The Best Movies About Wall Street

Updated September 24, 2019 379 votes 86 voters 6.3k views21 items

List RulesFilms about the fast paced world of finance and Wall Street

Wall Street. It's exciting, full of drama, money, danger, risk, reward, and characters of all types. It has caused the richest men in the world to become richer, and caused some of the richest men in the world to lose it all. It controls our economy and is rich with untold stories of greed and thrills most of us can't even imagine. This list of the best movies about Wall Street tell all these stories.

Some of the most memorable monologues and scenes in cinematic history take place, or are pertaining to this small stretch in New York City. Naturally, it's a perfect subject and setting for a movie. Be it a fictionalized account of a stock broker, a retelling of current events starring famous actors as Wall Street big wigs, or a straight up documentary, below are the best movies about Wall Street.

Vote up your favorite Wall Street films and let the money roll in. Not to you, necessarily, but at least to an already rich Wall Street trader.

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American Psycho
Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe
Released: 2000
Directed by: Mary Harron
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Boiler Room
Ben Affleck, Vin Diesel
Released: 2000
Directed by: Ben Younger
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The Wolf of Wall Street
Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey
Released: 2013
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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Wall Street
Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas
Released: 1987
Directed by: Oliver Stone
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The Big Short
2015 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Adam McKay and written by McKay and Charles Randolph, based on the 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis about the financial crisis of 2007–2008 which was triggered by the United States housing bubble.
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Margin Call
Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany
Released: 2011
Directed by: J. C. Chandor
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Peter Coyote, Gary Davis
Released: 2005
Directed by: Alex Gibney
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Glengarry Glen Ross
Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin
Released: 1992
Directed by: James Foley
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Too Big to Fail
Paul Giamatti, James Woods
Released: 2011
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
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Rogue Trader
Ewan McGregor, Anna Friel
Released: 1999
Directed by: James Dearden
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Wolves of Wall Street
Eric Roberts, Louise Lasser
Released: 2002
Directed by: David DeCoteau
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The Company Men
Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner
Released: 2010
Directed by: John Wells
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Inside Job
Matt Damon
Released: 2010
Directed by: Charles Ferguson
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Other People's Money
Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck
Released: 1991
Directed by: Norman Jewison
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Jungle 2 Jungle
Tim Allen, Martin Short
Released: 1997
Directed by: John Pasquin
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Charlie Sheen, Shia LaBeouf
Released: 2010
Directed by: Oliver Stone
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Die Hard with a Vengeance
Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson
Released: 1995
Directed by: John McTiernan
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
Kirsten Dunst, Tom Hanks
Released: 1990
Directed by: Brian De Palma
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Capitalism: A Love Story
Robert Powell
Released: 2009
Directed by: Michael Moore
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Trading Places
Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis
Released: 1983
Directed by: John Landis
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The Dark Knight Rises
Christian Bale, Michael Caine
Released: 2012
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
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