6 Awesome Inspired Movies for Women Entrepreneurs

I love watching movies that inspire me to get up and do something different with my small business. We are in a world of sitting behind a screen watching other people do things. Why? It’s not necessary. We are here to do and we can do it if we put our mind to it. Here are my top 6 inspiring movies for small business owners. Feel free to click on the image or title of the movie to watch the trailer and read more about the movies on IMDb. 

6 Awesome Inspired Movies for Women Entrepreneurs

Coco before Chanel 

It’s a story of Coco Chanel’s rise from unclear beginnings to fame in the fashion world. She changed the world of fashion and never looked back. 

Baby Boom

It’s a movie about a woman who inherits a baby from a distant relative. She left her corporate life and moves out of the city and creates a new baby food business that becomes famous. It’s not a true story but it could be. This was one of my favorites when I was a teenager.  It showed me that women can make it no matter what obstacles or changes happen in their lives.  

Julie and Julia

This movie is my favorite right now.  Both Julie and Julia come from not knowing what they want and then finding their passion and moving into it even if they didn’t know what they were doing.  They persisted and succeeded.  

Legally Blonde 

This is another one I loved when I was in college. It reminded me that even if you are judged upon, you can change other’s opinions or leave and still succeed and you can succeed when you are a nice person too.    

Erin Brockovich

An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and helps brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city’s water supply. Fight for what you believe even if you think no one is listening. 

Joy

It’s about Joy who rose to become the founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty. This one inspires me to go beyond and if you have a vision go for it. Find a way to make your vision or product a reality. 

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Women Entrepreneur Movies Honorable Mentions

And, while doing some additional research, I found some more movies that you may want to watch to get inspired to make the leap into entrepreneurship. 

First Wives Club

This fancy comedy movie is about three ladies who are middle-aged and they team up to create an agency to revenge their exes. It’s nice to see their determination, while the topic is a little negative.

Chocolat

This is one of my all-time favorite movies. It’s about a woman and her daughter that move into a town right at the time of Lent and she opens a chocolate shop. Watching this movie, you realize how important timing is when starting your business. And, how having a unique product makes a world of difference.

UPDATE 2020: I had to mention this movie too!

Well, folks, I found another movie that I feel is worthy of this list of awesome movies inspired by women. While they are not entrepreneurs they are brilliant women that challenged society and because of their strength changed the viewpoint for all of us. Which in turn, gave us the opportunity to work on our own and be our own boss.  The movie is, drum roll, please…

Hidden Figures

The strength of these fine ladies changed the way men and societies view us in the workplace. While we are not completely equal yet, I can see how far we have come from where they had started.  I hope one day in my lifetime I get to see women being truly equal in the workplace.

Well, that is it for now. To be honest, I saw most of these but not all, but, these are definitely on my list of movies to watch in the near future. =)

What are your favorite inspiring entrepreneur movies? Please leave the name of the movie below.

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