Board Movies

Apprentice,  The

Donald Trump's TV show which ends each episode with a ‘You Are Fired’ Boardroom scene.

Nbc.com/The_Apprentice_5

Bank, The

This thriller follows in the tradition of movies like Wall Street and Rogue Trader (2002).

Rottentomatoes.com/m/bank

Barbarians at the Gate

Shows the Board of Directors in action towards the end (1993).

imdb.com/title/tt0106356

Bernard & Doris

2006 movie with Susan Sarandon and Ralph Fiennes. Three board room scenes.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470732

Billion Dollar Bubble (1976) starring James Woods

30 year old example shows that problems with corporate governance didn't start with the Enrons of the world. Contacting www.casact.org for a copy of the movie. They show it during their classes.

Carpetbaggers, The

This movie about the life of Howard Hughes starts with a brief shareholders ‘meeting’ (1964).

Chairman of the Board

A Walt Disney movie for kids about a young man who becomes the Chairman of the Board of a large corporation (2001).

Deal, The

Has it all: illegal trading on the world’s energy markets, money laundering, political drama, a global oil crisis, the Russian Mafia, assassinations, love, corporate corruption and even a scene about Board of Directors Roles and Responsibilities (2005).

Disclosure

A thriller with a scene of the shareholders’ meeting towards the end of the movie (1994).

http://filmsandtv.com/searchmovie.php?id=03646

Down To Earth

A comedy with Chris Rock who, as a new and inexperienced Chairman brings customers to the boardroom meeting.

Imdb.com/title/tt0231775/

Enron, The smartest guy in the room

Shows some boardroom action towards the end (2005).

Executive Suite

The Board of Directors and shareholders are confronted with the death of the company owner who didn’t name a successor (1954).

Mooviees.com/13874-executive-suite/movie

The First $20 Million

The Board of Directors Roles and Responsibilities of a Silicon Valley start up are barely defined during their first, so-called shareholder’s meeting in the company's offices - the garage (2002).

http://movies.aol.com/movie/the-first-20-million-is-always-the-hardest/12418/main

Head Office

A, by now old, comedy shows a Chairman in action (1985).

imdb.com/title/tt0091183

Hold the Dream

Four-part TV series about the last years of the live of Emma Harte, who rose from servant to head of an international retail dynasty, and her family members who were the company’s shareholders (1983).

Bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vlink/054961851997.html

How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Comedy musical for those who like to see Board of Directors sing (1967).

Rottentomatoes.com/m/how_to_succeed_in_business_without_really_trying

Inspector Morse – The Sins of the Fathers

A movie about a small family business and a critical board event (1990).

Amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007AJDQ?v=glance

Law & Order

Topic: Boardroom financing gone bad.           Episode name: Tuxedo Hill.    

Episode Number: 22/Season Num: 1.            First Aired: Friday May 10, 2002   

http://www.tv.com/law-and-order-criminal-intent/tuxedo hill/episode/145345/summary.html

Meet Joe Black

Three board meetings in one movie show that well defined Board of Directors Roles and Responsibilities are not enough to address ethical questions.

Other People’s Money

A Wall Street takeover guru finds the love of his life at the wrong size of the negotiation table during a take over (1991).

Patterns

The movie shows a Chairman and CEO in relationship with his senior team (1955).

Power & Lovers

An outdated movie with some (lame) boardroom scenes (1994).

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808487495/info

Robocop

Watch a Chairman and CEO who has no grip on his senior executive team (1987).

http://www.mgm.com/robocop

Saphead

A black and white movie without speech shows the 1915 New York Stock Exchange and a complete absence of Board of Directors Roles and Responsibilities..

Startup.com

Chronicles a Silicon Valley Internet company through all its start up pains, including VC meetings, shareholder problems, recruiting a new Board of Directors, growing pains and decline (2001).

Amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005N5QV?v=glance

Studio60 on the Sunset Strip

Disc 3 -Episode ‘Monday’
This episode has a scene with a board meeting from the parent company.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485842/

Substance of Fire, The

Early on in the movie there is an ugly board meeting of a small family owned business (1996).

Rottentomatoes.com/m/substance_of_fire

Syriana

There is early on in the movie a brief scene in the Connex Oil Boardroom (2005).

http://syrianamovie.warnerbros.com

Wall Street

This classic shows one scene of a shareholders meeting (1987).

BoilerRoom

The film portraits a call center of a brokerage firm that runs without any corporate governance (2000).

Amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0780631536?v=glance

Owning Mahoney

Based on a true story of the largest one-man bank fraud in Canadian history (2003).

http://www.sonyclassics.com/owning/core/hasFlash.html

The Prime Gig

A reputable telemarketing firm turns out to be a one-man show in a one-room ‘company’ where a freshly hired sales people believe to be working for a legitimate firm (2000).  

Imdb.com/title/tt0223954

Rogue Trader

The story about Nick Leeson and the downfall of the 200-year-old Barings Bank (1999).

Amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00002RAPA?v=glance