Ten Finance Movies Every Advisor Should Watch

Movies offer more than just entertainment. Movies set in the dramas of Wall Street, hedge funds and investment banking offer valuable insights about markets, money management, uncertainty, risk, integrity and trust.

The best movies offer advisors important truths about the way real people behave when facing financial uncertainty. 

Here are 10 outstanding movies and TV miniseries set in various corners of the finance world from which every advisor can draw wisdom. For each movie we offer a summary of the plot, the platforms on which it can be viewed, awards it earned, the most celebrated quotes and a few lessons or takeaways it offers advisors.

The movies are presented in alphabetical order.