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We all know about the success stories in the startup world because if they were successful, that means that they are still around, and one way or another, we are using them, but there are also some spectacular failures in the world of startups. In fact, their failure was so spectacular that some people decided to make films and TV shows about them. So, if you are also interested in some of the biggest startup failures, here are the 5 best movies and TV shows based on true stories you can watch about them.

Blackberry (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – IFC Films

Blackberry is a biographical comedy-drama film directed by Matt Johnson from a screenplay co-written by Johnson and Matthew Miller. Loosely based on the 2015 book titled Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry by authors Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff, the...

Stars: Jay Baruchel, Matt Johnson, Glenn Howerton, Kelly Van der Burg, Laura Cilevitz, Martin Donovan, Saul Rubinek, Stephanie Moran | Written by Matt Johnson, Matthew Miller | Directed by Matt Johnson

Loosely adapting Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff’s book Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry, director/co-writer Matt Johnson and producer/co-writer Matthew Miller bring to screen the story of how Blackberry went from a dominating brand in mobile phones to losing all presence in the market.

The story begins in 1996, with Research In Motion co-founders Mike Lazaridis (Jay Baruchel) and Douglas Fregin (Matt Johnson) hoping to secure financial backing for their idea, then known as the PocketLink. The unsuccessful pitch fails to interest executive Jim Balsillie (Glenn Howerton), who dismisses the presentation in favour of his own underhanded aspirations. When he is instead fired, Jim offers his services to market and...

"Just to be clear - this is a one time arrangement. Never again." Stx Entertainment has debuted the first official trailer for an action comedy movie titled My Spy, yet another campy Hollywood comedy about a spy who befriends a kid. From director Peter Segal, the story follows a CIA operative who finds himself at the mercy of a precocious nine-year-old girl. The charming, lovable buff badass Dave Bautista stars, along with Chloe Coleman (from "Big Little Lies") as Sophie, plus Ken Jeong, Kristen Schaal, Nicola Correia-Damude, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Sima Fisher, Laura Cilevitz, and Ali Hassan. This looks like one of those super cheesy, but kinda fun comedies involving an adult teaming up with a kid to save his butt, while saving her from bullies. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Peter Segal's My Spy, direct from Stx's YouTube: My Spy follows Jj, a hardened CIA operative...