The Top 25 Finance Movies of All Time

Here is the greatest 25 finance movies ready for 2024. Top movies about finance, or more specifically, movies about Wall Street, always deliver intrigue and solid entertainment. The following table lists the top movies on the subject of finance, trading and Wall Street. Why not sit back and relax from a hard day’s trading and enjoy one of these best financial movies. Michael Douglas & Charlie Sheen – Wall Street, Christian Bale – The Big Short, Leo Di Caprio – The Wolf of Wall Street, we have all the big stars covered as well as your favourite film directors.

This list of movies about finance caters to private investors & individual traders and moviegoers from all walks of life. They are entertaining, humorous and at times even educational! We cover genres such as documentaries especially investigations surrounding the financial crises of 2007-2008. There are also movies about Wall Street based on true stories (with the usual Hollywood embellishments) and trading movies of pure fiction. These films are labeled to help your movie selection. You may even find some of these titles available in our Merger Arbitrage & Investment Book List. The final column in the movie list below shows the user review ratings on Amazon out of a maximum of 5. These films are a “must have” AND a “must see” for all traders as well as avid theatregoers. We have personally viewed all the titles on our 25 top finance movies list. We will be adding more of our own reviews in the near future.

However, for more immediate information you can click on the image or the movie title link. Amazon gives a number of reviews as well as the latest price and availability for purchase. Alternatively, if your prefer, you can rent a finance movie via the Amazon Prime service. If you decide to follow any of these links and make a qualifying Amazon purchase, we may receive an Amazon associate commission. This is greatly appreciated and goes towards the cost of maintaining this site and reducing our coffee budget deficit!


As this trading movie list is constantly expanding, be sure to check back regularly for new additions. Viewers can sort the table of movies by title, date of cinematic release, genre or rating.

Questions & Comments?

Our go to best finance movie will always be Wall Street, what’s your favorite? Have we missed one? Why not let us Let us know in the comments section below and we’ll check it out ASAP. In the meantime, feel free to share this list using the toolbar to the left (or bottom for mobile users) of the screen. You can also subscribe to our mailing list or even follow us on twitter.

Above all, do not forget our helpful comprehensive glossary and academic resource lists. These are also freely available in addition to this Trading & Finance movie list. 

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Finance Movies - Ultimate List

CoverTitle & DVD LinkYear of ReleaseGenreAmazon Rating (Out of 5)
Trading Places1983Fiction4.7
Wall Street1987Fiction4.2
Other People's Money1991Fiction4.3
Barbarians at the Gate1993True Story3.9
Rogue Trader1999True Story4.1
Boiler Room2000Fiction3.9
The Corporation2003Documentary4.4
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room2005Documentary4.4
The Ascent of Money2008True Story4.4
Capitalism: A Love Story2009Documentary4.2
Floored2009Documentary4.1
Chasing Madoff2010True Story3.0
Freakonomics2010Documentary3.8
Inside Job2010Documentary4.6
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps2010Fiction3.6
Too Big to Fail2011Documentary4.5
Arbitrage2012Fiction4.2
Margin Call2012Fiction4.2
The Big Short2012True Story4.4
The Wolf of Wall Street2013True Story3.7
Banking On Bitcoin2016Documentary4.1
Betting On Zero2016Documentary4.2
Equity2016Fiction3.3
Becoming Warren Buffett2017Documentary4.8
The China Hustle2017Documentary4.3
The Wizard of Lies2017True Story4.3

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