Business, Ambition & Being the Best
Cinema for the obsessed, the dreamers, the ambitious, the ones building something even when no one believes in them. These are stories of people who refuse to stay ordinary. The ones who gamble everything: money, pride, sleep, friendships,
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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)★★★★★ - 2
The Founder (2016)★★★★★ - 3
Burnt (2015)★★★★★ - 4
A Star Is Born (2018)★★★★★A deeply emotional rise and fall romance about love, fame, and self destruction.
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Whiplash (2014)★★★★★From the moment the first drum hit lands, Whiplash doesn’t ask for your attention, it demands it.
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The Social Network (2010)★★★★½ - 9
Jobs (2013)★★★★½ - 10
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)★★★★½ - 11
The Playlist (2022)★★★★½ - 12
Ratatouille (2007)★★★★½ - 13
Drumline (2002)★★★★½ - 14
The Big Short (2015)★★★★½ - 15
Song Sung Blue (2025)★★★★½The film’s musical energy immediately pulls me into its lively, playful tone.
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Elvis (2022)★★★★½This feels like a high energy biopic that translates fame into movement, rhythm, and emotion.
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The Iron Claw (2023)★★★★½Iron Claw opens with explosive energy, a full on wrestling spectacle where Zac Efron appears on screen massively ripped!
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American Made (2017)★★★★½Feels like Top Gun with Ozark money laundering, then got hired by Narcos and narrated by The Wolf of Wall Street.
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Sully (2016)★★★★½A delay is better than a disaster. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten emotional just by hearing the words “one hundred fifty-five.” It’s like a courtroom drama.
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American Gangster (2007)★★★★½Nothing flashy. Nothing gimmicky. Just good old fashioned storytelling by Ridley Scott.
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Jay Kelly (2025)★★★★½Jay Kelly is a quiet, reflective character study about success, isolation, and the cost of living at a level far removed from ordinary life.
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La La Land (2016)★★★★½A visually intoxicating love story about ambition, timing, and the painful trade off between dreams and relationships.
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The Internship (2013)★★★★ - 27
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)★★★★ - 28
Vice (2018)★★★★ - 29
The Laundromat (2019)★★★★ - 30
Battle of the Year (2013)★★★★ - 31
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Swiped (2025)★★★★Lily James is so beautiful as always. But more than that, she carries the film with a quiet strength.
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Joy (2015)★★★★This is a grounded startup story that takes its time building empathy for an underdog boxed in by financial pressure, family dynamics, and self doubt.
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Scarface (1983)★★★★This feels like a raw, flashy rise and fall crime story carried by Al Pacino’s intense presence and a neon soaked Miami atmosphere.
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The Girl Who Cried Pearls (2025)★★★★The story feels like about greed, like as if living off someone else’s sorrow.
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Creed (2015)★★★★<blockquote>You got to believe you can do it.</blockquote>The training montage is one of my favorite parts.
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Hustle (2022)★★★★I love the cinematography during Bo Cruz’s first workout with the other players, where he sucked.
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The Godfather Part II (1974)★★★★The Godfather Part II shifts away from loud violence into quiet power plays, where conversations, looks, and decisions carry more danger than gunfire.
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The Brutalist (2024)★★★★I like the moment when Harrison Lee turns from being mad to eventually falling in love with László’s design for his library.
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Ford v Ferrari (2019)★★★½ - 42
Ferrari (2023)★★★½ - 43
Air (2023)★★★½ - 44
Pain Hustlers (2023)★★★½ - 45
Highest 2 Lowest (2025)★★★½At its core, the film quietly asks a difficult question: would you do the same sacrifice for someone who isn’t your family, the same way you would for your own blood?
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Marty Supreme (2025)★★★½This film is another Safdie style pressure cooker where the chase for money becomes the engine of constant anxiety.
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Michael (2026)★★★½The film has this golden and brownish cinematic color palette that gives it a warm feeling.
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Steve Jobs (2015)★★★½ - 50
★★★½Ang galing ng prosthetics sa kakalabas lang na baby sa umpisa.
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The Godfather Part III (1990)★★★½This feels like a story about legacy, aging, and the heavy cost of power.
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Challengers (2024)★★★Challengers is less a traditional sports film and more an intense psychological relationship drama that uses tennis as its battlefield.
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Citizen Kane (1941)★★★It feels like a reinventing the wheel kind of entrepreneur story, someone building power by acquiring and outmaneuvering competitors.
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Days of Thunder (1990)★★★Feels like Top Gun on asphalt. The film treats racing not just as a sport but as identity.
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The Devil Wears Prada (2006)★★½I’m immediately pulled in by the star power, but it’s Meryl Streep who anchors everything.
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The Phoenician Scheme (2025)★★½I watched this mainly because of Benicio Del Toro, and right from the start, the film delivers with a strong score and immediate action.
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Late Night with the Devil (2023)★★Good yung prologue. It clearly sets the backstory and prepares you for what kind of world and tone the film is going for.
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Julie & Julia (2009)★★I experience this as a relatable story about creative persistence and passion, where the emotional core connects with me more than the performances.
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