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1. The Big Short (2015)
R | 130 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt
Votes: 484,136 | Gross: $70.26M
2. Rogue Trader (1999)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of Nick Leeson, an ambitious investment broker who singlehandedly bankrupted one of the oldest and most important banks in Britain.
Director: James Dearden | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Anna Friel, Cristian Solimeno, Lorna Pegler
Votes: 10,662
3. Barbarians at the Gate (1993 TV Movie)
R | 107 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The president of a major tobacco company decides to buy the company himself, but a bidding war ensues as other companies make their own offers.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Riegert, Joanna Cassidy
Votes: 3,393
4. Other People's Money (1991)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A corporate raider buys up shares in an undervalued company and falls in love with the founder's son's lawyer/step daughter. Let the battle begin.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller, Piper Laurie
Votes: 9,559 | Gross: $25.68M
5. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
R | 180 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey
Votes: 1,581,905 | Gross: $116.90M
6. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen
Votes: 1,094,612 | Gross: $164.62M
7. Margin Call (2011)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
Follows the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany
Votes: 144,173 | Gross: $5.35M
8. Boiler Room (2000)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A college dropout, attempting to live up to his father's high standards, gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm which puts him on the fast track to success. But the job might not be as legitimate as it first appeared to be.
Director: Ben Younger | Stars: Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Nicky Katt
Votes: 56,432 | Gross: $16.94M
9. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
PG-13 | 133 min | Drama
Now out of prison but still disgraced by his peers, Gordon Gekko works his future son-in-law, an idealistic stock broker, when he sees an opportunity to take down a Wall Street enemy and rebuild his empire.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Michael Douglas, Carey Mulligan, Josh Brolin
Votes: 106,608 | Gross: $52.47M
10. The Firm (1993)
R | 154 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook
Votes: 147,626 | Gross: $158.35M
11. Wall Street (1987)
R | 126 min | Crime, Drama
An impatient young stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless, greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Tamara Tunie, Franklin Cover
Votes: 165,103 | Gross: $43.85M
12. Too Big to Fail (2011 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History
Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: James Woods, John Heard, William Hurt, Erin Dilly
Votes: 19,078
13. The Company Men (2010)
R | 104 min | Drama
The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company - and how that affects them, their families, and their communities.
Director: John Wells | Stars: Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzanne Rico
Votes: 48,194 | Gross: $4.44M
14. Dealers (1989)
R | 92 min | Drama
The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; after the loss of $100 million, one of their leading traders, Tony Eisner commits suicide ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Paul McGann, Rebecca De Mornay, Derrick O'Connor, John Castle
Votes: 416
15. Trading Places (1983)
R | 116 min | Comedy
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche
Votes: 165,704 | Gross: $90.40M
16. Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
R | 127 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, William Black, Jimmy Carter, Elijah Cummings
Votes: 43,859 | Gross: $14.36M
17. Working Girl (1988)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin
Votes: 62,380 | Gross: $64.00M
18. American Psycho (2000)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage
Votes: 714,709 | Gross: $15.07M
19. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin
Votes: 116,146 | Gross: $10.73M
20. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
R | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight and attracts the interest of a down-and-out reporter.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall
Votes: 26,728 | Gross: $15.69M
21. Arbitrage (2012)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Director: Nicholas Jarecki | Stars: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling, Tim Roth
Votes: 54,807 | Gross: $7.92M
22. The Corporation (2003)
Not Rated | 145 min | Documentary, History
Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.
Directors: Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott | Stars: Mikela Jay, Rob Beckwermert, Christopher Gora, Nina Jones
Votes: 21,782 | Gross: $1.88M
23. Floored (2009)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary
For some people, risking everything is nothing.
Director: James Allen Smith | Stars: Bobby Ansani, Jeff Ansani, Ron Beebe, Chris Felix
Votes: 503
24. The Bank (2001)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
The Bank is a thriller about banking, corruption and alchemy.
Director: Robert Connolly | Stars: David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Sibylla Budd, Steve Rodgers
Votes: 2,990
25. Wall Street Warriors (2006– )
25 min | Documentary
An HD documentary series examining the extreme power and intense competition that defines Wall Street, seen through the eyes of those who thrive there.
Stars: Nathalie Emmanuel, Brett Hickey, Mark Jawdoszyn, Lance Cooley
Votes: 344
26. Billions (2016–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
New money means no mercy as Mike Prince takes the Axe Capital throne. Chuck Rhoades is convinced no one should have that much wealth - or power. As all the players seek out new alliances, only one thing's for certain - wealth means war.
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, David Costabile
Votes: 109,431
27. Equity (I) (2016)
R | 100 min | Drama
Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop is threatened by a financial scandal and must untangle a web of corruption.
Director: Meera Menon | Stars: Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas, Alysia Reiner
Votes: 3,855 | Gross: $1.60M
28. Money Monster (2016)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.
Director: Jodie Foster | Stars: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell, Dominic West
Votes: 105,176 | Gross: $41.01M
29. The Share Out (1962)
61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gang of high class corporate thieves use blackmail to induce their victims to sell property at knock-down prices.
Director: Gerard Glaister | Stars: Bernard Lee, Alexander Knox, Moira Redmond, William Russell
Votes: 80
30. Michael Clayton (2007)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.
Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe
Votes: 174,011 | Gross: $49.03M
31. The Last Days of Lehman Brothers (2009 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers. After... See full summary »
Director: Michael Samuels | Stars: Corey Johnson, James Cromwell, David Annen, James Bolam
Votes: 672
32. Owning Mahowny (2003)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A bank manager with: (a) a gambling problem and (b) access to a multimillion dollar account gets into a messy situation. Based on the story of the largest one-man bank fraud in Canadian history.
Director: Richard Kwietniowski | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt, Maury Chaykin
Votes: 14,336 | Gross: $1.01M
33. August (2008)
R | 88 min | Drama
August centers on two brothers fighting to keep their start-up company afloat on Wall Street during August 2001, a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Director: Austin Chick | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris, Adam Scott, Robin Tunney
Votes: 4,329 | Gross: $0.01M
34. Plunder: The Crime of Our Time (2009)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
Documentarian Danny Schechter explores the financial crisis and argues that it was built on a foundation of criminal activity. To get to the bottom of it all Schechter interviews bankers, economists, and journalists.
Director: Danny Schechter | Stars: Gary Ackerman, Jonathan Alpert, Bill Bamber, Benjamin Barber
Votes: 80
35. Dirty Money (2018–2020)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Crime
A Netflix Original Series documenting various stories about exposing the greed, corruption, and crime spreading through the global economy.
Stars: Matt Taibbi, Fisher Stevens, Alex Gibney, Fahmi Quadir
Votes: 10,182
36. The Mine (2016)
97 min | Drama
Fictionalized story about the founding of the ill-fated Finnish mining company Talvivaara.
Director: Aleksi Salmenperä | Stars: Joonas Saartamo, Jani Volanen, Peter Franzén, Saara Kotkaniemi
Votes: 1,051
37. The Domino Effect (2012)
100 min | Drama
If global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in different countries or continents might not seem to be interrelated but there is more than ... See full summary »
Director: Paula van der Oest | Stars: Theo James, James D'Arcy, Harriet Walter, Tiya Sircar
Votes: 284
38. The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
The rise and fall of the Enron company, as seen from the perspective of employee Brian Cruver, based on his book.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Christian Kane, Shannon Elizabeth, Cameron Bancroft, Nancy Anne Sakovich
Votes: 1,032
39. The Parallax View (1974)
R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels, Walter McGinn
Votes: 21,758 | Gross: $2.15M
40. A Civil Action (1998)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama
A tenacious lawyer takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing several children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's water supply being contaminated, at the risk of bankrupting his firm and career.
Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Kathleen Quinlan, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 31,066 | Gross: $56.71M
41. The Social Network (2010)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara
Votes: 758,221 | Gross: $96.96M
42. The Hummingbird Project (2018)
R | 111 min | Drama, Thriller
A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
Director: Kim Nguyen | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek, Michael Mando
Votes: 16,341 | Gross: $0.37M
43. 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: 469
44. Boston Legal (2004–2008)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Boston Legal is a spin-off of the long-running David E. Kelley series The Practice (1997), following the exploits of former Practice character Alan Shore (James Spader) at the legal firm of Crane, Poole, and Schmidt.
Stars: James Spader, William Shatner, Candice Bergen, Rene Auberjonois
Votes: 49,982
45. When Bubbles Burst (2012)
90 min | Documentary, History, News
It is becoming increasingly difficult to protect ourselves from extreme financial volatility. This feature documentary will examine the mechanics behind bubbles and crashes, and discuss trends and visions for the future.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Anders Brekke, Olav Arnar Bø, Petros Christodoulou, Michael Goldstein
Votes: 102
46. Money (2019)
115 min | Crime, Drama
Get caught up in the tale of a new stock broker who dreams of becoming rich. Those dreams make him susceptible to a stock market scam that threatens to get him in trouble.
Director: Noo-ri Park | Stars: Ryu Jun-Yeol, Yoo Ji-tae, Jo Woo-jin, Kim Min-jae
Votes: 988 | Gross: $0.16M
47. 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: 5,072
48. 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: 6,314
49. 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: 12,402
50. 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: 13,871
51. WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn (2021)
TV-MA | 104 min | Documentary
An account of the six-week death spiral that brought down the company's IPO, a behind-the-scenes look at WeWork's frat-boy culture.
Director: Jed Rothstein | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashton Kutcher, Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, Farah White
Votes: 3,758
52. The Dropout (2022)
TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Drama
TV series that chronicles Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' attempt to revolutionize the healthcare industry after dropping out of college and starting a technology company.
Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Naveen Andrews, Michel Gill, William H. Macy
Votes: 35,916
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