Binge Watch This Weekend: If you are a finance enthusiast or entrepreneur or even if you don’t like business and economics much, here are some must-watch finance movies and shows that you can binge-watch this weekend and make yourself smarter.
Updated Jun 9, 2023 | 05:16 PM IST
15 stock market and business movies that you can watch this weekend. (Pic- Pixabay)
It’s Friday today and with the day temperature rising, as predicted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), of course, you cannot think of stepping outside in the sun to enjoy the weekend. And when you are home, nothing is better than binge-watching while occupying your cozy couch or bed.
If you are a finance enthusiast or entrepreneur or even if you don’t like business and economics much, here are some must-watch finance movies and shows that you can binge-watch this weekend and make yourself smarter.
Here are 15 stock market and business movies that you can watch this weekend:
Boiler Room
Release in 2000, Boiler Room is an American film written and directed by Ben Younger and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Tom Everett Scott, Ron Rifkin, and Jamie Kennedy.
The movie is about a young college dropout who gets a job at a suburban investment firm in an attempt to prove himself to his father. Though he quickly becomes a success, he is conflicted when it is revealed that the company’s practices are less than legitimate.
Wall Street
Wall Street is a 1987 American drama film, directed and co-written by Oliver Stone. The movie stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, and Martin Sheen. The film tells the story of Bud Fox (C. Sheen), a young stockbroker who becomes involved with Gordon Gekko (Douglas), a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider.
Margin Call
Margin Call is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor in his feature directorial debut. The movie starring Quinto, Stanley Tucci, and Kevin Spacey among others follows the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.
The Wolf Of Wall Street
Released in 2013, The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter. The movie is based on the true story of Jordan Belfort. It recounts Belfort’s career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm, Stratton Oakmont, engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street, leading to his downfall.
The China Hustle
2017 release The China Hustle is a finance documentary produced by Magnolia Pictures and directed by Jed Rothstein. The documentary reveals systematic and formulaic decades-long securities fraud by Chinese companies listed on the US stock market Wall Street.
Rogue Trader
Rogue Trader is a 1999 British biographical drama film written and directed by James Dearden and starring Ewan McGregor and Anna Friel. The film centers on the life of Nick Leeson, an ambitious investment broker who singlehandedly bankrupted one of the oldest and most important banks in Britain.
Scam 1992
Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story is an Indian Hindi-language biographical financial thriller directed by Hansal Mehta, with Jai Mehta serving as the co-director. Set in the 1980s and ’90s Bombay, it follows the life of Harshad Mehta, a stockbroker who took the stock market to dizzying heights and his catastrophic downfall.
The Inside Job
Inside Job is a 2010 American documentary film, directed by Charles Ferguson, about the late-2000s financial crisis.
The Big Short
The Big Short is a 2015 American biographical crime comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Adam McKay. Based on the 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis, the movie shows how the 2007–2008 financial crisis was triggered by the United States housing bubble.
Too Big To Fail
Too Big to Fail is a 2011 American biographical drama television film directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Peter Gould, based on Andrew Ross Sorkin’s 2009 non-fiction book Too Big to Fail. The film chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
Gafla
Gafla is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Sameer Hanchate. It is a film inspired by the stock market scam of 1992 which mainly involved Harshad Mehta that rocked the Indian economy and changed the lives of thousands forever
How To Get Rich
The American documentary series starring Ramit Sethi provides financial advice on how to get a little more out of your money coherently.
Money Explained
Money, Explained is 2021 Netflix docuseries. The five-episode series simply talks about money and its many minefields, from credit cards to casinos, scammers to student loans.
Get Smart With Money
Directed by Stephanie Soechtig, the Netflix documentary about personal finance follows 4 stories about people struggling with different money issues including debt, living paycheck-to-paycheck, lack of income and not knowing how to invest.
Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers is a 2006 documentary film made by Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films. Produced while the Iraq War was in full swing, the film deals with the alleged war profiteering and negligence of private contractors and consultants who went to Iraq as part of the US war effort.