Ask HN: Can someone please recommend interesting startup/tech documentaries?

34 points by hassaanm 14 years ago | 24 comments

Can someone please recommend interesting startup/tech documentaries? Thanks!

catshirt 14 years ago |

http://www.weliveinpublicthemovie.com/

it's a documentary about josh harris- mostly his startups after jupiter. pseudo.com, and a bunch of people living underground.

the beginning covers a bit of the early nyc scene in general as well. pretty cool movie if you take it for what it's worth. jason calacanis and fred wilson both make appearances.

hassaanm 14 years ago | |

This is a good one. I've seen it before; very entertaining.

jaydz 14 years ago |

Code Rush is a doc filmed about 11 years ago. It followed the engineers of the Netscape browser. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u404SLJj7ig

pstack 14 years ago | |

I was an engineer at Netscape through the period this documentary covers and it's one of my favorite (though bittersweet) documentaries. I wasn't involved in the development side, so my involvement with most of those featured was quite limited, but . . . what a great piece. I'd also couple it with (what I'm sure has been mentioned elsewhere, but I've not read that far, yet) Revolution OS ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaC8Pq9-V0 ).

corysama 14 years ago | |

If I wanted someone outside of the industry to understand what it's like to ship a big project with a hard deadline, I'd refer them to that video.

mrphoebs 14 years ago | |

This is what got me hooked on to startups when I was a kid.

ISeemToBeAVerb 14 years ago |

If you haven't seen Startup dot com (the movie, not website), that's a good place to start.

blackboxxx 14 years ago | |

Seconded. One of my all-time favorite documentaries.

hassaanm 14 years ago |

For what it's worth, I'll mention this.

I've seen a few episodes of Startup Junkies (http://www.hulu.com/start-up-junkies). It's not the greatest but fairly entertaining.

Also, Indie Game: The Movie seems pretty interesting. I'm not sure when it'll be out though. http://www.indiegamethemovie.com/

subpixel 14 years ago |

Triumph of the Nerds is interesting, though your significant other is not likely to think so (unless they're a hacker as well)

http://bit.ly/mmVlhF

athst 14 years ago | |

Triumph of the Nerds is amazing. Some of Steve Jobs' best quotes come from there. It's interesting to see in historical context as well - Microsoft was still on top, and Apple was going through hard times.

Contractor69 14 years ago |

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup.com

Chronicles the build up and ultimate failure of govworks.com in 2000-2001

threepointone 14 years ago |

Not a documentary, but http://folklore.org is an incredible resource of true stories in Apple when they were starting out.

Also not a documentary (and exaggerated in parts), but I've always had a soft spot for Pirates of Silicon Valley. It's a good watch.

mynameishere 14 years ago |

This has been criticized as inaccurate but it's the #2 best made-for-tv movie (after "the day after")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xflXMZL2stU

thornkin 14 years ago | |

Pirates of Silicon Valley is a great movie. Noah Wyle makes a great Steve Jobs.

hassaanm 14 years ago | |