Topic: The Financial System, Stock Market, Wall Street, Banking & investments
Where greed, power, and ambition collide, you’ll find some of the most captivating tales ever told. This collection of films pulls back the curtain on the high-stakes world of finance, banking, and the trading floor—unveiling the spectacular rises and falls of fortunes made and lost.
Follow the strategic calculations of iconic investors like The Big Short’s Michael Burry predicting the housing bubble collapse. Absorb the exhilaration of competitive trading floors in Wall Street and The Wolf of Wall Street before their Icarus-like fall. Learn the intricacies of financial engineering models and regulatory loopholes that enable both wealth creation and fraud in equal measure.
From illuminating documentaries analyzing economic forces to dramatized tales of scandal, these titles provide an incisive examination of the financial machinery quietly running in the background of our world. A perfect blend of education and entertainment for those seeking a deeper understanding of the motivations driving bankers, traders, hedge funds, and the global economy.
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Follow the strategic calculations of iconic investors like The Big Short’s Michael Burry predicting the housing bubble collapse. Absorb the exhilaration of competitive trading floors in Wall Street and The Wolf of Wall Street before their Icarus-like fall. Learn the intricacies of financial engineering models and regulatory loopholes that enable both wealth creation and fraud in equal measure.
From illuminating documentaries analyzing economic forces to dramatized tales of scandal, these titles provide an incisive examination of the financial machinery quietly running in the background of our world. A perfect blend of education and entertainment for those seeking a deeper understanding of the motivations driving bankers, traders, hedge funds, and the global economy.
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- StarsAlex HammerliJoseph ScottoDonna PastorelloIt follows the rise and fall of the American financier and ponzi schemer: Madoff.About Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme: Chronicles Bernie Madoff's rise and fall in orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history
- DirectorChris FogginStarsJoel FryPhoebe DynevorRory KinnearBased on the true-life experiences of Dave Fishwick; 'Bank of Dave' tells the story of how a working class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community bank.Comedy based on a true story about a man who starts his own community bank.
- StarsJosh HartnettArsher AliLeila FarzadA scientist-turned-wall street tycoon becomes the target of a plot to destroy the world's financial markets.About a hedge fund manager and algorithmic trading: Follows a hedge fund manager who uses AI for algorithmic trading with dire consequences
- StarsDaniel WilsonDiana WilsonPeter SasakiA look at the layers of intrigue, from the supercharged power of digital communities to the gamification of trading.Docuseries exploring the David vs Goliath GameStop short squeeze led by retail traders against Wall Street hedge funds.
- DirectorBruce David KleinStarsCarl IcahnAndrew Ross SorkinExplores the fascinating contradictions at the heart of the famed financier, Carl Icahn. Amassing close to $20 billion dollars over the last half century and at the forefront of some of the most legendary business deals of our times.Documentary profiling billionaire investor Carl Icahn and his decades of contentious corporate takeover battles.
- DirectorJonah TulisStarsRod AlzmannFarris HusseiniJustin DopieralaThe David-and-Goliath story about the group of amateur investors who bought stock in the failing video game chain, GameStop.Documentary chronicling the GameStop short squeeze and examining issues around equity markets.
- StarsJohn Steele GordonJeremi SuriLarry KudlowFollow the fascinating stories of America's aristocratic families, those whose names represent power in business, politics, and industrial industry.Drama following a wealthy, powerful family in the private equity world.
- DirectorMark RadiceStarsJordan BelfortA group of young, risk-embracing day traders used social media to organize a massive stock buy-up. Jordan Belfort provides details about the story, exploring how it shook the world's markets.Examines the GameStop stock surge led by an army of retail traders.
- DirectorGeorge NolfiStarsAnthony MackieSamuel L. JacksonNicholas HoultIn the 1960s, two African-American entrepreneurs hire a working-class white man to pretend to be the head of their business empire while they pose as a janitor and chauffeur.About two African American bankers in the 1960s: Two African American bankers in the 1960s devise a controversial plan to help black Americans access mortgages and loans
- CreatorMickey DownKonrad KayStarsMyha'laMarisa AbelaHarry LawteyYoung bankers and traders make their way in the financial world in the aftermath of the 2008 collapse.About young bankers in the finance industry: Follows a group of young, hungry bankers competing in the high stakes world of London finance
- DirectorCüneyt KayaStarsEllen DubinDavid KrossFrederick LauCharting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.Set in the world of real estate and fraudulent banking: A banker gets caught up in real estate and fraud in Germany's 1980s economic boom
- DirectorTorsten HoffmannMichael WatchulonisStarsAndreas M. AntonopoulosVitalik ButerinTorsten HoffmannFive years after his first documentary, award-winning producer/director Torsten Hoffmann revisits Bitcoin and sets out to explore the evolution of the blockchain industry and its new promise. Can this technology, designed to operate independent of trust and within a decentralized network, really provide a robust alternative to the Internet as we know it?About cryptocurrencies: Explores the rise of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and the blockchain technology behind them
- CreatorEzio AbbateGuido Maria BreraElena BucaccioStarsPia MechlerAlessandro BorghiMalachi KirbyA worldwide financial conspiracy is discovered by a group of traders of a large investment bank.Follows a London trader who uncovers that his bank is manipulating markets and enabling criminal activity.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsChristos LoulisAlexandros BourdoumisUlrich TukurGreece in 2015: the economy is in tatters and the country is on the verge of bankruptcy. A new government rebels against the EU's iron-fisted rule and inspires millions of Europeans. Based on the political memoirs of Yanis Varoufakis.About Greek debt crisis and finance ministers: Follows Yanis Varoufakis and the financial crisis confronting Greece's controversial finance minister
- DirectorJohn Stalberg Jr.StarsBeau KnappLuke HemsworthJill HennessyDemoted back to his hometown, a young Wall Street banker is drawn into investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in Upstate New York, affecting both his personal life and business career.About cryptocurrency money laundering: A young anti-money laundering agent gets caught up in the dark web, Bitcoin, and the Russian mafia
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsCaroline FlackSteve CooganDavid MitchellSatire about the world of the super-rich.About the rise and fall of British tycoon Philip Green: Chronicles the rise and fall of shady British billionaire tycoon Sir Philip Green
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGary OldmanAntonio BanderasAJ MeijerA widow investigates an insurance fraud, chasing leads to a pair of Panama City law partners exploiting the world's financial system.About the Panama Papers exposing offshore finance: Based on the exposure of shady offshore finance practices in the Panama Papers leak
- CreatorJordan CahanDavid CaspeStarsDon CheadleAndrew RannellsPaul ScheerA group of outsiders takes on the 1980s old-boys club of Wall Street.Comedy series set in 1980s Wall Street leading up to 1987 stock market crash. Focuses on excesses.
- DirectorAlex WinterStarsBastian ObermayerKatrin LanghansFrederik ObermaierA documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the story.A dramatic thriller about the journalists who exposed offshore tax havens and global financial corruption through the explosive Panama Papers leak. This exposé triggers investigations and resignations worldwide.
- CreatorJosh AdlerStarsMatt TaibbiFisher StevensAlex GibneyA Netflix Original Series documenting various stories about exposing the greed, corruption, and crime spreading through the global economy.An investigative series examining financial corruption: Docuseries investigating corporate malfeasance and corruption in the financial world
- DirectorJames CoxStarsAnsel ElgortKevin SpaceyTaron EgertonA group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establish a 'get-rich-quick' scam that turns deadly.About a Ponzi scheme in 1980s California: Drama about Joe Hunt and his Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors in 1980s Los Angeles
- DirectorKim NguyenStarsJesse EisenbergAlexander SkarsgårdSalma HayekA pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.About high frequency trading: Follows high frequency traders laying fiber optic cable for millisecond advantages on stock trades
- DirectorJohn MaggioStarsGary AckermanSteve BannonBen BernankeAs the 2008 financial crisis loomed, frantic efforts to save the US from economic collapse happened in secret. VICE News explores the untold stories of powerful people leading the way.About the 2008 financial crisis: Offers an in-depth look at the factors and players that led to the 2008 market crash
- StarsPaula BeerBarry AtsmaDésirée NosbuschAmbitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to succeed and machismo. She soon has to decide how far she is prepared to go for her career.German series revolving around cutthroat tactics in the world of high finance banking.
- DirectorAram RappaportStarsFrank GrilloMinnie DriverAnnaSophia RobbIn the not-so-distant future, a team of white-collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America.About the secret meeting in 1910 that led to the Federal Reserve: Revisits a secret 1910 meeting of bankers and politicians that led to the creation of the U.S. Federal Reserve
- DirectorJed RothsteinStarsDan DavidMatthew WiechertHerb GreenbergAn unsettling and eye-opening Wall Street horror story about Chinese companies, the American stock market, and the opportunistic greed behind the biggest heist you've never heard of.About a financial scam around Chinese reverse mergers: Examines a financial scam involving shady Chinese companies listed on the US stock market
- DirectorPeter W. KunhardtStarsKenan AkanselSaul BishtSusie Buffet Jr.The legendary investor started out as an ambitious, numbers-obsessed boy from Nebraska and ended up becoming one of the richest and most respected men in the world.About the investor Warren Buffett: Documentary chronicles investor Warren Buffett's life and career as one of the world's greatest investors
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobert De NiroMichelle PfeifferAlessandro NivolaThe fall of Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme robbed $65 billion from unsuspecting victims; the largest fraud in U.S. history.About Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme: Dramatizes financier Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme and the destruction left in its wake
- DirectorChristophe BarratierStarsArthur DupontFrançois-Xavier DemaisonSabrina OuazaniThe rise and fall of anonymous trader turned superstar turned scapegoat Jérôme Kerviel, just as the 2008 financial crisis was unfoldingFictionalized account of Jérôme Kerviel, the French trader who worked for Société Générale and lost the bank nearly €5 billion in unauthorized trading between 2006-2008. Some movies and shows that relate to his story of rogue trading include. Follows his career at the bank and the scandal
- CreatorBrian KoppelmanDavid LevienAndrew Ross SorkinStarsPaul GiamattiDamian LewisMaggie SiffNew money means no mercy as Mike Prince takes the Axe Capital throne. Chuck Rhoades is convinced no one should have that much wealth - or power. As all the players seek out new alliances, only one thing's for certain - wealth means war.About power struggles in the New York finance scene: Chronicles power struggles, corruption and justice in the high finance world of New York City
- StarsDrew GregoryBlythe DannerRichard DreyfussThe rise and fall of Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme bilked $65 billion from unsuspecting victims; the largest fraud in US history.TV movie about Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme: Biopic portraying Bernie Madoff's rise and fall as the mastermind behind a devastating Ponzi scheme
- DirectorTed BraunStarsWilliam AckmanDouglas M. BrooksWilliam CohanWriter/director Ted Braun follows controversial hedge fund titan Bill Ackman as he puts a billion dollars on the line in his crusade to expose Herbalife as the largest pyramid scheme in history.About allegations around Herbalife's business model: Looks at controversial allegations against the multi-level marketing company Herbalife
- DirectorJodie FosterStarsGeorge ClooneyJulia RobertsJack O'ConnellFinancial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.About a disgruntled investor who takes a TV host hostage: A disgruntled investor takes a television stock advice host hostage live on air
- DirectorChristopher CannucciariStarsCharlie ShremNancy CannucciariPaul VignaBitcoin is the most disruptive invention since the Internet, and now an ideological battle is underway between fringe utopists and mainstream capitalism. The film shows the players who are defining how this technology will shape our lives.About Bitcoin and blockchain technology: Explores the emergence of Bitcoin digital currency and blockchain technology
- DirectorMeera MenonStarsAnna GunnJames PurefoySarah Megan ThomasSenior investment banker Naomi Bishop is threatened by a financial scandal and must untangle a web of corruption.About bankers and a tech IPO: Follows an investment banker racing to take a tech company public in a high stakes IPO
- DirectorSteve JamesStarsThomas SungHwei Lin SungCyrus Vance Jr.A small financial institution called Abacus becomes the only company criminally indicted in the wake of the United States' 2008 mortgage crisis.A documentary about the only bank prosecuted after the 2008 crisis - a small Chinatown bank named Abacus.
- DirectorAdam McKayStarsChristian BaleSteve CarellRyan GoslingIn 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.About the build-up to the 2008 financial crisis: Follows eccentric investors who bet against the housing market prior to the 2008 financial collapse
- DirectorRachael MoriartyPeter MurphyStarsKillian ScottJohn BradleyNika McGuiganWhat if it made perfect sense for ordinary people to kill each other for money? Better than slow grinding financial ruin and misery, and all done according to a strict code by consenting adults. This is Trading.About competitive stock traders: Set in the intensely competitive world of high-stakes stock trading
- DirectorTorsten HoffmannMichael WatchulonisStarsJohn BarrettAndreas M. AntonopoulosJeffrey A. TuckerFor anyone who has not fully understood the controversial Bitcoin yet, this is a concise and informative crash course about Money and Crypto Currencies.Traces history of money and emergence of Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
- StarsAdeel AkhtarDanny AshokMona GoodwinWhen the residents of an affluent London street receive a strange note they dismiss it as a marketing campaign, until things begin to escalate.Drama series focused on investment banking world in London after financial crisis.
- DirectorJames CorbettStarsAndrew Gavin MarshallMichel ChossudovskyG. Edward GriffinThe History of the Federal Reserve (2014) - Traces the creation of the Federal Reserve banking system and its impact on the U.S. economy.
- DirectorIan PowerStarsPeter CoonanOrla FitzgeraldMorgan C. JonesOn the night of September 29, 2008, the Irish government decided to guarantee the entire domestic banking system. 'The Guarantee' tells the story of that night, and what led to it.About the 2008 Irish banking crisis: Focuses on the 2008 Irish financial crisis and government bank guarantee
- DirectorVadim JeanStarsPearce QuigleyKelsey GrammerTamsin GreigWith ruthless US and Japanese investment banks circling Tuftons, a struggling 200-year-old family-run British bank, can its bumbling, incompetent chairman, Sir Charles Bunbury, fend off the onslaught and save the bank?About an ambitious banker: Follows an ambitious banker who pursues a high risk deal to save his failing bank
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJonah HillMargot RobbieBased 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.About unethical stock broker Jordan Belfort: Martin Scorsese film portraying the lavish lifestyle and corruption of broker Jordan Belfort
- DirectorCamilla SullivanRob LyallStarsJames AngelSal ArnukLinda Semans Donovan'Ghost Exchange' probes the volatile state of U.S. capital markets and their critical impact on America's economic future. The film explores the acceleration of the evolution of U.S. stock exchanges, and uncovers the risks resulting from this wholesale adoption. Wall Street has transformed from the world of human touch trading, to computer algorithm trading- where stocks are owned for mere microseconds. The thought-provoking documentary also examines how recent financial headlines are a direct result of automated systems running unchecked. The capital market system that many considered as the world's best, may have been inadvertently lost by the pursuit of speed and efficiencies that we still do not truly understand. Wall Street has become a 'ghost exchange'.About the rise and fall of a financial exchange: Chronicles the rise and fall of the rogue Cougar Capital stock exchange
- DirectorWilliam T. StillStarsWilliam T. StillJosh PetersdorfElizabeth StillThis film is about the greatest rip-off in history - the very way money and debt are created and controlled. This affects everyone on the planet, and is the basic cause of all of our economic problems today. Until we all recognize this - in every nation - there is nothing any national government does will fix the problem, and all of us will see mounting debts and sinking standards of living. Our children will inherit this mess, and it will get worse every single year. The truth is that depressions are NOT normal. They are contrived. The truth is that nations don't need a national debt. The truth is that nations don't have to borrow. Why would you borrow when you can create the money you need? The truth is that governments generally aren't PRINTING money wildly; governments are BORROWING money wildly. The good news is we CAN fix this. It won't take a war or a revolution; it only takes a simple understanding of the problem, and its simple solution. The truth is that ANYONE can understand what's going on. This is not rocket science. The truth is that those who are making money off this rip-off want to keep you confused - confused about the basic facts of what your money is and who creates it.Investigates the secret 1910 meeting of bankers and politicians that led to the creation of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
- DirectorMarije MeermanStarsHaim BodekBlair HullEric Scott HunsaderStory of genius Wall Street algorithm builder and former high frequency trader Haim Bodek, who now warns against the system he was once part of.About high frequency trading algorithms: Investigates the complex algorithms dominating world financial markets
- DirectorJim BruceStarsLiev SchreiberPaul VolckerJanet YellenNearly 100 years after its creation, the power of the U.S. Federal Reserve has never been greater. Markets and governments around the world hold their breath in anticipation of the Fed Chairman's every word. Yet the average person knows very little about the most powerful - and least understood - financial institution on earth. Narrated by Liev Schreiber, Money For Nothing is the first film to take viewers inside the Fed and reveal the impact of Fed policies - past, present, and future - on our lives. Join current and former Fed officials as they debate the critics, and each other, about the decisions that helped lead the global financial system to the brink of collapse in 2008. And why we might be headed there again.About the U.S. Federal Reserve: Goes inside the United States Federal Reserve and its impact on the economy
- DirectorEdmund DruilhetStarsTom SizemoreMichael MadsenPaul CohenBernie Madoff is at the hub of the biggest conspiracy the world has ever known, according to Mr. X. Dave Edmund, a small Independent film maker puts it all on the line to bring the world the truth.About Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme: Examines the Ponzi scheme and financial ruin caused by Bernie Madoff
- DirectorJoe BerlingerStarsHenry PaulsonWendy PaulsonFor three weeks in September 2008, one person was charged with preventing the collapse of the global economy. No one understood the financial markets better than Hank Paulson, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs. In Hank: Five Years from the Brink, Paulson tells the complete story of how he persuaded banks, Congress and presidential candidates to sign off on nearly $1 trillion in bailouts - even as he found the behavior that led to the crisis, and the bailouts themselves, morally reprehensible. Directed by Academy Award nominee Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost Trilogy, Some Kind of Monster), the film features Paulson, and his wife of 40 years, Wendy. it's a riveting portrait of leadership under unimaginable pressure - and a marriage under unfathomable circumstances.Drama series portraying the high-stakes world of a ruthless Wall Street banker.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsRobert PattinsonJuliette BinocheSarah GadonRiding across Manhattan in a stretch limo in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's day devolves into an odyssey with a cast of characters that start to tear his world apart.A billionaire asset manager journeys across Manhattan in his state-of-the-art luxury limo while the streets erupt in protest over the failing financial system. Touches on themes of wealth, power, and the financial crisis.
- DirectorCharles FergusonStarsMatt DamonGylfi ZoegaAndri Snær MagnasonTakes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.An in-depth look at the systemic corruption of the U.S. banking system that led to the 2008 financial crisis. Exposes conflicts of interest and collusion between financial institutions and regulators.
- DirectorJodie FosterStarsGeorge ClooneyJulia RobertsJack O'ConnellFinancial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.
- DirectorBen YoungerStarsGiovanni RibisiVin DieselNia LongA college dropout, attempting to live up to his father's high standards, 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 first appeared to be.Focuses on an unethical and illegal "pump and dump" stock brokerage firm that lures young brokers into fraudulent sales tactics. Sheds light on the dark underbelly of high pressure sales and stock manipulation.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsCharlie SheenMichael DouglasTamara TunieAn impatient young stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless, greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.An ambitious young stockbroker gets involved in illegal insider trading, reflecting the climate of greed and excess in the financial industry in the 1980s.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsShia LaBeoufMichael DouglasCarey MulliganNow out of prison but still disgraced by his peers, Gordon Gekko works his future son-in-law, an idealistic stock broker, when he sees an opportunity to take down a Wall Street enemy and rebuild his empire.Set against the 2008 financial crisis, Gordon Gekko is released from prison and gets mixed up with his future son-in-law who is seeking revenge on a Wall Street rival. Focuses on greed and corruption in the financial sector.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsJames GarnerJonathan PrycePeter RiegertThe president of a major tobacco company decides to buy the company himself, but a bidding war ensues as other companies make their own offers.A TV movie about the 1988 leveraged buyout battle for RJR Nabisco, illustrating the cutthroat takeover tactics and greed fueled excesses of Wall Street in the 1980s.
- DirectorJames DeardenStarsEwan McGregorAnna FrielCristian SolimenoThe story of Nick Leeson, an ambitious investment broker who singlehandedly bankrupted one of the oldest and most important banks in Britain.Based on the true story of Barings Bank trader Nick Leeson whose speculative trading caused the bank's collapse. Shows how lack of oversight and pursuit of profits can lead to disaster.
- DirectorJames Allen SmithStarsBobby AnsaniJeff AnsaniRon BeebeFor some people, risking everything is nothing.Documentary about the traders, bankers and executives at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Provides an insider's view of the competitive world of financial trading.
- CreatorScott J. GillSean SkeltonStarsNathalie EmmanuelBrett HickeyMark JawdoszynAn HD documentary series examining the extreme power and intense competition that defines Wall Street, seen through the eyes of those who thrive there.Reality TV series following the work and lives of various finance professionals. Offers a look at the high risk, high reward culture of bankers, traders, hedge fund managers and private equity investors.
- StarsCampbell ScottH.W. BrandsMark CubanRockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor, Ford and Morgan. Their names are part of history and synonymous with the American dream. These men transformed every industry they touched: oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobiles, and finance.
- DirectorJérôme FritelMarc RocheStarsSteve BannonA French documentary about one of the worlds biggest banks and its influence in everyday life.Examines the power and influence of investment banking giant Goldman Sachs over global finance and government policymaking.
- DirectorDavid SingtonStarsAndrew LuanRobert ShillerLouis HymanAn examination of the causes of the economic crisis of 2008.Examines the underlying causes of the 2008 financial meltdown including risky mortgage lending, financial engineering, and the creation of complex derivatives. Discusses systemic problems and regulatory failures.
- DirectorErwin WagenhoferStarsMark MobiusMirko KovatsK. Sujatha RaajuMost of us don't know where their money is. However, one thing is for certain, it's is not in the bank to which we entrusted it. The bank and our money is already a part of the cycle of the global money market.Austrian documentary exploring the workings of global money markets, offshore banking, privatization of water supplies, and other financial mechanisms that benefit the wealthy elite. Critiques free market capitalism and globalization.
- DirectorMichael GlynStarsPeter BorishPaul Tudor JonesFilmed before Wall Street's October 1987 crash, TRADER is a one hour documentary of a fascinating man, Paul Tudor Jones II. It delivers a rarely seen view of futures trading and explains the workings of this frantic, highly charged marketplace. It also examines Jones' prediction that America is nearing the end of a 200-year bull market. If he's right -- and he almost always is -- this country and the world are about to experience economic changes of unprecedented proportions.Fictionalized portrayal of real-life futures trader Paul Tudor Jones. Follows his trading tactics and high-risk bets, providing insight into nerves of steel required to succeed on Wall Street trading floors.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGary OldmanAntonio BanderasAJ MeijerA widow investigates an insurance fraud, chasing leads to a pair of Panama City law partners exploiting the world's financial system.Based on the Panama Papers scandal, follows efforts to expose lawyers and financiers who exploited offshore tax havens and shell corporations. Sheds light on financial corruption.
- DirectorIan PowerStarsPeter CoonanOrla FitzgeraldMorgan C. JonesOn the night of September 29, 2008, the Irish government decided to guarantee the entire domestic banking system. 'The Guarantee' tells the story of that night, and what led to it.Irish TV movie about the 2008 nationalization of Anglo Irish Bank, depicting the bank's reckless lending and how it ended up costing Irish taxpayers billions in bailouts.
- DirectorTravis ShakespeareStarsPete AdeneyBrad BarrettJ.L. CollinsPlaying with FIRE captures the truths and dispels the myths of the growing culture known as FIRE: Financial Independence Retire Early.Documentary following the FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) movement. Profiles people aiming to build wealth and retire decades earlier than normal by making smart investments and maximizing savings.
- 1974–7.5 (74)TV EpisodeDirectorAdam CurtisStarsRon BakerBob ButcherPamela Chiu25 Million Pounds details the collapse of Barings Bank in the mid 1990s primarily by a broker called Nick Leeson, who lost £827 million ($1.3 billion) by speculating on futures contracts. The film contextualises the downfall as the history of Barings Bank was one of the oldest and most prestigious merchant banks in Britain, run by the same family for decades with extensive ties to Britain's elites. But in the late 19th century Barings almost went bankrupt after investing heavily in South American bonds, including backing the construction of a sewer system in Buenos Aires. The bank was saved by The Bank of England, but Edward Baring, the head of the bank, was financially ruined and never recovered. This film explores the culture of Barings and of the financial markets during the 1990s, and how Nick Leeson was able to cause another huge loss of money to the bank, this time bankrupting the company. He did this by claiming fictitious profits on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange and using money requested from London as margin payments on fictitious trades to finance his loss-making positions. It's also the profile of a stereotypical corporate psychopath, as Leeson himself explains how he was able to manipulate those around him to achieve his ends and rationalise his actions.Documentary about trader Nick Leeson whose unauthorized speculative trading caused the collapse of centuries old Barings Bank. Example of how a rogue trader's actions can bring down a major financial institution.
- StarsNiall FergusonGareth ArmstrongRichard LinternNiall Ferguson takes us on a historical adventure through the ascent of money, applying fact and opinion throughout.Niall Ferguson's financial history documentary series outlining the evolution of the global financial system and how money has shaped human civilization.
- DirectorHeidi EwingAlex GibneySeth GordonStarsJames RansoneTempestt BledsoeMorgan SpurlockA collection of documentaries that explores the hidden side of human nature through the use of the science of economics.Film adaptation of the popular book examining economics through counterintuitive thinking. Includes a segment on data manipulation by Sumo wrestlers that is analogous to financial fraud.
- DirectorNicholas JareckiStarsRichard GereSusan SarandonBrit MarlingA troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.A troubled hedge fund manager desperate to sell his trading empire is embroiled in fraud, scandal, and murder. Examines the shadowy side of Wall Street and the world of M&A.
- DirectorSameer HanchateStarsSomesh AgarwalAnshul ChobeyNishikant DixitAn adventure that starts with ambitious intentions and gets caught up in a crime web.Story of a young stockbroker in 1980s Mumbai who makes a fortune manipulating the stock market, until his high-risk trading starts backfiring. Based on real stockbroker Harshad Mehta's life.
- StarsPratik GandhiShreya DhanwantharyHemant KherThe rise and fall of Harshad Mehta, a stockbroker who single-handedly took the stock market to great heights, is depicted.Set in 1980's and 90's Bombay, a dramatic portrayal of the meteoric rise and fall of Indian stockbroker Harshad Mehta, who manipulated the stock market leading to a huge financial scandal.
- DirectorCamilla SullivanRob LyallStarsJames AngelSal ArnukLinda Semans Donovan'Ghost Exchange' probes the volatile state of U.S. capital markets and their critical impact on America's economic future. The film explores the acceleration of the evolution of U.S. stock exchanges, and uncovers the risks resulting from this wholesale adoption. Wall Street has transformed from the world of human touch trading, to computer algorithm trading- where stocks are owned for mere microseconds. The thought-provoking documentary also examines how recent financial headlines are a direct result of automated systems running unchecked. The capital market system that many considered as the world's best, may have been inadvertently lost by the pursuit of speed and efficiencies that we still do not truly understand. Wall Street has become a 'ghost exchange'.Documentary on the volatile and opaque high-frequency trading platforms on Wall Street and their impact on market stability and fairness.
- DirectorJames CoxStarsAnsel ElgortKevin SpaceyTaron EgertonA group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establish a 'get-rich-quick' scam that turns deadly.Fictionalized account of a real 1980s Ponzi scheme operated by a group of wealthy Beverly Hills and Venice Beach financiers who scammed investors out of millions.
- DirectorMarcus VetterKarin SteinbergerStarsMartin ArmstrongVicky ArmstrongOliver BrownMartin Armstrong, once a Wall Street-based financial advisor, was arrested on charges of orchestrating a 3 billion dollar Ponzi scheme, which he still disputes to this day. After 11 years in prison, he's ready to set the record straight.Documentary chronicling market analyst Martin Armstrong's rise and fall. It follows his career making eerily accurate economic forecasts based on a secret proprietary model, to his incarceration for allegedly bilking Japanese investors out of millions. Offers insights into financial modeling and cycles.
- DirectorLauren GreenfieldStarsLauren GreenfieldBret Easton EllisParis CroninA documentary that investigates the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen.Examines the systematic influence of money, status and fame in the US and abroad. Get a closer look into the richest society the world has ever seen, how it came to be and why people pursue extreme wealth.
- CreatorBill DubuqueMark WilliamsStarsJason BatemanLaura LinneySofia HublitzA financial advisor drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss.Follows a financial advisor named Marty Byrde who is involved in a money laundering scheme. The scheme goes awry and Marty moves his family from Chicago to Missouri where he must appease the cartel.
- DirectorJacob KornbluthSari GilmanStarsRobert ReichDarvin BentlageAnnie PresleySAVING CAPITALISM is a documentary film that follows former Secretary of Labor and Professor, Robert Reich, as he takes his book and his views to the heart of conservative America to speak about our economic system and present big ideas for how to fix it.Saving Capitalism was originally a book by Robert Reich. He explores the flaws of the economic system and presents grand ideas on how to fix it to ensure balance is maintained in our money driven society. This documentary is insightful because it explains why the wealthy remain wealthy and the limitations put on the middle and lower class people as a result.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsMichael DouglasDeborah Kara UngerSean PennAfter a wealthy San Francisco banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down as he begins to question if it might really be a concealed conspiracy to destroy him.An eccentric billionaire launches an elaborate, disorienting challenge that blurs reality and finance, taking his brother on a twisted journey through Wall Street trading floors, Swiss banks, and murky monetary dealings.
- DirectorEric RochantStarsJean DujardinCécile de FranceTim RothAn FSB officer falls in love with his agent, an American woman, who works as a trader in a Russian bank.An insider trader at a prestigious investment bank gets caught up in a dangerous web of illicit global finance, Russian oligarchs, money laundering schemes, and cutthroat competition in the world of high-stakes investment banking.
- CreatorAndrew MacLearStarsWilliam ArmstrongDouglas HodgeJason IsaacsThe story follows the upwardly-mobile hopefuls at London-based investment bank, as they try to scramble up the corporate ladder, taking risks, eating up the pressure, and following their instincts in search of that elusive deal.Drama series chronicling the intense professional and personal lives of ambitious young finance workers forging careers and identities amidst the frenetic, testosterone-fueled trading floor culture of an elite 1980s London investment bank.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsGad ElmalehGabriel ByrneLiya KebedeThe newly appointed CEO of a giant European investment bank works to hold on to his power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy out his company.Interconnected stories illustrating how global financial markets, foreign investment, currency speculation, and flows of capital shape everyday people's lives in profound but invisible ways, tying a fin
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsEddie MurphyDan AykroydRalph BellamyA snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.A snobbish investor and a street hustler have their lives traded as part of a cruel bet between two wealthy commodity brokers who manipulate the orange juice markets, gaining control of crop reports and betting on volatility to collect millions.
- DirectorAustin ChickStarsJosh HartnettNaomie HarrisAdam ScottAugust centers on two brothers fighting to keep their start-up company afloat on Wall Street during August 2001, a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.Drama capturing the unbridled optimism and risk-taking of the dot-com boom as a 20-something entrepreneur races to close a crucial round of venture capital funding so his rapidly scaling startup can dominate
- DirectorMichael W. CovelStarsSalem AbrahamRichard BlakeChris Van HollenA vivid, honest, often humorous and always insightful look at our struggle with investments and retirement. Michael Covel traveled 75,000 miles over the course of 2007 and 2008 to visit with hundreds of people from America to Europe to Asia from London to Tokyo to Macau to Singapore to New York City - Covel went everywhere. He interviews single moms facing foreclosure, Nobel Prize winners, professional poker players and US Congressmen. How did we dig such a big hole when it comes to our retirement, money and investments? We all want to retire, we all want to provide for our families, but Covel's film paints a picture that trusting the government, TV shows, big brokerage firms and mutual funds is not the way to go. There are ways for all of us to break away from the fear and confusion so many of us feel about our money, but the world has changed and it is time for straight talk.Documentary examining how reckless speculation, predatory lending, and inadequate regulation on Wall Street contributed to the devastating 2008 financial crisis that left millions of middle-class Americans financially ruined through subprime mortgages, foreclosures, unemployment, and evaporating retirement savings.
- CreatorMichael S. ChernuchinStarsAlicia CoppolaIan KahnGeorge NewbernAbout the life of stockbrockers in their financial firm, and out of it.Securities trader-turned-financial advisor uses his insider knowledge of stock manipulation, price fixing, and market psychology to aid the FBI, lawyers, and his own clients seeking justice and lucrative payouts.
- CreatorDarren StarJeff RakeStarsTom Everett ScottNina GarbirasChristian CampbellThe $treet is about these men who know how to have fun at work, but all of a sudden there are powerful women joining the organization. It seems like the men's enjoyment is over.Drama series chronicling the adrenaline-fueled lives of cutthroat Wall Street investment bankers whose nonstop workdays are fueled by greed, ambition, and the relentless pursuit of closing the next high-stakes merger deal.
- StarsKelly K. LearmanPeter StraussSam NeillBorn on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world, both men are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream. Kane and Abel battle for the success and triumph that only one man can have.Epic miniseries spanning 60 years as two powerful bankers - one born to wealth and nobility, the other a penniless immigrant - rise to financial dominance through ruthlessness and genius, their long rivalry mirroring the struggle between old money and new money capitalism.
- CreatorHart HansonStarsSonja SmitsBruce GrayPatrick McKennaSet in the Toronto-based investment house Gardner/Ross, "Traders" explores the intimate lives and loves of investment bankers whose high-stakes decisions and sizzling alliances can have grave international consequences.Drama series set in the intense, testosterone-fueled environment of a prestigious London investment bank, where cutthroat traders will resort to ruthless tactics to close deals, earn million-dollar bonuses, and climb the corporate ladder.
- StarsKieran CulkinKeith GillHarvey PittExplores the stock market frenzy of GameStop, and how a group of armchair investors and online vigilantes ultimately helped expose the dark underbelly of Wall Street.Docuseries dissecting how an army of renegade retail stock traders coordinated on Reddit and Discord to outmaneuver Wall Street hedge funds and orchestrate the stratospheric short squeeze of GameStop stock.
- StarsStacy KeachScott CohnKristin ReyerDocumentary series focusing on history's largest financial crimes ranging from Ponzi schemes, murder, card counting, generating fake currency and goods, extortion, online dating, identity theft, drug distribution, and insider trading.True crime series profiling high-profile cases of financial fraud, deceit, and unbridled greed, from corporate scams and investment schemes to cunning Ponzi ploys that devastated everyday investors and retirement funds.
- StarsAndrew LincolnLex van DamEight ordinary people are given a million dollars, a fortnight of intensive training and two months to run their own hedge fund. Can they make a killing?Reality competition series following driven young stockbrokers as they receive intensive trading floor training before being given real money to engage the volatile stock markets, competing to generate the highest returns.
- StarsJim CramerJensen HuangHoward SchultzLearn how to analyse stocks and the market life like a pro.Lively financial show in which host Jim Cramer provides impassioned stock advice, unveils Wall Street insider strategies, and educates viewers on how to build wealth through smart investing.
- CreatorJordan CahanDavid CaspeStarsDon CheadleAndrew RannellsPaul ScheerA group of outsiders takes on the 1980s old-boys club of Wall Street.Comedy series following a motley crew of underdog traders in the year leading up to "Black Monday" - the catastrophic 1987 stock market crash. It humorously chronicles Wall Street's excessive greed, office power struggles, competitive brokers, and economic forces that converged to cause the worst one-day market collapse in history.
- CreatorShion TakeuchiAlex HirschStarsLizzy CaplanChristian SlaterClark DukeFor employees of the Deep State, conspiracies aren't just theories, they're fact. And keeping them a secret is a full-time job.Satirical animated series sending up Wall Street excess through parody sketches on trading algorithms gone awry, the rise of dogecoin, cash-flush fintech bros, and investment banker pretensions.
- StarsRawan MahdiMona HussainHussain Al-MahdiSet in Kuwait in 1987, two women making their way in the boys club of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, on the eve of Saddam Hussein's invasion of the country.Drama series set in the adrenaline-charged world of a sleek, high-tech London stock exchange where high-speed trades, unchecked ambitions, and financial scandals upend the lives of those with fortunes on the line.
- DirectorLuke SewellStarsAlexandra PosadzkiA group of investors turned sleuths as they try to unlock the suspicious death of cryptocurrency multimillionaire Gerry Cotten and the missing $250 million they believe he stole from them.Documentary chronicling the mysterious death of Canadian crypto exchange founder Gerald Cotten and the ensuing battle over his encrypted hard drive holding $250 million in stranded Bitcoin that left investors demanding answers.
- DirectorErwin WagenhoferStarsMark MobiusMirko KovatsK. Sujatha RaajuMost of us don't know where their money is. However, one thing is for certain, it's is not in the bank to which we entrusted it. The bank and our money is already a part of the cycle of the global money market.Scathing Austrian documentary indicting global capitalism by exposing how offshore banking, shell companies, privatization of resources, and monetary policy benefit the ultra-wealthy elite at the expense of the masses.