Finance in Film

Following is a partial list of movies either that have heroes (or villains) who are financiers or that contain at least a few key scenes that are motivated by finance topics:

• Other People’s Money (THE classic finance movie! – Danny Devito, Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller)
• Wall Street (“Greed is Good!” speech - Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas)
• Trading Places (Dan Ackroyd, Eddie Murphy)
• Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis)
• Noble House (Pierce Brosnan, Deborah Raffin)
• A Perfect Murder (Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow)
• The Game (Michael Douglas, Sean Penn)
• It’s a Wonderful Life (classic description of how banking works – Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed)
• The following are two movies that I haven’t seen yet:
• Quicksilver (Kevin Bacon)
• Boilerroom (?)