Ghostbusters.<p>They identified a niche, bootstrapped their company, solved a real pain point for their customers, and spread through word of mouth from their satisfied customers to become the dominant player in their space.
There is also the TV-series "Halt and Catch Fire".<p>Slightly related movie suggestions, based on their interruptive theme: "Field of Dreams", "Moneyball", "The Wolfs of Wall Street"
This documentary captures the early dotcom era<p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Nerds" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Nerds</a>
Middle men:<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1251757/" rel="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1251757/</a><p>The bell idea was great.
Silicon Valley[0] is quite funny if you get the culture references. And sometimes it is also quite spot-on in its critique.<p>[0]: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2575988/?ref_=nv_sr_1" rel="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2575988/?ref_=nv_sr_1</a>
The Social Network, Middle Men, Silicon Valley(series), Halt and Catch Fire(series), Blow(non-traditional), First 20 Million Is Always the Hardest, How To Make It In America(series), Startup.com, Pirates of Silicon Valley