6 Films About the Financial World You Need To Watch (While “The Wolf” is Not Around)

Wall Street (1987)

Oliver Stone’s classic movie needed to be the first one in this list –don’t worry, not all of my picks are as predictable or mainstream. The film, starred by Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas, features a young and ambitious stockbroker (Sheen) hired by corporate raider Gordon Gekko (played by Douglas, in an Oscar-winning performance), who shows him the way of making lots of money, and fast. However -as you might figure- his practices, which include the use of insider information, are not exactly legal, nor ethical. A realistic thriller triggered by a realistic motivation: big money.

Interesting facts:
The movie’s budget was merely $15 million. Still, it managed to gross $43.8 million in North America alone.
Gordon Gekko is partly based on Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky.

The 2010 sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, also directed by Mr. Stone was not nearly as good, in my opinion, but is still worth watching.