Financial World
by Skavation | created - 5 months ago | updated - 5 months ago | Public"Financial World" themed TV shows and films delve into the intricate and high-stakes realm of finance, offering a comprehensive exploration of the financial industry's dynamics, complexities, and the individuals navigating its terrain. These narratives often center on protagonists embroiled in the cutthroat world of banking, investments, corporate dealings, or stock markets.
Characters within this genre are typically portrayed as ambitious, sharp-witted, and driven, navigating a world defined by wealth, power, and competitiveness. They may be investment bankers, stock traders, entrepreneurs, or corporate executives, each with their motivations and strategies to climb the financial ladder.
Plotlines often revolve around high-stakes deals, financial crises, hostile takeovers, insider trading, or the ethical dilemmas faced by those pursuing success in an unforgiving environment. Themes of greed, ambition, betrayal, and moral compromise are common, as characters grapple with the moral implications of their actions in pursuit of financial gain.
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1. House of Lies (2012–2016)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama
Charming, fast-talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants use every dirty trick in the book to woo powerful CEOs and close huge deals in this scathing, irreverent satire of corporate America today.
Stars: Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell, Ben Schwartz, Josh Lawson
Votes: 26,381
2. Exit (2019–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A dark drama series based on true stories from Norway's financial scene.
Stars: Simon J. Berger, Agnes Kittelsen, Tobias Santelmann, Pål Sverre Hagen
Votes: 13,893
3. Industry (2020– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama
Young bankers and traders make their way in the financial world in the aftermath of the 2008 collapse.
Stars: Myha'la, Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey, Ken Leung
Votes: 12,420
4. Black Monday (2019–2021)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
A group of outsiders takes on the 1980s old-boys club of Wall Street.
Stars: Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells, Paul Scheer, Regina Hall
Votes: 6,319
5. Bad Banks (2018–2020)
TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ambitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to succeed and machismo. She soon has to decide how far she is prepared to go for her career.
Stars: Paula Beer, Barry Atsma, Désirée Nosbusch, Albrecht Schuch
Votes: 6,228
6. Devils (2020– )
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Thriller
A worldwide financial conspiracy is discovered by a group of traders of a large investment bank.
Stars: Pia Mechler, Alessandro Borghi, Malachi Kirby, Patrick Dempsey
Votes: 5,074
7. Bedrag (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A big Danish sustainable energy company has had an enormous, suspect growth. Problems start, when an employee's body is found and cop detective Justesen starts investigating Energreen.
Stars: Esben Smed, Thomas Hwan, Natalie Madueño, Thomas Bo Larsen
Votes: 4,881
8. Profit (1996–1997)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Jim Profit works for a multinational company and isn't above using any means necessary to get ahead, which includes bribery, blackmail, intimidation, extortion, and even murder. Everyone at... See full summary »
Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Lisa Darr, Lisa Blount, Jack Gwaltney
Votes: 2,153
9. Fartblinda (2019– )
45 min | Drama, Thriller
Economics reporter Bea has promised herself not to mix jobs and private life, but fails to defend herself when she falls in love with the charming bank director Peder. Suddenly she gets a tip that his bank is hiding big problems.
Stars: Julia Ragnarsson, Matias Varela, Julia Dufvenius, Albin Grenholm
Votes: 1,886
10. Witch Hunt (2020)
45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Law firm working Ida Waage has to sign a bill for 450 000 Euros, but hesitates. She doesn't know the firm. Can she trust the people she works for? Is it a scam? Should she blow the whistle?
Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Christian Skolmen, Axel Bøyum, Charlotte Spakmo Boe
Votes: 1,825
11. The Fear Index (2022)
45 min | Drama, Thriller
A scientist-turned-wall street tycoon becomes the target of a plot to destroy the world's financial markets.
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Arsher Ali, Leila Farzad, Grégory Montel
Votes: 1,808
12. King of Stonks (2022)
TV-MA | 280 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Series inspired by real events in the financial world, centers on narcissism, megalomania and double standards.
Stars: Larissa Sirah Herden, Andreas Döhler, Thomas Schubert, Wilson Gonzalez
Votes: 1,778
13. Billionaire Boys Club (1987)
TV-14 | 200 min | Drama, Thriller
Ron Levin, a wealthy businessman, has disappeared. No body is found, but there was a list with instructions in his house - a recipe for murder. Its author Joe Hunt is the defendant. The ... See full summary »
Stars: Judd Nelson, Fredric Lehne, Brian McNamara, Raphael Sbarge
Votes: 956
14. Karei naru ichizoku (2007)
Drama
Set in the late 1960s decade of Japan and follows the rivalry between Manpyo Daisuke, a powerful banker, and his eldest son, Manpyo Teppei, the executive managing director of a steel firm.
Stars: Takuya Kimura, Kyôka Suzuki, Kyoko Hasegawa, Toshiyuki Nishida
Votes: 904
15. The Exchange (I) (2023– )
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
Set in Kuwait in 1987, two women making their way in the boys club of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, on the eve of Saddam Hussein's invasion of the country.
Stars: Rawan Mahdi, Mona Hussain, Hussain Al-Mahdi, Michael Benyaer
Votes: 882
16. Dollar (2019)
Action, Drama, Romance
Tarek is given the task to come up with a million-dollar idea for the launch of a new bank. An idea strikes him, but he will only reveal it to the CEO, making Zeina, the CEO's assistant played by Bouchoucha, suspicious.
Stars: Mark Lewis, Adel Karam, Amel Bouchoucha, Jarrod Pistilli
Votes: 650
17. Traders (1996–2000)
60 min | Drama
Set in the Toronto-based investment house Gardner/Ross, "Traders" explores the intimate lives and loves of investment bankers whose high-stakes decisions and sizzling alliances can have grave international consequences.
Stars: Sonja Smits, Bruce Gray, Patrick McKenna, Chris Leavins
Votes: 470
18. Oljefondet (2018– )
Comedy, Drama
This is a humorous drama TV show centered around the Norwegian Pension Fund, affectionately called Oljefondet. The fund was created to invest the enormous amount of tax renevue from the ... See full summary »
Stars: Håkon T. Nielsen, Evelyn Rasmussen Osazuwa, Stella Sophia Zwart, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen
Votes: 464
19. The $treet (2000–2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
The $treet is about these men who know how to have fun at work, but all of a sudden there are powerful women joining the organization. It seems like the men's enjoyment is over.
Stars: Tom Everett Scott, Nina Garbiras, Christian Campbell, Melissa De Sousa
Votes: 395
20. The Greed of Man (1992– )
45 min | Drama
When their family's entire fortune is wiped out after making the wrong bet on the Hong Kong stock exchange, an investment financier forces his sons to commit suicide before following after them.
Stars: Adam Cheng, Vivian Chow, Amy Kwok, David Siu
Votes: 363
21. Wired (2008)
180 min | Drama, Thriller
A single mum strapped for cash, Louise gets a promotion at her London bank, but at an unexpected cost. She quickly learns that the price of her promotion is entry into a criminal underworld... See full summary »
Stars: Toby Stephens, Riz Ahmed, Jodie Whittaker, Laurence Fox
Votes: 323
22. Preamar (2012)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
Mr. Velasco is a successful businessman who, after a risky transaction, loses everything and ends up bankrupt. The former executive will discover the profitable world of the informal economy on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.
Stars: Hugo Bonemer, Thaíssa Carvalho, Leonardo Franco, Paloma Riani
Votes: 310
23. Capital City (1989–1990)
60 min | Drama
The story follows the upwardly-mobile hopefuls at London-based investment bank, as they try to scramble up the corporate ladder, taking risks, eating up the pressure, and following their instincts in search of that elusive deal.
Stars: William Armstrong, Douglas Hodge, Jason Isaacs, Joanna Kanska
Votes: 273
24. Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976)
Not Rated | 320 min | Drama
This is the story of the happenings at a major bank. The first of which, is that bank President Ben Rosselli (Leonardo Cimino) announces that he is dying, and that with no heir to take his ... See full summary »
Stars: Kirk Douglas, Christopher Plummer, Timothy Bottoms, Susan Flannery
Votes: 207
25. The Trading Floor (2018)
45 min | Drama
A revenge story of financial market.
Stars: Francis Ng, Hsiao-chuan Chang, Chan-Leung Poon, Carlos Chan
Votes: 126
26. The Boss (1995–2000)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy series about Peter, an incompetent bank manager; and his long-suffering staff and customers.
Stars: Jim Broadbent, David Schneider, Claire Skinner, Daniel Flynn
Votes: 88
27. Game of Hunting (2017– )
Drama
Qiu Dong is a public speaker who has lost purpose in life. Despite his talent for motivating others, it seems the only person he can't motivate is himself.
Stars: Ge Hu, Renzi Jian, Long Chen, Honglei Sun
Votes: 80
28. Money Game (2020– )
TV-MA | 70 min | Drama
The Korean government owns a large stake in Jungin Bank. When the bank faces insolvency, the members of the Financial Services Commission struggle to stave off a repeat of the 1997 Korean financial crisis.
Stars: Go Soo, Lee Sung-min, Shim Eun-kyung, Oh Ryoong
Votes: 82
29. Firma (2005)
60 min | Comedy
Stars: Antti Virmavirta, Niina Nurminen, Tommi Korpela, Milka Ahlroth
Votes: 62
30. Stock Struck (2022)
45 min | Comedy
An entertaining story about a diverse group that comes together to learn about stocks. They help each other navigate the ups and downs of the stock market and their personal lives.
Stars: Kim Sun-young, Han Ji-Eun, Jung Moon-sung, Hong Jong-hyun
Votes: 31
31. The Banker (2019)
Drama
A re-make of the Japanese "Auditor Nozaki Shuhei", it is the story of a bank auditor who pursues justice and the changing of policies in an era where the economic bubble is collapsing, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Kim Sang-jung, Chae Shi-ra, Yoo Dong-geun, Kim Tae-woo
Votes: 41
32. Shûhei Nozaki the Auditor (2018–2020)
60 min | Drama
Shuhei Nozaki is a branch manager at Oozora Bank. People like him because of his sense of justice and humanity, but he doesn't have a successful career at work. One day, the branch where he... See full summary »
Stars: Yûji Oda, Nanako Matsushima, Takashi Ukaji, Miori Takimoto
Votes: 7
33. Tokkai - furyô saiken tokubetsu kaishû bu - (2021– )
Drama
Stars: Hideaki Itô, Yûma Nakayama, Ryôko Hirosue, Ken'ichi Yajima
Votes: 6
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