Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Film · 2005
Examines the collapse of Enron and the role of accounting manipulation, incentives, corporate culture, and governance.
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Inside Job
Film · 2010
Explains the causes and consequences of the 2008 financial crisis through interviews with economists, executives, and policymakers.
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Margin Call
Film · 2011
Follows an investment bank during the first hours of a financial crisis and explores risk, leverage, and difficult decisions.
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Rogue Trader
Film · 1999
Based on the Nick Leeson story and useful for understanding unauthorized trading, derivatives risk, and failed risk controls.
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The Big Short
Film · 2015
An accessible look at the housing bubble, mortgage-backed securities, short positions, and the 2008 financial crisis.
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Becoming Warren Buffett
Film · 2017
A profile of Warren Buffett focused on investing philosophy, long-term thinking, decision-making, and personal discipline.
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Betting on Zero
Film · 2016
Follows a major short-selling campaign and raises questions about research, conviction, incentives, and activist investing.
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Boiler Room
Film · 2000
Explores aggressive brokerage sales, market manipulation, conflicts of interest, and unethical financial practices.
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Dumb Money
Film · 2023
Dramatises the GameStop episode through retail investors, social media and the clash with short-selling funds.
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Equity
Film · 2016
A financial drama centered on investment banking, IPOs, information asymmetry, compliance, and conflicts of interest.
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GameStop: Rise of the Players
Film · 2022
Explores the GameStop phenomenon, retail investors, short interest, online communities, and market dynamics.
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Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve
Film · 2013
Examines the Federal Reserve, monetary policy and its relationship with financial markets and crises.
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Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis
Film · 2018
Revisits the 2008 crisis through interviews with key participants involved in the government and financial-system response.
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The China Hustle
Film · 2017
Investigates fraud involving Chinese companies listed on U.S. markets and highlights due diligence and information risk.
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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Film · 2019
Documents the rise and collapse of Theranos and the gap between an appealing investment story and evidence.
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The Wizard of Lies
Film · 2017
A dramatisation of Bernie Madoff’s fraud and the consequences of misplaced trust for investors and his family.
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Too Big to Fail
Film · 2011
Dramatizes the government and banking response to the 2008 crisis and the collapse of major financial institutions.
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Trading Places
Film · 1983
A comedy about two men whose lives are swapped, with a finale involving commodity futures and an information advantage.
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Wall Street
Film · 1987
A classic story about stockbroking, speculation, insider trading, ambition, and ethics in financial markets.
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Film · 2010
A financial drama set around the 2008 crisis, exploring Wall Street culture, market risk, ambition, and the consequences of financial decisions.
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