13 Business related movies every Finance guy must watch

Finance is simply management of large amount of money. Wall street is one place every finance guy wants to visit and guess what most of the movies in this list are based in wall street.

Here is the list of business related movies every finance guy must watch.

1. WALL STREET (1987)

IMDB: 7.4/10

 

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.  

2. INSIDE JOB (2010)

IMDB: 8.3/10

The movie takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown. 

3. BOILER ROOM (2000)

IMDB: 7/10

A college dropout, attempting to win back his father's high standards he 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 once appeared to be.

4. THE BIG SHORT (2015)

IMDB: 7.8/10

 

In 2006-7 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.  

5. ROGUE TRADER (1999)

IMDB: 6.3/10

 

The story of Nick Leeson, an ambitious investment broker who singlehandedly bankrupted one of the oldest and most important banks in Britain.  

6. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (2013)

IMDB: 8.2/10

 

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government. 

7. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992)

IMDB: 7.8/10

An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.  

8. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (2006)

IMDB: 8/10

 

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.  

9. OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY (1991)

IMDB: 6.1/10

 

A corporate raider threatens a hostile take-over of a "mom and pop" company. The patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's daughter, who is a lawyer, to try and protect the company. The raider is enamoured of her, and enjoys the thrust and parry of legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart.

10. TOO BIG TO FAIL (2011)

IMDB: 7.3/10

 

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

11. BAAZAAR (2018)

IMDB: 7.1/10

 

Baazaar is a 2018 film starring Saif Ali Khan, Chitrangada Singh and Radhika Apte. With a plot revolving around stock-trading, the film, according to director Gauravv K. Chawla's is about making it in the big bad world of Mumbai.  

12. THE ACCOUNTANT (2016)

IMDB: 7.4/10

 

As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise.  

13. CORPORATE (2006)

IMDB: 6.5/10

 

Two corporate giants compete in order to recklessly maximize their respective profits.  

These are the few best movies about finance out of many. Comment below if I have missed out any.

Description about movies has been taken from IMDB.