list 12+ Best Trading Movies You Should Absolute Watch!

[MrD]

1. Boiler room (2000)

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.

 

2. Margin call (2011)

Follows the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.

 

3. The big short (2015)

In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

 

4. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Introduced to life in the fast lane through stockbroking, Jordan Belfort takes a hit after a Wall Street crash. He teams up with Donnie Azoff, cheating his way to the top as his relationships slide.

 

5. Wall Street (1987)

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.

 

 6. Wall Street: Money never sleeps (2010)

Now out of prison but still disgraced by his peers, Gordon Gekko works with 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.

 

7. Betting on Zero (2016) [Full movie]

Ted Braun follows controversial hedge fund titan Bill Ackman as he puts a billion dollars on the line in his crusade to expose Herbalife as the largest pyramid scheme in history. The battle between Ackman and Herbalife plays out in the media, in board rooms, and on the streets in Braun's stirring picture of the American Dream gone wrong.

 

8. The China Hustle (2017) [Full movie]

Ted Braun follows controversial hedge fund titan Bill Ackman as he puts a billion dollars on the line in his crusade to expose Herbalife as the largest pyramid scheme in history. The battle between Ackman and Herbalife plays out in the media, in board rooms, and on the streets in Braun's stirring picture of the American Dream gone wrong.

 

9. Too big to fail (2011) 

Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

 

10. Inside job (2010) [Full movie] 

Ferguson, who began researching in 2008, says the film is about "the systemic corruption of the United States by the financial services industry and the consequences of that systemic corruption". In five parts, the film explores how changes in the policy, environment and banking practices helped create the financial crisis.

 

11. Barbarians at the gate (1993) 

A largely forgotten 1993 TV movie centered on the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco. While the movie does take some creative liberties in portraying this real-life event, audiences will be shocked and amused at the incompetence and greed of Nabisco’s CEO F. Ross Johnson and the behind-the-scenes negotiations and skullduggery around this famous LBO.

 

12. Rogue Trader (1998) [Full movie]

This movie tells the story of Nick Leeson, a trader who single-handedly caused the insolvency of Barings Bank, the world’s second-oldest merchant bank. A rising star on the Singapore trading floor, Leeson blew up as quickly as he rose, hiding enormous losses from his superiors in carefully hidden accounts, eventually leading to the mother of all failed trades on a short straddle position on the Nikkei, which ends up experiencing a large sigma move.

 

[Anastasiia]

Thank you for the list! I watched only a few movies you mentioned.

[MrD]

If anyone knows any other movies about finance and trading feel free to mention them here and I will add them to the post.

[Ronald Ray]

Thank you for sharing the list. I watched the top three of the list. Traders should watch trading movies. Incidentally, you can trade on AssetsFX. AssetsFX has a mobile trading option which is very useful to me, and I can check my trading status while traveling. 

[Benjie1987]

Thank you for the list. I watched few of them but i am gonna wach the ones i haven't watched.

[MrD]

On 8/25/2022 at 4:09 PM, Benjie1987 said:

Thank you for the list. I watched few of them but i am gonna watch the ones i haven't watched.

@Benjie1987 I'm glad you did. Also if you have any recommendations that are not on the list please let me know so I can watch them and added if they are good.