6 Best Inventor and Entrepreneur Biopic Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 4, 2026

Great inventors are ambitious, rivalrous and often hard to be around. Tesla follows the visionary who never quite made it commercially, The Current War has Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse battling over whose electrical system will power America, and Steve Jobs and Jobs track a technology pioneer’s obsessions. Flash of Genius and Young Tom Edison round out the six.

Tesla (2020)

TMDB ★ 5.6

The visionary but commercially unlucky inventor struggles to get his radical ideas past a sceptical world.

Directed by Michael Almereyda · 1h 42m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Sundance Now · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Current War (2018)

TMDB ★ 6.1

Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse fight a bitter rivalry over whose electrical system will power the country.

Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon · 1h 48m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Fandango At Home

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Steve Jobs (2015)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Three pivotal product launches reveal the brilliant, difficult personality behind a technology visionary.

Directed by Danny Boyle · 2h 03m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Jobs (2013)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A college dropout's obsessive vision turns a garage startup into one of the world's most valuable companies.

Directed by Joshua Michael Stern · 2h 09m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Starz Apple TV channel, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Flash of Genius (2008)

TMDB ★ 7.1

An engineer wages a decades-long legal battle against a major carmaker for stealing his intermittent windscreen wiper.

Directed by Marc Abraham · 1h 59m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Young Tom Edison (1940)

TMDB ★ 6.5

A curious, accident-prone young boy's relentless experiments hint at the inventive genius he'll become.

Directed by Norman Taurog · 1h 26m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Inventor and Entrepreneur Biopic Movies

Tesla (2020)

The Current War (2018)

Steve Jobs (2015)

Jobs (2013)

Flash of Genius (2008)

Young Tom Edison (1940)

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