Are you into finance and went to experience it in an entertaining manner? These movies will teach you about money in such a unique way that will entertain and learn in the same breath!
1/ Wall Street
Can you even call yourself a finance professional if you haven’t watched this movie? A classic film directed by Oliver Stone featuring Michael Douglas
2/ The Big Short
Based on Michael Lewis’s book The Big Short Follows a bunch of investors and traders who anticipated that the financial system would collapse in 2008
3/ Margin Call
A movie that covers what happens to a Wall Street Firm (likely Goldman Sachs) in 2008 as the financial system is on the brink of collapse
4/ Too Big to Fail
Based on Andrew Ross Sorkin’s book Too Big to Fail An insider’s story of how Wall-Street and the government bailed out the financial system in 2008
5/ Boiler Room
A movie that covers how some stock brokers convince unsuspecting investors to put their money into pump-and-dump schemes
6/ The Wolf of Wall Street
The rise and fall of a famous stock scammer, Jordan Belfort Similar to Boiler Room, Jordan Belfort also made money using pump-and-dump schemes
7/ Billions (not a movie but a TV show)
An amazing drama series of a high-stakes game between a hedge fun manager and a US Attorney – both of whom use questionable methods to win
