The Entrepreneur Forum | Financial Freedom | Starting a Business | Motivation | Money | Success

Welcome to the only entrepreneur forum dedicated to building life-changing wealth.

Build a Fastlane business. Earn real financial freedom. Join free.

Join over 80,000 entrepreneurs who have rejected the paradigm of mediocrity and said "NO!" to underpaid jobs, ascetic frugality, and suffocating savings rituals— learn how to build a Fastlane business that pays both freedom and lifestyle affluence.

Free registration at the forum removes this block.

Movies to watch with Fastlane Mindset/ Lessons?

MJ DeMarco

I followed the science; all I found was money.
Staff member
FASTLANE INSIDER
EPIC CONTRIBUTOR
Read Rat-Race Escape!
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Summit Attendee
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
445%
Jul 23, 2007
38,083
169,529
Utah
The Revolutionary Road ... it reinforces Fastlane by negatively demonstrating the Slowlane death grip.
 

Fox

Legendary Contributor
Staff member
FASTLANE INSIDER
EPIC CONTRIBUTOR
Read Rat-Race Escape!
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Summit Attendee
Speedway Pass
Forum Sponsor
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
690%
Aug 19, 2015
3,881
26,766
Europe
I think the Groundhog Day movie is a good apology of going from a Slowlane to a Fastlane Mindset.


He starts off totally depressed and jaded at life, he tries to shortcut everything without any process and is bitter at life.

He then starts to wake up and go for what he really wants in life but still has lots of failures and doesn't quite get the concept of process (earning it) just yet.

He eventually learns to add a lot of value, give back to other people, improve his mindset and build real connections.

I know its a comedy but it shows the difference that changes in your daily routine and outlook have when compounded over months/years. For him it just happens to be the same day compounded!
 
Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.
Last edited:

jsk29

Silver Contributor
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
314%
Jul 30, 2014
229
720
US
The Billionaire


From IMDB:
What are you doing at his age? Age 16, TOP gained 400,000 Baht monthly from playing online games. Age 17, He was willing to fail school and instead earned money from selling chestnuts for 2,000 baht. Age 18, His family went bankrupt and remained 40 million Baht in debt. Age 19, He released Tao Kae Noi seaweed to more than 3,000 branches at 7-Eleven. At this present, Top is a 26-year-old businessman, the owner of the bestselling seaweed in Thailand. He owns 85 percent of the market share which is equivalent to 800 million Baht a year, and has 2,000 employees in his company. The Billionaire will let you get to know Top Ittipat in details about how he turned himself from an online game addict whom always got disparaged by teachers, to a famous young billionaire. How did he raise himself up to this position? Surely, everyone desires to get rich, yet not everyone dares to succeed like him. Find the answers that have made Top become a billionaire, while you still can.
 

vinylawesome

Silver Contributor
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
276%
Aug 11, 2012
253
698
The Founder. The true story of how Ray Kroc took a small hamburger operation and built it into a worldwide empire. The movie highlights the early days of the business. The struggles as well as the smart decisions that led Mcdonald's into the real estate business.

Quotes from Grinding it Out: The Making of Mcdonald's by Ray Kroc:

"The McDonald brothers were simply not on my wavelength at all. I was obsessed with the idea of making McDonald's the biggest and the best. They were content with what they had; they didn't want to be bothered with more risks and more demands."

"I was never much of a reader when I was a boy. Books bored me. I liked action. But I spent a lot of time thinking about things. I’d imagine all kinds of situations and how I would handle them."

"I was 52 years old. I had diabetes and incipient arthritis. I had lost my gall bladder and most of my thyroid gland in earlier campaigns, but I was convinced that the best was ahead of me."

 

MB2

Bronze Contributor
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
137%
Sep 20, 2016
169
232
A Tiny island down the ocean (Ceylon)
Pursuit of happiness is a good one.There you have more of the motivation and mindset.And the film is based on a real life story
 
Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

startinup

Bronze Contributor
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
328%
Jul 8, 2016
78
256
29
I can recommend to you:


The Wolf of Wall Street(2014)- Jordan Belfort earnes countless money at the wallstreet.
To my mind that's one of the best movies about fastlane success.
You also get in touch with the luxury lifestyle and all its benefits and downsides.

The social Network (2010) - Young coder Mark Zuckerberg creates Facebook.
Still one of my favorite fastlane stories.
From Harvard to the youngest billionaire on earth.

Jobs (2013) - The autobiography of Steve Jobs.
Very motivating to see how apple started out as garage company to one of the most influential companies ever.


But there are also classics like Scarface or American Gangster.

Stay motivated and reach your goals, buddy:fistbump:

The Wolf of Wall Street is terrible for showing fastlane ideals. It's not about providing value... It's about lying your a$$ off and becoming rich by doing it.
 

Kak

Legendary Contributor
FASTLANE INSIDER
EPIC CONTRIBUTOR
Read Rat-Race Escape!
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Summit Attendee
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
493%
Jan 23, 2011
9,678
47,666
34
Texas
It’s disappointing that most of these movies, though extremely enjoyable, demonize business to some people and encourage shit ethics to others.

The Steve Jobs movie is a good one for inspiration.

I have also recently enjoyed the history channel series “The Men Who Built America.”
 
Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

SquatchMan

Gold Contributor
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
383%
Dec 27, 2016
452
1,731
Nowhere
I can recommend to you:


The Wolf of Wall Street(2014)- Jordan Belfort earnes countless money at the wallstreet.
To my mind that's one of the best movies about fastlane success.
You also get in touch with the luxury lifestyle and all its benefits and downsides.

Wolf of Wall Street is not fastlane at all. It's basically the sidewalk's version of what the fastlane looks like.

Belfort also ended up in prison for 22 months for fraud. I highly doubt any of the high rep posters here run a business like Belfort.
 

MJ DeMarco

I followed the science; all I found was money.
Staff member
FASTLANE INSIDER
EPIC CONTRIBUTOR
Read Rat-Race Escape!
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Summit Attendee
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
445%
Jul 23, 2007
38,083
169,529
Utah
It’s disappointing that most of these movies, though extremely enjoyable, demonize business to some people and encourage sh*t ethics to others.

Of course they do. That's the default Hollywood narrative. How can we scream "tax the rich" if we cast our rich guy as honorable, ethical, and culture shifting?

I have also recently enjoyed the history channel series “The Men Who Built America.”

Yes, that's a great series. Even better, I think they showed how much an a**hole Edison was. (I think it was this series!)
 

domifreezy

Contributor
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
129%
Dec 7, 2016
21
27
25
I can recommend to you:


The Wolf of Wall Street(2014)- Jordan Belfort earnes countless money at the wallstreet.
To my mind that's one of the best movies about fastlane success.
You also get in touch with the luxury lifestyle and all its benefits and downsides.

The social Network (2010) - Young coder Mark Zuckerberg creates Facebook.
Still one of my favorite fastlane stories.
From Harvard to the youngest billionaire on earth.

Jobs (2013) - The autobiography of Steve Jobs.
Very motivating to see how apple started out as garage company to one of the most influential companies ever.


But there are also classics like Scarface or American Gangster.

Stay motivated and reach your goals, buddy:fistbump:
 

MJ DeMarco

I followed the science; all I found was money.
Staff member
FASTLANE INSIDER
EPIC CONTRIBUTOR
Read Rat-Race Escape!
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Summit Attendee
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
445%
Jul 23, 2007
38,083
169,529
Utah
Joy, the story of the NY inventor who started as a waitress.

Kinda depressing and made somewhat dramatic, but it shows the process, the struggle, and the desert of desertion and other things.
 

PizzaOnTheRoof

Moving Forward
Read Rat-Race Escape!
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
220%
Jul 30, 2018
1,218
2,682
Texas
Hi, I think The social network isn't a good film because it shows practically nothing about the process that took to create facebook. I mean, it's like an event film about what was a process.

That's only my opinion, of course.
I agree. Once again it's a movie that shows how screwing people over and being some genius is the only way to become successful.
 

mguerra

Bronze Contributor
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
124%
Mar 23, 2015
192
238
31
The Founder. The true story of how Ray Kroc took a small hamburger operation and built it into a worldwide empire. The movie highlights the early days of the business. The struggles as well as the smart decisions that led Mcdonald's into the real estate business.

Quotes from Grinding it Out: The Making of Mcdonald's by Ray Kroc:

"The McDonald brothers were simply not on my wavelength at all. I was obsessed with the idea of making McDonald's the biggest and the best. They were content with what they had; they didn't want to be bothered with more risks and more demands."

"I was never much of a reader when I was a boy. Books bored me. I liked action. But I spent a lot of time thinking about things. I’d imagine all kinds of situations and how I would handle them."

"I was 52 years old. I had diabetes and incipient arthritis. I had lost my gall bladder and most of my thyroid gland in earlier campaigns, but I was convinced that the best was ahead of me."


Seems to be a kick a$$ movie! Thanks for sharing
 
Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

ChrisV

Legendary Contributor
EPIC CONTRIBUTOR
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
225%
May 10, 2015
3,141
7,055
Islands of Calleja

Santi M

See you on the fastlane
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
140%
Jul 22, 2018
150
210
Fastlane
The social Network (2010)
Hi, I think The social network isn't a good film because it shows practically nothing about the process that took to create facebook. I mean, it's like an event film about what was a process.

That's only my opinion, of course.
 
Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

Lionhearted

Silver Contributor
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
266%
May 29, 2012
289
770
Killeen Texas
It’s disappointing that most of these movies, though extremely enjoyable, demonize business to some people and encourage sh*t ethics to others.

The Steve Jobs movie is a good one for inspiration.

I have also recently enjoyed the history channel series “The Men Who Built America.”
If it comes from Hollywood it will demonize business, money and success ALWAYS. It will always paint the rich and successful as underhanded and evil. That's why I avoid watching it.
 
Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

Almantas

Nothing to Lose
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
475%
Dec 21, 2015
887
4,210
32
Ireland

REV5028

Silver Contributor
FASTLANE INSIDER
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
283%
Oct 29, 2022
245
693
32
New Mexico
I sometimes draw great motivation from examples of what not to do or how not to be, so I suggest to you Idiocracy (link to YouTube trailer). It's a satirical film on the consequences of runaway sidewalk- and slowlane-ism.
 
Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

TheCj

Bronze Contributor
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
191%
Jan 3, 2017
223
425
Ontario, Canada
Big Night

Lesson : Sell what the market loves, not what you love.
Was an enjoyable watch, Thanks!

Some good lines:
"Give to people what they want, then later you can give what you want"

"I am a businessman, I'm anything I need to be at anytime"
 

AgainstAllOdds

Legendary Contributor
EPIC CONTRIBUTOR
Read Fastlane!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
647%
Dec 26, 2014
2,274
14,724
32
Chicago, IL
Blow

Blow.jpg


Dallas Buyer's Club

dallas-buyers-club-2013-03.jpg


War Dogs

large_war_dogs_ver2.jpg


Brits get rich in China


These are decent movies which explore the process of sourcing, supplying, and growing. Obviously they're criminal oriented (since criminal films are more entertaining that business), but still have valuable lessons.
 

Brad S

Bronze Contributor
Jan 23, 2014
99
357
48
New Jersey
Breaking Bad (AMC series)

Wall Street (80s original)

Billions (Showtime series)

Collateral (Though not a business movie it's about taking control of your life)

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
 
Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

jon2089

Bronze Contributor
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
173%
Feb 11, 2017
81
140
34
US
The Founder, It is about the making of McDonalds
 

Post New Topic

Please SEARCH before posting.
Please select the BEST category.

Post new topic

Guest post submissions offered HERE.

Latest Posts

New Topics

Fastlane Insiders

View the forum AD FREE.
Private, unindexed content
Detailed process/execution threads
Ideas needing execution, more!

Join Fastlane Insiders.

Top