The 5 Best Wall Street Movies of All Time

We all love business tycoons unconditionally, don’t we? The way they walk, talk, and oh, earn money – all of that is so amazing! Talking about that, did you ever feel jealous of the people walking through Wall Street? Indeed, almost all of us, one day, want to be on those refined streets and encounter richness in the air.

But, until then, we have a choice. Why not watch movies based on Wall Street and experience walking through these at our home?

These movies are an astonishing mixture of intense adventure, riches, reward, menace, drama, and brilliant characters. In addition, they turn out to be the best movies of all time. You can feel your presence there while actually sitting on the couch at your home.

Whether it is masses or classes, the Wall Street of Hollywood flips indulges everyone. The filled-with-suspense movies are totally worth your time!

So, grab a bowl of popcorn to watch one of the best Wall Street movies of all time.

• Trading Places
  

Directed by John Landis, the modern American comedy of 1983 features Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. In the movie, the lives of a prosperous commodity broker and a street hustler are swapped, hence, reversing their roles. The way Murphy talks about the future and markets is not only comical but also hilarious.

The comedy-drama’s storyline is, basically, a modern take on the classic novel by Mark Twain, ‘The Prince and the Pauper’. Watch it here>>

• Wall Street

Oliver Stone, the director and co-writer of the American drama, has filmed it as a tribute to his father, who was a stockbroker during the Great Depression. Stone was entirely unaware of the importance this classic would ever have in the world of financial movies. The star cast of the movie included Martin Sheen, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, and Michael Douglas.

The movie depicts a young stockbroker who is drawn in by a crooked, moneyed corporate raider. In order to reach the summit with his raider, he started doing everything that even included unlawful trading of inside information.

In terms of the movie’s success, it was one of the super hit movies of the 1980s. Watch it here>>

• Too Big to Fail

Curtis Hanson directed the American Drama based on the book ‘Too Big to Fail’, written by Andrew Ross Sorkin. The cast of the movie included Amy Carlson, Edward Asner, Kathy Baker, and William Hurt. The drama focuses on Henry Paulson, the secretary of Treasury and revolves around the chronicles of the financial meltdown of 2008.

The movie has been nominated 11 times at the 63^rd Primetime Emmy Awards. Not only this, but it has also won Writers Guild Award for Long Form Adaptation. Watch it here>>

• The Bonfire of the Vanities
  

Brian de Palma has directed the American humorous dark comedy of the 1990s. The classic flick starred Kim Cattrall, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, and Tom Hanks. The story is based on the best-selling novel, ‘The Bonfire of the Vanities’, written by Tom Wolfe. It indicates the 1980s Manhattan privileged and their coldness from the remaining city.

The movie portrays a Wall Street executive and his insatiable girlfriend who runs over a lad and drives off without caring to report. A gaudy reporter comes across and gets on the New Yorkers wick with his coverage of the incident, eventually leading the couple going on a trial. Watch it here>>

• Capitalism: A Love Story

The director and writer, Michael Moore, has made a documentary film on the late-2000s financial crisis and the upturn stimulus. The documentary finds out the causes of the overall economic meltdown and takes a witty look at the corporate and political waywardness.

A blend of humor and drama, the story also reports a spiritual portion where the critic examines whether Jesus is a capitalist and if capitalism is a crime. Watch it here>>

Well, you will never get to know the inside of Wall Street if you do not watch these movies. To entertain you while informing, the movies are all a fusion of drama, criticism, catastrophe, etc.

Get out some time from your daily routine and let yourself into the financial world by watching these movies.