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Leadership Movies

Many films present provocative and sometimes inspiring views of leadership. The models are often deeply flawed (it is drama, afterall) but sometimes insightful and incredibly useful for creating dialogue. To generate a deep conversation about leadership, or just to reflect on what leadership means to you and how you operate as a leader in comparison, try any of the following movies:

  • A Beautiful Mind
  • Airforce One
  • Apollo 13
  • The Apostle
  • Batman Begins
  • Bridge On The River Kwai
  • Chariots of Fire
  • Charlie Wilson's War
  • Citizen Kane
  • The Color Purple
  • Crimson Tide
  • The Dark Knight
  • Dead Poets Society
  • The Doctor
  • Dr. Strangelove
  • Drumline
  • Erin Brockovich
  • Fail Safe
  • Field of Dreams
  • Ghandi
  • Glengarry Glen Ross
  • Glory
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  • Henry V.
  • Hoosiers
  • It's A Wonderful Life
  • Jerry Maguire
  • Karate Kid
  • The Kingdom
  • Ladder 49
  • The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit
  • The Manchurian Candidate
  • Master and Commander
  • Mr. Holland's Opus
  • My Fair Lady
  • Norma Rae
  • October Sky
  • Office Space
  • Patch Adams
  • Phenomenon
  • Pygmalian
  • Regarding Henry
  • Remember the Titans
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Schindler's List
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Simon Birch
  • Stand and Deliver
  • Titanic
  • To Kill A Mockingbird
  • Wall Street
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • Working Girl
  • X-Men


Each film on the list provides its own insights into leadership. And, this is just a partial start at the list of movies with something to say about leadership,


What movies would you add to the list?



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