Ranker FilmList RulesVote up the best movies that demonstrate the extravagant, creative ways wealthy people live and spend their dollars.
The best rich people movies are generally about Billionaires who can usually buy whatever they want, whenever they want. While that dream might not be attainable in real life, it's certainly fun to watch in the movies. The best movies with rich people, spending big, feature characters having a great time with their rich lifestyle – and often paying the price for shady dealings. This is a list of the top movies about rich people including everything from Goodfellas to The Aviator to Cruel Intentions.
What films will you find on this list of the best rich people movies? In Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, Leonardo DiCaprio portraying a gluttonous stock broker with an affinity for sex, drugs, and questionable business moves. Boiler Room is another good movie about rich people spending lots of money. Citizen Kane was one of the first movies with a rich and powerful protagonist that showed that money can't buy you happiness. Other top films found on this list include American Psycho, Scarface, and Indecent Proposal.
It's up to you to decide which movies about wealthy people balling out are the best of the best. Take a look at this list and give your personal picks a thumbs up to vote them up to the top.
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35645The Wolf of Wall Street
Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaugheyReleased: 2013
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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20546The Great Gatsby
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey MaguireReleased: 2013
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
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11649American Psycho
Christian Bale, Willem DafoeReleased: 2000
Directed by: Mary Harron
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8829Scarface
Al Pacino, Michelle PfeifferReleased: 1983
Directed by: Brian De Palma
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11254Limitless
Robert De Niro, Bradley CooperReleased: 2011
Directed by: Neil Burger
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5733Casino
Sharon Stone, Robert De NiroReleased: 1995
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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7048Goodfellas
Robert De Niro, Samuel L. JacksonReleased: 1990
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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4624Billionaire Boys Club
Ansel Elgort, Taron EgertonReleased: 2018
Directed by: James Cox
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4120The Aviator
Kate Beckinsale, Leonardo DiCaprioReleased: 2004
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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4324Cruel Intentions
Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Michelle GellarReleased: 1999
Directed by: Roger Kumble
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2715The Color of Money
Tom Cruise, Paul NewmanReleased: 1986
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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3324The Talented Mr. Ripley
Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate BlanchettReleased: 1999
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
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2415Arbitrage
Susan Sarandon, Richard GereReleased: 2012
Directed by: Nicholas Jarecki
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2417Margin Call
Kevin Spacey, Paul BettanyReleased: 2011
Directed by: J. C. Chandor
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3126Trading Places
Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee CurtisReleased: 1983
Directed by: John Landis
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2724Sunset Boulevard
William Holden, Buster KeatonReleased: 1950
Directed by: Billy Wilder
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102Crazy Rich Asians
Constance Wu, Henry GoldingReleased: 2018
Directed by: Jon M. Chu
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2625Citizen Kane
Orson Welles, Alan LaddReleased: 1941
Directed by: Orson Welles
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2220Boiler Room
Ben Affleck, Vin DieselReleased: 2000
Directed by: Ben Younger
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115After The Wedding
Michelle Williams, Julianne MooreReleased: 2019
Directed by: Bart Freundlich
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82The Hustle
Rebel Wilson, Anne HathawayReleased: 2019
Directed by: Chris Addison
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1412In Time
Olivia Wilde, Amanda SeyfriedReleased: 2011
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
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84Driven
Jason Sudeikis, Lee PaceReleased: 2019
Directed by: Nick Hamm
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2532The Toy
Richard Pryor, Jackie GleasonReleased: 1982
Directed by: Richard Donner
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1112Hustlers
Constance Wu, Jennifer LopezReleased: 2019
Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
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