I don’t know how: 10 movies about real businesswomen

They run companies, make big deals, and know exactly what they want. Yes, you are not mistaken, the main role today is a business woman. What to watch?

“The Offer” (2009)

A movie starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds is now a must-watch for anyone “focused on their career”. He’s a demanding boss, he’s his young assistant, and… an imaginary husband. But is it that imaginary?

“Big Little Me” (2010)

In Jan Samuel’s (“If you dare, fall in love with me”) comedy melodrama, Sophie Marceau is about Margot Flor, a successful businesswoman with multi-million-euro deals and whose life is planned minute-by-minute for the next six months (even with her lover, she has a quiet talk no more than once a month). meet in the atmosphere). But one day an old notary brings him a letter that begins with the words: “My dear, I am seven years old now and I am writing this letter so that you do not forget the promises you made to yourself and remember who you want. to be …”.

“I Don’t Know How You Do It” (2011)

Kate (Sarah Jessica Parker) is a fund manager and mother of two. Unlike men who can’t do two things at the same time, she can do a hundred at once: change diapers, trade stocks, make things right with her husband, fend off a dumb boss, and much more. His life consists of a series of funny, weird and ridiculous situations in which he constantly finds himself in order to squeeze two lives together.

“Intern” (2015)

Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway in an intimate comedy melodrama about retirement not over yet and how career obsession can ruin a life.

“Joy” (2015)

An ironic biography about the American dream starring Jennifer Lawrence. This is the story of the hapless Joy, who turns into a woman who is the founder and head of a family and business dynasty for four generations.

“Dangerous Game Sloane” (2016)

Jessica Chastain stars as Elizabeth Sloan, the most wanted and risky lobbyist and ambitious political business shark, in the political thriller. But when she takes on the most difficult task of her career, she realizes that the price of victory can be very high.

“Big Boss” (2016)

A comedy starring Melissa McCarthy about a businesswoman (industrial tycoon) who finds herself in prison after being burned in shady deals. After serving his sentence, he dreams of atonement for his crime and making the status of a scammer a universal favorite, but not all scam victims are ready to reconsider their attitude towards him.

“Little” (2019)

Jordan Sanders, a tough business woman, wakes up one morning to look like she was thirteen before making the biggest deal of her career. And the only person who knows that the obnoxious boss is trapped in a teenager’s strange body at a time when everything is at stake is his assistant.

“Real Bosses” (2020)

Best friends since college, Mia (Tiffany Haddish) and Mel (Rose Byrne) run a small cosmetics company they started from the ground up, only their business is on the verge of bankruptcy. That’s when they get an offer they can’t refuse – industry giant Claire Luna (Salma Hayek) offers to pay off their debt in exchange for a stake in the company. Now, the heroes’ long-term friendship will be tested for strength.

“Madame Claude” (2021)

French biographical drama set in 1960s Paris. Madame Claude runs a thriving prostitution business that wields power over the French political and criminal world. But the end of his empire is closer than he thinks.