Best Wall Street Movies Ever Made

Regardless of what type of movies you like, everybody enjoys plots of greed, corruption, fast lifestyles, and ultimate downfalls. All these factors is what usually makes Wall Street based movies so fun and entertaining to watch. They can also be quite inspiring.

With the much anticipated Wall Street 2 on the way, its a nice time to recall some of the best Wall Street-based movies that have been made.

In no particular order.

Wall Street

The movie that set all standards for past, present, and future Wall Street movies. Wall Street symbolized the greed, corruption, and illegal activities that were synonymous with the financial world of the time. Some big names in the movie include: Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas.

Boiler Room

Like Wall Street, Boiler Room revealed the greasy and sliming tactics that were relevant with the time and ultimately introduced the world to pump and dump stock promoters. The movie includes the likes of: Vin Diesel and Giovanni Ribisi.

The Persuit of Happyness

Unlike most of the movies in this list, The Pursuit of Happyness, does not revolve around any greedy or illegal trading scheme, but rather depicts the hardships and dedications one must take to become a stock broker at one of the top investment firms. This movie stars Will Smith.

Trading Places

More of a comedic tale than real-life depiction, Trading Places includes Eddie Murphey and Dan Aykroyd as they get tangled up in a scheme plotted by two super-rich siblings who argue: Are captains of industry born or made? Eventually the two men team up to teach the nasty old manipulators a lesson, cornering the market in frozen orange juice futures in the process.

The Associate

In a time where old men dominated top spots on Wall Street, Whoopie Goldberg, in The Associate, conjures up a fake male persona to head up her new investment firm only to realize covering up her real identity may be harder than she had though, while being caught in some interesting situations.

American Psycho

Christian Bale plays a Wall Street yuppie obsessed with success, status and style, with a stunning fiancé (Reese Witherspoon). He is also a psychotic killer who rapes, murders and dismembers both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or purpose. Based on the controversial novel by Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho offers a sharp satire to the dark side of yuppie culture in the ‘80s, while setting forth a vision that is both terrifying and chilling.

The Family Man

Nicolas Cage plays a widly successful stock broker that gets the shock of a lifetime when he wakes up one morning in suburban New Jersey next to Kate, the girlfriend he left 13 years ago. Suddenly Jack’s entire world is turned upside down, and must wonder what if he had chosen a different path. The Family Man also includes Don Cheadle and Jeremy Piven