- 1Everyday people flip the script on Wall Street and get rich by turning GameStop into one of the world's hottest companies. In the middle of everything is Keith Gill, a regular guy who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock. When his social media posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets wealthy -- until the billionaires fight back and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.
- Released: 2023
- Directed by: Craig Gillespie
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- 2In 1987, Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) takes an entry-level job at a Wall Street brokerage firm. By the early 1990s, while still in his 20s, Belfort founds his own firm, Stratton Oakmont. Together with his trusted lieutenant (Jonah Hill) and a merry band of brokers, Belfort makes a huge fortune by defrauding wealthy investors out of millions. However, while Belfort and his cronies partake in a hedonistic brew of sex, drugs and thrills, the SEC and the FBI close in on his empire of excess.
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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- 3Saddled with student debt and unable to find work, a college graduate becomes involved in a credit card scam, acting as a dummy shopper and buying increasingly risky products with stolen credit cards.
- Released: 2022
- Directed by: John Patton Ford
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- 4A frustrated suburban housewife and her best friend hatch an illegal coupon-club scheme that scams millions from corporations and delivers deals to legions of fellow coupon clippers. Hot on their trail is an unlikely duo -- a hapless loss-prevention officer and a determined U.S. postal inspector -- both looking to end their criminal enterprise.
- Released: 2021
- Directed by: Aron Gaudet, Gita Pullapilly
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- 5The Big Short is a 2015 drama film focused on the 2007-2008 financial crisis. A group of outsiders led by Michael Burry (Christian Bale), Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling), and Mark Baum (Steve Carell) predict the collapse of the housing market, leading them to take on the big banks for their greed and lack of foresight. The ensemble cast also includes Brad Pitt as Ben Rickert, a reclusive trader who aids these men in their pursuit. Directed by Adam McKay, The Big Short won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. This movie, based on real events, skillfully combines finance and storytelling, making it both informative and engaging.
- Released: 2015
- Directed by: Adam McKay
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- 6A shady legal guardian lands in hot water when she tries to bilk a woman who has ties to a powerful gangster.
- Released: 2020
- Directed by: J Blakeson
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Richard Gere, Tim Roth, Susan SarandonAs he approaches his 60th birthday, New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) is the picture of success -- at least on the surface. In reality, Miller is in over his head, trying desperately to sell his empire to a big bank before the authorities and his family uncover the depth of his fraud. Unexpectedly, a critical error forces Miller to juggle family, business and crime with the aid of a former associate, but a detective's (Tim Roth) suspicions mean it may already be too late.- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Nicholas Jarecki
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- 8Working as a stripper to make ends meet, Destiny's life changes forever when she becomes friends with Ramona -- the club's top money earner. Ramona soon shows Destiny how to finagle her way around the wealthy Wall Street clientele who frequent the club. But when the 2008 economic collapse cuts into their profits, the gals and two other dancers devise a daring scheme to take their lives back.
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
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- 9Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) worked as a doctor, a lawyer, and as a co-pilot for a major airline -- all before his 18th birthday. A master of deception, he was also a brilliant forger, whose skill gave him his first real claim to fame: At the age of 17, Frank Abagnale, Jr. became the most successful bank robber in the history of the U.S. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) makes it his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank is always one step ahead of him.
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Steven Spielberg
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- 10Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.
- Released: 2020
- Directed by: Miranda July
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- 11In 2008, stockbroker, investment adviser and financier Bernie Madoff made headlines around the world when he was arrested for perpetrating perhaps the largest financial fraud in U.S. history.
- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Barry Levinson
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- 12The history of the Fyre Music Festival, from its creation through its unraveling.
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Chris Smith
- 13Lee Israel is a frustrated, hard-drinking author who can barely afford to pay her rent or bills in 1990s New York. Desperate for money, Israel soon hatches a scheme to forge letters by famous writers and sell them to bookstores and collectors. When the dealers start to catch on, Lee recruits a dubious friend to help her continue her self-destructive cycle of trickery and deceit.
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Marielle Heller
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- 14In the 1970s, Tammy Faye Bakker and her husband, Jim, rise from humble beginnings to create the world's largest religious broadcasting network and theme park. Tammy Faye becomes legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic singing, and her eagerness to embrace people from all walks of life. However, financial improprieties, scheming rivals and a scandal soon threaten to topple their carefully constructed empire.
- Released: 2021
- Directed by: Michael Showalter
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- 15Reenactments tell the story of the mastermind behind a scam to get children from wealthy families into the top American universities.
- Released: 2021
- Directed by: Chris Smith
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- 16Welcome to the infamous "boiler room" -- where twenty something millionaires are made overnight. Here, in the inner sanctum of a fly-by-night brokerage firm, hyper-aggressive young stock jocks peddle to unsuspecting buyers over the phone -- and are rewarded with mansions, Ferraris and more luxury toys than they know what to do with. In this unassuming Long Island enclave, Gen Xers chase the green at breakneck speeds, sometimes one step ahead of the law.
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Ben Younger
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- Mark Landis uses his incredible forgery skills to duplicate masterpieces of art and donate them to assorted museums and galleries.
- Released: 2014
- Directed by: Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman
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- 18Financial leaders (William Hurt, Billy Crudup) spring into action when the U.S. economy falters in 2008.
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Curtis Hanson
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- 19Fyre Fraud is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason that premiered on Hulu on January 14, 2019. A look at the whistleblowers, victims, and the lack of accountability associated with the promotion and execution of the Fyre Festival.
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Jenner Furst, Julia Willoughby Nason
- 20In Oliver Stone's riveting drama, Wall Street, we follow the journey of ambitious stockbroker Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen). Intoxicated by the promise of power and wealth, Fox finds a mentor in the ruthless, yet charismatic, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a titan of high-stakes trading. As Gekko's underhand tactics become clear, Fox is torn between his desire for success and his moral compass. Douglas's riveting performance earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor. The film dissects the greed-infested world of Wall Street, serving as a stark reminder of the dangerous allure of unchecked ambition.
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Oliver Stone
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- 21Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, a man woos women online then cons them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.
- Released: 2022
- Directed by: Felicity Morris
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- 22A misguided young woman who is desperate for friends and fame fakes a trip to Paris to update her social media presence. A terrifying incident takes place in the real world, which becomes a part of the imaginary trip and offers all she wants.
- Released: 2022
- Directed by: Quinn Shephard
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Breakin' the LawLists of the best shows & movies about illicit transgressions and those who can't be constrained by the confines of the law, from pencil-pushing embezzlers to crooks on the lam.
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