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The 7 best finance movies

on Netflix & Co.

Are you looking for good films about money and finance? Then you should watch these finance film tips on Netflix.

What are your favorites and best Finance MoviesWhich ones do you recommend? Be sure to share them in the comments!

You can find the original top financial film selection in the video on You-Tube. In the meantime, there are more film tips about money and finance, which you can find here in the following article!

Table of contents

1. the big short

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Christian Bale plays the highly intelligent investor Michael Burry in The Big Short .

The latter has a good instinct for finance and business. He saw the big financial crisis coming and bets against the system. People declare him crazy, but when the big bubble bursts, many only wake up.

An exciting financial film, probably one of the best films about money and success, which also shows you some insights into financial markets and their distortions.

Still not enough arguments to persuade your girlfriend to see this movie? Ryan Gosling is also in it.

2. margin call (in German: Der grosse Crash)

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Time is always critical on the stock market and big things often happen on Wall Street within a few hours.

The major real estate crisis served as inspiration for the director and becomes tangible in this finance and investment film.
When 80% of all risk analysts are dismissed within a few hours and this is just the foretaste, something big is about to happen. Within a very short space of time, an enormous crisis is brewing and a real inferno is developing in the financial market.

A financial film that will grab you. If you want to Netflix a financial crisis film, look no further!

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3. wallstreet

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The financial film classic par excellence. If there has to be one film in the financial film recommendation list about financial scandals, then it has to be Walstreet.
Gordon Gekko served as Buddy Fox and the role of the young broker is played by Charlie Sheen. Espionage, insider information and luxury adorn this financial film. (Trading films Netflix: This film is high up on the list).

If you're looking for a real classic film about money and finance, you've come to the right place. In a list exclusively about Wall Street films, this would be in first place.

4. money laundering

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You will no doubt have heard about the Panama Papers scandal. In 2016, a scandal broke in the media that uncovered an enormous amount of tax evasion. Including some well-known and influential people. The perfect basis for new banking films, isn't it?

Scandals often seem to serve directors in financial films, but they also just provide the suspense.

«Money Laundering» deals with the uncovered scandal and wraps up the story in one of the most exciting money films.

By the way: Money laundering is an exciting topic - find out more!

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5. the informant

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Based on a true story, this investment film tells the story of a bio-chemist as a financial guru.

This chemist (Matt Damon) gets caught in the middle of a scandal as an employee of an agricultural company. When his company turns on him, he switches sides and provides the FBI with information about illegal price fixing by the company.

A gripping film about money, illegal machinations and finances that you can also find on YouTube for a fee.

6. the wolf of wallstreet

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Five Oscar nominations and already a classic is the film «Wolf of Wallstreet» by Martin Scorsese.

In this film, Jordan Belfort shows how things used to be in extreme cases in the financial world. Illegal practices, wild parties and fast money. 

With Leonardo DiCaprio in the leading role, this financial film on Netflix is one of the absolute top films.
Good entertainment with enough humour and yet a pinch of «oh ha!» make this film absolutely worth seeing.

This film clearly tops our list of favourites: Stock market films Netflix!

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7. the social network

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When a start-up idea becomes an empire, you can definitely talk about a big financial film about money.

«The Social Network» describes the history of Facebook from a perspective that not everyone knows. If you think Mark Zuckerberg had the idea for Facebook and simply founded a company, you're wrong.
You can't miss this finance and start-up film.

Bonus to the list of the best financial films: The Great Gatsby

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Money, parties, prestige and, in the end, loneliness. «The great Gatsby» tells a special story about people and wealth. A financial film that is less «technical» and can therefore also serve wonderfully as a film for a romantic evening for two.

What are your favorite financial films or films about money? 

Feel free to share your favorite movies about finance in the comments!

And if you prefer reading, you can find the best financial books and Swiss financial blogs here, or for those who like listening, here are the best Swiss financial podcasts.

8 responses
  1. Hello everybody

    Thank you for the overview. The following films should still be included:

    - Money never sleeps (with Michael Douglas -> sequel to Wall Street)

    - The Bank - Unscrupulous and obsessed with power: A mathematician develops an algorithm based on fractals to predict price movements on the stock market. In doing so, he takes revenge on the bank that bankrupted his father.

    - Bad Banks (2 seasons of 6 episodes): Drama between a young investment banker and her colleagues and superiors with reference to the banking crisis and government bailouts. An excellent cast, especially Désirée Nosbusch as an ice-cold banker who uses manipulation and secret service methods to con her way onto the bank's board.

    - High Speed Money (true background) : Young stockbroker Nick Leeson drives Barings Bank into bankruptcy.

    - EXIT (3 seasons; true background): Norwegian drama about four investment bankers who do far worse in their private lives than in Wolf of Wall Street.

  2. Dear Netflix
    I can't see some of the movies listed on the website
    I cant see the following titles
    The Informant
    The Big short
    Money Laundering
    Margin Call
    Great Gatsby

  3. Hello everybody

    Great idea and a good selection, especially the top 2 and of course Wall Street 😊. I found the hunt for the crypto king even more impressive - for the crypto-savvy.

    Greetings, Martin

  4. I'll throw the documentary Cityboy - Secrets of Investment Bankers exposed into the ring here

    1. Hello Steven,
      that's right. More of a startup movie, which became a multi-billion dollar company.
      Do you have an alternative?

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