15 Best Stock Market Movies

Warren Buffett has quoted, “The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.” This quotation clearly explains that the stock market is one of the best platforms to get the desired value of your money-but only if you are patient enough throughout the process.

There are a lot of brains, which is still containing a limited amount of information regarding the stock market scenarios. Some of us even dig our feet into the market just by seeing others’ success or the high prices of the stocks.

But unfortunately, that’s not the right way to initiate your stock market journey. There are multiple bibs & bobs that one needs to learn before buying a profitable stock or making a great portfolio in the same.

And if you are wondering how you’re gonna do it then no worries! Our team has devoted all its efforts to bringing the best stock market movies to the table just to make your research a lot easier.

1. The Big Short (2015)

Based on the best-selling book of Michael Lewis, the team of Adam McKay represented the global crisis of 2007-08. The movie is entirely focused on numerous financial professionals, who analyzed that market scenario and ended up gaining unexpected profits from the same.

The movie immensely impressed the viewers with its storyline and the superb acting skills of the actors, such as Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, Marisa Tomei, and many more.

The movie is the best starter for the newbies in the stock market as various complex financial terminologies and instruments have been explained in a quite simple and understandable manner.

Other than having the status of an Oscar-winning film, the movie has also bagged the Academy Award for the Best Adapted Screenplay.

2. Margin Call (2011)

“You know, the feeling that people experience when they stand on the edge like, this isn’t the fear of falling; it’s the fear that they might jump.”

Another movie is based on the financial crisis of 2008, which revealed numerous hidden secrets of the stock market. The viewer gets a high gain in his or her knowledge of the stock market as the movie showcases all the events that occurred during that crisis.

Starer by some fine actors of Hollywood like, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Kevin Spacey, and others-Margin Call ended up being one of the helping hands for the people looking for a knowledgeable movie on the stock market.

The movie provides an excellent analysis of the current financial system and also shines a light on the running mechanism of giant financial institutions.

3. Equity (2016)

When people talk about wall streets and stock markets, they usually figure a man playing with the stocks and winning. But here Meera Menon showcased the unmatched skills of a woman, who uses the wall streets to earn profits like never before. Playing the lead role by Anna Gunn, the movie unveils some hidden facts about the wall streets that are worth the watch.

4. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Starter by Leonardo DiCaprio, the movie is based on the biography of Jordan Belfort that was published in the year 2007. The movie showcases how Jorden Belfort gains the advantage of a wall street crash and makes a fabulous team to earn as much profit as possible from the same.

5. Chasing Madoff (2010)

Written and directed by Jeff Prosserman, the movie is entirely based on the book of Harry Markopolos. the viewers gain a chunk of knowledge regarding the financial markets through the storyline of the movie which is the major reason to watch the movie.

6. Boiler Room (2000)

Starer by Giovanni Ribisi, the movie talks about a college-dropout guy, who gets a job as a broker in an investment firm. His job turns out the ladder of success for him. But other than a massive success, his job also throws him into the well of corruption and greed later on.

7. Bazaar (2018)

Starer by Rohan Mehra and Saif Ali Khan, the movie showcases how an amateur stock trader travels all the way to Mumbai and gets an opportunity to work for a Gujrati trader. It shows how everything goes as per plan until the main character, Rizwan turned out a cheater.

8. Floored (2009)

The movie is fully based on the businesses and the people of the Chicago Trading Floors. The movie focuses on numerous Chicago floor traders, who have been affected by the electronic trading revolution.

9. Wall Street Warriors (2008)

A reality TV series, Wall Street Warriors represents the adventurous lives of multiple wall street entrepreneurs. Currently, two seasons have aired for the viewers and the third one is in the process of production.

10. The Big Bull (2021)

Playing the lead role by Abhishek Bachchan AKA Hemant Shah, the movie shows a man’s aspiration to become super-rich. In his research, he analyzed the loopholes in the Indian banking system and gained profits from the same.

11. Scam 1992 (2020)

Prateek Gandhi AKA Harshad Mehta brought the stock market to great heights and later on bears a massive fall.

12. Inside Job (2010)

The movie shows how the global financial crisis that took place in the year 2008 caused numerous job and home losses and plunged the USA into a deep economic recession.

13. Gafla (2006)

The movie tells the story of how A middle-class man tries his hands at the stock market, which apparently makes him a big player in the same. It further narrates how he fell into the huge cap of Rs 400 crores.

14. Too Big to Fail (2011)

the movie showcases how Henry Paulson, tries to shoot the problems that occur during the global economic crisis after leaving his top job at Goldman Sachs.

15. Wall Streets-Money Never Sleeps (2010)

Directed by Oliver Stone, the movie is a sequel to Wall Street. And again, the actors showcase the situation of the financial crisis of 2008 throughout the movie.

Conclusion

There are a lot of brains, which is still containing a limited amount of information regarding the stock market scenarios. These are the best stock market movies just to make your research a lot easier.

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