The Founder Watchlist

TV Series · 2014 – 2019 · USA

Silicon Valley

Mike Judge

Comedy about a small team trying to build a compression startup through accelerators, funding...

TV Series · 2015 · India

TVF Pitchers

Four friends quit their jobs to build a startup in India, told with realistic founder struggles.

TV Series · 2020 · South Korea

Start-Up

Korean drama set in a fictional Silicon Valley style campus following young founders chasing...

TV Series · 2014 – 2017 · USA

Halt and Catch Fire

Christopher Cantwell, Christopher C. Rogers

Drama tracing the personal computing and early internet era through engineers and entrepreneurs.

Miniseries · 2022 · USA

WeCrashed

Dramatization of the rise and collapse of WeWork and its founder Adam Neumann.

Miniseries · 2022 · USA

The Dropout

Dramatization of Elizabeth Holmes and the rise and fall of Theranos.

TV Series · 2022 · USA

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

Dramatization of Travis Kalanick and Uber from scrappy startup to global giant.

TV Series · 2016 – 2018 · USA

StartUp

Thriller about a digital currency startup funded by dirty money in Miami.

Miniseries · 2022 · Sweden

The Playlist

Dramatization of Spotify told from several perspectives including founders, lawyers and artists.

Docudrama · 2019 · USA

Valley of the Boom

Mixed documentary and drama on the dot com boom covering Netscape, theGlobe.com and pixelon.

Miniseries · 2022 · USA

Inventing Anna

Dramatization of Anna Delvey who posed as an heiress to raise money for a club venture.

Miniseries · 2020 · USA

Devs

Alex Garland

Thriller inside a secretive quantum computing division of a powerful tech company.

TV Series · 2015 – 2019 · USA

Mr. Robot

Thriller following a hacker drawn into a plot against a corporate conglomerate.

TV Series · 2013 · USA

Betas

Comedy about four friends building a dating app and trying to raise funding in Silicon Valley.

TV Series · 2020 · India

Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story

Hansal Mehta

The rise and fall of stockbroker Harshad Mehta and the 1992 securities scam.

TV Series · 2023 · India

Scam 2003: The Telgi Story

Hansal Mehta

The story of Abdul Karim Telgi and the fake stamp paper scam.

TV Series · 2022 · India

Rocket Boys

Drama on Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai building India's science institutions.

TV Series · 2024 · India

Bull

TVF drama following a young man navigating India's stock market world.

Web Series · 2019 · India

Hustle

Indian web series following young people chasing startup dreams in a metro city.

Reality · 2021 · India

Shark Tank India

Founders pitch real businesses to a panel of Indian investors for funding.

TV Series · 2016 – 2023 · USA

Billions

Drama about a hedge fund titan and a prosecutor locked in a long battle.

TV Series · 2018 – 2023 · USA

Succession

Jesse Armstrong

Drama about a family fighting over control of a global media empire.

TV Series · 2020 · UK and USA

Industry

Drama about young graduates competing inside a London investment bank.

TV Series · 2007 – 2015 · USA

Mad Men

Drama set in a 1960s advertising agency and the people who build it.

TV Series · 2011 – 2019 · USA

Suits

Drama about a top law firm and a gifted associate without a degree.

TV Series · 2005 – 2013 · USA

The Office

Mockumentary about staff at a struggling paper company branch.

TV Series · 2012 – 2016 · USA

House of Lies

Comedy drama following a team of management consultants and their clients.

TV Series · 2012 – 2014 · USA

The Newsroom

Aaron Sorkin

Drama about a team trying to rebuild a cable news show with higher standards.

TV Series · 2015 – 2020 · USA

Empire

Drama about a family fighting for control of a music and entertainment company.

TV Series · 2004 – 2011 · USA

Entourage

Comedy following a rising actor and his team navigating Hollywood deals.

Anthology · 2011 · UK

Black Mirror

Charlie Brooker

Anthology exploring the dark and unexpected consequences of technology.

TV Series · 2022 · USA

Severance

Ben Stiller

Thriller about employees whose work and personal memories are surgically split.

TV Series · 2019 · USA

The Morning Show

Drama about power and crisis inside a network morning show.

TV Series · 2021 – 2023 · USA

Physical

Drama about a woman building a fitness video empire in the 1980s.

TV Series · 2017 – 2019 · USA

GLOW

Comedy drama about building a women's wrestling television venture in the 1980s.

TV Series · 2017 – 2022 · USA

Ozark

Thriller about a financial planner who launders money for a cartel.

TV Series · 2008 – 2013 · USA

Breaking Bad

Drama about a chemistry teacher who builds a drug empire.

TV Series · 2015 – 2022 · USA

Better Call Saul

Drama tracing a lawyer building a practice and a reputation.

TV Series · 2002 – 2008 · USA

The Wire

Drama examining institutions of a city across several seasons.

TV Series · 2020 · USA

Mythic Quest

Comedy set inside a video game studio shipping and running a live product.

TV Series · 2020 · USA

Upload

Comedy set in a future where a tech company sells a digital afterlife.

TV Series · 2021 – 2022 · USA

Made for Love

Dark comedy about a woman escaping a controlling tech billionaire husband.

TV Series · 2017 – 2021 · USA

The Bold Type

Drama about young women working at a global magazine.

TV Series · 2020 · South Korea

Itaewon Class

Drama about a young man building a restaurant business to challenge a giant rival.

TV Series · 2014 · South Korea

Misaeng: Incomplete Life

Drama about an intern adjusting to life inside a large trading company.

Documentary · 2017 · USA

Becoming Warren Buffett

Documentary on the life and philosophy of investor Warren Buffett.

Docuseries · 2019 · USA

Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates

Three part documentary on Bill Gates, his thinking and his philanthropy.

Documentary · 2021 · USA

WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

Documentary on the rise and collapse of WeWork.

Documentary · 2019 · USA

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

Alex Gibney

Documentary on Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes.

Documentary · 2019 · USA

Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened

Documentary on the failed Fyre Festival.

Documentary · 2019 · USA

Fyre Fraud

A second documentary on the Fyre Festival with founder interviews.

Docuseries · 2021 · USA

LuLaRich

Docuseries on the LuLaRoe clothing multi level marketing company.

Docuseries · 2022 · USA

Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.

Docuseries on a celebrated restaurateur drawn into fraud.

Documentary · 2005 · USA

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Alex Gibney

Documentary on the collapse of Enron.

Documentary · 2018 · USA

General Magic

Documentary on a legendary startup that imagined the smartphone too early.

Documentary · 2011 · USA

Something Ventured

Documentary on the pioneers of venture capital and the companies they backed.

Documentary · 2014 · USA

Print the Legend

Documentary on the race to build the 3D printing industry.

Documentary · 2020 · USA

Console Wars

Documentary on the Sega versus Nintendo battle of the 1990s.

Documentary · 2019 · USA

American Factory

Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert

Documentary on a Chinese company reopening a factory in the United States.

Documentary · 2017 · USA

The China Hustle

Documentary on fraud involving Chinese companies listed in the United States.

Documentary · 2016 · USA

Betting on Zero

Documentary following an investor betting against Herbalife.

Documentary · 2016 · USA

Generation Startup

Documentary following young founders building companies in Detroit.

Docuseries · 2017 – 2019 · USA

Abstract: The Art of Design

Docuseries profiling designers across product, architecture and more.

Docuseries · 2018 · USA

Explained

Short documentary episodes explaining topics including money and business.

Docuseries · 2018 · USA

Dirty Money

Docuseries investigating corporate corruption and scandals.

Docudrama · 2012 · USA

The Men Who Built America

Docudrama on the industrialists who shaped modern American business.

Docuseries · 2019 · USA

The Food That Built America

Docuseries on the entrepreneurs behind major food and drink brands.

Docuseries · 2021 · USA

The Toys That Built America

Docuseries on the founders behind major toy and game brands.

Docuseries · 2021 · USA

The Cars That Built America

Docuseries on the founders and rivalries behind the automobile industry.

Documentary · 2007 · USA

The Pixar Story

Documentary on the rise of Pixar.

Documentary · 2015 · USA

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

Alex Gibney

Documentary examining the legacy and contradictions of Steve Jobs.

Film · 2010 · USA

The Social Network

David Fincher, Aaron Sorkin

Film on the founding of Facebook and the disputes that followed.

Film · 2016 · USA

The Founder

John Lee Hancock

Film on Ray Kroc and how McDonald's was scaled into a franchise empire.

Film · 2015 · USA

Steve Jobs

Danny Boyle, Aaron Sorkin

Film built around three product launches across the Jobs career.

Film · 2013 · USA

Jobs

Biographical film on Steve Jobs from Apple's founding onward.

TV Film · 1999 · USA

Pirates of Silicon Valley

Television film on the rivalry between Apple and Microsoft.

Film · 2011 · USA

Moneyball

Bennett Miller

Film on a baseball team rebuilt using data over conventional wisdom.

Film · 2015 · USA

The Big Short

Adam McKay

Film on the investors who foresaw the 2008 housing crisis.

Film · 2013 · USA

The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese

Film on a stockbroker who built and lost a fortune through fraud.

Film · 1987 · USA

Wall Street

Oliver Stone

Film on a young broker drawn into the world of a ruthless financier.

Film · 2011 · USA

Margin Call

J.C. Chandor

Film set over one night at a bank facing the start of a crisis.

Film · 1992 · USA

Glengarry Glen Ross

Film about real estate salesmen under intense pressure to close.

Film · 2006 · USA

The Pursuit of Happyness

Gabriele Muccino

Film on a struggling salesman working toward a stockbroker role.

Film · 2015 · USA

Joy

David O. Russell

Film on an inventor who builds a product business against the odds.

Film · 2023 · USA

Air

Ben Affleck

Film on Nike's pursuit of a signature deal with Michael Jordan.

Film · 2008 · USA

Flash of Genius

Film on an inventor fighting a corporation over his windshield wiper patent.

Film · 1988 · USA

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Francis Ford Coppola

Film on an entrepreneur trying to build an innovative car against incumbents.

Film · 2019 · USA

Ford v Ferrari

James Mangold

Film on the effort to build a car that could beat Ferrari at Le Mans.

Film · 2023 · Canada

BlackBerry

Matt Johnson

Film on the rise and fall of the company behind the BlackBerry.

Film · 2023 · USA

Tetris

Thriller on the fight to license the rights to the game Tetris.

Film · 2023 · USA

Dumb Money

Film on the GameStop short squeeze driven by retail investors.

Film · 2017 · USA

The Current War

Film on the rivalry between Edison and Westinghouse over electric power.

Film · 2015 · USA

The Intern

Nancy Meyers

Film on a founder running a fast growing e-commerce fashion startup.

Film · 2021 · India

The Big Bull

Film inspired by a stockbroker and a major financial scam in India.

Film · 2007 · India

Guru

Mani Ratnam

Film inspired by the rise of an Indian business tycoon.

Film · 2009 · India

Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year

Film on a young salesman who starts a company inside his own employer.

Film · 2010 · India

Band Baaja Baaraat

Film about two friends starting a wedding planning business together.

Film · 2018 · India

Bazaar

Film on a young trader chasing success under a powerful stock market mentor.

Film · 2019 · India

Super 30

Film on Anand Kumar who builds a free coaching program for poor students.

Film · 2020 · India

Maska

Film on a young man torn between his family Irani cafe and his own dreams.

TV Series · 2019 · India

Made in Heaven

Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti

Drama about two friends running a high end wedding planning company in Delhi.

TV Series · 2020 – 2022 · India

Masaba Masaba

Scripted show loosely based on the life of fashion designer and founder Masaba Gupta.

TV Series · 2021 · India

Aspirants

TVF drama about friends preparing for the UPSC civil services exam.

TV Series · 2019 – 2021 · India

Kota Factory

Drama set in the coaching hub of Kota following students chasing engineering entrance exams.

TV Series · 2020 · India

Cubicles

TVF drama about a young engineer in his first corporate job.

TV Series · 2021 · India

Bombay Begums

Drama about five women navigating ambition and power across a Mumbai bank.

TV Series · 2019 · India

City of Dreams

Nagesh Kukunoor

Drama about a political family fighting for control after the patriarch is attacked.

TV Series · 2023 · India

Farzi

Raj and DK

Thriller about a struggling artist who builds a counterfeit currency operation.

TV Series · 2020 · India

Mismatched

Coming of age drama set at a summer coding and technology program.

TV Series · 2020 · India

Aarya

Ram Madhvani

Drama about a woman forced to take over the family business after a crisis.

TV Series · 2022 · India

Guilty Minds

Legal drama following lawyers on opposing sides at competing firms.

TV Series · 2018 · India

Mirzapur

Crime drama about families fighting to control an illicit business empire in a small city.

TV Series · 2023 · India

Jubilee

Vikramaditya Motwane

Period drama about the building of a film studio in post independence India.

TV Series · 2021 · India

Call My Agent: Bollywood

Comedy drama about a talent agency managing film stars and constant crises.

TV Series · 2019 · India

Four More Shots Please

Comedy drama following four women through careers, ambition and friendship in Mumbai.

Docuseries · 2023 · India

The Romantics

Smriti Mundhra

Docuseries on Yash Chopra and the building of the Yash Raj Films studio.

Film · 2020 · India

Soorarai Pottru

Sudha Kongara

Tamil film inspired by the founder of a low cost airline in India.

Film · 2016 · India

Pelli Choopulu

Tharun Bhascker

Telugu film about two people who start a food truck business together.

Film · 2018 · India

Padman

R. Balki

Film inspired by a social entrepreneur who built low cost sanitary pad machines.

Film · 2018 · India

Sui Dhaaga

Sharat Katariya

Film about a couple building their own handmade clothing brand.

Film · 2009 · India

3 Idiots

Rajkumar Hirani

Film about engineering students and a friend who values curiosity over conformity.

Film · 2006 · India

Corporate

Madhur Bhandarkar

Film about rivalry and dirty tactics between two large business houses.

Film · 2018 · India

Mitron

Film about a directionless young man who starts a food cart business.

Film · 2004 · India

Swades

Ashutosh Gowariker

Film about an engineer settled abroad who returns and helps a village build its own power...

Docuseries · 2020 · India

Bad Boy Billionaires: India

Docuseries on the rise and fall of several high profile Indian businessmen.