Team building movies are films that showcase incredible leadership or feature the assembling of a team of misfits to achieve a difficult mission. Viewing these movies with your team inspires everyone to work better together and to believe in a common goal. Also, because you and your team are watching movies, the process is a low-pressure method to impart important lessons about teamwork to your colleagues.
Watching movies together is a pastime that unites people and tugs at the emotions like no other. From sports movies to movies about teams coming together, here is our list of the best team building movies to inspire your colleagues.
Miracle is about the American ice hockey team that triumphs over the Soviet team during the 1980 Winter Olympics. Despite originally suffering from college rivalries, the hockey team eventually bands together. The team begins playing as athletes from the United States, rather than their individual hometowns or college teams. Nominated for being one of the best sports movies of all time, Miracle provides a great example of a team uniting behind a common identity.
Based loosely on the Milan High School team that won the 1954 state championship, Hoosiers is a film about a coach with a troubled past who manages to get a small-town high school basketball team to win the state championship. This heartfelt portrayal of a determined coach and his team teaches your colleagues that everyone has value to bring to the organization.
The Mighty Ducks is a film about a coach who takes a peewee ice hockey team from being chronic losers to winners of the league. This cult classic is a satisfying watch, since it features an underdog story, where the Ducks face off with the team that the coach used to play for. Not only will your team cheer for the Ducks, but they will also learn the value of teamwork.
Thirteen Days is a dramatization of the days leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis. During this tense time, President John F. Kennedy and his advisors must reach a deal with the Soviet Union to prevent an act of war that could trigger nuclear warfare. Watching this wonderful example of teamwork in movies reminds your team how pivotal it is to collaborate well while under stress.
Inspired by a historical event, The Great Escape is a fictionalized account of a mass escape by Allied soldiers from a German POW camp. Despite only a few soldiers successfully evading recapture and the film ending in tragedy, The Great Escape shows how essential persistence and adherence to your goals are, even if the ultimate objectives are highly improbable.
Take the Lead is a dance movie, where Pierre Dulaine teaches a group of high school students in detention ballroom dancing. The film details the process through which Pierre gradually gets the students to trust him, and enter a dance competition. Take the Lead shows how teamwork, respect, and dignity spurs the students to reach for their goals.
School of Rock is a musical comedy film, where Dewey Finn, a down on his luck guitarist, impersonates a substitute teacher to get a fifth grade class ready to compete in Battle of the Bands as part of a scheme to pay his rent. As your team watches this hilarious movie, they will see and be inspired by how the young students come together to form a talented band.
Ghostbusters is an acclaimed comedy film, where three ex-scientists at Columbia University team up with a fourth member to combat a supernatural threat in New York City. Despite government officials attempting to shut down the Ghostbusters, the group uses their brains and tech to defeat a demigod of destruction. Your team will have fun watching Ghostbusters, and learning how resourcefulness and persistence can save the day.
The Incredibles is an animated movie about a family of superheroes who work together to save the world from a former fan turned foe. Taking place in a world where superheroes are banned by the government, The Incredibles is a family-friendly film that teaches your team members to value their special skills, and put aside your differences to accomplish tasks.
Armageddon is a film about a group of blue-collar deep sea drillers who train to become astronauts so they can prevent an asteroid from colliding with the earth. This unlikely team must undergo intense NASA training and cooperate to save the world. A fun movie about a team coming together, Armageddon teaches your coworkers the pros of working together and the importance of sacrifice in service of a mission.
Kung Fu Panda is an animated movie about Po, who inadvertently becomes the Dragon Warrior and must defeat the evil Tai Lung. While enduring excruciating training, Po befriends and earns the respect of the Furious Five, a group of kung fu masters. Great for the whole family, Kung Fu Panda teaches your team that everyone has value within themselves.
Watching team building movies with your coworkers is a heartwarming experience that also inspires everyone to work better together without feeling like a lecture. The next time you organize a team bonding moment, schedule a movie night and put on one of these movies about collaboration. Your team will not only have a great time, but also may become more productive and engaged with work as a result.
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U.S. Grand Jury Prizes
The ranking award is the Grand Jury Prize, which recognizes a film in both the U.S. Dramatic and U.S. Documentary Competitions as the best from the independent film community this year.
World Cinema Grand Jury Prizes
The highest award for international films, the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize recognizes the best dramatic and documentary work in international independent filmmaking this year.
Directing Award
The Directing Award honors directors in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, U.S. Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition, and World Cinema Documentary Competition.
Special Jury Awards
Jurors give a number of Special Jury Awards recognizing excellence in the craft of filmmaking. Inspired by the Art of Film Weekend, these prizes are chosen by their respective juries as they deem appropriate. The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award will still be given given to a U.S. Dramatic film for excellence in screenwriting.
NEXT Innovator Award
This award recognizes the most innovative and forward-thinking film screened in the NEXT category. The prize is awarded by an iconic figure regarded as an important innovator in their respective field. This single juror will choose one film that they believe to be the most innovative.
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
Provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, this juried award is presented to the writer and director of an outstanding feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme or depicting a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character.
Jury Prizes and Awards in Short Filmmaking
The following prizes and awards are bestowed on short films in the Festival that exemplify outstanding vision and creativity in their respective categories:
Lisa Ogdie is a Shorts Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival and also North America Cinema Programmer for Soho House & Co. She has been part of the Sundance shorts programming team since 2009, selecting the Sundance short film slate from over 10,000 submissions, and has moderated Q&A discussions and panels for BAFTA Los Angeles, Sundance, Toronto Film Festival and the American Pavilion at Cannes.
Sudeep is a Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival focusing on documentary feature films. Having started at Sundance in 2008 as a screener of international documentary features for the festival and a reader for the labs, he has previously been an Associate Programmer, Documentaries and Shorts Programmer. He is also Director of Programming for the Palm Springs International ShortFest where he has programmed since 2014. He has also worked in programming at many festivals including the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, Aspen ShortsFest, LA Film Festival, AFI Fest, Tribeca, Indian Kaleidoscope Film Festival and was Director of Public Programming for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science. A native of New Jersey, Sudeep has a BA in English from George Washington University, MA and Ph.D. in Cinema and Media Studies from UCLA. He has taught film and television history, industry and criticism courses at universities throughout Southern California.
Basil Tsiokos is a Senior Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival, focusing on documentary features. He was most recently with DOC NYC for nearly a decade, serving as Director of Programming since 2014, as well as with the Nantucket Film Festival as Film Program Director. Prior to those positions, Basil was the longtime Artistic and Executive Director of NewFest. He has been affiliated with Sundance for the past 16 years, serving as a Programming Associate. Basil serves on the nominating committees for the International Documentary Association Awards and Cinema Eye Honors, and has written about documentaries daily since 2010 on what (not) to doc. He holds a Masters degree from New York University and two undergraduate degrees from Stanford University.
The A-Team is a 2010 American action comedy film[4] based on the 1980s television series of the same name created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell. Directed by Joe Carnahan and written by Carnahan, Brian Bloom, and Skip Woods, the film stars Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Quinton Jackson, Sharlto Copley, and Patrick Wilson. The film tells the story of a Special Forces team who, imprisoned for a crime they did not commit, escapes and sets out to clear their names. The film was produced by Cannell,[5] Tony Scott, and (as executive producer) his brother Ridley Scott.[6][7]
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