The Top 20 Best Films to Watch About Investing

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From the adrenaline-fueled trading floors to the corporate boardrooms where fortunes are made or lost, the world of investing has provided fertile ground for filmmakers. These 20 cinematic gems offer a riveting glimpse into the high-stakes, high-reward realm of finance, where wealth, power, and beating the markets are the ultimate prizes.

1. The Big Short (2015) — This Oscar-winning adaptation of Michael Lewis’s book follows an eccentric group of investors who foresee the 2008 housing bubble burst and bet against the system, exposing the corruption that nearly brought down the global economy.
2. Wall Street (1987) — Oliver Stone’s iconic film features Michael Douglas’s Oscar-winning turn as the ruthless corporate raider Gordon Gekko, whose “greed is good” mantra epitomized the excess of 1980s Wall Street.
3. Boiler Room (2000) — This gritty drama takes viewers inside a shady brokerage operation, where young, hungry brokers use unethical tactics to lure investors into buying worthless stocks through pump-and-dump schemes.
4. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) — Leonardo DiCaprio electrifies as the real-life Jordan Belfort, a corrupt stockbroker whose rapid rise to immense wealth and debauchery is matched only by his spectacular fall from grace.
5. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) — Based…