Five Movies And Documentaries That Every Investor And Trader should Watch

Financial subjects have always made a good cinema. Be it in Hollywood or be it in Bollywood, finance related subjects have all important ingredients of entertainment that can make a movie a grand success. From tragedy to risk, from greed to splurge and from love to a grand success, all these ingredients make a perfect combination, to get for the movie unbeatable success.  There are numerous movies that has been made by Hollywood and that are success, so that so that every financial investor, trader and finance professionals are advised to watch these movies.

I know you must be searching for the movies that can boost your financial acumen and can bolster up your risk appetite. So don’t worry we are here and will tell you the names of five movies that every trader and investor should watch.

Have a quick look at all the films that you should watch to know about the world of finance.

1. Wall Street

Directed and co-written by Oliver Stone and made in 1987. This American drama film stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, and Daryl Hannah.  The movie revolves around a young stockbroker Bud Fox who gets in touch with Gordon Gekko, a wealthy and unscrupulous corporate raider.  This movie also encapsulates the great depression. This 126 minutes movie is must for every investor and financial student to watch.  

2. The Big Short 

This movie is based on the book of same name. This 2015, American comedy drama film directed by Adam McKay. It is based on the 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis showing how the financial crisis of 2007–2008 was triggered by the United States housing bubble.The film successfully adopts unconventional techniques to explain to financial instruments. The film won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

This is also one of the most recommended movies for investors and traders. So, go and watch it.

3. Becoming Warren Buffet

This is a 2017 documentary film that was made for the channel HBO. With a net worth of over $60,000,000,000, Warren Buffett is truly a one-of-a-kind billionaire. The legendary investor still lives in his modest home in Omaha. At 86 years old, he drives to the office every morning to manage Berkshire Hathaway, the fifth largest public company in the world. But more surprising than his humble lifestyle is his moral core. Becoming Warren Buffett chronicles the evolution of a boy from Nebraska who became one of the most respected men in the world, and the heroes who helped guide him along the way. In this documentary film the spectators will come across very interesting facts.

4. The Wolf of the Wall Street

The wolf of the Wall Street is a 2013 American black comedy crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter. The movie captures perspectives on his career as a stockbroker in New York City, and also encapsulates the downfall of his company after being indulged in rampant corruption. The film was nominated for several awards including five nominations at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor nominations for Di Caprio and Hill, respectively. So if you want to know about the real-life story of the criminal’s rise from a shady stockbroker to a criminal enterprise.

5. Boiler Room

Boiler Room is a crime drama film released in 2000 by Ben Younger.The movie starring Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Tom Everett Scott, Ron Rifkin, and Jamie Kennedy. In this drama that explores greed and corruption inAmerican business, Giovanni Ribisi plays Seth Davis, an intelligent and ambitious college dropout who runs a casino in his apartment. Eager to prove to his father that he can succeed, Seth lands a job with a small stock brokerage firm. He is given a space in the company's "boiler room," As it turns out, Seth has a genuine talent for cold calling, which gains him the approval of his superiors, the admiration of his father, and the attentions of one of his co-workers, Abby Hilliard (Nia Long). This 119 minutes movie is a must watch for all trader and investors. So go and watch this movies.