Big Night (1996), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), The Founder (2016), Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988), My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Queen of Hearts (1989), You've Got Mail (1998), It Happened to Jane (1959) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Small Business movies.
Storyline: An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After "the Kid's" persistence is tested he's given a tour of the man's plant, and they begin talking of a joint venture. Things get more complicated when the Coca-Cola man begins falling in love with his temporary secretary, who seems to have connections to the valley.—Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
Plot Keywords: marketing executive, entrepreneur, secretary, single mother, waiter, ex-husband, confident ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Emily, a lawyer, returned to her small hometown of Nelson Creek four months ago following the death of her Nonna to take over running Nonna's business which she named after her granddaughter: Emily's Bakery. Beyond not seeing Nonna before she passed, Emily is not sad about this new career path as baking has always been a passion ever since Nonna took her into the kitchen at age five, and discovered in making the move back to Nelson Creek that law never really was. This new life in Nelson Creek hits a snag when she learns that Nonna was deep in debt - the massive loan which Emily didn't know was for her law education - and may have to sell some of Nonna's assets, the house where Emily now lives and/or the bakery. The house may be the more prudent item to liquidate with Forge Mart, the chain supermarket located across the street from the bakery, having just opened its own in-house bakery, it the only other made-from-scratch bakery in town as competition to Emily which lessens the market value of her own business. This decision was that of Forge Mart's new cutthroat, win-at-all-cost manager Adele Atmore. Adele has hired Gerard, a suave Frenchman who is classically trained in patisserie, he who does not see Emily as competition but rather baking comrades who can learn from each other. Emily does not view Gerard in quite the same way in the survival of the bakery her focus. Things have the potential to change when on December 1, Emily mysteriously receives an advent calendar from an anonymous giver. When Emily reads the message enclosed in day one of the calendar, Chey, her assistant, can tell by the warmth and love of the message that it is from a secret admirer, and that she should open the calendar and read the enclosed subsequent messages day by day as intended to reveal the identity of the giver, the secret admirer, on December 24. Being made privy to all the subsequent messages and trying to guess the identity of the secret admirer becomes the talk of Nelson Creek. While some men are higher in the running - such as James the banker, Eddie the civic handyman, and Chuck the Christmas tree lot guy - with some of Emily's female friends secretly hoping it not for their own reasons, it may be Gerard who has that special insight into the identity of the secret admirer.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: frenchman, american woman, baker, cook, community member, customer, lawyer ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When Kristy Thomas, president of The Baby-Sitters Club, has a brilliant idea to run a summer day camp, the girls all agree it's the perfect way to spend their summer together. But life gets complicated as budding romance, family problems, and three rival teen girls conspire to ruin the club, all putting the friendships between the members to the test.—Rebekah Swain
Plot Keywords: teen girl, man, babysitter, mother, father, neighbor, mushy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After her father's death, Mary Rainey takes over the Rainey Circus (which operates twice daily, rain or shine) but runs into financial troubles. In one bit reminiscent of the Marx Brothers, the circus performers are up to some ridiculous antics at a dinner party with the family of Bud Conway, Mary's beau. As times become worse and the performers go on strike, Mary must try to save the circus from rioting patrons.—Paul Donahue
Plot Keywords: vaudevillian, circus owner, sidekick, circus performer, madcap, playful, hilarious ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his business. Calvin is again struggling to keep his father's shop and traditions alive--this time against urban developers looking to replace mom and pop establishments with name-brand chains. The world changes, but some things never go out of style--from current events and politics to relationships and love, you can still say anything you want at the barbershop.
Plot Keywords: businessman, barber, rival, friend, love interest, lighthearted, uplifting ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The two owners of the Long Shot Copies shop struggle against a copying giant, King Co. Having gotten their start from a one hundred thousand dollar windfall when one of them hit a promotional mid-court basketball shot, they have to find a way to keep their company afloat or fold. Thus starts a series of gimmicks and a war against the opposition, particularly after they are visited by a corporate thug.—John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
Plot Keywords: entrepreneur, best friend, corporate stooge, girlfriend, rapper, businessman, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Faced with the daunting task of supporting seven children by herself, Irish widow Agnes Browne (Anjelica Huston) struggles to break even. In addition to selling produce at a nearby market, she borrows heavily from a local moneylender, the greedy Mr. Billy (Ray Winstone). It's a bleak reality, brightened somewhat by the support of her best friend Marion Monks (Marion O'Dwyer). Eventually, a glimmer of hope materializes when she's invited to a Tom Jones concert as the date of a smitten Frenchman.
Plot Keywords: widow, loan shark, friend, frenchman, child, emotional, playful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sweet-natured Dave (John Lithgow) is having an affair with Sunny (Teri Garr), the wife of his blustery long-time partner, Ernie (Bruce McGill), with whom he owns a butcher's shop. One night after an argument, Dave knocks out Ernie and leaves him in an open meat locker. Sunny comes by and, in a fit of anger, locks Ernie in the store's freezer. When Ernie is found frozen to death, Dave think he's responsible. Meanwhile, dim-witted Detective Lester (Randy Quaid) is hot on the murderer's trail.
Plot Keywords: butcher, wife, detective, husband, partner, lover, hilarious ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In this sequel to "The Emperor's New Groove," former meddler Kronk (Patrick Warburton) has turned over a new leaf and now runs a bustling pizza parlor in an Incan village. When Kronk hears that his judgmental father, Papi (John Mahoney), plans to visit, he scrambles to raise money to impress him. And, just when it seems as if he might succeed, Kronk's evil former employer, Yzma (Eartha Kitt), appears, with an eye toward drawing him back into her crooked ways.
Plot Keywords: sorceress, assistant, chef, father, girlfriend, hilarious, frenetic ...
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