How does Hollywood portray stockbrokers and the financial service industry? If The Wolf of Wall Street left you hungry for more, check out this list of top films about brokers and investment managers. Have one of your own? See out top 10 below…
10. Rogue Trader (1998)
A true story based on Nick Leeson’s Rogue Trader
9. Good Advice (2001)
Ryan Turner is an unethical stockbroker who loses his job at a successful investment firm, as well as his trader’s license and his girlfriend, Cindy. In order to make some fast cash, he takes on Cindy’s job as an advice columnist and quickly becomes a sensation. Good Advice DVD
8. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
Now out of prison, a once high-powered and successful broker, but now disgraced Gordon Gekko partners up with his future son-in-law, Jake Moore, to rebuild his empire and seek revenge on an old Wall Street enemy. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps centres on the 2008 financial crisis.
7. Boiler Room (2000)
Seth Davis is an illegal casino operator and college dropout who gets too involved in a sham at a New York brokerage firm. In hopes to regain his father’s approval and an honest living with his love, Abbie, Seth tries to turn his back on his colleagues who are enticing him with illegitimate high commission deals. Boiler Room DVD
6. Margin Call (2011)
A look (over a 24-hour period) into the lives of a group of key people at an investment bank during the early stages of the financial crisis. Margin Call DVD
5. Wall Street (1987)
Young and ambitious Wall Street stockbroker, Bud Fox, is willing to do almost anything to get to the top. He becomes the protégé to Gordon Gekko, an extremely successful and ruthless broker who lures him into a corporate world full of trading schemes, fast money, and bad business deals. Wall Street Collector’s Edition [DVD] [1987] by Michael Douglas
4. Trading Places (1983)
A bet to see if what truly makes a man is his circumstances is played out when street con artist, Billy Ray Valentine and wealth investment executive, Louis Winthorpe II are tricked into trading places. Trading Places (1983) (BD) [Blu-ray]
3. Floored (2009)
A documentary that gives a closer look into the excitement, reckless ambition, and pandemonium of Chicago’s commodities exchange floors. Floored [Blu-ray]
2. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Based on a true story, Christopher Gardner, a single parent struggling to make a better life for his family meets desperate times when he is evicted from his home and no longer able to pay his bills. In order to turn his life around, he accepts an unpaid internship as a stockbroker in hopes to achieve a steady paying job. The Pursuit of Happyness DVD
1. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
A massive 1990s securities scam that defrauded investors and corrupted all of Wall Street, this film tells the true story of the rise and fall of wealthy stockbroker, Jordan Belfort. The Wolf of Wall Street DVD
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