prefer the ‘Godfather’ Pacino or even the Devil’s Advocate or Scarface Pacino all performances are just amazing.

  68. Good Comment?
    Paul Bradish

    Rocky speech (to his son):
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=OBtO8Ay1MNk

  69. Good Comment?
    Dennis Bjørn Petersen

    The Simpsons Movie (well trailer rather).
    Homer choking Bart: “Why you little… I’ll teach you to laugh at something thats funny”

    Could be my job description too =P

  70. Good Comment?
    Gina

    Nice collection. I also go with those movies as great motivation. There are certainly lots of strategies and lesson that we can apply..

  71. Good Comment?
    Bob Buskirk

    Shoe,

    Although not really a speech this movie has a great quote that I love, “This business is binary, you are a 1 or 0, alive or dead”

    Check out the vid here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYMn6pXOmJU

  72. Good Comment?
    Paul Bradish

    ditto. I even liked a few parts in the new Rocky movie.

  73. Good Comment?
    Jesse

    WALL STREET!!!

  74. Good Comment?
    Tracy

    Nothing like money that is for sure…

  75. Good Comment?
    quoted

    You’re missing the greatest motivational speech ever written by the greatest story teller of all time…

    Shakespears Henry V battle speech…

    Here’s a youtube link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z399i_PksfU:

    This is a must watch…

  76. Good Comment?
    andrea

    Nosenko..

    “sometimes a lie can be as revealing as the truth”

  77. Good Comment?
    Derick

    This motivates me to study hard in school (Goodwill Hunting):

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=txV_RdA6Sd8

  78. Good Comment?
    chris

    I am actually a GlenGary GlenRoss man, I love Alex Baldwins speech. You are right, it is his best piece EVER.

  79. Good Comment?
    Fable

    Nice video round-up, shoemoney! Some great clips from some great films in there, too. ;)

    Steve

  80. Good Comment?
    The Dino

    I love movies like Snatch or Uturn.

  81. Good Comment?
    Matt

    Looks like you missed an Amazon affiliate link op, Shoe ;)

  82. Good Comment?
    Joe

    Cool post. All great movies. A couple more off the top of my head.

    Far and Away
    October Sky
    Cinderella Man
    Legend of Bagger Vance (the two scenes the poster above links to are the 2 best scenes in the movie)

  83. Good Comment?
    Pat

    Blow is a great movie (actually one of my favorites), but it doesn’t motivate me. However, if you want to speak in the means of his way of making money, here are some other great movies:
    The Sting (Great movie about scams)
    Heat (Bank robbery)
    The Score (High-Class theft)

    Other movies that motivate me in other ways than money are:
    The Shawshank Redemption (jail escape)
    The Green Mile (innocently killed)
    Saving Private Ryan (war, fight to the death)
    Road to Perdition (bank robbery)

    And more movies about money:
    Route 9 (money)
    8 Mile (sucky movie, yet shows the progress of M&M ;) )
    Fargo (excellent movie, ransom for daughter)
    Ransom (rich guy puts up money for missing son)

    Well, that is my thoughts. Lots of great movies.

  84. Good Comment?
    cheesygarcia

    Godfather 3 is better than 99% of the crap out there. not as good as the first 2.

  85. Good Comment?
    Online Cash Flow

    and this scene in rocky:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfFvKyLrGYc

  86. Good Comment?
    Online Cash Flow

    Two For The Money: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umtgkbw8RJE

  87. Good Comment?
    sandossu

    I love the first video. Oh, and i haven’t seen fight club…yet.

  88. Good Comment?
    CPA Affiliates

    any given monday should get anyone motivated. along with fight club!

  89. Good Comment?
    Todd

    fight club, thats a motivator!

  90. Good Comment?
    Domainer's Gazette

    good ole Gordon Gekko..

    “Greed….works….”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_icgdMQ4MdQ

  91. Good Comment?
    John

    Buffalo Soldiers. Ray Elwood is my hero.
    “Cleanliness is next to godliness.”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSnLf5mX_EY

    and Fight Club.

  92. Good Comment?
    Stevie

    I’d like to see a remake (updated version) of boiler room (a bit more futuristic maybee)

    But Die Hard 4 is the best movie i’ve seen in a very long time,

  93. Good Comment?
    The Dino

    You forgot about Forest Gump… that is movie about making money for dummies

  94. Good Comment?
    Greg-J

    V for Vendetta: Pick any on of V’s speeches, they’re all excellent.

  95. Good Comment?
    Paul.

    Pulp fiction is sweet. It’s one of my all times favorite.

  96. Good Comment?
    webd360

    wow, I haven’t seen any of these movies other than Jerry Mcguire. Some of them look nice, especially the first one (I agree the speech is great). Maybe I’ll rent some of these later…

  97. Good Comment?
    [sr]

    “If one is to understand the great mystery one must study all it’s aspects,not just the dogmatic narrow view of the Jedi.” -Darth Sidious

    ;)

  98. Good Comment?
    art

    Glen Gary Glen Ross – Alec Baldwins finest performance ever–its priceless//

  99. Good Comment?
    Jason Bartholme

    From Glengarry Glen Ross:

    Blake: PUT THAT COFFEE DOWN! Coffee is for closers!

    We use that around the office frequently.

  100. Good Comment?
    Robert G

    I love that scene from Boiler Room. Another movie that motivates me is Hoosiers.

  101. Good Comment?
    website copywriter

    I just saw “Rudy” again on HBO the other day (starring that rather overweight hobbit, what’shisname). I remember watching it for the first time in high school — absolutely inspiring.

  102. Good Comment?
    Sergio

    Seriously, those videos are awesome. Some people get offended by people like that, those people are the ones who fail. Simple as that.

  103. Good Comment?
    Mubin

    okay, one more movie that really motivated me, but I dont know why is 25th hour, that scene when hes in the bathroom, and tells everyone to fuck off…

  104. Good Comment?
    Mubin

    Godfather 3? Are you kidding me? What did you learn from that?

  105. Good Comment?
    Derek

    This is probably going to be an odd pick but The Girl Next Door shows a kid that goes for what he wants and becomes quite the entrepreneur in the process.

  106. Good Comment?
    Sucker

    That interview from Boiler Room is one of my favorite scenes ever. But I think Office Space is my favorite. What’s better than quitting because you don’t want to work anymore??

    (OK I guess the Ferrari keys are pretty nice, too ;) )

  107. Good Comment?
    Tim Spangler

    It’s not business in nature but I always loved the speech before the final battle in Independence Day.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBR4g_H7JD4

  108. Good Comment?
    morgan thomas

    al pachinos speech from devisl advocate

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=gdam7qQMkzs

  109. Good Comment?
    Bill Hartzer

    Jeremy, all of those movies ROCK! The Rocky movies are definitely ones that motivate, I agree with Josefvirek.

    As for your 5 disc DVD player, you’re way ahead of me–I’m still trying to find movies that will play on my laser disc player!

  110. Good Comment?
    Josefvirek

    Rocky 1/2/3/4 (NOT 5) and 6 (Balboa)

  111. Good Comment?
    cooliojones

    Inches!!! I immediately knew that video before I even played it. There was so much good content in Any Given Sunday, I love that scene as well.

    I might be one of the only people who haven’t seen Pulp Fiction but I’m lol @ hunny bunny!!

  112. Good Comment?
    Jeremy Enke

    This is a great post. Anyone in business can relate to many of these scenes

  113. Good Comment?
    PropertyGuy

    I absolutely LOVE that scene from Any given Sunday. He gives an amazing speech.

    One of my favourite scenes is from Gladiator. Right at the end when he dies, and rejoins his family in heaven.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=VAGuRbZGdoY

  114. Good Comment?
    Josh

    rudy…rudy…rudy

    the end where he gets to play and sacks the quarterback…totally motivational!

  115. Good Comment?
    Jack

    Godfather. 1 for sure, 2 almost. Best way to learn about business. I have used some of those chops in sales before.

  116. Good Comment?
    Josefvirek

    1) Godfather 1/2/3
    2) Wallstreet
    3) Barbarians at the Gate
    4) Pursuit of Happyness

  117. Good Comment?
    Mubin

    Casino, from Nicky’s p.O.V’s Not DeNiro’s.

  118. Good Comment?
    dillsmack

    I didn’t even interview!

  119. Good Comment?
    Natron

    Didn’t know anyone else actually watched much less liked Glen Gary Glen Ross. One of my favs…

  120. Good Comment?
    ouchs

    i was going to say rocky too

  121. Good Comment?
    Pablo Palatnik

    dare I say…WALLSTREET

  122. Good Comment?
    Travel Notebook

    Office space is funny for sure but its not like the other 2 he posted. Everytime I watch those movies it just motivates me so much to make more cash

  123. Good Comment?
    Travel Notebook

    Hes running his own stock chop shop on the side obv.

  124. Good Comment?
    Todd

    I think I own less than 10 movies – boiler room and glengarry glen ross being 2 of them.
    “welcome to the new american dream” :)

    Two others of the bunch include Waiting and Idiocracy.

  125. Good Comment?
    Travel Notebook

    Boiler Room is my all time favorite movie. And I knew right away which clip you were going to post. Great scene

  126. Good Comment?
    Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com

    I find the final game in shaolin soccer is a good one.

  127. Good Comment?
    Favorite

    There is no way that you can compare Baldwin’s scene to Afleck’s! I’m very dissappointed in you!

  128. Good Comment?
    Greg

    That’s funny when I had a stint in vacuum sales my boss’s 2 favorite movies were those 2…

  129. Good Comment?
    TheHostHunter

    I can just see Show giving Dillsmack the Boiler Room speech during his interview ;)

  130. Good Comment?
    Martin Muehl

    It was 75 Euro for me (Glengarry Glen Ross, Boiler room, startup.com, Two for the money)

  131. Good Comment?
    Don Corleone

    How could you forget about me?

  132. Good Comment?
    Corey Donovan

    Al Pacino’s locker room speech from Any Given Sunday.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rFx6OFooCs

    Makes you feel like you can do anything.

  133. Good Comment?
    Trevor Owens

    That’s so funny you say Boiler Room and Glen Gary Glen Ross… those are two of my top motivational movies. My friends and I always quote lines from Boiler Room. Even more so for me though is the movie Wall Street with Michael Douglas, everytime I watch it I think to myself… that should be MY life. Another one for me is Vision Quest (I used to be a wrestler). Nice post Shoemoney.

  134. Good Comment?
    Matt Huggins

    I freaking LOVE Boiler Room! I never heard of Glen Gary Glen Ross before though, but it looks equally exciting, so I’ll definitely have to check it out.

    Rounders is another movie that motivates me, but in the poker sense as opposed to the business sense. :)

  135. Good Comment?
    Sherwood

    The Prestige, about 2 19th century magicians trying to top each other with the same trick. Great lines+plot that any SEO would appreciate: “Never tell anyone your secret. The secret impress no one, the trick you use it for is everything.”

  136. Good Comment?
    Sabrina's Money Matters

    My favorite part of Office Space and the part that motivates me is the guy that knocks on the door (the Sprite guy) of the apartment selling magazines, it’s just so characteristic of the things we’ll do for money instead of traveling the road of self reliance…

  137. Good Comment?
    Sabrina's Money Matters

    I have a black and white poster with Johnny Depp and another drug dealer from Blow, in the scene where they’re in the room full of money…great scene, great poster – Great Motivation…

  138. Good Comment?
    Sherwood

    The Prestige, a movie about two magicians who keeping trying to top each other with the same trick. One of ‘em says, “NEVER tell anyone the secret. The secret impress no one – the trick you use it for is everything.” The whole movie is something any SEO can relate to. And David Bowie as Tesla – perfect casting.

  139. Good Comment?
    browie

    I’m going to go with the sports theme here. I’m a movie buff and I have LOTS of movies on my computer on DVD everywhere. I’m a big golf guy, Legend of Bagger Vance is awesome. These two main clips just get my skin crawling and want to out there and shoot great scores.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=nDC0E1joRGQ

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=jnNhHcZrDmM

  140. Good Comment?
    LurksterAZ

    Gotta love Boiler Room. Wall Street is good and for motivation to become my own boss, Office Space. It’s amazing how one can relate to that movie in an office.

  141. Good Comment?
    CarlM

    Office Space. As a reminder to never get a “real” job again :)

    “You see Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care.”

  142. Good Comment?
    dillsmack

    I think we watch Boiler Room (and Wedding Crashers) every time I’m in Lincoln.

  143. Good Comment?
    SonicReducer

    Great movies for sure, but it’s kind of ironic that you find them motivational. When in the end all these movies are about how the pursuit of money totally destroys the character’s lives…

  144. Good Comment?
    adamz

    Shoe,

    Your a smart guy man. I see you you as Jules with respect to this pro bono flock of 90%ers..We are that 10% bro.No matter what we say or do with people,we will always remain..
    So here we really are!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=julo7dPnu4A

  145. Good Comment?
    Bulbboy

    Agreed about Baldwin’s performance. I think Boiler Room is Ben Affleck’s best performance too. Another Affleck movie, Daredevil, motivated me to try flotation tank therapy.

    Also recently watching an episode of the X files motivated me to sculpt. Shoe, do you have any pics of your self without your glasses on? ;)

  146. Good Comment?
    dean

    funny, all movies are also about making money illegally. that what you into Shoe?

  147. Good Comment?
    AffiliatePimpin

    surprised nobody mentioned Scarface!

  148. Good Comment?
    adamz

    Shoe,
    I don’t think anyone got the point..I just got 2 I/Os signed before lunch and the 3rd will be faxed to my staff by 3.00pm est. Just about the time, I close my office for my daily BJ and Steak at Peter Lugers…Im Pumped man!

  149. Good Comment?
    Igor M.

    My ALL TIME favorite is……..
    “The Secret of my Success”
    It’s the 1985 classic with Michael J. Fox.

    I am surprised that no one mentioned it yet.
    Not only is it motivational it’s also funny.

  150. Good Comment?
    Lee Bandoni

    You just cost me $70 buying DVDs!

  151. Good Comment?
    Mike Jones

    - american beauty

    p.s.

    mind if i do a line?…….i cant feel my face!

  152. Good Comment?
    jim

    Ugly Americans is a phenomenal read, as much fun as Bringing Down The House too. I like how that guy writes.

  153. Good Comment?
    jim

    Boiler Room is the shit, I loved that movie, and Blow resurrected my respect for Johnny Depp and Pee Wee Herman. :)

  154. Good Comment?
    Marketing Drome

    Good choices. I’d also recommend Wall Street (how the heck did you leave that out anyway?), Two For The Money and although this is a movie thread, if you haven’t read “Ugly Americans” by Ben Mezrich… well it’s better than every movie we’ve mentioned here and I used to watch Boiler Room no less than 4 times/week.

  155. Good Comment?
    VaBeachKevin

    Other Peoples Money – Danny DeVito’s speach at the end is classic.

  156. Good Comment?
    Martin Muehl

    Jerry McGuire’s “Show me the money! SHOW ME THE MONEY!!” is an all time favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaiSHcHM0PA
    Wallstreet with Michael Douglas as well.

  157. Good Comment?
    Ash Haque

    Rocky
    Remember the Titans
    The Waterboy, sports movies as well for me

  158. Good Comment?
    Todd

    yeah this movie…
    http://www.amazon.com/MTN-LAB-DVD-SHOES-dc-crew/dp/B000QTD5T8
    maybe it cause i love snowboarding so much :P

  159. Good Comment?
    trigatch4

    The sports movies are still my best motivators. ROCKY! is my all-time favorite.

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