8 Best Finance Movies That Will Teach You How To Make Money
If you’re over 25 and you still haven’t seen these movies, then you’re missing out on so much.
Here are 08 movies that will teach you more about finance than a $99,000 degree:
1. The Ascent of Money (2008):
Historian Niall Ferguson tells the story of money and the rise of global finance. Bringing context and understanding to the current economic crisis, he reveals how the history of finance has been punctuated by gut-wrenching crashes.
Directed by: Niall Ferguson
Release date: November 17, 2008
2. The Big Short (2015) :
A biographical drama film based on Michael Lewis’s book. It follows a group of outsiders and misfits who predict the 2008 financial crisis caused by the housing market collapse. By betting against (shorting) the fraudulent mortgage-backed securities, they uncover widespread corruption and greed in the banking system while profiting from the impending economic disaster. Directed by Adam McKay, the film combines humor, drama, and financial insights to explain complex concepts compellingly.
Directed by: Adam McKay
Release date: November 12, 2015
3. Enron: (The Smartest Guys in the Room) 2005
The Smartest Guys in the Room is A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
The documentary explores the fall of the Enron Corporation, arguably the most shocking example of modern corporate corruption. The company is linked with several illegal schemes, including instigating the California energy crisis as a way to drive up utility prices at the expense of the average American. In a hyper-competitive environment, Enron traders resort to all kinds of underhanded dealings in order to make money at any cost and keep their high-paying jobs.
Directed by: Alex Gibney
Release date: April 22, 2005
4. Inside job (2010):
A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.
Directed by: Charles Ferguson
Release Date: February 2, 2010
5. Trading Places (1983)
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires
Directed by: John Landis
Release Date: June 7, 1983
6. Margin Call (2011) :
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
A financial company’s management division head working on a major analysis is fired. His protege attempts to complete the analysis and finds out the true reason behind their financial downfall.
Directed by: J.C. Chandor
Release Date: January 25, 2011
7. The Corporation (2003)
Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe.
This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of “person” typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience.
Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.
Directed by: Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott
Release Date: September 10, 2003
8. Too big to fail
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world’s economy in a matter of a few weeks.
After leaving his top job at Goldman Sachs, Henry Paulson, the secretary of the Treasury, tried to tackle the problems that arose during the global economic meltdown
Directed by: Curtis Hanson